GALLERY: Lady Lions and Lady Chargers battle on the hardwood, by JC’s Photography
(Photo: Referee Tyler Seamons tosses the jump ball to Wellsville’s Trenton Green and Canisteo-Greenwood’s Carson Chaffee. Green and Chaffee combined for 42 points)
On Monday night, the Canisteo-Greenwood boys’ basketball team had a tremendous team effort to knock off red-hot Wellsville, 74-60 to improve to 6-1 on the season and retain the No. 1 seed in Section V class B2.
Wellsville is 3-5, but the No. 8 seed Lions knocked off the No. 1 seed in Class B, Hornell, who sit ahead of Mynderse and LeRoy.
Canisteo-Greenwood had six players score and five scored in the first quarter to keep pace with the Lions, who led after the first quarter and trailed by one, 32-31 at the half.
Carson Chaffee had a game high 27 points for C-G and also 10 rebounds. He came down hard in the second half, but played through pain, scoring nine big points in the fourth quarter.
The Chargers have put on some dunk exhibitions, but in this game, it was Wellsville. Trenton Green slid past two defenders in the lane and put down an offensive rebound for a dunk that caused a time out and kept the game close. Green finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Another Wellsville senior, Nicolas Germain-Tardeau had 22 points including a big dunk. Blake Kalkoff had 14 points while Cole Densmore had six and Ben Helveston drained a 3-pointer for the Lions. Cole White, Drew Cowburn and Fletcher Kaye gave the Lions good minutes as well.
For C-G, James Smith started the game strong and ended the game strong with 15 points including seven in a decisive third quarter. Kevin Sirianni had 18 and eighth-grader Jack Beers, who handles the ball, passes and shoots like an upperclassman, had seven. Thomas Sirianni had five points, Gideon Stewart gave the Chargers some big minutes and had two points.
GIRLS
Canisteo-Greenwood 54, Wellsville 39
Canisteo-Greenwood improved to 7-1 with a 54-39 win over Wellsville (1-4).
Bailey Mullen led C-G with 14 points while Mackenna Mullen had 13, Kara Mahany 12, Gracen Mahany nine and Payton Bentley had four.
Addison Hennessy drained four 3-pointers and 12 for Wellsville while Reegan Perkins had eight, Caelyn Stevens five, Emily Stuck four, Lydia Kaye four and Alexa Hennessy three.
Hornell 56, Aquinas 49
Hornell came off a tough tournament and a huge win to pick up another “take notice” win, knocking off Aquinas, 56-49.
Jordyn Dyring had a huge game for the Red Raiders with 20 points, three boards and an assist.
“We got off to a slow start tonight and found ourselves down 13–2 early, but I was really proud of how the girls stayed composed, confident, and committed to the game plan,” said Hornell coach Jim Dagon. “Instead of panicking, we chipped away at the deficit possession by possession and trusted what we were trying to do.”
Of Dyring, Dagon said, “Jordyn Dyring kept us afloat offensively in the first half, scoring 13 of her team-high 20 points in the first two quarters. She also played outstanding defense for all 32 minutes and set the tone with her effort on both ends of the floor.”
Dagon was also impressed with the Hornell defense
“Teegan Eveland, Mia Nasca, and A’Jonay Hawkins were excellent defensively and executed their assignments perfectly,” he said. “Their discipline and attention to detail were a major reason for our success tonight.”
When Aquinas tried to match Hornell with defense, the Hornell offense took over.
“In the second half, Aquinas turned up the pressure and really keyed in on Jordyn, and that’s when Selena Maldonado and Raegan Evingham stepped up in a big way,” Dagon said. “They combined for 15 points in the third quarter, and Raegan and Selena also dominated the glass, pulling down 13 and 9 rebounds respectively, which helped us control the game physically.”
Dagon continud, “Once we took the lead late in the third quarter, we played with poise and did the little things it takes to win: taking care of the basketball, rebounding as a team, and getting quality possessions against a very good opponent. Coming off a couple of games where we struggled to find our rhythm, tonight felt like a turning point for us. We looked more connected on both ends of the floor, and we’re hoping to carry this momentum forward.”
Hornell Player Stats vs. Aquinas:
- Jordyn Dyring: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist
- Raegan Evingham: 17 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists
- Selena Maldonado: 10 points, 9 rebounds
- Teegan Eveland: 4 points, 3 rebounds
- Mia Nasca: 2 points, 2 rebounds
- A’Jonay Hawkins: 2 points, 4 rebounds
Andover/Whitesville 67, Naples 12
A/W improved to 6-1 as Stella Bledsoe had 25 points and Makenna Vance scored 10. Also for A/W, Olivia Waters had nine points, Lilly Harrington had eight and Reece Winters scored five.
