By Mike Billoni, Courier-Express

ANYONE WHO visits the Tonawanda Eldredge Club on a Sunday afternoon can get a pretty good idea of what former area college basketball players are up to these days.

Chuck Mancuso

For Coles Restaurant, the league's most successful team in recent years, hard work and dedication have gone into dominating the area's amateur basketball scene.

CHARLIE MANCUSO, a 37-year-old play-making guard, and Gary Gross, a 34-year-old high-scoring forward, are the backbone of the Coles team.