Battled with everything we had. Not the result we wanted, but ultimately proud of our entire team for an historic season:
🏆 First Sectional Championship since 1968
🏆 First NYS Far West Regional Championship in school history
🏆 First NYS Final Four appearance in school history
Lucus Brown played his last game in a Salamanca uniform last night. His leaves our program as the most successful basketball player in the history of our school:
Name another league in NYS that’s sending two teams to the Final Four. We’re pumped to be going with Allegany-Limestone, and pulling hard for the Gators!
@BasketballGator
Andy Herrick:
✔️ Three years of solid production on the court.
✔️ An indelible impact on our program.
No one will ever wear
#30
again for Salamanca basketball.
Congratulations to Andy on an outstanding career.
As we prepare for our trip to Glens Falls, we wanted to take a moment and thank
@centercourt42
for all he does for Section VI basketball.
His coverage of WNY high school basketball has highlighted and lifted hundreds of players in our region. It is beyond appreciated!
We can’t stand the thought of our seniors not having their final season.
Please adhere to guidance from medical professionals and do what it takes to stop the spread!
Want to be great? Here’s
@LucusBrown23
doing Caitlin Clark’s shooting drill before practice.
Lucus made 78-of-100 threes and 83-of-100 mid range jumpers.
The proof:
Big thanks to
@centercourt42
for making the drive down tonight.
Chad’s dedication to HS basketball in WNY is a tremendous asset to players, coaches and fans in our region.
Lucus Brown and Coach Bennett represented Salamanca in this year’s Best of Buffalo game at Sweet Home High School. Their team got the win, and as always, Lucus represented Salamanca the right way. We’re proud of LB!
Congratulations to junior Lucus Brown, who as a first-team NYS all-star now forever has his jersey retired on the walls of Salamanca High School.
LB is also our basketball program’s all-time leading scorer and set a school record for three point FGs in a season this year.
No one would blame Lucus Brown if he wanted a week or two off. But since we returned from Glens Falls - and a playoff run where he averaged more than 20 pts per game against state ranked opponents - Lucus hasn’t missed a day in the gym.
Some college is going to be very happy.
Tonight we mourn the loss of former Girls JV Coach Mark Chase.
Mark was an unbelievably kind person who made a positive impact on the lives of hundreds of students in his career.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Gary Wight embodies everything good about the coaching profession. He’s an example of integrity and class. He did things the right way all the time.
Congratulations to Coach Wight on having his name live forever on the court at Cuba-Rushford. It’s well deserved!
We always knew it, but now it’s officially official. Lucus Brown is a dawg 🐶.
Congratulations to LB for signing with Division II’s D’Youville Saints today. You’re getting a program-changer!
Congratulations to senior Andy Herrick, who has received his first offer to play college basketball!
Andy is averaging 17.5 points and 6.2 rebounds per game this season, along with playing outstanding defense!
We’d like to thank St. Bonaventure Director of Admissions
@thedeanwhitcomb
for stopping by practice today.
Dean shared a great message with the team, and then presented Lucus Brown with an acceptance letter should he choose to attend St. Bonaventure.
Thank you, Dean!
Coach Bennett was named the Western NY Coach of the Year by Centercourt, and was also selected as the Olean Times Herald Big 30 Coach of the Year. Congrats, Coach!
Shoutout from Salamanca basketball to
@BballSGI
’s Mason Goodridge, who spends his time as a student volunteer coach for the Griffins’ Unified Basketball Team. Great player, great kid.
🏀 In 11 of our 13 games this season, Lucus Brown has scored 20 points or more.
🏀 Lucus has surpassed 30 points in 5 games this season.
🏀 He’s led our team in rebounding seven times this year, and steals in eight games.
No one works harder, and it continues to show.
Our guy LB got a personal congratulations from his newest fan, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr, on this catch yesterday at Highmark Stadium.
GO WARRIORS!!
Isaac Brown hits a game winner with 2.1 seconds to go to give us a 56-55 victory at Silver Creek in the second round of the Section VI, Class C playoffs.
Hercules Rasha had 24 points, Isaac Brown had 13 and Tyler Hedlund had 9.
@centercourt42
#PrepTalkLive
A step-back three gave Lucus Brown his 1,000th point of his career tonight at Allegany-Limestone.
Congratulations to Lucus for becoming just the third player in school history to do it!
