Jack Leasure Shooting and Skills Camp Championship Preview: Pittsford Sutherland, Aquinas to decide Girls’ Class A title

One aims to end a 12-year drought. The other is looking for its fifth title in program history. Pittsford Sutherland and Aquinas will battle it out on Saturday to determine the Section V Class A title. Here’s the breakdown:

No. 1 seed PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND KNIGHTS (18-4 / Monroe County Division I)
vs.
No. 6 seed AQUINAS LI’L IRISH (18-5 / Private Parochial)
Saturday, Finger Lakes CC, 7 p.m.

How they arrived here: Top-seeded Pittsford Sutherland downed Batavia (61-34) and Newark (56-43) to reach the sectional title game. Aquinas took down Young Women (90-28), Mercy (54-42) and upset Palmyra-Macedon (59-33) en route to the championship game.

Scoring offense: Pittsford Sutherland (61), Aquinas (68.4)

Scoring defense: Pittsford Sutherland (44.4), Aquinas (44.3)

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Trends: Pittsford Sutherland has won four in a row and six of its last seven games. The Knights have won each of those games by a double-digit margin. Aquinas enters on an eight-game win streak and has scored at least 70 points in five of those contests.

Players to watch for Pittsford Sutherland: Petra Hunt Fr. G 12.7 PPG, 4.4 RPG; Leora Cook Sr. F 11.7 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.4 APG, 3.1 SPG; Eden Lewis Sr. F 10.9 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 2.3 BPG; Lucy Bush Fr. G 8.3 PPG, six RPG, 3.1 APG, 2.8 SPG; Maddie Littlefield So. G 4.1 PPG, 2.3 RPG; Payton Hamilton So. G 7.6 PPG

Aquinas: Molly O’Toole Jr. G 18 PPG, 8.0 RPG; Loren Green Fr. G 18 PPG, 5.0 APG; AJ Orr So. G 13 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 7.0 SPG

Coaches: Dan Judd (Pittsford Sutherland), Mark Loria (Aquinas)

History 101: Pittsford Sutherland reaches the Class A sectional final for a third straight year. The Knights last captured the block in 2014 and went on to win the NYS Class A championship, defeating Jamesville-Dewitt (III) 57-41. Aquinas aims to win its fifth title in program history. The Li’l Irish won back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012 and appeared in the NYS Class A final in 2011, falling to Irvington (I) 91-52. AQ won the A2 title in 2018.

What’s at stake: A spot in the Far West Regional against the Class A Section VI winner.