Jack Leasure Shooting and Skills Camp Sectional Final Preview: Honeoye Falls-Lima and Our Lady of Mercy to face off in Class A finals

One program is looking for its ninth sectional title in program history while the other goes for its 11th. Monroe County Division IV meets the Private-Parochial League when Honeoye Falls-Lima and Our Lady of Mercy face off on Saturday to crown a Section V Class A champion. Here’s the breakdown:

No. 3 HONEOYE FALLS-LIMA 
(15-7 / Monroe County IV)
vs.
No. 4 OUR LADY OF MERCY 
(13-9 / Private/Parochial / No. 23 NYSSWA)
Saturday, Finger Lakes Community College, 6 p.m.

How they arrived here: Honeoye Falls-Lima cruised past No. 6 Palmyra-Macedon (44-33) and No. 2 Newark (52-50) to advance to the championship. Our Lady of Mercy defeated No. 5 YWCP/EMHCS (69-46) and No. 1 East (56-44) to make a finals appearance.

Scoring offense: Honeoye Falls-Lima (54.1), Our Lady of Mercy (52)

Scoring defense: Honeoye Falls-Lima (44.7), Our Lady of Mercy (41.9)

Trends: Honeoye Falls-Lima enters the finals winning four straight games including three wins by double-digits. Our Lady of Mercy joins with a three-game win streak which included three straight double-digit victories.

Players to watch for Honeoye Falls-Lima: Shaye Angelo Sr. (24.6 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 3.0 STL/G, 53 3-pointers); Alysa Richards Sr. (7.8 PPG, 4.2 APG, 30 3-pointers); Sarah Smith Sr. (10 PPG, 11 RPG); Kamryn Burdett Sr. (7.3 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 2.0 APG, 1.8 BLK/G).

Our Lady of Mercy: Laura Kosten Sr. (12 PPG, 6.0 RPG); Emerson Wandtke Fr. (15 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 3 BLK/G); Angelina Borrelli Jr. (5.0 PPG, 5.0 APG); Robin Jones Sr. (6.0 PPG, six RPG); Bridget Wise Sr. (5.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG).

Coaches:  Steven Willoughby (Honeoye Falls-Lima), Tom McDonough (Our Lady of Mercy)

History 101: Honeoye Falls-Lima has eight sectional blocks in its trophy case with the most recent coming in 2017 when the Cougars topped Wilson Magnet for the A2 title. Mercy’s last championship also came in 2017. That year, the Monarchs beat Bishop Kearney in the AA championship. Mercy has 10 sectional championships heading into Saturday’s matchup.

What’s at stake: A spot in the NYS Class A quarterfinals against the Section VI champion, either Lakeshore or Depew.