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FRIDAY HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Newark’s TaKyla Vaughn joins 1000-point club; Waterloo boys hand Wayne first loss

FRIDAY HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Newark’s TaKyla Vaughn joins 1000-point club; Waterloo boys hand Wayne first loss

Friday night delivered a wildly entertaining slate of Wayne-Finger Lakes high school basketball, with 18 games on the schedule.

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Highlights included Newark senior TaKyla Vaughn scoring her 1,000th point in a win at Palmyra-Macedon, the Waterloo boys pulling off a stunning upset at Wayne to hand them their first loss of the season, and the South Seneca boys beating Dundee/Bradford in an overtime thriller to remain unbeaten at 12-0.

Check out the scores, stats, and Saturday’s matchups below.

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BOYS BASKETBALL (1/17)

Lyons (7-4) 62
Marcus Whitman (7-4) 46

The Lions bounced back from their loss to Wayne on Tuesday, while the Wildcats fell to 1-2 without Brody Royston in the lineup, who remains out with an ankle injury.

LYO: Jamire Johnson 26 pts; Stavell LeBrecht 11 pts; Stephen LeBrecht 9 pts; Contrell Parker 8 pts; Marcus Asberry 6 pts

MW: Logan Storms 14 pts; Tariku Blueye 14 pts; Myles Prendergast 6 pts; Brayden Amadeo 6 pts; Connor Williams 5 pts

WEBCAST REPLAY: Paul Russo and Kyle Evans had the call on FL1 Radio.

Waterloo (8-3) 60
Wayne (11-1) 53

The Eagles suffered their first regular-season loss to a New York State opponent since the 2022-23 season when they lost to Newark. Meanwhile, the Tigers have won five of their last six, with the lone loss coming to Geneva.

WAT: Cameron Jacobs 28 pts; Dylan Caraballo 13 pts; Justin Knowlton 5 pts; Hayden Willett 5 pts

WAY: Cam Blankenberg 31 pts; Aidan Twist 7 pts; Richard Miles 7 pts; Isaac White 4 pts

Palmyra-Macedon (7-3) 49
Newark (5-8) 43

The Red Raiders bounced back from their loss to Wayne and have won five of seven. The Reds, however, had their two-game win streak snapped and dropped to 4-4 in league play.

PM: Carter Young 15 pts; Ryan Caffyn 8 pts; Brayden Leo 7 pts; Eli Smith 7 pts; Camron Quick 5 pts

NEW: Terrell Jenkins 12 pts; Eric Finn 11 pts; Jahnor Allen 7 pts; Levar Moore 6 pts

South Seneca (12-0) 54
Dundee/Bradford (9-3) 46

Overtime

The Falcons are the only remaining undefeated team in the Wayne Finger-Lakes following Wayne’s loss to Waterloo. Meanwhile, this marked the BraveScots’ first loss since December 12, ending a seven-game win streak.

SS: Taj Amisano 12 pts; Kenny Halsey 12 pts; Logan Laverack 8 pts; Kyan Miller-Hopkins 7 pts; Kyle Kempf 6 pts; Samual Dufour 6 pts

DB: Chris Clancy 17 pts; Aidan Webster 11 pts; Jeremy Stiles 9 pts; Alex Goltry 4 pts

Mynderse (6-6) 55
Penn Yan (0-12) 35

The Blue Devils returned to the win column after their second three-game losing streak of the season.

MYN: Griffin Hilimire 14 pts; Alan Plummer 13 pts; Anthony Luffman 8 pts; Jack Brady 8 pts; Nick Mansell 6 pts; Derek Mercedes Rivera 6 pts

PY: Aven Foster 12 pts; Aven Foster 11 pts; Tyler Gilbert 4 pts

Geneva (8-3) 67
Midlakes (4-8) 44

The Panthers are winners of five straight and six of seven.

GEN: Kaden Larsen-Porter 18 pts; Jahzire White 15 pts; Andrew Green 14 pts; DePatrick Overstreet 7 pts

Naples (2-8) 42
Red Jacket (8-3) 54

The Cardinals rebounded from their loss to South Seneca.

RJ: Tim Brown 23 pts; Dixon Hobart 12 pts

Bloomfield (3-8) 50
Honeoye (9-1) 76

The Bulldogs own a nine-game win streak, the second-longest in the Wayne Finger-Lakes boys league, trailing only South Seneca, who remains unbeaten at 12-0.

