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Marcus Whitman has named the recipients for its Athletic Awards for the 2023-24 academic year. It was a busy year right from the start: the football team making it to the first ever Wayne-Finger Lakes football league championship to salvaging the gymnasium floor from a leak to Lana Burnett b…

SHORTSVILLE — Red Jacket High School has announced that seniors Brooklyn Vienna and Micah Harshfield are the school’s 2024 Male and Female Athletes of the Year. The prestigious honor, awarded annually, is voted on by coaches and is a testament to the athletes’ exceptional dedication, skill, …

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Wayne Central boys basketball was the last team standing among the Finger Lakes East, West or Wayne Central leagues this season. A 50-37 loss to Glens Falls in the Class A state championship game over the weekend capped a season that saw teams win sectional titles, players hitting the 1,000 …

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GLENS FALLS — The last time the Lyons boys basketball program won a state championship was back in 1989 when Dean Schott was at the helm. Now it’s his son, Dean Schott II, leading the Lions back to the state Final Four for the first time since 2015.

The best part of league play is all about the local rivalries. As fun as it is to get at least two contests during the regular season against a rival, things intensify even more when the two sides meet in the postseason.

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CANANDAIGUA — The Mynderse Academy boys basketball team left the Class B regional qualifier with heads held high, because despite a 70-48 loss to Avon, they returned to Seneca Falls with a Section V championship and a 2023-24 season that will be remembered forever.

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GORHAM — The scene during Tuesday night’s girls basketball Class C Play-In was exactly how every player envisions a win-or-go-home game. But this wasn’t just any win-or-go-home game. It was the ultimate rubber-match between Finger Lakes West rivals Dundee/Bradford and Bloomfield.

ROCHESTER — Marcus Whitman and Avon boys basketball provided a championship-caliber first half for the audience at Blue Cross Arena for the first half. Adjustments by Avon in the second half and the unconscious shooting of eventual MVP Trevor Stroud sank the No. 3 Wildcats 69-47 in the Class…

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CANANDAIGUA — In 2021, Dundee/Bradford girls basketball fell to York in the Section V semifinals. In 2022, the BraveScots fell to York once again but a round later in the sectional finals. In 2023 against Pavilion, Dundee/Bradford lost its second straight sectional title game.

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ROCHESTER — Just one season ago, Mynderse Academy boys basketball headed back home in the first round of the sectional tournament with its 17th loss of the season. They had only won four times.

A layup from Dan Masino gave Hobart College a 62-61 lead with two seconds remaining. A steal from Tucker Lescoe on the inbound pass sealed the win over No. 17 Springfield and gave the Statesmen another massive upset victory in the Division III NCAA Tournament. They had defeated No. 14 Univer…

WEBSTER — Newark girls basketball began and ended its season against Pittsford Sutherland. The 2023-24 season arrived with a 59-47 loss to the Knights. On Tuesday night, it ended in the Class A semifinals at Webster Schroeder with a 56-43 loss.

WEBSTER — Aquinas made nothing easy for the Palmyra-Macedon girls basketball team in the Class A semifinals at Webster Schroeder. The perimeter defense was near impenetrable, the interior defense was unyielding and a scorching hot third quarter from beyond the arc were enough to send the Red…

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HOPEWELL — The problem Mynderse Academy boys basketball faced on Monday night was the size and athleticism World of Inquiry brought to the Class B1 semifinal at Finger Lakes Community College.