Jack Leasure Shooting and Skills Camp Championship Preview: Bloomfield and Cal-Mum clash in Girls’ Class C1

A reigning champion will take the court to defend its crown. On the other side: a team that rolled into the tournament top-seeded and without a loss since mid-January. Bloomfield and Caledonia-Mumford duel to decide the Section V Class C1 Girls’ Basketball title at Finger Lakes Community College. Here’s the breakdown:

No. 1 seed CALEDONIA-MUMFORD RAIDERS (19-4 / Livingston – Division II)
vs.
No. 3 seed BLOOMFIELD BOMBERS (16-7 / Finger Lakes – East)
Saturday, Finger Lakes Community College, 3 p.m.

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How they arrived here: Top-seeded Cal-Mum beat No. 16 Warsaw (68-17) and No. 9 Cuba-Rushford (55-9) by a combined margin of 123-26 to reach the semifinals. The Raiders then beat upstart No. 12 Geneseo (57-43) to reach the final. Bloomfield outscored opponents 219-89 on its three-game championship chase, defeating No. 14 Red Jacket (66-22), No. 11 East Rochester (74-35) and No. 2 Byron-Bergen (79-32)

Scoring offense: Caledonia-Mumford (51.4), Bloomfield (59.1)

Scoring defense: Caledonia-Mumford (34.5), Bloomfield (41.7)

Trends: After starting the season 6-4, the Raiders have won 13 straight. All but one of those victories was by a double-digit margin. Bloomfield collected win streaks of five and four in the regular season.

Players to watch for Caledonia-Mumford: Hazell Nickerson Sr. 16 PPG, 13 RPG, two APG, three BPG; Ava Amorese Sr. 11 PPG, four RPG, four APG; Olivia Amorese So. 10 PPG, four RPG, two APG; Shea Drazkowski Jr. five PPG, six RPG, two APG; Emma Brogan Jr. five PPG, three APG, two SPG.

Bloomfield: Calla McCombs Jr F (18.6 PPG, 14.4 RPG).; Ashlyn Wright Sr. F (10.5 PPG, 6.4 RPG); Lily Baughman Sr. G (16.0 PPG, 4.5 RPG); Annie Dodge Sr G. (7.0 PPG, 2.2 RPG); Syd Falsone 9th G (2.0 PPG, 2.1 RPG); Selia Kachmaryk So. G (2.2 PPG, 2.0 RPG).

Coaches: Julie Kimball (Bloomfield), Mike Reed (Caledonia-Mumford)

History 101: Bloomfield seeks to repeat as Class C1 champion and bring home its 14th title. Historically, the Bombers trail only Pittsford Mendon (17) and Elba (16) in championships. Bloomfield three-peated from 1999-2001 to cap off seven titles in 10 seasons. Cal-Mum battles for its fifth title. The Raiders claimed back-to-back championships in 2015 and 2016.

What’s at stake: Winner advances to Class C regional qualifier and will face either Keshequa or York.