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Batavia and Pavilion make Rotary finals

By Brian Hillabush

 The Batavia girls basketball team got a 17 point, 13 rebound, six block performance from senior center Jaycee Shirk and will be moving on to play Pavilion in the finals of the Batavia Rotary Tournament at Genesee Community College.

The Blue Devils improve to 7-1 and got plenty of help in beating Oakfield-Alabama 45-32 as Stacey Hein had seven points and nine assists with Brittany Mazurkiewicz adding nine points.

Hillary Bates scored 10 points to lead the Hornets (4-5).

Pavilion knocked off Notre Dame 40-36 in the other opening round game. O-A and Notre Dame will play in the 6 p.m. consolation game on Wednesday with Batavia and Pavilion going at it in the finals at 7:45 p.m.

Rapone and Burke have nothing on this guy

By Brian Hillabush

 Notre Dame coach Mike Rapone and Prattsburgh coach Jim Burke have been around for a while, and have had amazing careers. Both have over 500 career wins, which is amazing.

But while looking around, I found somebody that makes those two look like rookies.

Back on Dec. 5, Archbishop Malloy beat Monsignor Scanlan and Jack Curran won his 900th career game.

Malloy plays in New York City and Curran has been named city coach of the year 22 times, was the national coach of the year in 1990, was the coach of the decade in the 80s and has been named coach of the century by Scholastic Coach Magazine. Curran has five city championships and has had seven players make it to the National Basketball Association.

He also coaches baseball, where his teams have won 68 straight league games with 17 city championships. Curran is 77 years old and still very active, throwing batting practice to his baseball team. 

Wrestling state rankings out

By Brian Hillabush

 The newest team rankings are out for the New York Sportswriters Association and there are some intriguing choices. 

While Section 5 is well represented, Warsaw is 15-3 and ranked eighth while Waverly of Section 4 is the top small school with a 7-4 record.

Attica is 16th at 9-9, Letchworth is 21st (13-5) and Holley comes in at 25th (17-5). I would think that the history Holley has would get the squad a higher ranking.

And how does Batavia get just an honorable mention? The Blue Devils are loaded with sectional contenders and just went 6-3 in the Brett D. Dixon Memorial.

Attica native remembers local basketball tourney from 1975

By Philip Anselmo

Many thanks to Sean Feeney for sending along this remembrance:

I remember playing in what I think was the original Batavia Lions Club tournament in December 1975 while playing for Attica. We played Batavia in the opener losing by a point or two to Batavia led by now coach Buddy Brasky and Jimmy Orosco. Kevin Kellogg and Doug Miller were our leading scorers. We played Notre Dame in the consolation game. ... I do not remember who Batavia played in the final. I believe Buddy Brasky was the tournament MVP.  Myself and I think Jimmy Orosco were on the all tourney team with someone from ND and the other team in the tourney. Batavia warmed up to the Ohio players "Love Rollercoaster".

The Batavian is great. I love catching up on high school sports back in WNY!

Sean Feeney
Alpharetta, GA

I wanted to post this to the site to see if it sparked any other memories in our readers. Was this the original Lions Club tournament in 1975? Or did it start later on, in 1982, as we had believed? Do you remember? Did you play?

Notre Dame graduate teaches hoops at YMCA in Greece

By Philip Anselmo

A story in the Democrat & Chronicle yesterday features Batavia Notre Dame graduate Tim Sullivan, now one of the country's best basketball shooting coaches. Sullivan, who graduated in 1978, then "walked onto the team at Canisius College in Buffalo," now puts on some 400 shooting clinics across the country each year.

This article, by John Boccacino, is a fun read, and there are more than a few great tips for any amateur basketball enthusiast looking to beef up his or her shot. It's clear that Sullivan knows his stuff.

After every shot attempt Sullivan preached that, as part of their follow through, the participants kiss the shoulder of their shooting side to guarantee a complete, accurate shot.

His wise words were met with confusion. "When he started talking about that, my friend Matt Noto and I looked at each other and said, 'OK, that won't work,'" said Steven Ciotti, 13, a seventh-grader at Greece Athena Middle School who plays for Greece Basketball Association's seventh-grade house team. "But then he started shooting and he just wasn't missing. I think he made almost 95 percent of his 200 shots and we were all amazed."

Lauzze and UB go down in International Bowl

By Brian Hillabush

 Pembroke grad Chris Lauzze and the University at Buffalo football team had a dream season, winning the MAC title.

