Local high school sports round-up
Rams win over Wellsville

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BATH - The Rams had received balanced scoring, as six players scored eight points or more in Bath Haverling's 60-45 win over Wellsville Tuesday, Jan. 15.

Elisabeth Hall led Bath with 12 points, while Megan Russell and Nikki Murat scored 10 each. Leah Fuerst, Lakeshia McCloud and Rachel Oest contributed to the balanced attack by adding eight points apiece.

We've been very up and down this year and haven't really put together a complete game yet on both ends of the floor," stated Bath head coach Randy Abrams. "Offensively I thought we were all right, but we had lapses on defense that must be fixed."

Wellsville's Jessica Nye led all scorers with 19 points, as teammate Meghan Costello netted 11.

Rams wins seven out of nine against Canisteo-Greenwood

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BATH - The Rams won seven out of the team's nine wins by pinfall, as Bath Haverling beat nonleague opponent Canisteo- Greenwood 51-27 Tuesday, Jan. 15.

Kyle Conrad led the Rams with a 49 second pin of Austin Baker at the 103 pound class, while teammate Cody Hutcheson pinned Trent Ahearn in 1:35 at 171 pounds. Mitchell Buckley (112), Jacob Harrison (125), Billy Crow (130), Drew Wager (135) and Nick Uram (160) also won via pinfall for Bath. Nick Beyea won a 10-6 decision at 119 pounds, while Zack Simons took a forfeit at 189 pounds to account for Bath's nine wins.

Canisteo-Greenwood was led by Craig Amidon's 2:42 pin at 215 pounds, as Brandon Mills also earned a pin at 152 pounds in 3:26. Joe Ordway

(96).

Braves earn first victory in several seasons

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BRADFORD - The minutes seemed like hours Tuesday, Jan. 15, inside Bradford's gym.

Almost five years of angst was 3.5 minutes away from ending, but the seconds crept by as foul after foul delayed a celebration that hadn't been held in almost eight seasons. With 1.5 minutes left, the Bradford girls basketball team felt confident their losing skid would end and finally the clock ran out for a 33-26 win against Arkport - the school's first in girls hoops since 2001.

"We were so anxious, we kept putting them on the line and the clock stopped and I was wondering when that clock was going to run," said Bradford coach Larry Dykes, who has been at the helm of the resurrected program since 2003. "This was a lot of fun. I feel glad for the kids to get the win for them."

The Bradford girls team was disbanded after the 2000-01 season and revived in the fall of 2003. Since its return, the program has gone 0-for-82 - until Tuesday.

Raeleen Mulaney, a senior who has been a varsity starter since her freshman year, scored a 10-point, 10-rebound doubledouble to lead the Braves (1- 14), while Kate Luta netted seven points, including the team's only 3-pointer. Chelsea Dykes and Sherry O'Dell each chipped in four points and eight rebounds. Arkport was led by Ashley Griffin's gamehigh 11 points.

"We hope we're not done yet, we're looking forward to the rest of the season now," Dykes

said.

Haverling swim team defeats Letchworth on the road

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LETCHWORTH - Six different Rams earned individual wins Tuesday, Jan. 15, giving Bath Haverling a win against Letchworth on the road.

Tuesday's meet was the second in as many days and third in the last four. Signs of fatigue were only evident in the times, not the results.

Dan Robinson won the 200- yard individual medley and 100-yard butterfly for Bath (9- 4), while Elliott Glaccum took first place in the 200-yard freestyle; Steve Stromsness won diving; Sam Robbins was a winner in the 100-yard breaststroke; Robbie Lindmark took the top spot in the 100-yard backstroke; and Mike Joint won the 500-yard freestyle.

Strong third lifts Prattsburgh

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PRATTSBURGH - Prattsburgh busted up an 18- 18 halftime tie by outscoring Campbell-Savona 16-5 in the third quarter and went on to earn a 46-33 victory Wednesday, Jan. 16.

"The first half, (Campbell- Savona) took us out of what we wanted to do and we kind of just ran around," Burke said. "The third quarter, we scored 16 points and we did a great job on defense. That was the key. Wade Fuller led the Vikings with 14 points, while dishing off seven assists. Garrett Parker chipped in with 11 points. Logan Wheeler chipped in wth six points, but he also pulled down 10 rebounds - which pleased Burke.

"Logan just did a great job off the bench," Burke said. "Four of his rebounds were offensive and all of them seemed to come at key moments in the game."

