Delisanti Wealth Management Saturday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Penfield breaks 72-year drought; Blankenberg leads Wayne to second straight title

CLASS AAA

No. 2 FAIRPORT (18-4) 50
No. 1 RUSH-HENRIETTA (20-2) 53
Rush-Henrietta head coach Calvin Betts doesn’t need to be reminded of the final game of his high school playing career. The now second-year head coach remembers it well. Betts, then a teenager and R-H faced Fairport for the 2006 Section V Class AAA championship. The Red Raiders had beaten Rush twice during the regular season. The outcome for the title game stayed consistent with those previous meetings. Corey McAdam led Fairport to a 52-50 victory. Betts and his teammates had hoped to win a second title in three years instead they walked off Les Harrison Court with a loss. READ MORE.

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CLASS AA1

No. 2 WEBSTER THOMAS (16-7) 44
No. 1 PENFIELD (20-3) 71
Patrick Emling’s 20 points led Penfield to its first sectional title since 1953. READ MORE

CLASS AA2

No. 2 CANANDAIGUA (18-5) 54
No. 1 GREECE ATHENA (21-2) 73
Mike Setzer shared one thought with the Greece Athena boys’ basketball team as they wrapped up their Saturday afternoon shoot-around and prepared to head downtown to face Canandaigua for the Section V Class AA2 championship. “The only moment that I want tonight is to sit down and watch you guys celebrate,” Setzer, the Trojans’ ninth-year coach told his squad. Setzer, whose team had placed second five times in his first eight seasons, had his wish granted as top-seeded Athena overcame a slow start to pull away…READ MORE.

CLASS A

No. 2 WAYNE (22-2) 61
No. 1 EAST (17-2) 55
Cameron Blankenberg scored a game-high 31 points as Wayne won its second straight sectional title. READ MORE

CLASS B1

No. 2 WATERLOO (16-7) 53
No. 1 WORLD OF INQUIRY (20-3) 65
Kanaz Linder scored 18 points and took tournament MVP honors as World of Inquiry earned its first boys’ basketball sectional championship in school history. READ MORE

CLASS B2

No. 2 EAST ROCHESTER (20-3) 57
No. 1 AVON (18-5) 56
Eli Tanner scored 19 points and earned MVP honors as East Rochester rallied to beat reigning champion Avon. READ MORE

CLASS D

No. 3 JASPER-TROUPSBURG (12-11) 38
No. 1 FILLMORE (20-3) 74
Jonah Bialek’s 22 points led Fillmore to its first sectional title in 15 years and fifth in program history. READ MORE

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