But that's where it ends.

The Bulls played in a Bowl Game for the first time in school history, but lost to Connecticut 38-21 in the International Bowl this afternoon.

Connecticut's Donald Brown was an animal, rushing for a career-high 261 yards and said after the game that he was entering the National Football League draft.

That performance put the junior over 2,000 yards for the year.

Buffalo won the Mid-American championship and had an 8-6 record under coach Turner Gill, who had been rumored to get a job at a larger school but signed an extension with UB.

 

It is the first winning season for UB since 1996 and the Bulls were 10-69 in seven seasons before Gill showed up.

I also found an interesting link on Lauzze, where he is the 72nd ranked center in Division I football.  I have a brilliant idea for the Buffalo Bills, pick him with your last round pick and have a local boy at least on the practice squad.

 

Pembroke's Sharick Player of the Week

By Brian Hillabush

Pembroke's Nicole Sharick was named Player of the Week for the Genesee Region League this week.

The senior guard scored five of her nine points against Oakfield-Alabama in an overtime win. She also had a 20-point, six rebound game against Holley this week. 

There were no nominations for the boys.

 

Batavia wins fifth consecutive Lions Club Tournament

By Brian Hillabush

The Batavia boys basketball team won the Batavia Lions Club Championship for the fifth consecutive year, and did it in convincing fashion. The Blue Devils thumped Notre Dame 59-33.

Andrew Hoy earned MVP honors, following in his older brother's footsteps, by scoring 43 points in the tournament, which easily made him the highest scorer in the tournament.

After four straight Blue Devil championships, this was a tournament where many area fans figured the Fighting Irish had a serious chance.

And ND came out red hot.

Batavia had a 4-0 lead before Greg Barr scored five consecutive points to put Notre Dame ahead 5-4.

Matt Thompson hit a 3-pointer and then added another bucket and the Fighting Irish had a quick 10-4 lead.

Marcus Hoy hit one of two free throw attempts with an Andrew Hoy 3-pointer tossed in the mix to get Batavia within a point.

Marcus and Adam Pettinella scored back-to-back buckets and the Blue Devils had a 13-10 lead after the opening period of play.

Batavia went on a tear in the second quarter and opened up a huge halftime lead.

Pettinella had five points, Andrew scored six and Rob Hoy pitched in five as the Blue Devils were up 34-17 at intermission.

Joe Schlossel had eight quick points in the third quarter and Andrew Hoy added eight points in the third quarter to give Batavia a 52-26 third quarter lead.

Notre Dame coach Mike Rapone received his first technical foul in three years near the end of the third period when he asked an official "How do you play 24 minutes against Batavia and not get a foul shot?". It was his first technical foul call since he received one against Prattsburgh a few years back.

Batavia did attempt just two free throw attempts over the first three quarters.

But in the end, it was the effort of Andrew Hoy and a ton of support from his supporting cast that gave the Blue Devils the trophy.

Schlossel finished with eight points and eight rebounds with Marcus Hoy getting eight points with five dimes. Pettinella had seven points.

Batavia's defense did an excellent job of limiting Notre Dame star Kevin Francis, who scored nine points and did make the all-tournament team. Vinny Zambito was held to three points, but made the all-tournament squad based on his 18-point opening round performance.

Thompson had eight points.

Rob Hoy made the all-tournament team with five points and Marcus made it for his scoring and passing efforts. Andrew, of course, was the MVP after making the all-tournament team as a freshman last season.

 Albion defeated Perry 53-39 in the consolation game, with Russell Craft leading the way with 19 points. He made the all-tournament team.

Notre Dame won the jayvee tournament, beating Batavia 62-43 in the finals. Perry beat Albion in the consolation game 61-49.

 

 

 

 

Paddock all-time Section 5 wrestling king

By Brian Hillabush

 We don't do a lot on Warsaw here at The Batavian, but I must congratulate one of the most classy athletes I've covered in my years of local sports journalism.

Warsaw's Ian Paddock pinned Spencerport's Roy Daniels in just 50 seconds in the second round of the Teike-Bernabi Tournament, making some serious history.

The three-time state champion tied the state's all-time record for wins. He jumped one ahead of Webster Schroeder's Gregor Gillespie - another stud grappler - for career wins at  No. 239. That is the largest amount of victories anybody has had in Section 5.