Adam Matula was the lone Campbell-Savona player to score in double figures, as he netted 10 points. Maynard Crane added seven.

It was the second big contest held in Prattsburgh in the past five days, which Burke believes aided the Vikings Wednesday.

"Playing in the environment against Batavia Notre Dame Saturday sure didn't hurt us," Burke said. "It was the same tonight. We had to turn people away, people were sitting on the floor and everyone was screaming.

"To me, you can have your big gyms - but they don't have the atmosphere. There's something to be said for having a small gym."

10ths of a second costs Haverling

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BATH - In a swim meet decided by fractions of a second, Dansville came out on top with a 161-147 victory Thursday, Jan. 17.

In the closest events, Dansville's Kyle Hoag won the 200 freestyle in 2:00.92, 0.03 seconds in front of Bath's Luke Ferree. The 200 individual medley, won by Dansville's Quinton Lochman in 2:18.53, was won by just 0.02 seconds over Dan Robinson. Lastly, Dansville's Joe Young finished just 0.01 seconds in front of Luke Ferree in the 100 freestyle, with a win of 54.99 over Ferree's 55 flat.

"The whole meet was

decided by a combined 1.5 seconds," said Bath Haverling coach Mike Morris. "But I'm very, very proud of the boys. There were over 20 personal bests today and they really rose to the occasion."

One such personal best was Steve Stromsness' score of 195.75 in diving. Robbie Lindmark also recorded a personal best on the one meter board with a 168.70, while Mike Joint shaved nearly 10 seconds of his previous best 500 freestyle time to win in 5:47.98.

Brian Vonderlin won the 100 breaststroke for Bath in 1:12.72, while the 200 freestyle relay team of Robinson, Vonderlin, Ferree and Seth Skelly also placed first in 1:42.90.

Dansville recorded wins in eight of the 12 events to take the win. Quinton Lochman and Joe Young won two individual events each to pace the Mustangs.

Haverling wrestling team defeats Dansville 59-27

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DANSVILLE - Bath Haverling won 10 out of 15 matches Thursday, Jan. 17, to claim a 59-27 victory over Dansville.

Kyle Conrad paced the Rams with a lightning quick, seven second pin of Brandon Torres at 103 pounds. Billy Crowe followed it up with a 31 second pin of Tyler Morsch in the 130-pound match, while Zack Simons won with a 50 second pin fall at the 189- pound class. Jacob Harrison recorded the fourth sub-minute pin with a 53 second win over Ed Graves at 125 pounds.

Sean Daley (140), Nick Uram (160) and Cody Hutcheson (171) also recorded pins for the Rams, while Mitchell Buckley won by a 16- 1 technical fall over Joe Coburn at 112 pounds. Brian Hojnoski (96) and Nick Beyea (119) won by way of forfeit for the final two Bath victories.

Dansville was led by Jason Lovetro's 2:37 pin at 135 pounds, while Mike Heiss (152) and Bryan Wood (215) also recorded pins for the Mustangs. Mike Bellanger muscled out a 802 decision over Nate Uram at 145 pounds and Matt Newcomb accepted a forfeit at 285 for the fifth Dansville win.

Hammondport wrestling team defeats Campbell-Savona

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HAMMONDSPORT - Even though Hammondsport won two matches over Campbell- Savona's one, the Panthers won the forfeit battle for a 40-30 victory Thursday, Jan. 17.

In the three matches that weren't forfeits, Hammondsport won two by pin fall, while Campbell- Savona won the other by major decision.

Damian Buck (135) and Nate Gurnsey (145) led Hammondsport with pins, while Josh Simons (152) won a 8-0 decision over Joe Bussmann for the lone Panther decision.

Where Campbell-Savona gained the edge was in its win of six forfeits over Hammondsport's three.

Avoca defeats Alfred- Almond 30-28

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ALFRED - Despite a free throw percentage of 30 percent, Avoca was able to edge out Alfred-Almond 30-28 Wednesday, Jan. 16.

Avoca was led by Brooke Hammond's 12 points and 13 rebounds, while Brittany Geffers added nine points.

"It was a sloppy game and no one shot well," said Avoca head coach Tom Johnson. "We were a combined 12-42 from the line and we just had to turn it up defensively."

Kalee Reynolds and Heather Barniak paced Alfred-Almond with 7 points each, as Hannah Hapeman and Hannah Porter added four points each.