Curtis took back the SIHSL tournament title, which it has now won two of the last three years and a record nine times overall, despite losing arguably its best player, Hassan Martin, to injury. But it wasn’t just all about the Warriors on Staten Island.
St. Peter’s stunned Mount St. Michael in the regular season and later advanced to the CHSAA Class AA intersectional quarterfinals, Moore Catholic made the CHSAA Class A semifinals and CSI/McCown had its best season ever. Monsignor Farrell and McKee/Staten Island Tech remained contenders in the competitive borough.
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Curtis' Dashawn Richmond is The Post's All-Staten Island boys basketball Player of the Year.
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Curtis' Richard Buckheit is The Post's All-Staten Island boys basketball Coach of the Year.
All-Staten Island boys basketball Player of the Year: DaShawn Richmond, Curtis
There was no better showcase for the rugged 6-foot-3 wing than the SIHSL tournament. Richmond displayed why he was so important to Curtis for three seasons. He hit long jump shots, banged inside for rebounds and putbacks, handled the ball on the perimeter and played lockdown defense. Most importantly, he finished games strong, leading the Warriors to their second Island crown in three years.
In the semifinal win over McKee/Staten Island Tech, Richmond had 10 of his team’s 20 points in the fourth quarter and in the finals rout of St. Peter’s, he poured in 18 of his 23 points after halftime.
“He’s the go-to guy,” Curtis coach Rich Buckheit said of Richmond, who will attend junior college. “It’s the same old ‘Day-Day’ – he definitely shows up when we need him.”
All-Staten Island boys basketball Coach of the Year: Rich Buckheit, Curtis
He lost his most talented player – junior forward Hassan Martin – to a torn finger ligament in mid-December, yet still guided Curtis to another PSAL Staten Island A division title, its second SIHSL crown in three years and a near upset of citywide power Lincoln in the PSAL Class AA quarterfinals.
The demanding, intense and yet easy-to-deal-with fourth-year coach has turned the St. George program into more than just Staten Island’s best – he’s made them omnipresent in New York City by raising the expectations and venturing off the Island to face elite foes. Curtis isn’t just Staten Island’s best anymore. It is a threat to the PSAL’s elite from Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx, a goal of Buckheit’s when he took over.
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G Andrew Cannon, St. Peter’s
The 6-foot-3 sharpshooter was thrust onto the city scene when he dropped 22 points on Mount St. Michael and beat the Mountaineers with a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Cannon led St. Peter’s to the SIHSL final and the CHSAA Class AA intersectional quarterfinals.
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