Jack Leasure Shooting and Skills Camp Regional Preview: Fairport and Lancaster to battle for AAA Girls’ Regional Title

Section V and Section VI will do battle on Friday when two Class AAA champions will go head-to-head at Finger Lakes Community College. From Section V hails Fairport, which just won its first sectional title since 2010. Section VI representative Lancaster has won three straight sectional titles and is looking to get avenge a regional loss from a year ago. Here’s the breakdown:

FAIRPORT RED RAIDERS (8-15/Monroe County Division I)
vs.
LANCASTER LEGENDS (17-4/Erie County Interscholastic Conference Division I)
Friday, Finger Lakes CC, 6 p.m.

How they arrived here: Fairport defeated Franklin/Northeast (67-21) and Edison/WOIS/SWW (73-58) to advance to the Section V Class AAA championship before taking down Greece Arcadia/Olympia (42-35). Lancaster picked up a 72-43 win over Niagara Falls to win the Section VI Class AAA title. 

Scoring offense: Fairport (41.7 PPG), Lancaster (60.8 PPG)

Scoring defense: Fairport (48.8 PPG), Lancaster (46.2 PPG)

Trends: Fairport has won four of its last five games, while Lancaster has picked up wins in seven of its past eight games. 

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Players to watch for Fairport: Jada Crocker Sr. C 8.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG; Lola Pucci Jr. G 7.5 PPG, 2.5 APG, 21 PPG in postseason; Amaya Johnson Sr. G four PPG; Livea Amadori Sr. F 4.0 PPG; Courtney Merlo Jr. F 4.5 PPG, 3.5 RPG

Players to watch for Lancaster: Madison Francis Jr. G 29.0 PPG, 13.2 RPG, 5.1 APG, 5.7 SPG, 3.2 SPG; Morgan Molino Jr. G 7.0 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 2.2 SPG; McKenna Corcoran Jr. F 7.1 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 2.0 SPG; Grace Harrington Jr. F 6.8 PPG, 2.6 RPG; Addison Stachewicz So. F 4.5 PPG, 3.7 RPG

Coaches: Tom Vasey (Fairport), Jayson Jaskier (Lancaster)

History 101: Fairport is partaking in its eighth regional since 1988, and first since 2010 when the Red Raiders fell in the Class AA state semi-finals to Shenendehowa (II). This is Lancaster’s third straight appearance in the Far West Regional.

What’s at stake: A spot in the Class AAA NYS state semi-finals against the winner of Colonie Central (II) and Liverpool (III)