Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012: Poly Prep's Stapleton picks UConn football

   Leading off today: Former Syracuse University football coach Paul Pasqualoni has his third commitment from New York's Class of 2013 to attend UConn as Poly Prep defensive end/tight end Cameron Stapleton verbally committed, The Advance reported.

   The 6-foot-4, 225-pound player picked the Huskies over Syracuse and could have an early opportunity at playing time because the Huskies are staring at significant graduation losses after this season.

   “I’m glad to get my decision out of the way so I can now focus on my senior year,” he told the paper.

   UConn's other commitments from New Yorkers thus far are Beach Channel defensive tackle Folorunso Fatukasi and Westlake offensive tackle Tommy Hopkins.

   Leaving: Floral Park girls basketball point guard Kaela Hilaire is transferring to Long Island Lutheran, her father told Newsday. The Crusaders will have a potent backcourt with Hilaire, a rising sophomore, and Boogie Brozoski, first-team all-state in Class B last winter.

   Hilaire averaged 14.9 points and 7.6 assists as an eighth-grader and led Floral Park to the Section 8 Class A semifinals last season.

   Staying: Akeel Lynch, at times spectacular last season as a senior running back at Buffalo St. Francis, tweeted over the weekend he remains committed to the Penn State football program this fall.

   "I will be wearing #22 in Blue&White jersey come Sept. 1st #WeStillAre #PennState #Sorryforthewait," Lynch tweeted.

   Lynch had been considering a transfer to Iowa according to several reports. He'd picked Penn State over Iowa, Ole Miss and Oklahoma.

   Penn State's been roiled by transfers and rumors of departures in the fallout from harsh NCAA sanctions after the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal. The big blow thus far has been the defection of running back Silas Redd to Southern Cal. That opens the door for Lynch to ascend the depth chart more quickly than originally anticipated.

   Summer Hoops Festival recap: Hudson Valley swept the boys and girls divisions of the BCANY Summer Hoops Festival in Johnson City over the weekend. Brian Daniels of Briarcliff and Saniya Chong of Ossining scored MVP honors.

   Hudson Valley won the girls title with a 91-90 victory over Central in the final. Ossining’s Destini Walker made

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two free throws with no time remaining to earn the win.

   One the boys side, Umar Singh (North Salem) made a layup off a feed from Brendan Hynes (Mahopac) with :01.5 seconds left to edged Adirondack 67-65. Daniels scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the final.

   Extra points: Justin Rodriguez of The Times Herald-Record tweeted this week that Kingston wrestler Deon Edmond, a state-meet qualifier at 195 pounds last season, tore an ACL on the mats and may not be healthy enough to get back on the football field this fall. By extension, that could slow him down for the early portion of the wrestling season.

   The Times Herald-Record reported that Hudson Valley may land the 2014 Empire State Games if the event re-launches successfully in Rochester next summer. Dutchess County hosted in 2005 and '09.

   Red Jacket has schedule Rochester Prep Charter School to replace Geneva DeSales in Week 1 of the football schedule. Red Jacket needed a game after DeSales officials announced last week the school will not re-open this fall.