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Harborfields' Woodhouse: LI player of year

Harborfields' Lucas Woodhouse looks for an opening at

Photo credit: Pat Orr | Harborfields' Lucas Woodhouse looks for an opening at the NYSPHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament. (March 17, 2012)

The whispers of doubt began when Lucas Woodhouse was brought up to the Harborfields varsity as an eighth-grader, primarily to observe and prepare for a much greater role in the future.

"Guys were telling me, 'Put him on the JV and let him play,' " Harborfields coach Chris Agostino recalled. "I heard it all: 'Too small, too slow, not physical, can't shoot, can't score.' If I had a dime for...

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