Mid-Hudson boys basketball roster for BCANY Festival

Portrait of Ken McMillan Ken McMillan
Middletown Times Herald- Record

The Mid-Hudson region team that will participate in the Basketball Coaches Association of New York Summer Hoop Festival will feature three returnees, all-stars and familiar names.

There are 10 rising seniors and two juniors on the boys roster.

The older boys are Cornwall's Jack Demetriow; Middletown's Michael Fullerton; Our Lady of Lourdes' Zach Hart; Mount Academy's Dennis Hofer and Jake Maendel; Goshen's Kyle Luong; Monroe-Woodbury's Nick Sanchez; Monticello's Daevion Sandoval and Washingtonville's Aidan Sullivan.

Lourdes' Zach Hart goes for a layup against Arlington during the Duane Davis Memorial Tournament final on Dec. 29, 2023.

The rising juniors are Goshen's Jimmy Kelly and Monroe-Woodbury's Fabrice Ndja.

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The two alternates are Beacon senior Jazziah Whitted and Red Hook junior Riley Jackson.

The returnees from last season include Kelly (he didn't play in the Festival due to injury), Sandoval and Sullivan.

Goshen's Jimmy Kelly makes a slam dunk while practicing with the BCANY Mid-Hudson boys basketball team in Wallkill on July 24, 2023.

The Wallkill staff will guide the team, led by head coach Hunter Andrews and assistants Mickey Dennis and Jason Diehl.

The 12th annual festival will be hosted by Johnson City elementary, middle and high schools in the Binghamton region from July 26-28. Boys and girls teams from each region will play a minimum of three round-robin games, followed by semifinals, placement and championship games.

The BCANY Mid-Hudson boys basketball team coach, Wallkill's Hunter Andrews during practice in Wallkill on July 24, 2023.

Modeled after the sections used in New York State public school play, the other regions attending should be Hudson Valley (the Section 1 schools from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties), Capital (Section 2), Buffalo (Section 6), Rochester (Section 5), Nassau (Sections 8-11), Central (Section 3) and Southern Tier (Section 4).

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