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By PAUL GOTHAM WEBSTER, N.Y. -- Russell Ellis, Jr. led four in double figures, and No. 3 Greece Athena (17-5) erased a halftime deficit and went on to defeat No. 2 Pittsford Sutherland (19-3), 71-65 in Section V Class AA2 semifinal action from Webster Schroeder High School, Tuesday night. With the win, the Trojans clinched a spot in Saturday's championship game and will … [Read more...] about Athena rallies to clinch spot in AA2 final

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