"It's a pretty good feeling, and it's a nice record to hold because there were a bunch of good wrestlers before me who held the mark," Paddock told the Democrat & Chronicle

Paddock has gone 25-0 so far this year, was 53-1 last year and has compiled an insanely impressive 239-6 record seventh-grade.

Ian broke the school record of 235 earlier in the year, a mark that was originally set by his brother Paul.

Ian will be wrestling for Division I powerhouse Ohio State next year on a full ride.

He is continuing his run in the Teike-Bernabi Tournament at Spencerport today. Paddock will be honored in a ceremony before the final round today.

Zambito keys ND to finals trip

By Brian Hillabush

 With Notre Dame leading just 22-20 at the half against Perry in the opening round of the Batavia Lions Club Tournament, coach Mike Rapone needed somebody to step up and score.

He looked in Vinny Zambito's direction and the sophomore - who led the jayvee team in scoring last year - stepped up to score a game-high 18 points and lead his team to a 60-45 victory.

Perry's pressure defense forced ND star Kevin Francis into a distribution role and other players had to step up, even though Francis did finish with 14 points.

Tommy Rapone started a third quarter run and by the time it was over, the Fighting Irish had outscored the Yellowjackets 22-10 in the frame.

Zambito popped the second of his 3-pointers and Rapone added another bucket to give ND a 30-26 lead.

Zambito scored with an and-1, Francis scored, Zambito scored and then Francis dropped in another one to make it a double-digit lead, 40-29. Nick Wetherwax and Francis each had baskets to wrap up the third quarter scoring to give Notre Dame a 44-30 lead.

Zambito hit another trey in the fourth quarter along with a pair of free throws.

After Zambito and Francis' big games, the scoring was spread out for the Fighting Irish (5-0).

Rick Lair had seven points, Wetherwax six and Rapone had five. 

Derick Cicero, Wes Cox and Alex Syberg had nine points apiece for Perry, which falls to 2-6.

Notre Dame will now be facing Batavia in the finals for the second consecutive year. The Blue Devils won 63-34 last year. The teams played each other in 2000 and 2002, with Batavia winning 62-58 in 2000 and 58-36 in 2002. 

The Blue Devils also beat the Fighting Irish 70-39 in 1997.

You have to go all the way back to 1996 for the last time Notre Dame won the Lions Club Tournament. The Fighting Irish beat Batavia 56-49, with Mike Redick earning MVP honors.

Batavia tops Albion in Lions opener

By Brian Hillabush

 It never really wound up being much of a game.

The defending Lions Club Champion Batavia Blue Devils dominated Albion 76-40 in the opening round, with Andrew Hoy having a fantastic game. The sophomore - who was on the all-tournament team last year - kicked off this year's tournament with a 24-point, seven rebound performance. Hoy nailed five 3-pointers.

Each year when Batavia wins the Lions Tournament, it always seems that a single player has a huge game.  We've seen players like Phil Santiago, Michael Chmielowiec and Mike Hoy all have huge games to win MVP in recent years, and Andrew is well on his way.

The Blue Devils were on a tear early, going on a 13-0 run near the end of the first quarter and early in the second. But the Purple Eagles got four straight points from Matt Monacelli with a few minutes left in the half and closed the gap.

Mike Lee hit a shot for Batavia at the buzzer to make it 33-18.

Eight different Blue Devils scored in the third quarter to open up a 62-32 advantage after three periods of play and there was no coming back from that.

Dakota Irvin scored 11 points, and point guard Marcus Hoy scored seven points and dished out 13 assists. Lee had nine rebounds.

 

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Also: Batavia's jayvee team beat Albion 59-42 and Notre Dame downed Perry 61-51. The two Batavia squads will be in tomorrow's final.

 

Batavia Lions Club Tournament: it doesn't get any better

By Brian Hillabush

 

Back in 1982, the Batavia Lions Club and Pete Arras decided putting together a basketball tournament would be a good idea to give some good basketball teams a chance to play on the court at Genesee Community College and make it possible for Batavia and Notre Dame to play each other.

Little could anybody have known, here we are in 2008 and the tournament is stronger than ever. It is also probably regarded as one of, if not, the best boys basketball holiday tournament in Section 5. There are typically around 2,000 people that attend the tournament at GCC every year.

That original tournament featured Batavia, Notre Dame, a very good Byron-Bergen squad and Albion. (The photo above is the original photo of the coaches).

