Pine Pieces

By PAUL GOTHAM HILTON, N.Y. -- Griffen Hopkins scored 11 of his team-high 22 points during the fourth quarter when No. 7 Victor erased a five-point deficit and went on to beat No. 2 Hilton, 58-55, Saturday night. With the win, the reigning state champs advance to the Section V Class AA Boys' semifinals. "It feels great," said Victor head coach Tyler Roberts. "It’s … [Read more...] about Victor rallies late, advances to Class AA semis

CLASS AA No. 8 BRIGHTON (11-11) 55 No. 1 GREECE ATHENA (22-0) 79 Athena advances to play No. 5 seed Penfield in the Class AA semi-finals. READ MORE. No. 5 PENFIELD (16-6) 51 No. 4 WEBSTER SCHROEDER (15-7) 50 Trevor Hofer connected on a game-winning layup as time expired to help Penfield rally from being down nine points entering the fourth quarter. Hofer finished with 25 … [Read more...] about Robb Delisanti APG/American Portfolios Saturday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Hofer’s buzzer-beater propels Penfield; Totten turns in 40 and 10 for Pembroke

By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Khorie Reaves departed from his usual pre-game routine. With top-seeded Greece Athena set to host No. 8 Brighton in the Section V Class AA quarterfinals on Saturday, the senior wanted to soak up one last contest on the home court. Instead of heading to the team room after shoot-around, the 6-4 foot guard lingered in the gymnasium. … [Read more...] about Athena marches into AA semis

CLASS AAANo. 6 FAIRPORT (6-15) 67No. 3 FRANKLIN/NORTHEAST (7-14) 21Lola Pucci scored a career and game-high 20 points to push Fairport into the next round. Pucci registered 10 points in the third quarter alone. Courtney Merlo also reached double figures with 12 points. Samara Rizzo and Amiya Johnson both added seven points. Jada Crocker (4), Jullia Stuart (4), Livea Amadori … [Read more...] about West Herr Saturday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Mustangs advance with Tyler’s 35-point night; Hodgins posts double-double pushes Pal-Mac to semifinals

By MIKE ROSE BERGEN, N.Y. -- Braedyn Chambry poured in 17 of his game-high 26 points in the second half as the No. 1 seed Byron-Bergen Bees buzzed past the No. 8 Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter Hornets to advance to the Class C2 semifinals, 67-39. After earning a bye in the first round the Bees were a little slow out of the blocks before ultimately exploding from the … [Read more...] about Chambry powers Byron-Bergen into semis