Lucus Brown had another exceptional season, averaging 21.2 points/game against some of the best competition in the state.
🏀NYSPHSAA All-State Class C Tournament Team
🏀 Sect VI, Class C Tournament MVP (
@centercourt42
)
Oh, and he’s just a sophomore. The sky is the limit for LB!
The last three years of Salamanca Basketball have been record breaking.
We’re proud of what our players have accomplished, and we’re looking forward to continuing the culture in the future.
Congratulations to Andy Herrick, who scored 21 points and helped NY to a big win over PA in the Big 30 Boys Basketball Senior Classic.
Andy had an outstanding performance in his final high school basketball game of his career, and (as always) he represented Salamanca well.
Coach Bennett and his staff helped lead our team to its first Sectional Championship since 1968, our first Far West Regional Championship in school history, and our first NYS Final Four appearance in school history.
🏀 CCAA West-1 Co-Coach of the Year
It’s been quite a month for Lucus Brown:
⚪️ Received his first opportunity to play college basketball
🔴 Became just the 3rd player in school history to score 1,000 points
⚪️ Became the school’s all-time leading scorer for boys basketball
And he’s only a junior…
@centercourt42
Congratulations to our guy
@LucusBrown23
, who was named to the Centercourt all-WNY first team, making him a top 5 WNY player (public and private) across all classifications.
Lucus also won his second straight Big 30 Player of the Year award from the Olean Times Herald.
Our season came to an end in the New York State Final Four tonight, but the memories we made this year will last a lifetime.
THANK YOU to our students, fans and community for your support all season long.
FINAL: Salamanca 61, Southwestern 37
We advance to the Section VI, Class B2 Semifinals at Buffalo State with a quarterfinal win over the Trojans.
Andy Herrick - 25 pts, 3 reb
Jaxson Ross - 13 pts, 2 stl
Lucus Brown - 10 pts, 6 reb, 4 stl
Maddox Isaac - 5 pts, 7 ast
Last night, our program was proud to recognize Coach Greg Herrick for his tireless dedication to improving basketball at all levels in Salamanca.
Coach Herrick donates his time and effort to make a positive impact in the lives of hundreds of kids. Thank you Coach!
Warrior Nation:
On behalf of our student-athletes and staff, THANK YOU for having our backs the entire year. While tonight’s loss will sting for a while, we’ll always be appreciative of the support you’ve given us every step of the way.
- Coach Bennett
IT’S GAMEDAY!
We take on Marcellus for the right to advance to the state championship.
🆚 Salamanca vs. Marcellus
🏀 NYS Class B Final Four
⏰ 7:45 p.m.
📍 Cool Insuring Arena | Glens Falls, NY
🎟️
📺 (subscription required)
The Salamanca community is simply amazing. Last night’s Beat CF game raised $9,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Andy Herrick’s name.
This incredible amount is reflective of the unwavering support Andy has received in his battle against CF.
GO WARRIORS!
@centercourt42
FINAL: Salamanca 69, Westfield 46
For the first time in five years, we’re going TO JCC!
A. George - 18 pts, 3 ast
I. Brown - 13 pts, 4 ast, 4 reb
L. Brown - 12 pts, 10 reb
J. McKenna - 10 pts, 6 ast
J. Pond - 9 pts, 4 reb
J. White - 7 pts, 6 reb
@centercourt42
#preptalklive
Today is the day these two seniors take the floor together for the final time as high school teammates!
Come out to Portville High School at 4:00 p.m. for the NY vs. PA Big 30 Senior All-Star Game!
I want to take a moment and thank our students and community for their unbelievable support all year.
I couldn’t be more proud of our kids. They played as hard as they could and left everything they had on the floor. - Coach Bennett
Coach Bennett was named the recipient of the 2020-21 Section VI Coaches Sportsmanship Award tonight in Buffalo. Congratulations to coach and the program on this honor!
FINAL: Salamanca 56, Avon 52
We win the NYS Class B Far West Regional Championship and we’re going back to Glens Falls!
Lucus Brown - 24 pts
Maddox Isaac - 9 pts
Avery Brown - 8 pts
Payton Bradley - 7 pts
Cory Holleran - 5 pts
Jacob Herrick - 3 pts
TOTAL TEAM VICTORY!
Junior Lucus Brown has been selected by CCAA coaches as our league’s player of the year for the 2022-23 season!