With the Fighting Irish and Bees hooking up late in the previous season, so that was a great way to start the tourney. The two squads played in February with B-B winning 51-48. 

The opening round rematch was a stunner, with Byron-Bergen knocking off Notre Dame 54-43. Albion knocked off Batavia 62-45 

The Bees went on to claim the first Batavia Lions Club championship with 35-30 win over Albion, with Bill Ferris claiming the MVP trophy.

Ferris was also the MVP in the second year as the Bees routed ND 47-30 and then Batavia 80-43.

Notre Dame was the favorite when they matched up with B-B in the finals in the tournament's third year, but it was again the Bees claiming the title with a 52-48 victory. Notre Dame's Jim Pursel was actually the MVP of that tournament, mostly because of his 29 point effort in the opening round win over Albion.

History was made in 1985 when Batavia and Notre Dame finally had a chance to play each other in the finals. With ND playing in the Genesee Region League and Batavia in the Monroe County League, these teams never get a shot to go against each other.

Tournament MVP Ron Nenni dropped in 20 points and the Fighting Irish toppled Batavia 65-52.

The tournament has seen many changes in participants over the years, with teams like Oakfield-Alabama, Attica, John Marshall, Nichols, Bishop Timon, Perry, Williamsville North, Akron, Pembroke, Le Roy, Caledonia-Mumford, Iroquois and Alexander all having experienced playing in the classic tournament.

Despite not winning until 1989, Batavia leads the tournament with wins with 13. The Blue Devils have won the last four titles, and seven of eight. Timon knocked Batavia off in overtime in the opening round of the 2003 tournament and then toppled Notre Dame 48-44 in the finals.

Byron-Bergen - which hasn't played in the tournament since 1994 is tied with Notre Dame for  second in tournament titles with five. 

Perry has won two championships and Timon has the other.

There have been some special performances over the years. The most recent was by Batavia's Michael Chmielowiec - a senior at the University of Rochester - who set the single game scoring record with 40 points against Bishop Timon in 2004. He also owns the tournament scoring mark with 64 points.

There have been four other 30-plus point performances: Tom McCulley of Notre Dame dropped in 38 in 1991, Batavia's Phil Santiago scored 35 points in 2002, PJ Leavy of Batavia had 33 in 1995 and Notre Dame's Tim Wascott had 32 in 2002.

Leavy had 57 points in that 95 tournament, Albion's Ernie McDonald had 49 total points in 1983 and Batavia's Rick Lundy had 48 in 1997.

This year's tournament features the same four teams that have been in the last three tournaments. Batavia opens up against Albion at 7 p.m. Monday night, with Notre Dame and Perry following at 8:45 p.m.

The consolation game is at 7 p.m. Tuesday with the finals at 8:45 p.m.

Admission is only $2, includes a program with rosters and money raised helps the Lions Club to provide scholarships to local students.

If you are interested in checking out basically the entire history of the tournament, check out this link on Flickr for over 80 photos and stories from tournaments in the past.

Here is a link to the entire history of the tournament, with the scores for every opening round, consolation and championship game as well as MVP of that year's tournament.

Also, feel free to share past memories if you've played or watched memorable tournaments.

Also, here is the video from this year's team at the Lions Club dinner introducing the teams.

(most clips in the post and flickr gallery are used with permission from The Daily News)

All-state soccer teams announced

By Brian Hillabush

Pavilion had the second best record in Livingston Conference and allowed just 17 goals in 1,420 minutes played. Although his team went just 8-8-3, the senior earned first-team all-state honors as a goalie in Class C.

Perry's Lucas Pachuta is a second-team attacker in Class C with 31 goals and 10 helpers. His Yellowjackets went 12-5-2.

Garhett Varin is a first team selection in Class D with 27 goals and 13 assists. Goalie Tony Pipitone is a second team selection as a goalie, giving up just 16 goals in 1,765 minutes in net. The Wildcats won a section straight sectional championship with a 19-4 record.

Le Roy's Brittany Luckey is a fourth-team midfielder in Class B. She had 12 goals and 22 assists this seas as the Oatkan Knights won a sectional championship.

No Oakfield-Alabama/Caledonia-Mumford finals this year

By Brian Hillabush

It's always a good time when Oakfield-Alabama and Caledonia-Mumford get to play each other in the finals of the Cal-Mum Christmas Tournament.

Cal-Mum coach Dan Dickens is an O-A grad.

