Contacting Kerr: NYSSWA editor and treasurer Neil Kerr, long the brains of the organization, has upgraded some equipment at his Syracuse home and now does more NYSSWA-related work than ever from there. In light of that, members who normally seek him out at work may want to send him an e-mail through his personal account (
nysswa@yahoo.com) instead.
Bradshaw back at Lew-Port: Matt Bradshaw, the boys coach there until 2006, will take over the girls basketball program at Lewiston-Porter next season, the Niagara Gazette reported. Tina Williams decided to step down following the recent birth of her first child.
Meanwhile, Brian Baker will move up from JV to varsity and replace the retired Larry Lash as girls basketball coach at Wilson.
An all-star lineup: The football roster at Oaks Christian, the California school that produced Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen, is dotted with the names of celebrity sons now that junior QB Nicholas Montana (Joe's kid) has transferred from Concord De La Salle (Concord) to the equally potent Southern California program. Trevor Gretzky (Wayne's kid) and Trey Smith, son of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett, also play football there.
The kicker to the story is that the younger Montana said the move was inspired in part by a desire to be closer to quarterback tutor Steve Clarkson.
The kid's father won Super Bowls with the same sort of ease that Michael Jordan scored points, but Nicholas Montana considers some other guy to be his guru?
Extra points: Two-time Niagara-Orleans League all-star forward Connor Vandegriff of Royalton-Hartland will attend The Nichols School as a junior. . . . USA Hockey named Andy Iles as one of two goalies for the U.S. Under-17 Select Team, which will compete next month in Prievidza, Slovakia. Iles led Ithaca to a state title in 2007 as a freshman before enrolling at the Salisbury School in Connecticut.
