By Bill Collmer, Hornell Sun Senior Sports Writer
The Canisteo-Greenwood Lady Chargers defeated Rochester area Private School C.G Finney 65-40 Friday night during Senior night.
The Falcons came into the game 12-2, with their only losses coming to Class C Geneseo (12-3) and Class A Newark (12-1).
Canisteo-Greenwood improved to 15-1 and have won nine straight games since losing 45-41 to Class AA Canandaigua on December 29th.
Friday night eighth grader Kara Mahany scored 12 of her game high 28 points in the first quarter helping Canisteo-Greenwood take a 19-8 lead. All twelve points were from downtown as Mahany hit four 3-pointers in the first quarter, she finished the game with eight 3’s. Mahany also grabbed 7 rebounds.
Freshman Gracen Mahany finished with 19 points and knocked down five 3-pointers. She also grabbed 8 rebounds.
Canisteo-Greenwood led 36-21 at halftime, C-G outscored Finney 26-5 in the third quarter to pull away for good.
As a team Canisteo-Greenwood knocked down fifteen 3-pointers.
Before the game Canisteo-Greenwood honored their two seniors Bailey Mullen and Payton Bentley.
Mullen scored 7 points while Bentley finished with 4 points and 7 rebounds.
Mullen entered her senior season with 1,027 career points and 606 rebounds.
Bentley transferred to Canisteo-Greenwood for her senior year after winning three Straight Sectional championships at Hornell. Bentley entered her senior season with 716 career points.
Last season Bentley was named eighth team All-State in Class B, Mullen was named tenth team.
Bentley is the granddaughter of Brian Bentley who coached the Greenwood girls to back-to-back sectional championships in 1987 and 1988.
Her dad Ryan Bentley attended school in Greenwood until 9th grade. He transferred to Odessa-Montour for 10th-12th grade when his dad moved there. He was a talented high school Basketball player graduating in 1996. Bentley was a IAC Southwest first team All-Star at Odessa-Montour in 1995 and 1996.
Canisteo-Greenwood is currently the No. 3 seed in Section Five Class C1 and Ranked No.2 in the State in Class C by the New York State Sportswriters Association. Defending Class C State Champion Frewsburg is number one.
Canisteo-Greenwood is looking to capture their first Sectional championship since merging schools in 2004.
Canisteo-Greenwood lost to Oakfield-Alabama in the Class C1 Sectional championship game 49-45 in 2023.
Addison 64, Hammondsport 47
Henry Morrison led all with 28 PTS, 15 RBS, 1 AST, 1 BLK, 3 STL; Gadge Buck Had 8 PTS, 7 RB, 1 AST, 1 STL; Miles Buckley Had 6 PTS, 1 RB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
Greece Olympia 55, Wellsville 50
Torrince Kendrick-Turner and Jarvis Harvard each scored 14 points for Greece Olympia while Xavier Ball had 12.
Wellsville led at the half. For the Lions, Trenton Green had a game-high 23 points, Nick Germain-Tardieu had 13 Derek Coleman six, Ben Helveston and Jack Davis had three and Cole White two.
Avoca-Prattsburgh 45, Campbell-Savona 26
Austin Swift scored a team-high 14 points for Avoca-Prattsburgh while Colin Zurlick had 10, Carter Button seven, Zach Heale five, Connor Parulski four, Landon White two and Josh Carlton three.
Dakota Ogden led Campbell-Savona with eight points, Chance Miller seven, Lukas Carapella an Rece Jamison three, Jaxson Payne two.
Cuba-Rushford 67, Bolivar-Richburg 45
Peyton Joy scored 10 points with 16 rebounds and four blocked shots while Adam Roe had 10 points, 17 rebounds and six assists as C-R improved to 14-1 with the win.
Carter Brown had 11 assists, six rebounds and scored seven points. Carter Getz and Coleman Searle each scored 13 while Lucas Haskins had points.
Kingston Loucks led Bolivar-Richburg with 20 points, Braden Zilker eight, Javier Rodriguez six, Julian Weekley four, Trey Pettit three, Hayden Schappacher and Karson Baker each scored two.
Andover-Whitesville: 89, Jasper-Troupsburg: 60
In a quest to win a Section V title, Class D #1 seed Andover-Whitesville (14-1) had a hug win over #3 Jasper-Troupsburg (11-6), 89-60
The #2 seed Elba, sits at 9-3.
Andover-Whitesville coach Jimmy Joyce said, “This was the game we had circled for a while. We knew that if we really were the team we know we can be then we would have to play well vs J-T. They handled us twice last year and we needed a much better effort. The guys really responded to the challenge. I could not be happier with this group. Lou and Brian do such a phenomenal job over there. I have the utmost respect for them. J-T is a very good team. I suspect we may see them again.”
Brody Vance, Colton Calladine and Vincent Joyce all had big games.
“Brody really kept his hot hand going with another 40 point effort including 6 3’s, but he also responded defensively,” Coach Joyce said. “Vinny really is our motor and without him we cant do what we need to do. His 21 points and 17 rebounds are key to our success today. At this point, that’s the stat line I expect from him every single night. Colt also stood out with 17 points, 6 assists and a great defensive effort. This was the start of an extremely challenging stretch of games for us so we needed a complete effort badly and I think that’s exactly what we got.”
Andover-Whitesville 96, Friendship-Scio 40
Brody Vance had 46 points, 8 3’s, 4 steals and 3 assists for A-W while Vincent Joyce: 17 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 blocks and James Miller-Young: 12 Points. Colton Calladine: 9 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
Friendship-Scio: Aiden Golden had 16 points, Jeremiah Brown: 9 points
Coach Joyce said, “We were firing on all cylinders tonight. I didn’t anticipate that coming off of a 9-day layoff between games. Brody was dominate and definitely feeling it tonight. Vinny, Colt and James had really good games also. Another game with contributions from everyone. We ironed some things outWe have a ways to go but I’m very happy with the boys.”