But that isn't going to happen this year as the Hornets blew a 22-7 first quarter lead against Marion and then went on to lose 68-66 in the opening round.

Sal Iannello had 30 points and eight boards to lead Marion, which improves to 4-0. Brad Le Fevre pitched in 17 points with 11 rebounds.

Noah Seward had 14 points to lead O-A, with A.J. Kehlenbeck getting 13 and Tim Smith adding 12. The Hornets are now 5-1 and will be playing in the consolation game tomorrow.

UPDATE: Well, it looks like Marion will be facing the host squad in the finals. Cal-Mum had a 22-15 advantage in the fourth quarter and beat York 57-51.

Jeremy Wilson had 11 points and Chris Voos added eight in the crucial period. Wilson finished with 11 points and Voos 12. Sean Ancker pulled down 10 rebounds for the Red Raiders (3-2).

Travis Nash had 22 points for York (4-4). 

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The Batavia hockey team lost in the opening round of the Scottsville Tournament in a close game with Brighton/East Rochester/Honeoye Falls-Lima.

Brighton/ER/HF-L outshot the Blue Devils 29-28 and won the game 3-2.

Batavia goalie Rich Paganello had 26 saves.

Wolfley and Iona 5-7

By Brian Hillabush

There were a lot of Derek Wofley haters when he graduated from Attica and signed a Division I scholarship with Iona.

He's doing a heck of a job of shutting up those doubters that thought nobody from the Genesee Region League could ball with a D1 school.

Wolfley has played in 10 out of 12 games, including one start.

The 6-foot-7 forward  is averaging 1.7 points per game and is averaging 1.2 rebounds per game, while averaging less than nine minutes of playing time per game.

Wolfley - Attica's all-time leading scorer - has played in more games than four other players on the Iona roster.

 

Updates on Batavia 5 at break

By Brian Hillabush

You may remember a story we did on the five former Batavia High players that are playing college basketball a few weeks back. I figured with the teams on Christmas break, now is a good time for an update.

 Michael Chmielowiec scored 19 points in the University of Rochester's final game before the Christmas break on Dec. 9. The former Batavia star and UofR senior helped his team beat Hobart 73-67.

Rochester is now 6-2 and Chmielowiec is averaging 20.3 points per game. He has been the leading scorer in all but one game this season.

Kevin Saunders scored 15 points and and had a team-high seven rebounds to lead his Fredonia basketball team to a 69-61 win over Medaille in Fredonia's final game before the break. The Blue Devils are 7-2 and is second on the team in scoring at 10.9 points per game.

Roberts Wesleyan recently knocked off two Division II schools at the Mercyhurst Classic. The Raiders are 8-2 and Anderson is averaging 5.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.

Geneseo is off to a 5-2 start and Mike Hoy is averaging 18 points per game as a freshman, scoring 2.1 points per game. He also has nine assists and six steals.

Adam Brasky and his KIng's College team went into the Christmas break with a 66-54 loss to Miseri. Brasky scored eight points in the game as the Monarchs fall to 4-5. Brasky is averaging 2.9 points per game and has dished out 13 assists this year.

Pembroke's Babcock is News 10 Student Athlete of Week

By Brian Hillabush

 I'm had the chance to interview Ken Babcock many times over the past couple of years, and I can tell you that he is one of the most intelligent high school kids I've ever met.

That's why I'm not surprised to see that he is the most recent News 10 NBC Student Athlete of the Week.

“Our season ended in football and I said there is no way that was my last day of football," Babcock tells reporter Robin De Wind.

He's a standout football and basketball player, but football is his true love. He was a dominant tight end and has a shot to play at a big-time school, with Harvard being high on his list.

Byron-Bergen's Cocking is first team AGR

By Brian Hillabush

Byron-Bergen outside hitter Mary Cocking earned first team All-Greater Rochester honors, and it is well deserved.

Cocking had 345 kills this season to bring her career total to 1,061. She also had 315 digs to give her 788 in her career.

The three time Section 5 all-tournament all-star was a member of the three state title teams. She plans on attending Brockport to study nursing and play volleyball.

Again, the local small schools  had no second team selections, but here are the honorable mentions:

Genesee Region: Kayla Konieczy (Byron-Bergen), Krysta Lougheed (Byron-Bergen), Jessica George (Byron-Bergen), Mary McCormick (Byron-Bergen), Katie Boxler (Attica), Jackie Algier (Attica), Stephanie Maurer (Pembroke), Britt Morelli (Batavia Notre Dame), Liz Geandreau (Notre Dame), Courtney Turcer (Alexander), Sam Skyrp (Lyndonville), Megan Fahy (Lyndonville).

