Paul Gotham

By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- With 26.5 seconds remaining in Saturday's Monroe County Division I matchup, the Victor boys' basketball team broke the huddle. Their 16-point lead had been whittled to seven by a relentless Rush-Henrietta defense. Matt Caggiano smirked as the Blue Devils prepared to inbound the ball. The senior wanted to make note of the impending play as all … [Read more...] about Victor holds off Rush-Henrietta to stay undefeated

WEBSTER, N.Y. -- Lill Northrup hit the go-ahead basket late in the fourth quarter and the Webster Schroder girls basketball team avenged an earlier loss with a 67-63 victory over Fairport on Saturday. Northrup's 3-pointer with :37 seconds remaining highlighted a 9-1 Schroeder run to close the contest. The junior guard took a pass from teammate Julia Perales and connected from … [Read more...] about Schroeder girls rally to beat Fairport

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Diamond Pickett scored 15 points and grabbed a career-high 23 rebounds to lead the East High girls' basketball team past SOTA, 77-43 in RCAC action, Saturday. Teammate Makayla McCorker finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds as the Eagles won for the third time in five games and improved to 9-10 on the season. Shariona Blocker added 28 points and seven … [Read more...] about Pickett lead East girls past SOTA

WORLD OF INQUIRY (5-14) 46 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (13-6) 80 Ethain Clarke-DeSouza and Ke'Vion Mitchell both posted double-doubles as SOTA won its third straight and ninth in the last 10. Clarke-DeSouza scored 11 of his game-high 24 points in the second quarter to help the Silverhawks to a double-digit advantage heading into the locker room. Averaging 22.9 points per game, … [Read more...] about Thursday Wrap: Clarke-DeSouza and Mitchell register double-doubles in SOTA win; Rizzo paces Red Jacket to fourth straight

By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. – When the boys’ basketball teams of Leadership Academy and Edison Tech met nearly two months ago, there was an obvious familiarity between the two squads. Reggie Simmons, the first-year Edison coach, had traded benches. After six seasons at the helm with Leadership, Simmons now looked at his former squad from the opposite end of the … [Read more...] about McKinney and Leadership cruise to fifth straight win