A new weekly feature on GameDay One for the boys basketball season will highlight the best performers as Kevin Devaney Jr. selects his “5 Stars of the Week” on the GD1 YouTube Channel.
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In the first edition, KDJ honors:
Scarsdale standout Jake Sussberg, a Princeton-bound guard who recently scored his 1,000th career point.
Dobbs Ferry sharpshooter Anthony Ficarrotta. The junior guard has scored 32 points or more in all five contests for the Eagles.
Kaden Gonzalez of Yorktown, who had a career-high 43 points in the team’s win over Ossining.
Zach Boyriven, the standout guard from Horace Greeley.
And Will Plunkett, a junior forward who has Mamaroneck off to a 5-0 start.
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Kevin Devaney Jr. has been covering high school sports in the Hudson Valley since 1998, working with The Journal News and LoHud.com, MSG Varsity and News 12 Varsity. He currently is Vice President of Digital Content at LocalLive Networks (locallive.tv), while also operating his own website KDJMedia.com
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