Sports Shorts: February 23, 2012

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February 23, 2012

Anonymous Press-Republican The Press Republican Thu Feb 23, 2012, 02:23 AM EST

GLENS FALLS —

Tickets available for Beauvais induction

Tom Beauvais of Westport will be inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame as presented by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York at 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 18, at Heritage Hall at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

In his 34-year coaching career, Beauvais went 170-82 as the Westport boys' basketball coach; he switched to coaching the girls' team in 1986 and went 301-64 while winning 15 league titles in a row and 13 of 14 sectional titles from 1988 to 2002.

Tickets are available in advance only and must be purchased by March 12. Adults are $25 and children (ages 6 to 11) are $12, children 5 and under are free.

Checks need to be made out to BCANY. For more information and/or to purchase tickets, contact Rebecca Dayton at 524-3907 or rdayton@orda.org orBarbara Dayton at 962-8332 or daytonb@westelcom.com.

Congratulatory messages in the 2012 Hall of Fame Commemorative Program are also available for purchase — contact Rebecca Dayton (above) for forms.