Greater Rochester football selections overlook Genesee County standouts

By Brian Hillabush

 Congratulations to Le Roy wide receiver Mike Humphrey for making the Democrat & Chronicle All-Greater Rochester football first team.

Humphrey is very deserving of the honor and had one of the best seasons any receiver has had in area football in many, many years.

The senior caught 63 passes for 892 yards and made it in the end zone a whopping 15 times, while guiding the Oatkan Knights to the Section 5 Class C championship.

Humphrey should excel at the University at Bufalo, Brockport or Cortland.

But the D&C again failed to give any love to our local teams, especially the Genesee Region League.

Oakfield-Alabama offensive/defensive lineman Chris Williams has been an all-state selection and has been the most dominant lineman in the GR since Pembroke's Chris Lauzze, who started at center this year for the MAC champion UB Bulls.

Here is the list of the Genesee Region League honorable mentions:

Genesee Region: Craig Campbell (Oakfield-Alabama), Chris Williams (Oakfield-Alabama), Graham Jensen (Pembroke), Craig Houseknecht (Batavia Notre Dame), Derek Hicks (Oakfield-Alabama), Ken Babcock (Pembroke), Kevin Francis (Batavia Notre Dame), Andrew Wright (Pembroke), Andy Ruddock (Attica), Tim Smith (Oakfield-Alabama), Brad Riner (Oakfield-Alabama), David Kleckler (Pembroke), Noah Seward (Oakfield-Alabama), Matt Klotzbach (Pembroke), Ray Paul (Barker), Tyler Kowalczyk (Oakfield-Alabama), Kevin Gallinger (Attica), Rick Lair (Batavia Notre Dame), Josh Hanel (Pembroke), John Koening (Oakfield-Alabama), Shawn Dupuis (Attica), A.J. Kehlenbeck (Oakfield-Alabama), Mike Dibble (Pembroke), Matt Thompson (Batavia Notre Dame).

I can't see how Williams, Smith, Wright and Ruddock (and maybe others) didn't get consideration for at-least second team.

Williams not making first team, heck, not making second team - is about the biggest joke and yet another example of the D&C blowing off the small schools and only caring about the big city schools.

Oh yeah, there was one local second team selection; Le Roy's Jordan Casper. Casper was an excellent offensive lineman and well deserving of an honorable mention selection. But where is Travis Fenstermaker?

Fenstermaker had an amazing career at Le Roy and is one of the top quarterbacks to ever play for the school. As great as Humphrey is - and trust me, he has some of the best hands I've ever seen - he is nowhere where 892 yards and 15 touchdowns without Fenstermaker getting him the ball.

I have a message that I really want the D&C and Section 5 officials to hear. I've said it before, and I'm going to keep saying it.

There should be two All-Greater Rochester teams, so the large school and small school kids can be honored. And the Eddie Meath game has turned into a joke, with coaches only playing the large school kids and giving the kids from the GR and smaller Livingston Conference schools little to no playing time. It is also time for two Eddie Meath games.

Come on. Oakfield-Alabama and Pembroke had great teams with an epic battle in the semifinals, O-A lost to Le Roy in the finals and Notre Dame advanced to the finals as well. Not a single GR player even earned second team honors. 

 

UPDATE: This has become a very heated debate on Talksback.

HS highlights for Tuesday

By Brian Hillabush

The Pembroke girls basketball team had an impressive win over a Livonia team that has had a rough go at the start of the season, earning a 43-36 home victory.

Nicole Sharick had a huge game for the Dragons, scoring 13 of her season-high 23 points in the fourth quarter, while grabbing seven rebounds with three steals.

Laura Moser hit all four free throw attempts in the fourth quarter - and went 8-of-8 in the game - while snagging six steals.

Jackie Dubois added six points for the Dragons (5-2).

Kassie Pope had 16 poins and Jackie Minnnehan added seven for Livonia (1-4).

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Mike Humphrey dropped in 23 points to lead Le Roy to a 66-32 drubbing of Warsaw.  He scored all 15 Oatkan Knight points in the first quarter.

Travis Fenstermaker and Cody Niccloy had eight points apiece for Le Roy (3-2).

Travis White had 12 points for Warsaw (0-6).

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