For the fourth straight season, the Newark Reds defended their home court against the Mynderse Blue Devils with a 50-42 win on Thursday night in a game that was streamed live on FingerLakes1.com. The loss, was Mynderse Academy’s first of the season and creates a tie with the Reds at the top of the Finger Lakes East.
Also on Thursday night, two big wins for Finger Lakes West schools that have struggled in recent seasons. The HAC Wolves won their third straight with a 1-point victory at Red Jacket and the Romulus Warriors score a big road victory in overtime at Bloomfield. First place Marcus Whitman remains undefeated in league play after pulling away from Honeoye in the fourth quarter.
Full results for the boys and the girls in action from Thursday night, the upcoming schedule and more below including the webcast replay of FL1 Sports webcast from Newark…
Thursday’s W-FL Boys Basketball Scoreboard:
HAC 53 at Red Jacket 52
RJK (7-6) – Daniel Brown 14
HAC (3-6) – Jamarr Paisley 21; Xavier Israel 18
* Red Jacket missed two free throws with :00 left
Honeoye 54 at #7 Marcus Whitman 67
MW (8-2) – Gavin McCumiskey 15; Riley McLoud 13; Burlin Allen 13
HON (4-7) – Jon Marble 17; Max Yale 15
* Halftime score was Whitman 38, Honeoye 35
Romulus 67 at #9 Bloomfield 63 OT
BLM (6-6) – Patrick Geitner 21; Bryce Beechler 15; Trevor Hawkins 11
ROM (3-8) – Cameron Laskoski 18; Kyle Bennett 13; Mauricio Mercedes-Riveria 10; Bragon Passamonte 10
#3 Newark 50 at #1 Mynderse 42
NEW (9-3) – Nate Beard 15, 6 reb, 4 ast; Brian Sharp 12 (4-3pt)
MYN (12-1) – Jake Mein 12
Upcoming W-FL Boys Basketball Schedule:
FRIDAY
Gananda at Red Creek
Dundee at Hammondsport
Waterloo at #8 Midlakes
#10 Geneva at Penn Yan (WFLR)
Vertus at #4 Wayne
NR-Wolcott at Sodus
Marion at #6 Lyons
Williamson at #5 East Rochester
SATURDAY
No Games
MONDAY
#7 Marcus Whitman at HAC
TUESDAY
Sodus at Gananda
#3 Newark at #10 Geneva
#8 Midlakes at #1 Mynderse (LIVE on FL Radio / Video Replay at 10:15 pm)
Penn Yan at Palmyra-Macedon
#4 Wayne at Waterloo
#2 Clyde-Savannah at NR-Wolcott
#5 East Rochester at Marion
Red Creek at Williamson
Thursday’s W-FL Girls Scoreboard:
East Rochester 50 at Sodus 47
Lyons 38 at Marion 51
Clyde-Savannah at NR-Wolcott (no report)
#2 Gananda at Williamson (no report)
Friday’s W-FL Girls Schedule:
HAC at Red Jacket
Honeoye at Marcus Whitman
Midlakes at Waterloo
Naples at Jasper-Troupsburg
Dundee at #1 South Seneca
#3 Romulus at Bloomfield
Newark at #4 Mynderse
Wayne at Pal-Mac
Penn Yan at #5 Geneva
Thursday Night Tweets:
You all do a great job covering wfl basketball. Thanks for coming out to Rushville! https://t.co/hssMfGJRyX
— Whitman Basketball (@MWhitmanBBall) January 13, 2017
Who will win tonight’s big Finger Lakes East showdown in Newark?
— FingerLakes1.com (@FingerLakes1) January 12, 2017
Black-out tonight for the varsity game
— Brian Sharp (@briansharpp) January 12, 2017
Less than 5 minutes until tip-off. HAC varsity boys basketball vs. Red Jacket pic.twitter.com/PeBu0fCmkX
— HACAthletics (@HACAthletics) January 12, 2017
Big Game in the Rose City…. Mynderse faces Newark LIVE in 20 minutes on FL1 Sports https://t.co/0Gk5SCnrX5 pic.twitter.com/i0nujYUna4
— FingerLakes1.com (@FingerLakes1) January 13, 2017
@BreyTristyn @RyanVelte99 -Our student section adds so much. Straight …we’ll find a sweet spot. Let’s chat tomorrow #GoReds
— Newark Athletics (@NewarkAthletics) January 13, 2017
Tip-off is now! pic.twitter.com/OLj7wTXSbJ
— HACAthletics (@HACAthletics) January 12, 2017
HCS heating up- tie score 2nd Q v @MWWildcats great hustle from all players! Go Bulldogs! @HCSPhysEd @educating4tmrw pic.twitter.com/8OuvIoQaZ6
— David C. Bills (@jdbillscnzm) January 13, 2017
Enjoying the RJ HAC game with these two beauties… pic.twitter.com/XHmulkwD5Y
— RJathletics (@RJathletics) January 13, 2017
Even tho what happened to me still played a good game yesterday but we took the L I will be back pic.twitter.com/HXIKSrGVGL
— marcus Chance (@marcus_chance) January 13, 2017
