Tuesday night featured 13 Wayne-Finger Lakes high school basketball games, with a couple of thrilling matchups.
The game of the night took place in Ontario, where the Wayne boys outlasted Lyons to remain unbeaten at 11-0. Elsewhere, the Gananda boys pulled off an upset, handing East Rochester just their second loss of the season. On the girls’ side, Newark put up a fight but fell to a very good Eastridge team, while Marcus Whitman improved to 9-1 with a blowout victory.
Check out the scores, stats, and Wednesday’s matchups below.
BOYS BASKETBALL (1/14)
Lyons (6-4) 63
Wayne (11-0) 74
The Eagles spent much of the first half playing catch-up but went into halftime with a three-point lead, thanks to Aidan Twist’s buzzer-beater. In the second half, they outscored the Lions 38-30. Despite Wayne’s Cam Blankenberg fouling out with 2:43 left and Lyons narrowing the gap to seven with 2:26 to play, the Eagles pulled away to secure their ninth double-digit victory.
LYO: Jamire Johnson 20 pts; Stephen LeBrecht 13 pts; Contrell Parker 11 pts; Ben Bookmiler 9 pts; Stavell LeBrecht 6 pts
WAY: Cam Blankenberg 29 pts; Aidan Twist 26 pts; Richard Miles 12 pts; Kahlen Clark 5 pts
East Rochester (8-2) 56
Gananda (7-3) 62
With the Panthers holding a three-point lead and just 17.9 seconds left on the clock, the Bombers called a timeout to draw up a play. However, Noah Wollschleger’s inbound pass went straight to Owen Switzer, who was fouled and sank both free throws to seal the win. East Rochester has lost two of their last three games since starting the season 7-0.
ER: Judah Tanner 23 pts; Elijah Tanner 12 pts; Ray Allen 10 pts
GAN: Hunter Vogt 19 pts; Owen Switzer 16 pts; Maddox Stoughton 11 pts; Cooper Grassel 10 pts
Penn Yan (0-10) 45
Newark (5-7) 61
The Reds have won back-to-back games after losing five straight.
PY: Anthony Condella 11 pts; Matthew Tones 11 pts; Braden Fingar 7 pts; Aven Foster 7 pts; Collin Bacher 6 pts
NEW: Terrell Jenkins 14 pts; Levar Moore 10 pts; Jahnor Allen 9 pts; Blake Steve 7 pts; Collin George 7 pts; Sam Underhill 6 pts
Clyde-Savannah (4-6) 31
Red Creek (7-2) 60
CS: Tanner Buisch 13 pts; Chris Titus 5 pts; Spencer Bloomer 4 pts
RC: Joseph Decker 23 pts; Duke Wright 10 pts; James Carr V 8 pts; Cole Sharkey 6 pts; Jerry Mosqueda III 5 pts
Sodus (3-5) 44
North Rose-Wolcott (3-8) 57
SOD: Amante Barr 10 pts; Terrance Barber 10 pts; Daniel Littlefield 10 pts
NRW: Cody Crane 19 pts; Chase Kerr 12 pts
Wayland-Cohocton (5-7) 43
Midlakes (4-7) 69
NEXT SLATE OF GAMES (1/15)
Canandaigua (8-2)
Greece Athena (9-0)
6:45 p.m.
Red Jacket (7-2)
South Seneca (10-0)
7 p.m.
Honeoye (7-1)
Naples (2-6)
7 p.m.
Geneva (6-3)
Marcus Whitman (7-2)
7 p.m.
School of the Arts (3-6)
Waterloo (6-3)
7 p.m.
Victor (4-3)
Webster Schroeder (3-5)
7:15 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL (1/14)
Newark (6-5) 60
Eastridge (9-1) 70
Three of the Reds’ five losses this season have come in non-league play (Pittsford Sutherland, Aquinas, Eastridge). Those three teams are a combined 22-6.
NEW: Naomi Jones 19 pts; Karina Natale 13 pts; Takyla Vaughn 13 pts; Arizona Chapple 8 pts; Sophia Delfs 5 pts
EAS: Aaliviah Green 31 pts; Alyssa Cowart 17 pts; Tierra-Nicole Green 11 pts; Ada Krupa 6 pts
Marcus Whitman (9-1) 71
HAC (3-5) 35
The Wildcats have won three straight since suffering their first loss to Dundee/Bradford in overtime and have won all nine of their games by double digits.
MW: Aliysiah Clark 21 pts; Sophie Snyder 18 pts; Maddie Daggett 12 pts; Lily Carroll 10 pts; Evy Royston 5 pts
HAC: Cadence Brecker 16 pts; Gabby Giambra 5 pts; Lanae Vargas 4 pts; Olivia Fowler 4 pts
Red Creek (6-4) 67
Sodus (0-8) 11
South Seneca (4-5) 43
Red Jacket (1-8) 28
Naples (3-3)
Honeoye (4-5)
No score was reported.
Victor (4-4) 38
Brighton (2-8) 34
VIC: Alie Pisano 14 pts; Maia Pronti 8 pts
BRI: Ireland Mistretta 11 pts
Spencerport (2-6) 30
Canandaigua (8-2) 52
NEXT SLATE OF GAMES (1/15)
Mynderse (3-6)
Charles G Finney (8-0)
5:30 p.m.
North Rose-Wolcott (1-10)
Clyde-Savannah (8-3)
6 p.m.
Williamson/Marion (6-5)
Gananda (5-2)
7 p.m.
Waterloo (7-2)
Bloomfield (7-3)
7 p.m.
Wayne (1-7)
Geneva (5-4)
7 p.m.
Lyons (6-1)
East Rochester (6-5)
7:15 p.m.
Rush-Henrietta (0-9)
Palmyra-Macedon (6-3)
7:30 p.m.
Kyle leads sports coverage and hosts the Concrete Jungle podcast. Have a lead or question? Send it to [email protected].