They wanted to win, but they wanted to do it in the right way. Both were the best teammates I ever had though. Bobby would yell at the ball boy if he didn't get him the basketball quick enough. I remember Trevor being as strong as a bull, and Bob's temper. 'It's funny sometimes the things you take for granted. “As I got older, I never realized what an honor it was to play with Bob and Trevor until after I graduated from high school,' Bill Price said. They fell to Clyde-Savannah in the Class D State Qualifier and finished the season 22-3. Trevor was named the tournament’s most valuable player. J-T would dominate in 1993 and would win their first sectional championship as a combined school, defeating Fillmore in the Section V Championship at the Rochester War Memorial.

The following season with all five starters returning, the Wildcats would start to cement themselves as a contender, they advanced to the Class DD Sectional Semifinals losing to local powerhouse Prattsburgh and finished the season 18-5. Bill averaged 18 point per game along with 11 rebounds, Bob averaged 15 points and 6 rebounds and Trevor averaged 12 points and 9 rebounds in 1991 where they finished the season 15-7 losing to Geneva DeSales in the Sectional quarterfinals.

With Bill, Bob and Trevor in the starting lineup all standing 6’3” and taller playing the guard positions, J-T would start to dominate. While also pursuing a career as a high school basketball coach, he started out coaching fifth and sixth-grade boys’ basketball at J-T from 1989-1991, junior varsity girls’ basketball from 1990-1992, junior high boys’ basketball from 1992-95. He’d go to games where he didn’t know anyone playing, because he loved the game, he loved watching it played and played the right way.Īfter college, Tom moved back to the area and started Pricestead Farms in Jasper. It didn’t matter if he had kids playing or not. While attending basketball games Russ would sit in the same spot in the stands. Russ loved team sports, particularly basketball and baseball, which he coached as his kids were growing up. His love of sports, though, paled in comparison to the love he had for his family. Russ spent much of his life involved in sports, either playing, coaching or attending his children's and grandchildren's athletic events. Together they purchased a dairy farm in Jasper which they operated and raised their family of 13 children, seven boys and six girls. In April of 1961, Russ and the former Deanna Thomas were married. Following high school, he attended Rochester Business Institute.

Merritt Russell “Russ” Price attended Jasper Central School graduating in 1954. The name is so respected through Steuben, Livingston and Allegany counties that on Saturday during the five-game Hall of Fame Showcase at Wayland-Cohocton, the late Tom Price will be honored. JASPER - In the early 1990's, one last name became synonymous with high school boys’ basketball in Steuben County.

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