One defending state champion down, one to go.
Andrew Hoy scored nine of his 20 points in the fourth quarter - seven of which came from the charity stripe - as the Batavia basketball team had a 19-8 advantage in the fourth quarter to beat defending Class C champion Maple Grove 61-49 in the opening round of the Olean Tournament.
The Blue Devils had a 42-41 lead at the end of the third quarter, but Maple Grove took a lead early in the final period before the big run.
Hoy also had nine rebounds and five assists in the game, with Robert Hoy pitching in 10 points and Marcus Hoy adding five.
Dakota Irvin hit three 3-pointers in scoring nine points and Adam Pettinella pitched in seven.
Batavia (1-0) will be playing Olean in the championship game Saturday night as the Huskies escaped Hornell 51-46 in the opening round.
Olean attempted 24 foul shots, while the Red Raiders did not attempt a single one. Jesse Champman scored 17 points while Ryan Crane added 12 for Olean.
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The Pembroke girls basketball team is moving on to the finals of the Alden Tournament after thumping the host squad 57-31.
Nicole Sharick had a huge game, popping in 13 points with 10 steals, four assists and six rebounds.
Katie Hackett and Danielle Smith had 10 points apiece, with Hackett getting five swipes. Natasha Powell grabbed eight rebounds.
The Dragons will play West Irondequoit in the finals at 6 p.m. Saturday.
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Three area boys teams lost non-league contests Friday night.
Elba had a rough start, getting outscored 37-24 in the first half, then couldn't come back and lost to Albion 63-58.
Phil Ostroski led the Lancers with 24 points and seven boards as Elba dips to 1-1.
Brian Mitchell was amazing for Holley, but the Hawks lost to Greece Odyssey 61-55. Mitchell scored a game-high 29 points with 13 rebounds, but the Hawks fall to 0-2.
Le Roy could still be recovering from the football team's trip to the Far West Regionals and lost a road game at York, 63-55. Eric Valentino (18 points, 12 rebounds) and Jesse Galvin (12 points, 10 rebounds) both had double-doubles for York (1-1).
Mike Humphrey scored 21 points with Andrew Alexander getting 11 and Eric Stella following with 10 for the Oatkan Knights (0-1).
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The Notre Dame hockey team lost to Fayetteville-Manilius 6-1 in the opening round of the Fulton Tournament.
Brett Perfitt scored his first career goal for the Fighting Irish (1-1), and Thomas Dehr stopped 27 shots.
ND will play Immaculate Heart in the consolation game at Noon Saturday.
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Hillary Bates tied the game after a steal when she drained a 3-pointer with 35 seconds left in regulation. Then Brynn Perfitt hit a pair of free throws for the deciding points in a 31-29 win for Oakfield-Alabama over Geneseo in the opening round of the Geneseo Tournament.
Perfitt scored a game-high 17 points for the Hornets (1-0).
The other local girls teams stuggled.
Le Roy lost to York 46-27 and Churchville-Chili crushed Byron-Bergen 70-43.