BLM: Radeon Smith 17 pts; Caleb Bradbell 14 pts; Grady Rodgers 5 pts

HON: Dylan Washburn 24 pts; Landon Washburn 20 pts; Owen Cuba 16 pts; Braiden Schneider 6 pts; Owen Reynolds 5 pts; Johnny Blair 5 pts

Canandaigua (9-3) 74
Livonia (3-8) 43

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CAN: Connor Chapman 28 pts; Finn Damann 12 pts; Nate Brinza 8 pts; Jaiden Pierce 7 pts

LIV: Nicholas Coyle 13 pts; Jack Henry 12 pts; Vitali Rite 6 pts; Ryan Bosch 5 pts

Victor (5-4) 67
Spencerport (6-6) 52

VIC: Griffen Hopkins 18 pts; Brody Burgess 14 pts; RJ Johnson 10 pts; Colin Barber 6 pts

SPE: Hunter Streb 14 pts; Eric Schuyler 11 pts; Cam Kuhns 10 pts; Tony Kanaley 6 pts

NEXT SLATE OF GAMES (1/18)

Keshequa (4-5)
Marion (0-9)
1 p.m.

Red Creek (7-3)
Southern Cayuga (8-2)
1:30 p.m.

Andover-Whitesville (8-4)
Dundee/Bradford (9-3)
3 p.m.

Gananda (7-3)
Avoca-Prattsburgh (4-5)
3 p.m.


GIRLS BASKETBALL (1/17)

Newark (7-5) 51
Palmyra-Macedon (7-4) 46

TaKyla Vaughn netted her 1,000th career point on a free throw with 2.5 seconds remaining in regulation to extend the Reds lead. She became the fourth Wayne Finger-Lakes player to reach that milestone this season, joining Palmyra-Macedon’s Taryn Goodness, Bloomfield’s Calla McCombs, and Marcus Whitman’s Brody Royston.

NEW: TaKyla Vaughn 23 pts; Karina Natale 14 pts

PM: Taryn Goodness 15 pts; Georgia Wirth 14 pts; Shelby Geer 12 pts

East Rochester (7-6) 46
Clyde-Savannah (9-4) 31

The Bombers got revenge from their first meeting with the Golden Eagles when they fell 49-48 on a buzzer-beater in overtime back on December 10.

ER: Alex LaBounty 16 pts; Aniyah Eldridge 13 pts; Elizabeth Grbic 9 pts

CS: Taylor Carnevale 21 pts

Penn Yan (5-7) 34
Mynderse (5-6) 37

The Blue Devils have put together three straight victories after losing six of their first eight games.

PY: Bailey Cooper 13 pts; Corinne Barden 9 pts; Makenna Mullins 6 pts

MYN: Alessandra Nigro 14 pts; Chelsea Korzeniewski 9 pts; Reese Markel 5 pts

Midlakes (3-8) 45
Bloomfield (8-4) 67

The Bombers bounced back from their loss to Waterloo and improved to 5-2 in league play.

BLM: Lily Baughman 20 pts; Calla McCombs 19 pts; Ashlyn Wright 17 pts; Annie Dodge 7 pts; Selia Kachmaryk 7 pts

Lyons (8-1) 63
Red Creek (6-5) 49

The Lions moved to 6-0 in league play and swept the season series against the Rams.

LYO: Jayla Bell 23 pts; Kamryn Bonnell 17 pts; Car’Mella Parker 8 pts; Ja’Niyah Bell 7 pts; Addison Jones 6 pts

RC: Taylor Bailey 17 pts; Jada Brown 16 pts; Kaylyn Doll 7 pts

School of the Arts (4-6) 42
Geneva (6-5) 36

North Rose-Wolcott (1-12) 43
Gananda (7-2) 60

NRW: Emily Nevlezer 13 pts; Tyler Gardner 9 pts; Peytin Westurn 9 pts; Laryssa Moore 5 pts

GAN: Leah Buffan 23 pts; Avery Hoffman 15 pts; Ava VanAntwerp 11 pts; Lily Aylett 5 pts

Victor (5-4) 74
Greece Athena/Odyssey (1-10) 38

VIC: Morgan Livingston 18 pts; Vanessa Chumacero 18 pts; Maia Pronti 12 pts

NEXT SLATE OF GAMES (1/18)

Dundee/Bradford (9-1)
Our Lady of Mercy (8-3)
2:30 p.m.

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