At the end of the 3rd quarter it’s HAC who’s out in front – Wolves lead 43-38! pic.twitter.com/kzMANT4zy9
— HACAthletics (@HACAthletics) January 13, 2017
McCumiskey with the drive for 2. Wildcats up 7 in 4th @ Honeoye. #PR1DEinthePaw pic.twitter.com/gNnmMb8N0S
— Whitman Athletics (@MWWildcats) January 13, 2017
Rob Dorsey drains a 3-pointer to put Wolves up 48-44 with 4:29 left in the game pic.twitter.com/Xva6RJx8lc
— HACAthletics (@HACAthletics) January 13, 2017
Broken nose and the flu … what else could go wrong
— ice (@MatCicero5) January 13, 2017
Red Jacket answer with their own 3-pointer after Paisley drains a pull-up 3. Wolves lead 53-51 with 2:10 left in the game
— HACAthletics (@HACAthletics) January 13, 2017
42-33 Newark leads Mynderse with 3:40 left. #GoReds
— Newark Athletics (@NewarkAthletics) January 13, 2017
Wolves win!!! What a game by both teams! Congrats Wolves
— HACAthletics (@HACAthletics) January 13, 2017
@HACAthletics Varsity Boys basketball upends Red Jacket 53-52 for their 3rd straight win!! Great back and forth action #sectionvhoops
— Doug Crego (@hoopstalkdc) January 13, 2017
@Natebeard23 I see you out there my son good W
— dad (@BryceBurri3) January 13, 2017
Newark varsity boys basketball wins a big one. pic.twitter.com/hunITStxZq
— Jim Miranda (@jim_jmiranda) January 13, 2017
Big win for Reds boys BBall 50-42 over Mynderse. All in the process to add to that banner.… https://t.co/4wxrFcPruo
— Newark Athletics (@NewarkAthletics) January 13, 2017
W-FL Boys Basketball Standings (through 1/12):
| FINGER LAKES EAST STANDINGS | W | L | GB | W | L | STK | |||||
| T1 | MYNDERSE BLUE DEVILS | 6 | – | 1 | – | 12 | – | 1 | L1 | ||
| T1 | NEWARK REDS | 6 | – | 1 | – | 9 | – | 3 | W9 | ||
| 3 | WAYNE EAGLES | 4 | – | 2 | 1.5 | 8 | – | 2 | W6 | ||
| T4 | MIDLAKES SCREAMING EAGLES | 2 | – | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | – | 4 | L2 | ||
| T4 | GENEVA PANTHERS | 2 | – | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | – | 6 | L2 | ||
| 6 | PAL-MAC RED RAIDERS | 2 | – | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | – | 8 | L2 | ||
| 7 | PENN YAN MUSTANGS | 1 | – | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | – | 5 | W1 | ||
| 8 | WATERLOO INDIANS | 0 | – | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | – | 9 | L9 | ||
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| FINGER LAKES WEST STANDINGS | W | L | GB | W | L | STR | |||||
| 1 | MARCUS WHITMAN WILDCATS | 8 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 2 | W8 | ||
| T2 | BLOOMFIELD BOMBERS | 6 | – | 3 | 2.5 | 6 | – | 6 | L2 | ||
| T2 | DUNDEE SCOTS | 6 | – | 3 | 2.5 | 7 | – | 3 | W1 | ||
| 4 | NAPLES BIG GREEN | 4 | – | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | – | 6 | L4 | ||
| 5 | RED JACKET INDIANS | 4 | – | 5 | 4.5 | 7 | – | 5 | L2 | ||
| T6 | HONEOYE BULLDOGS | 3 | – | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | – | 7 | L1 | ||
| T6 | H.A.C. WOLVES | 2 | – | 4 | 5.0 | 3 | – | 6 | W3 | ||
| 8 | ROMULUS WARRIORS | 2 | – | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | – | 8 | W1 | ||
| 9 | SOUTH SENECA FALCONS | 1 | – | 6 | 6.5 | 1 | – | 9 | L5 | ||
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| WAYNE COUNTY STANDINGS | W | L | GB | W | L | STR | |||||
| 1 | CLYDE-SAVANNAH GOLDEN EAGLES | 7 | – | 1 | – | 9 | – | 3 | L1 | ||
| 2 | LYONS LIONS | 6 | – | 2 | 1.0 | 10 | – | 2 | W4 | ||
| 3 | EAST ROCHESTER BOMBERS | 5 | – | 3 | 2.0 | 7 | – | 3 | L1 | ||
| 4 | GANANDA WILDCATS | 4 | – | 3 | 2.5 | 6 | – | 4 | W2 | ||
| T5 | NORTH ROSE-WOLCOTT COUGARS | 3 | – | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | – | 6 | L4 | ||
| T5 | SODUS SPARTANS | 3 | – | 4 | 3.5 | 5 | – | 5 | W1 | ||
| T5 | RED CREEK RAMS | 3 | – | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | – | 8 | W1 | ||
| 8 | WILLIAMSON MARAUDERS | 2 | – | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | – | 6 | L1 | ||
| 9 | MARION BLACK KNIGHTS | 0 | – | 8 | 7.0 | 1 | – | 11 | L2 |
