The Newark Reds opened their 2018-19 campaign with an impressive win at Canandaigua, defeating the Finger Lakes Tip Off Tournament hosts 58-50, to advance to Saturday’s championship game against Class AA Victor who defeated Monroe, 60-59. Another Finger Lakes East team, Penn Yan, opened with a win while the defending Finger Lakes West champion Marcus Whitman Wildcats rolled on the road to a 21 point win over Midlakes. For the girls, it was Mynderse winning at Romulus and Wayne winning at Brighton. Full results and our first look inside Geneva’s brand new gymnasium below…
BOYS SCOREBOARD 11/29:
BATH-HAVERLING 40 AT PENN YAN 66
PY – Connor Fingar 12, Peter Nicholson 12, Peyton Schuck 10
Penn Yan 66, Bath 40, Final Non-League Boys Basketball
— Bill Collmer (@BC_SVTB) November 30, 2018
NEWARK 58 AT CANANDAIGUA 50
NEW – Jayden Peters 24, Devin Agosto 14, Mason VanDeMortel 8
CAN – Ryan Welch 13; Cody Aikey 11
* Newark will play Victor in championship game on Saturday at 6:30 pm
Kyle Martinex gets in the lane for 2. @Newarkredshoops pic.twitter.com/x26KyogG8l
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) November 30, 2018
Devin Agosto finds Nicholas Bernardi in the lane @Newarkredshoops #textbook pic.twitter.com/gi9yD6fwIc
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) November 30, 2018
WILLIAMSON 36 AT LYONS 83
WIL – Tyler Ingaham 15, Adam Fisk 8
LYO – Justice Smith 26, 16 reb; Aaron Romero 18; Horace Betts IV 9; Hunter Bastian 8; Justin Smith 8
Here's the book for Lyons after their season opening blowout win at The Atwood on Thursday night pic.twitter.com/KlI44ItkPv
— FingerLakes1.com (@FingerLakes1) November 30, 2018
GANANDA 81 AT NR-WOLCOTT 46
GAN – Andrew Gabbard 25 pts, 16 steals; Jayden Castrechini 21
16 steals sheesh
— Steven Heumann (@King_Stove3) November 30, 2018
Boys basketball opens up season 2 and 0 with win over host NRW tonight. @WeAreGananda #GanandaProud
— GanandaBluePanthers (@GHSAthletics1) November 30, 2018
MARCUS WHITMAN 66 AT MIDLAKES 45
Great season opener with 66-45 win over midlakes. Nice work guys!! pic.twitter.com/v8bZ4NhDcj
— Greg OConnor (@GOConnor21) November 30, 2018
Marcus Whitman picks up where they left off. Hits 11 3s. Beats Midlakes 66-45. Last two years 35-8 Overall. Last 3 years in FLW 44-4. @PickinSplinters @sectvbb
— boomersoonerptl (@boomersoonerptl) November 30, 2018
MARION 39 AT CLYDE-SAVANNAH 77
C-S – Camden Chance 40 pts, 10 reb
BOYS FRIDAY NIGHT SLATE:
DUNDEE AT HAMMONDSPORT
RED CREEK AT EAST ROCHESTER
PITTSFORD-SUTHLND AT WAYNE
FILLMORE AT HONEOYE
GIRLS SCOREBOARD 11/29:
C.G. FINNEY 38 AT HAC 37
HAC – Eliza Nicosia 16; Zoe Crego 8
Wolves slowly inching closer, down 33-38. Timeout with 3:46 left in the fourth quarter! pic.twitter.com/3dGez9CpCl
— HACAthletics (@HACAthletics) November 30, 2018
Wolves lose after a tough comeback! 37-38
— HACAthletics (@HACAthletics) November 30, 2018
WAYNE 36 AT BRIGHTON 25
WYN – Phyllis Reed 10; Adrianna Behrendt 10; Alexa Glanzel 8, 17 reb
Wayne girls hoops defeat Brighton 36-25
— WayneCSD Athletics (@WCSD_Athletics) November 30, 2018
RED JACKET 44 AT WEBSTER-SCHROEDER 50
RJ – Sara VanAken 12; Sydney Close 11; Brookelyn Hanley 9
WS – Lill Northrup 17
MYNDERSE 57 AT ROMULUS 27
ROM – Brianna Guererri 11; Kyaira Woody 11
MYN – Hannah Cappacci 12; MacKenzie Higby 12; Madison Barnett 10, 5 reb, 4 ast
HONEOYE FALLS-LIMA AT HONEOYE (No Report)
GV B-ball… Bulldogs are BRINGING IT!! Hustling O, tenacious D! Great to watch the home opener! #PAWesome @HoneoyeSports pic.twitter.com/autisFw5pV
— David C. Bills (@jdbillscnzm) November 29, 2018
Going down to the wire… LOVE the way this team plays!! Go Bulldogs! @HoneoyeSports #PAWesome pic.twitter.com/arkxWWebSw
— David C. Bills (@jdbillscnzm) November 30, 2018
FRIDAY NIGHT GIRLS SLATE:
GANANDA AT LYONS
MARION AT SODUS
WILLIAMSON AT NR-WOLCOTT
EAST ROCHESTER AT RED CREEK
CLYDE-SAVANNAH AT DUNDEE
PENN YAN AT MARCUS WHITMAN
CAMPBELL-SAVONA AT NAPLES
FIRST LOOK INSIDE GENEVA’S NEW GYMNASIUM:
Wow! Super impressed with the new gymnasium in Geneva. Can't wait for our first game on FL1 Sports! Catch the Panthers live from Waterloo when they face Penfield on Saturday night at 6 pm! #GenevaNY #fl1sports #secvbbb pic.twitter.com/MRN9IfkRHR
— FingerLakes1.com (@FingerLakes1) November 29, 2018
MORE FROM SECTION V & WAYNE-FINGER LAKES HOOPS ON THURSDAY NIGHT:
The 4th quarter contained 6 lead changes and two ties. Then Matt Caggiano and Connor Williams took charge for @victorboysbball Story by @jml5798 https://t.co/lgf8Rv99je
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) November 30, 2018
Final sequence of the game as @victorboysbball defeats @JMHSRedjackets 60-59 @PickinSplinters @sectvbb pic.twitter.com/zYZjBd4c5J
— John Likanje (@jml5798) November 30, 2018
Final score: @victorboysbball 60, @JMHSRedjackets 59 @mattcagg 20 points, @CWilliams_50 12 points Will Stone 8 points, Will Tehan 8 points. Victor is 1-0 on the season. We will play the winner of @Newarkredshoops–@Canandaigua_BB on Saturday night. Go Blue Devils!!!!
— Victor Basketball (@victorboysbball) November 30, 2018
Former Newark player and Unified Coach with great success at next level, great job Brian, keep making us proud! https://t.co/UToHhL0apk #goreds @NewarkAthletics @briansharpp @sarahsharppp @Newarkredshoops
— Newark Unified (@NewarkUnified) November 29, 2018
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