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Thursday, November 29, 2012  He's the kind of player every basketball coach would hope to have on his team, and this week's CNYCentral Athlete is so very proud to be a key member of the Henninger Black Knights.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  You'd be hard pressed to find a more excited high school football team in Central New York.

Thursday, January 26, 2012  Junior Tommie Spinner is averaging over 17 points a game, along with 6 rebounds and 3 steals, helping to lead the Black Knights to a 8-0 record in conference play.

Friday, December 09, 2011  The Red Ram senior, and future SU star scored 32 points and pulled down 20 rebounds in a classic early season game, the Red Rams finally winning it 75-70 in overtime at the Peppino's Invitational Tournament.

Friday, August 19, 2011  It was just three short seasons ago that the Henninger High School Black Knights won a Section III Class AA Football Championship. While last year marked a down year for the Knights with a 2-6 record, 2011 figures to be more like 2008.

Friday, March 04, 2011  Perfection is hard to achieve in just about anything, let alone sports.

Sunday, February 27, 2011  No. 2 Syracuse (2-0) jumped in front of No. 18 Army early and turned back a furious rally by the Black Knights to record an 11-9 triumph on Sunday, Feb. 27 at the Carrier Dome. The Orange led 7-0 in the first quarter and 9-3 at halftime. But Army (1-2) closed the gap to 10-9 in the fourth quarter before a goal by senior Jeremy Thompson (Nedrow, N.Y.) with 1:06 to play sealed the game.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011  No question, the Henninger community has undergone enormous amounts of sorrow over the past 18 months. There was the passing of former basketball coach and administrator Joe Mazella. Then this past fall, there was the untimely death of former basketball star Kihary Blue.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010  It wasn't very pretty at times, but a win is a win in the eyes of the Tully Black Knights.

Saturday, October 02, 2010  The Corcoran Cougars came into this week's Toyota High School Game of the Week having only given up an average of 6 points to their opponents, and having scored an average of 37 points a game. Those statistics shined through against Henninger, a 27-7 victory, improving the Cougars to 5-and-0 on the season.

Saturday, October 02, 2010  This week's Toyota High School Game of the Week is on Saturday, and it's a renewal of a City rivalry.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010  Coach Kline is trying not to concentrate on Corcoran's obvious talent level, but rather set the attention on his team and their goals moving forward.

Saturday, September 18, 2010  For the first time in 2010 our Toyota High School Game of the Week is on a Saturday, and it should be a great game. The young Henninger Black Knights (1-1) look to hand rival Utica-Proctor its first loss of the young season.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010  The 20th anniversary of that accomplishment was celebrated at halftime during that week two win over Fowler, and the members of that classic team say that Henninger spirit is as vamped up as ever.

Thursday, August 19, 2010  The Henninger Black Knights got off to a slow start last season, but ended 2009 one point short of making it to the Section III Championship game.