Leading off today: Loyal readers of this blog know I have a disdain for high school bowling and its artificially bloated scores of late. To that end, I scarcely acknowledge the game (I'm having trouble labeling it a "sport") but make up for it by resisting the urge to pass along (most) polyester-shirt jokes.
Today, though, I tread gently on the kegglers, because of yesterday's quirky developments at Clover Lanes in Brighton, just outside Rochester.
Irondequoit's Matt Paradise had a career day on Senior Day. Inserted into the lineup because he's a senior, Paradise opened his two-game set with a perfect game and then tacked on another eight consecutive strikes en route to 566 total for two games.
He finished with 22 strikes.
Cardozo coach out: Benjamin Cardozo girls basketball coach Larry Carradine resigned under pressure from players and parents on Feb. 5, following a boycott that forced the team to forfeit a game to Boys & Girls four days earlier.
Carradine was in his 25th season at Cardozo.
"I felt so betrayed by that," he said of the player boycott. "I just couldn’t believe it. I worked so hard with this young team. I was flabbergasted. How could they do something like that?"
Parents had complained about his practice routines and his benching of players based on poor shot selection.
"We’re happy he left because we have a chance to experience some real basketball instead of what he was teaching," player Jade Medley told the Queens Courier.
2,000 with a year to go: Junior Ryan Creighton scored 23 points to go over the 2,000-point mark for his career for Greenport on Wednesday in a 77-44 victory against Smithtown Christian.
Creighton, a first-team all-state selection a year ago, has a chance this season to break the school record of 2,117
