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February 9, 2010

Westport boys finish unbeaten



WESTPORT — The Westport Eagles, who captured Div. II Friday night when Wells forfeited, punctuated their championship season on Tuesday with a 74-45 triumph over the Keene Beavers in Mountain & Valley Athletic Conference boys' basketball.

Westport (14-1, 12-0) will have the bye for the first round of the conference playoffs and will meet the survivor a week from Friday in Crown Point for the championship.

Nathan Gay and Bo McKinley were the story in the season finale. Gay poured in 33 points with 17 rebounds while McKinley contributed 27 points and nine assists.

The Eagles broke it open with a 26-point third period that was all Gay-McKinley. Gay scored 11 points in the quarter while McKinley hit five of his nine 3-pointers.

Cody Whitney scored 13 points and James Bell, 10, for Keene (5-10, 4-6).

Westport will travel to Plattsburgh High on Monday for a non-league tune-up for the postseason.

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Westport 74, Keene 45

Keene (45)

Andrews 2-2-6, Boyle 3-1-9, Whitney 5-2-13, Bell 4-2-10, Earl 3-1-7. Totals 17-8-45.

Westport (74)

Frum 0-0-0, Russell 2-0-4, McKinley 9-2-27, Schrauf 0-0-0, Ware 2-0-5, Stahl 1-0-3, Stevens 1-0-2, Gay 16-1-33. Totals 22-9-3-74.

Keene 10 9 7 19 — 45

Westport 14 18 26 16 — 74

3-point goals: Keene (3) Boyle 2, Whitney. West (9) McKinley 7, Ware, Stahl.

Mod: Keene won.

Chazy, Schroon meet
CHAZY — The Division II race remains a three-team fight with Willsboro (6-5) waiting to face the winner of tonight's Schroon Lake at Chazy game. Schroon and Chazy are both 5-5 in the division. The Div. II playoff will be played Friday at a site to be determined.

Indian Lake 60
Min-Newcomb 29

MINERVA — The Div. III champion Orange capped their regular season with an easy victory over the host Huskies.

Kris Bain scored 16 points and Matt Rusch chipped in with 13 for Indian Lake/Long Lake (14-2, 9-2). Jake Wells had a good night on the boards with 13 rebounds.

The Orange will play the winner of Div. I Tuesday in Crown Point in the first round of the MVAC playoffs.

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Indian Lk/Long Lk 60

Min-Newcomb 29

Indian Lake/Long Lake (60)

Moore 1-0-2, Benton 2-0-4, Mitchell 4-1-9, Wallace 2-0-6, Farrell 1-0-2, Pitcher 0-0-0, Black 0-0-0, Bain 7-1-16, Rusch 6-1-13, Wells 4-0-8. Totals 27-3-60.

Min-Newcomb (29)

Kelly 1-0-2, Myazato 3-0-6, Montayne 4-0-8, Poulton 3-0-6, Saville 0-1-1, Winslow 1-0-2, O'Connor 1-0-2, Veawriyanden 0-0-0, Urwhyler 1-0-2, Fish 0-0-0. Totals 14-1-29.

Indian Lake 26 14 12 8 — 60

Min-Newcomb 3 6 8 12 — 29

3-point goals: ILL (3) Wallace 2, Bain.

Crown Point 86
Lake Placid 30

CROWN POINT — John Budwick put up 27 points and added 10 rebounds and five blocks as the Panthers won their last league game of the season.

Tony Rodriguez had 15 points and seven steals for Crown Point (13-4, 11-1), and Will Glebus chipped in 14 points, five steals and three assists.

Lake Placid's Chris Orsi scored eight, and Will Gronlund and Jacob Daniels had six apiece.

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Crown Point 86, Lake Placid 30

Lake Placid (30)

Orsi 3-0-8, Gronlund 3-0-6, Bazzicaulopo 1-0-2, McLean 0-0-0, Brier 0-0-0, Kordziel 1-0-2, Perkins 1-0-2, Morrison 0-0-0, Comins 0-0-0, Bickford 2-0-4, Daniels 3-0-6. Totals: 14-0-30.

Crown Point (86)

Rodriguez 6-3-15, Wayman 3-0-6, Clark 1-0-2, Macey 1-0-2, Mosquera 2-0-4, Glebus 5-1-14, Mesones 1-1-3, McGuiness 1-0-2, Tabor 3-0-7, Budwick 8-11-27, Marshall 2-0-4. Totals: 33-16-86.

Lake Placid65109—30

Crown Point27151826—86

3-point goals: Lake Placid (2), Orsi. Crown Point (4), Glebus 3, Tabor.

Modified: Crown Point won.

Girls
Indian/Long Lake 50

Minerva/Newcomb 24

MINERVA — The Orange wrapped up regular-season play with a convincing win over the host Huskies.

Indian Lake/Long Lake (13-3, 9-1) will meet Willsboro at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Crown Point in the first round of the MVAC playoffs. The winner goes on to play Westport Friday in Crown Point for the conference championship.

Elizabeth Hamden scored 16 points, grabbed four rebounds and came up with four steals for the Orange, the Div. III champs.

Allison Pine chipped in with 11 points and nine rebounds while Carli Reynolds added 10 points, 11 rebounds and five assists.

Larissa Roy scored seven points to lead Minerva/Newcomb (1-13, 0-10).

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Indian/Lng Lk 50, Mn-Newcomb 24

Indian Lake/Long Lake (50)

Farrell 3-1-7, Hamden 8-0-16, Bain 0-0-0, Pierson 1-0-2, Reynolds 4-2-10, Miller 0-0-0, A. Hinckley 1-0-2, Pine 4-3-11, M. Hinckley 0-0-0, Olbert 1-0-2, Douglas 0-0-0. Totals 22-6-50.

Minerva/Newcomb (24)

Hammond 1-0-2, Bolen 2-1-5, Roy 3-1-7, Egli 2-0-4, Yandon 1-0-2, Bellotti 1-0-2, Yeo-Lee 0-0-0, Bureau 0-0-0, Peter 1-0-2, Kostianen 0-0-0. Totals 11-2-24.

Indian/Long Lk14 14 12 10 — 50

Minrva/Nwcomb3 8 9 4 — 24



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