Pine Pieces

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA A high-percentage shot it was not; Chase Brock freely admits that. Yet when the McQuaid Jesuit freshman winger darted in off the left wing and through the bottom of the circle, he was thinking just one thing. “Get the puck on your stick and shoot it,” he said. Which is just what he did. Despite a bad angle, Brock used a quick release and laser … [Read more...] about Brock’s third-period goals lift McQuaid past Portside for Class A hockey title

BY MIKE ROSE Trevor Stroud, Josh Harter and Michael Rowland took over the game in the second half combining for 43 points to power the No. 1 Avon Braves past the No. 5 Le Roy Oatkan Knights 68-64 in overtime. With the win Avon makes its fifth consecutive sectional final appearance. "This whole week we're all saying we're prepared to die, we're willing to die," Stroud … [Read more...] about Stroud shoots Avon to fifth straight finals

BY JONATHAN SKUZA BRIGHTON, N.Y.- - Every kid’s dream is to score the game-winning goal to win a championship. Batavia Notre Dame’s captain Joe DiRisio got to live out that dream as he scored the game-winning goal to lift the United 3-2 over Webster Thomas for the first sectional Class B title since Notre Dame and Batavia high schools combined. As the captain, DiRisio … [Read more...] about DiRisio lifts United to program-first Class B title

CLASS AAANo. 3 FRANKLIN (15-6) 72No. 2 FAIRPORT (17-5) 68Shawn Goins and Clarence Thompson connected on back-to-back 3-pointers in overtime to cap a late rally as No.3 Franklin defeated No. 2 Fairport, 72-68 in Section V Class AAA semifinal action from Gates Chili High School. READ MORE. No. 4 UNIVERSITY PREP (12-9) 58No. 1 AQUINAS (17-4) 55Following a pair of Christian … [Read more...] about Robb Delisanti APG/American Portfolios Monday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Marcus Whitman rallies to clinch spot in B2 final; Picco leads Hornell

CLASS C1No. 6 LYONS (15-8) 55No. 2 BLOOMFIELD (21-2) 56Annie Dodge scored six of her team-high 17 points in the final quarter, pacing a Bloomfield comeback after they entered down 44-41 after three. Lily Baughman also scored six in the decisive final quarter, part of a 16 point night. Calla McCombs also reached double digits, scoring 10. Ashlyn Wright (6) and Abby O'Brien (5) … [Read more...] about West Herr Monday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Dodge and Bloomfield advance; Romach’s late 3s lift ER