With one month remaining in the regular season, taking a look at teams from Monroe County Division I: Fairport, Hilton, Penfield, Rush-Henrietta, Victor and Webster Schroeder.
****INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS TAKEN FROM THE 2024-25 SEASON.
FAIRPORT RED RAIDERS
Last season: Finished 18-4 and lost to Rush-Henrietta in AAA final.
Coach: Scott Fitch (376-135/25th season)
Top returners: Gannon Culver Sr. G; Alex Grejda Sr. F/G; Sam Roselli Sr. G; Jon Roessel Sr. F/G; Hadi Dergham Sr. F
Top newcomer: Noah Meabon Sr. F.
Current record: 11-0
Next game: Wednesday, January 28th at Spencerport
Class: AAA
State ranking: No. 15
Sectional Championships: 5 (’17, ’07, ’06, ’55 and ’27)
HILTON CADETS
Last season: Finished 7-14, lost to Webster Schroeder in the AA1 quarterfinals.
Coach: Jeff Esposito (first season).
Top returners: Shane Thompson Sr. C (5.4PPG, 7 RPG); Kal Whelehan Sr. G (8.5 PPG); Matt Kosiorek Jr G (8.2 PPG, 45.0 percent 3pt.); Cooper Streb Sr. F (7.9 PPG).
Top newcomer: Jacob Nguyen Jr. G.
Current record: 2-10
Next game: Wednesday, January 28th at Brighton
Class: AA1
Sectional Championships: 2 (’61, ’66)
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PENFIELD PATRIOTS
Last season: Finished 20 – 4 Section V Class AA1 champions, lost in triple overtime to Greece Athena, 75-72 in regional qualifier.
Coach: Jason Ellis (127 – 118/11th season overall, 9th season at Penfield/104 – 94).
Top returners: Ryan Savino 6-foot-4, Sr. SF 6-foot-4; Dallas Crawford 6-foot-0 Sr. G; Jake McCarthy 6-foot-9 Jr. C (First Team All-County, Second Team AGR); Jackson Green 6-foot-6 Jr. SF; CJ Johnson 6-foot-5 G.
Top newcomers: Aaron Hardaway 6-foot-0 Jr. G; Ethan McEntire 6-foot-4 SF; Carter Scheible 5-foot-10 Jr. G.
Current record: 10-1
Next game: Wednesday, January 28th at Webster Thomas
Class: AA1
State ranking: No. 1
Sectional Championships: 3 (’25, ’53, ’51)
RUSH-HENRIETTA ROYAL COMETS
Last season: Finished 20-3, won Section V Class AAA title, lost to Section VI champion, Jamestown in the NYS Class AAA Far West Regional.
Coach: Calvin Betts (49-17/third season at R-H/1 season at Lyons GBB)
Assistant coach: Kevin Coe
Top returners: Kingston Henry Sr. G; Daniel James Sr.; Tyrese Rudolph Sr.; Ayden Person Sr.
Top newcomers: Milan Griffith 6-foot-2 Sr. F; Jakari Canaday 5-foot-11 Sr. G; Oliver Wright 5-foot-11 Jr. G; Kristopher Much 5-foot-9 Jr. G; Kylan Burke 5-foot-11 So. G.; Neahman Grandin 6-foot-4 So. C; MJ Noble 5-foot-9 9th grade G; Kaiden Thwaits 6-foot-4 9th grade F.
Current record: 4-8
Next game: Wednesday, January 28th at Gates Chili.
Class: AAA
Sectional Championships: 10 (’25, ’11, ’10, ’08, ’04, ’94, ’81^, ’80^, ’76*, ’72)
^R-H Roth won sectional titles. *R-H Sperry won the AAA title.
VICTOR BLUE DEVILS
Last season: Finished 8-13, lost at Irondequoit in AA1 quarterfinals.
Coach: Tyler Roberts (143-102/13th season).
Top returners: RJ Johnson Jr. G (8.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 2.0 APG); Sean Loyal Sr. F; Ravi Chitre So. G; (4.0 PPG, 2.0 APG); Ben Fell Jr. G; Timmy McAuliffe Jr. F; Gage Hay Sr. G; Will Wu Sr. F; Gus Pappajohn Sr. G.
Top newcomers: Simon Allen Jr. F; Baker Hoffman Jr. F; JJ Mastin Jr. G; Andre Poselovich Jr. G; Coleton Roth Jr. G; Zeidahn Ofori So. F.
Current record: 9-4
Next game: Wednesday, January 28th at Churchville-Chili
Sectional championships: 6 (’24, ’23*, ’78, ’77, ’70, ’54).
*State champion.
WEBSTER SCHROEDER WARRIORS
Last season: Finished 11-11, lost in double overtime to Webster Thomas in AA1 semifinals.
Coach: Rashaad Stokelin (70-53 /Eighth season).
Top returners: AJ Amico Sr.; Samuel Nick Jr. (sixth man last year).
Top newcomers: Kalin Watkins 6-foot-3, Jr.; Chris Unger 6-foot-4 Jr.; Andrew Lozovatskiy 6-foot-6 Jr.; Matthew Carey 5-foot-10 9th grade.
Current record: 2-9
Next game: Wednesday, January 28th at Irondequoit.
Class: AA1
Sectional championships: 2 (’01, ’61 – both as Webster High School).
****INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS TAKEN FROM THE 2024-25 SEASON.
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