By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- After Saturday's Section V Class A1 championship win, Chris Cardon joked that his Irondequoit Eagles couldn't guard a fire hydrant earlier in the season. It's safe to say considering Wednesday night's result, Cardon's Eagles have figured out their defensive identity. "I thought our defense was really good tonight," Cardon said after … [Read more...] about Irondequoit blitzes Wayne early, advances to Far West Regional
Logan Blankenberg
Wayne outlasts NE Douglass, wins second straight title
By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Wayne boys' basketball program waited 68 years for their first Section V title. The second championship didn't take nearly as long. Logan Blankenberg and Nick Carmichael combined for 22 second-half points, and Wayne took their second straight Section V Class A2 title with a 57-54 victory over the NE Douglass Panthers Saturday afternoon … [Read more...] about Wayne outlasts NE Douglass, wins second straight title
Wayne claims first sectional title in program history
By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Tournament MVP Braeden Zenelovic scored 17 points, and Logan Blankenberg added 15 including a dagger three as the Wayne Eagles took the Section Five A2 Championship with a 50-43 victory over the Wilson-Magnet Wildcats. The title was the first in Wayne boys basketball history. Zenelovic hit five of 11 shots from the floor and six of … [Read more...] about Wayne claims first sectional title in program history
Blankenberg, Wayne outlast Monroe
By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- It was a matter of instincts. Logan Blankenberg netted seven of his 16 points in the final four minutes, and the No. 2-seed Wayne Eagles held off the sixth-seeded Monroe Redjackets, 53-49 to advance to the Class A2 finals. Clinging to a two-point lead and playing with four fouls, Blankenberg scored a pair of baskets in the lane to give … [Read more...] about Blankenberg, Wayne outlast Monroe