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CLASS AAA NO. 4 MCQUAID JESUIT (8-13) 50NO. 1 FAIRPORT (20-1) 70Jon Roessel netted a game-high 21 points and Fairport, NYSSWA Class AAA No. 7 advanced to the sectional final with its third straight victory. Roessel scored 17, knocking down five triples along the way in the first half as the Red Raiders opened up a 44-30 lead at the break for their 12th win by 20-plus … [Read more...] about Delisanti Wealth Management Tuesday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Griffiths leads 17-point comeback for Rush-Henrietta; Pascoe and Capers lift Bishop Kearney with second-half rally

CLASS A No. 4 OUR LADY OF MERCY (13-9) 56No. 1 EAST (16-5) 44Laura Kosten accounted for 10 of her team-high 15 points in the second half as Our Lady of Mercy outscored East 32-22 to earn a spot in the Class A finals. Kosten hit four time from the field and finished 2-for-3 at the free throw line. Emerson Wandtke added nine of her 14 points in the after the break while … [Read more...] about Tuesday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Falletti drops double-double to send Notre Dame Batavia to finals; Angelo scores 22 to lead Honeoye Falls-Lima

By PAUL GOTHAM WEBSTER, N.Y. — Josh Shadders scored six of his team-high 21 points in the fourth quarter, and top-seeded Pittsford Mendon defeated No. 4 Gates Chili, 56-54 in Section V Class AA2 semifinal action from Webster Schroeder High School, Tuesday night. Shadders gave the Vikings some breathing room with a 3-pointer for a 52-48 lead with 4:14 left in the game. The … [Read more...] about Mendon outlasts Gates Chili, clinches spot AA2 final

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA There was a time when sectional championship bricks in hockey stacked up year after year in the trophy cases at Aquinas Institute. Between 1999 and 2007, the Li'l Irish won six Section V titles. Sectional superiority wasn’t just the goal, it was expected. Little did they know the winning wouldn’t last forever. Since 2007, only dust collected next to … [Read more...] about Aquinas stuns unbeaten Schroeder for 1st title in 19 years

It looked like Hilton’s first-ever trip to a Section V hockey final would be over almost as soon as it started.  Just 12 seconds into the game, Pittsford’s Kelan Ahern was left alone in front of the net, and the top-seeded Panthers were up 1-0 before the Zamboni had a chance to get to its parking spot. Hilton tied the game on a goal by Mason Knight only to see Pittsford … [Read more...] about Hilton overcomes slow start to win program-first title