LB averaged 21 pts, 7 reb, 3 stl and 2 ast per game this year. He led our league in scoring, was top 5 in rebounding, and played outstanding defense!
Congrats, LB!
This is what high school athletics is all about. Two rival teams coming together to support and respect each other, even during/after hard fought games.
Thank you Coach Hind and
@cardshoops1
- you run a first class program.
$7,561 raised to Beat CF for Andy!
@TU4Community
Coach Bennett, Coach Herrick and our Varsity Team are proud to take part in the
#AngelsForAndy
fundraiser to help beat Cystic Fibrosis.
We challenge our JV team and Coach Weishan, along with Coach Hind and
@cardshoops1
, and Coach Anderson and
@ALCS_Basketball
.
With this three in the fourth quarter of our win vs. Olean, Lucus Brown surpassed Kathy Carroll as the all-time leading basketball scorer in Salamanca history.
Congratulations, Lucus!
It’s been quite the debut season on varsity basketball for 8th grader Lucus Brown.
As we enter our final week of the regular season, Lucus is averaging 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per gm on the year. Not bad for the only 8th grader ever to start for Salamanca basketball.
Lucus Brown had an outstanding first day for the Buffalo All-Stars (
@bcanybuffalo
) in this year’s NYS All-Star Tournament.
Against top competition in the state, Lucus had:
Game 1 - 12 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast
Game 2 - 28 pts, 7 reb, 5 stl
Buffalo went 1-1 on the day.
Congratulations to senior Andy Herrick, who was named a Big 30 Academic All-Star tonight as valedictorian of Salamanca HS!
We are proud of Andy for getting it done both on and off the court.
We are proud to announce that JV Coach Pete Weishan will be formally inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame in March of 2019.
This tremendous honor is a reflection of his 44 consecutive years coaching in Salamanca, where he’s won 473 games along the way.
A huge thank you to the Salamanca community, our friends in Randolph,
@centercourt42
,
@WNYAthletics
, our high school staff and everyone who worked to make tonight special.
Andy Herrick is the true definition of a Warrior.
COMMERCIAL ALERT!
This Friday we need the gym full and decked out in purple as we work to raise as much money as possible to BEAT CF!
Oh yeah, it’s rivalry night too as we host the Cardinals. BE THERE!
Freshman Lucus Brown drains a three at the BUZZER to give us a 61-60 win at Fredonia.
Brown finished with a game high 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists. Jarod White had 17 points and 8 rebounds.
Great TEAM win for the Warriors!!!!
Congratulations to Andy Herrick, who was named Louis Foy Male Athlete of the Year today at Salamanca High School.
A well-deserved honor for a true Warrior!
📢 MAJOR AWARD ALERT 📢
🏀 Lucus Brown (Jr.) - Olean Times Herald Big 30 Boys Basketball Player of the Year
🏀 Andy Herrick (Sr.) - Olean Times Herald Big 30 First Team All-Star
Congratulations to Lucus and Andy on these tremendous accomplishments!
BACK TO BACK!
We defeat Ellicottville 52-48 to win the Pat Carroll Division of the Joe DeCerbo Memorial Tournament.
Lucus Brown (Tourney MVP) - 14 pts, 5 ast
Aaron George - 12 pts, 5 ast, 4 reb
Jarrett McKenna - 10 pts, 4 ast, 4 reb
Jarod White - 11 pts, 9 reb
📈📈📈
Lucus Brown (2024) - returning Big 30 POY, 1st Team Buff-News WNY & 2nd Team NYS Class B All-Star - is having quite the spring and summer.
Team camp (against top PA and OH schools): Averaged 22 pts, 7.5 reb, 4 ast.
Summer league - Averaging 30 pts, 6 reb, 5.5 ast/gm
Congratulations to junior Lucus Brown, who led his team with 19 points in this year’s Best of Buffalo Showcase. The game featured the top 20 boys junior and seniors in all of WNY, and Lucus played outstanding!
“If you can balance happiness with your ability to reach your potential, you will have one happy and rewarding life.”
Wise words from the Valedictorian of the Class of 2023. We’re proud of you, Andy!
Congratulations to Andy Herrick, who signed his letter of intent today to play men’s college basketball at Hilbert College.
Hilbert is getting a great player and special young man.
@HilbertMBB