Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012: Davenport's Preston wins 600th game

   Preston, 62, is in his 33rd season. He is 600-157 since taking over in 1978, including 6-5 this winter. In the fall, he notched win No. 400 in girls soccer by beating Roxbury on Oct. 12.

   Red Hook coach John Kuhn retired after the 2009-2010 season with 619 basketball victories.

   On the basketball court, Preston's teams have picked up 25 Delaware League division titles, 11 league championships, eight Section 4 Class D trophies and four trips the NYSPHSAA final fours. The coach was induction into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

   "There are a lot of memories," Preston told The Daily Star. "I thank the girls for being part of it. Obviously, any girl who's played for me is a part of it and it's a big number."

   Big night for eighth-grader: Upper Room eighth-grader Sydney Zambrotta set a Long Island single-game scoring record with 63 points Tuesday for Upper Room in a 78-17 win over Our Savior New American.

   Zambrotta, a transfer from North Babylon in the fall, had hit for 51 and 58 points in games earlier this season. She connected for 24 field goals and 14 free throws in her latest outburst.

   Jennifer Mitchell of Hempstead set the previous record of 60 points in a game in the 1072-73 season.

   More football progress: Skaneateles quarterback Troy Green has accepted a scholarship offer from the University of Central Florida. Green is the son of former Atlanta Falcons standout Tim Green, who played at Syracuse University when UCF coach George O'Leary was an assistant there.

   Troy Green was named first-team all-state in Class C by the New York State Sportswriters Association following his senior season. He went 165-of-244 for 2,382 yards with 34 touchdowns and six interceptions last fall and also rushed for 11 touchdowns.

   Green told The Post-Standard his father's relationship with O'Leary was a factor in his decision. "Coach O'Leary had a great respect level for my dad as a player," he said.

   Speaking of all-staters, Class AA second-team running back Dalton Crossan will attend the University of New Hampshire. Crossan shared the Hansen Award, given to the most outstanding football player in Suffolk County, with James Madison-bound Stacey Bedell of William Floyd.

   Crossan finished his senior season with 2,216 yards rushing and a school-record 38 touchdowns as he led the Flaming Arrows to their third straight Section 11 Division I championship game. He moved to quarterback midway through the season when his younger brother, Trent, was injured.

   Tarik Pusey, a two-way starter for Abraham Lincoln in the PSAL, has committed to Rhode Island. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound linebacker/receiver, chose the Rams over several other Football Championship Subdivision squads after helping the Railsplitters to their first city crown since 1993.

   “He made a name for himself,” Lincoln coach Shawn O’Connor told The New York Post. “His leadership will be sorely missed."

   Rhode Island has been mining the PSAL this winter. Defensive lineman James Timmins (Curtis), defensive end Josh Moody (Tottenville) and running back Ayo Isijola (Sheepshead Bay) have also committed to the Rams, the paper reported.

   Low-key approach: Banneker basketball guard Africa Williams committed last week to continue her career at Fordham but kept it under wraps until Monday. She would be the first girl from Banneker to play at a Division I school.

   Williams chose Fordham over West Virginia, Seton Hall and Drexel. “But the whole process of visiting schools was getting stressful," she told The New York Daily News. "I was starting to become more focused on the visits than schoolwork and I wanted to get the focus back on school.”

   Circle the date: St. Anthony's, the Long Island team that has been among New York's best on an annual basis for

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longer than most can remember, will host New Jersey counterpart Bergen Catholic to open the 2012 season, Friars AD Don Buckley said.

   They'll meet Sept. 7 in South Huntington. Bergen Catholic finished 8-3 last fall and was ranked 10th in the East by USA Today. The Friars went 10-0 en route to their third straight CHSFL Class AAA championship and a co-No. 1 ranking from the New York State Sportswriters Association.

   Record effort: Half Hollow Hills senior diver Ryan Savit, who needed two months to recover from a stress fracture in his back over the summer, broke a 30-year-old Suffolk County record with a six-dive total score of 344.76 MOnday against West Islip.

   "Thinking about everything I've been through to get to this point, all my training has paid off," he told Newsday. "When I first started diving I never thought I could get to this point, so it's a great feeling."

   "The previous record was 333.98 by Glen Barroncini of Brentwood in 1982.

   A change in priorities: A Texas school district is dropping sports and putting the money toward improving academic performance.

   Officials of the Premont Independent School District signed an agreement with the Texas Education Agency this month that will keep the district open through December. Premont earned the state's lowest rating in 2011 for the second time in three years.

   Superintendent Ernest Singleton said the sports program will shut down after basketball season and run through the start of the 2012-13 basketball season. That will wipe out baseball, tennis and track this spring, and football and volleyball in the fall.

   The district anticipates saving $100,000 to be applied to two new science labs, building repairs and teacher salaries.

   Police blotter: Terrel Hunt, a third-team all-state player in Class A for Christ the King in 2010, was suspended from football-related activities at Syracuse University after being accused of stealing a $44 bottle of cologne from a mall store.

   Hunt, 18, was arrested Tuesday at Carousel Center according to Syracuse Police, who described the player as cooperative and apologetic. Orange head coach Doug Marrone said he was aware of the incident and had suspended Hunt from the football program.

   Hunt is facing petit larceny charges and was issued an appearance ticket for Syracuse City Court.