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Hoops for Hope: Blue Devils top Fighting Irish in Boys Basketball

By Staff Writer
Feb 9, 2025, 5:50pm

In a special second-annual battle of hometown rivals, Batavia topped Notre Dame in Boys Basketball at GCC on Saturday, 63-53.

Hoops for Hopes benefits the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation.

Batavia's Buddy Brasky, head coach, conceived of the idea for the tournament in 2024 and after a successful tournament last

Johnny Bench, from Buffalo to Batavia with a Hall of Fame career along the way

By Howard B. Owens
Sep 21, 2014, 7:58am

Johnny Bench was just a 19-year-old kid from a town of 600 people in Oklahoma when he arrived in Buffalo 47 years ago.

"I didn't venture much beyond the Kenmore District and North Tonawanda," Bench said during an interview Saturday at Batavia Downs when asked if this was his first