Former Spencerport wrestler honored: Texan Steve Silver, actively involved in the sport on the senior and age-group levels, has been named Man of the Year by
USA Wrestling, the national governing body for wrestling.
Silver, of Forney, Texas, served as Team Leader of the 2006 U.S. World Freestyle Team in Guangzhou, China, which placed third with four medalists. Silver does business in China, and used his knowledge of the country in handling logistics for the team. He was also the Team Leader for the 2005 U.S. Freestyle World Team that traveled to Budapest, Hungary. He will serve in the same capacity for the 2007 team in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Silver wrestled at Spencerport for Walt Teike in the early 1970s and at the University of Alabama for three years. Six of his seven children (including two daughters) have wrestled, and Silver founded a Forney youth wrestling club now coached by 1989 world champion Kenny Monday.
According to USA Wrestling, Silver owns a furniture importing business in Dallas with more than $150 million in annual sales.
Extra points: Rising junior Lamont Jones of CHSAA powerhouse Rice High may not be as committed to Louisville as he once was. The New York Post reported that he had taken back his oral committment to the Big East program because the school had continued to recruit guards in his class, including Kenny Boynton of Pompano Beach, Fla. By Monday night, however, Jones was saying he had decided to remain committed to Louisville.
Bria Jackson of Rush-Henrietta is the ninth Section 5 senior to commit to a women's Division I basketball program, having picked Maryland-Eastern Shore of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Jackson averaged 15 points and 7.5 assists as R-H won a fourth straight Section V title and repeated as NYSPHSAA Class AA champion.
