Haden Abbott scored 17 of his game-high 21 points including a trio of 3-pointers to highlight a 13-3 run to close the first half, and Avoca/Prattsburgh went on to defeat Section III champion Hamilton, 64-41 in NYS Class D semifinal action Saturday at Cool Insuring Arena…

Scores and recaps from Saturday’s Section V Boys’ Basketball action …

Seniors Morgan Caraballo, Natalie DiSanto and Jazzmyn Lewis combined for 24 points as Waterloo erased a 12-point deficit heading into the fourth quarter to defeat Section I champion Putnam Valley, 58-48 in the NYSPHSAA Class B championship game…

Mya Herman unloaded all 22 of her points in the second half, but her eruption wasn’t enough as Canandaigua’s late rally fell short in a 61-51 setback to Walter Panas (I) in the New York State Public High Schools Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) class A final…..

When you get far into a sectional or state tournament bracket, you tend to run into teams that are very similar to yourself.  Any variation from the usual flow of how you play the game can be a major disruption.  Irondequoit collided with that disruption when star guard Ryan Heath ran into foul trouble, changing the tenor of the game as Tappan Zee of Section I took advantage, outscoring the Eagles 31-14 in the second half, winning the NYSPHSAA Class A title 49-36, Saturday night at Cool Insuring Arena…

Scores and recaps from Saturday’s Section V Girls’ Basketball action …