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  • Maine-Endwell’s Chris Heims Recieves Exposure For His Hard Work

    Maine-Endwell’s Chris Heims Recieves Exposure For His Hard Work

    Interviews November 13, 2012 at 10:18 pm 0 comments

          Rising senior Chris Heims out of Maine-Endwell is looking to make a big impact for the Spartans in the 2012-2013 season. Heims will be one of the team’s focal points this season and is rising up on the collegiate radar as well. “Chris has a very soft […]

     
  • Mohonasen High School Senior Grant Massaroni

    Mohonasen High School Senior Grant Massaroni

    Interviews November 8, 2012 at 8:12 am 0 comments

            Grant Massaroni is the type of student-athlete that truly embodies what we at Upstate Scouting Service are working for. He is an excellent basketball player, of course, but a very mature and respectable young man. The following is an email interview conducted with Grant and it […]

     
  • Mekeel Christian Academy Senior Caleb Stewart

    Mekeel Christian Academy Senior Caleb Stewart

    Interviews November 3, 2012 at 3:11 pm 0 comments

            Mekeel Christian Academy guard Caleb Stewart comes from a basketball family.  His parents both played at Cazenovia College; his father is a coach; and he has four brothers who play, including his older brother Collin, who had a successful MVP season at Mekeel last year.  Stewart […]

     
  • Ask the Ref

    Ask the Ref

    Featured, Interviews October 30, 2012 at 12:34 pm 0 comments

      Upstate Scouting Service takes time today to continue our “Ask the Ref” segment featuring Matt Fryer.  Matt is a local High School and Varsity official who takes time every few weeks to answer some basic and tough rules questions when it comes to the game of High School basketball. […]

     
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Standout Felix Riascos is Set to Take the MHAL by Storm This Year

    Franklin D. Roosevelt Standout Felix Riascos is Set to Take the MHAL by Storm This Year

    Interviews October 27, 2012 at 12:55 pm 0 comments

          Riascos, a Second Team All-MHAL selection last season for FDR, averaged 18.8 points,  5.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 2.0 steals a game last year. The 6’5’’ Riascos has one more year to improve his game before graduating and moving on to the next level.  “He is really […]

     
  • Master of X’s and Osinski

    Master of X’s and Osinski

    Interviews October 23, 2012 at 9:49 am 0 comments

          The “400-win club” is an exclusive one.  Membership takes years to attain and, even then, most never gain entrance.  There is much to say about longevity in a profession where you’re only employed as long as you win, but to join that elusive “400 club”, a certain […]

     
  • Greece-Athena High School Sophomore Jay Sarkis

    Greece-Athena High School Sophomore Jay Sarkis

    Interviews October 21, 2012 at 12:20 am 0 comments

            Jay Sarkis of the Rochester area has been a basketball standout since he was in middle school. After about two weeks on the junior varsity squad, Sarkis was called up to the varsity team while only an eighth grader, a first for the Greece-Athena school district. During his first varsity season, […]

     
  • Upstate Scout “Asks the Ref”

    Upstate Scout “Asks the Ref”

    Featured, Interviews October 16, 2012 at 12:47 pm 0 comments

        Upstate Scouting Service is launching yet another new component to the website just in time for the high school basketball season.  USSS will be adding an “Ask the Ref” segment featuring local area referee Matt Fryer.  Matt was a former point guard at St. Rose who went on […]

     
  • Fayetteville Manlius Star John Schurman is Attracting Division One Attention From Around the Northeast and Beyond

    Fayetteville Manlius Star John Schurman is Attracting Division One Attention From Around the Northeast and Beyond

    Interviews October 12, 2012 at 9:25 am 0 comments

      The 6’5’’ Junior averaged 20.5 points per-game last season as a sophomore for Fayetteville-Manlius, and led them to a 16-4 record. Schurman also boasted an impressive 7.4 rebounds a game, and made 40 three-pointers. With even more experience under his belt this season, Schurman’s numbers should only go up. […]

     
  • BKW Forward Garrett Pitcher Always Looks to Improve, Wants to Win

    BKW Forward Garrett Pitcher Always Looks to Improve, Wants to Win

    Interviews October 7, 2012 at 1:02 pm 1 comment

            Garrett Pitcher possesses all of the tools of a successful basketball player.  At 6’4” and 200 pounds, he has size. He has the strength to post up, plus the speed and handling ability to beat his man off the dribble.  This senior small forward out of […]