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Each day, we watch the NBA and NHL shuffle another season of games. Canadian franchises are now playing in front of empty arenas. How will these stoppages effect the high schools and colleges in upstate New York? Will the expected surge of positive COVID 19 test results shut down games to fans or even worse cancel games?

As holiday shoppers were navigating for that perfect parking space, local boys and girls high school hoops teams were on the hardwood courts Tuesday. It is certainly an unsettling time for these young student-athletes, as they observe major league sports pausing games. Many of these high school players remember their older classmates competing in empty gyms, while others didn't play at all. Memories that we'd all like to forget. On Tuesday, it was great opportunity to get out there and enjoy some holiday season hoops.

Tamarac High School boys basketball coach Eric Medved ran an 18 game weekend basketball tournament like he coaches, to win. Medved got his win this weekend, on the court and off. The Tamarac coach's weekend effort, besides two basketball games for his team, was running a Coaches vs. Cancer high school tournament at Hudson Valley Community College. How did it go? Well, we'll get to the basketball in a second but the tournament raised over $10,785 so far!

Wednesday on The Drive with Charlie & Dan, we had the pleasure of hanging out with the Tamarac High School boys basketball coach, Eric Medved, the organizer of this weekend's tournament. Yes, we talked about Tamarac getting off to a 3-0 start and how great the kids on his team are but this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, mean way more to Coach Medved than a couple of basketball games.

Tuesday was a typical busy night in high school hoops with 28 games on the boys schedule with an additional 14 in girls basketball. A big thank you to Bethlehem High School athletic director Len Kies and BCHS student Sasha Jo for the awesome photographs. All athletic department contributions are enthusiastically accepted by our 104.5 The Team sports crew!

Tuesday is always a fun night in high school basketball. One thing I learned very early in coaching, kids love taking the bus to other schools. It's fun to play at home in front of your friends and classmates but the bus rides with your teammates was even better. Another thing that I learned, score reporting is sometimes done the following day. So, be patient as we try to get you all of the scores and more game details this season.

Imagine going through your entire academic youth, and not missing a single day of school.  Not one. It's pretty hard to believe that two local high school students will be graduating from Shaker High School with perfect attendance; k-12.  It happened, and these two  students are heroes in my book for sticking it out when they got sick or simply had a day where they didn't want to get out of bed. 

Tuesday our American Idol, Madison Vandenburg, came home to an amazing celebration as she is one of the final three to win the show. There was a pep rally at her high school and she put on a free concert at the Crossings. Her reaction to it all was priceless.

A few short hours after Cohoes' Madison VanDenburg made it to the season finale of American Idol next Sunday night, details began unfolding about the upcoming 3-hour finale. Next Sunday night's show will feature some big performances and dream duets as the idol contestants have paired up with some of the biggest names in music.  It's being reported that our own Madison will be teamed up with the c

Girl on Fire! Madison VanDenberg our local teen American Idol hopeful, brought fire, a rockin' new look and impeccable vocals to the stage during "Queen" night last evening on another live show of American Idol.  Proving once again that she literally can sing anything, the humble teen from Shaker High School now has just five other contestants to beat and a few shows left before she's of

Madison Vandenberg did not disappoint when she belted out Queen's "The Show Must Go On". After her performance, Ryan Seacrest asked her about her high school friends and her favorite teacher. Here's what she said.

There must be something in the water at Shaker High School in Latham. Not one, but two American Idol hopefuls from the same school have been featured on this years singing competition show. While both are mega-talented, only one survived Monday night's chop. The morning after the 17-year-old singer from Cohoes made yet another sensational appearance on American Idol, she chatted it up with Brian a