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HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Lyons, Honeoye boys advance to sectional finals; Canandaigua girls pull off upset
Sectional basketball continued Monday night as semifinal action got underway, and two Wayne-Finger Lakes programs made sure their seasons would continue into championship weekend. A pair of boys games tipped off the week at Finger ... more
2026 Section V Boys & Girls Basketball Championships (brackets)
The 2026 Section V Boys and Girls High School Basketball postseason is officially underway. Check out brackets from each of the 18 tournaments being conducted across all the classifications of Section V as area high ... more
SECTIONAL REPLAY: Lyons takes on Gananda, Honeoye battles Notre Dame in Class C semifinal doubleheader (webcast)
FL1 Sports is live from Finger Lakes Community College for the Section V Boys Basketball Sectional Semifinals for a doubleheader featuring a trio of Wayne-Finger Lakes squads. Tipping off at 6 pm is the Class ... more
HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Newark’s Natale, Lyons’ Parker join 1,000-point club; Mynderse, Waterloo boys advance
The quarterfinals wrapped up Saturday with several more Wayne-Finger Lakes teams advancing to next week’s semifinals, while a pair of standout performances also produced milestone moments along the way. Newark junior Karina Natale scored a ... more
HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Miles brothers power Wayne past Newark; Waterloo girls rally to reach Class B1 Final
After a day off Thursday, teams returned to the court Friday night to resume sectional play. The marquee matchup of the slate was a Finger Lakes East showdown, as Newark and Wayne met for the ... more
SECTIONAL REPLAY: Newark, Wayne meet for third time this season in Class A quarterfinal (webcast)
FL1 Sports is live for postseason hoops from the Section V Class A Boys Basketball quarterfinal! It's a battle of Finger Lakes East squads as the six-seed Newark Reds head back to Wayne to take ... more
HS BASKETBALL REPORT: McCombs nets 29 as Bloomfield rolls; Mynderse, Waterloo boys advance
Sectional play rolled on Wednesday night with another jam-packed slate, as 12 more teams from the Wayne-Finger Lakes punched their tickets to the next round. Among them were the Bloomfield girls, who rolled past Red ... more
HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Lyons’ LeBrecht, Gananda’s Vogt hit 1,000-point mark; Marcus Whitman girls outlast Mynderse in OT
The second day of sectional play got underway Tuesday night with a full slate across the Wayne-Finger Lakes, as nearly a dozen teams advanced to the next round. Two Wayne County seniors also reached a ... more
Kirnie earns Section V honor
After nearly 30 years on the sidelines, Newark’s Diane Kirnie has claimed Section V Class A Coach of the Year, according to The Times of Wayne County. Kirnie owns more than 400 career wins, a ... more
HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Mynderse, Midlakes girls roll into sectional quarterfinals
Sectional play got underway Saturday with six games tipping off across the Wayne-Finger Lakes. The Mynderse and Midlakes girls teams each earned double-digit victories to advance to the quarterfinal round, while the Red Jacket boys ... more
Port Byron rallies in playoff win
Port Byron stormed back in the fourth quarter Friday night and protected its home court in a long-awaited playoff return, according to syracuse.com. The eighth-seeded Panthers hosted ninth-seeded Thousand Islands in a Section III Class ... more
UPSTATE HOOPS: 2026 Sectional Bracket Breakdown (podcast)
It's time for the teams of the Wayne-Finger Lakes to go to battle in Sectional play. The brackets for the 2026 Sectional run have been released. The FL1 Sports Team breaks down the postseason for ... more
HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Wayne’s Aidan Twist hits 1,000-point mark; Lyons girls beat Marcus Whitman for third time
The high school basketball regular season wrapped up Wednesday, and a handful of Wayne-Finger Lakes teams were in action. Wayne senior Aidan Twist reached a major milestone, scoring his 1,000th career point in a non-league ... more
Newfield girls end playoff drought
Six years after their last postseason run, Newfield’s girls are back in sectionals, according to ESPN Ithaca | WPIE. The Trojans finished 9-10, clearing the .400 mark and snapping a drought that stretched to 2019-20 ... more
HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Wayne, Geneva boys finish as Finger Lakes East co-champions; Lyons boys capture Wayne County title
On the second-to-last night of the high school basketball regular season, 12 Wayne-Finger Lakes games were played. The Wayne boys defeated Palmyra Macedon to extend their win streak to 13 and clinch a share of the ... more
HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Newark, Dundee/Bradford girls claim league titles; Bloomfield girls top Penn Yan in defensive battle
The final stretch of the high school basketball regular season began Monday with 14 games across the Wayne-Finger Lakes region. The Newark girls secured the Finger Lakes East title with a win over Mildkaes, finishing ... more
UPSTATE HOOPS: 2025-26 Regular Season Wrap-Up, Final Power Rankings (podcast)
The regular season in Wayne-Finger Lakes high school basketball is nearing its end this week. The guys recap the final full week of action across the area. The final power rankings of the season are ... more
HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Cooper Grassel pours in 25 for Gananda; Marcus Whitman girls roll past Dundee/Bradford
Just six Wayne-Finger Lakes high school basketball games were played on Saturday. The Gananda boys picked up their 16th win of the season, beating Red Creek behind a 25-point game from Cooper Grassel. Elsewhere, the ... more
HS BASKETBALL REPORT: Honeoye’s Landon Washburn joins 2,000-point club; Geneva boys hold off Mynderse at buzzer
On the final Friday of the high school basketball regular season, 20 games were played across the Wayne-Finger Lakes region, highlighted by a historic performance in Honeoye. Junior Landon Washburn reached the 2,000-point milestone, pouring ... more
