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ports DeSales wins Class D, falls in state qualifier By Rpchard A. Kiley Staff writer After winning its first-ever sectional title in basketball, DeSales reverted to its in- consistent, regular-season form in the Sec- tion S Class P qualifier at Geneseo State last Monday, Feb. 27, as the Saints were beaten by Avoca, 66-60. The Saints finished the season with a 17-8 record. The win puts the undefeated Tigers (25-0) in the state Class D quarterfinals against Franklinville of Section 6 (Buffalo area), That game will be played this Satur- day, March 4 at 1 p.m. at the Rochester War Memorial. e Avoca, which led by four points at halftime, broke its game against DeSales open with big plays in the second half by guard Ken Button and 6-5 center Chris Sul- livan., Button scored 15 of his game-high 27 points in the second half, and Sullivan poured in 19 of his 23 after intermission. The Avoca center also collected 16 re- bounds and four blocked shots. DeSales shot a dismal 22-for-68 (32 per- cent) from the field during the game, in- cluding 7-for-24 (29 percent) from three- point range. The Saints continued to fire it up from the outside despite a strong per- formance by 6-5 center Rob McFadden. The DeSales center finished with 20 points on 7-for-10 shooting from the field. Avoca made four out of five three- pointers and was 23-for-49 (46 percent) from the field. The Saints also had trouble from the free-throw line, where they shot 9-for-18. The Tigers converted 16 of 19 from the stripe. Aaron Mantegna of DeSales finished with 12 points, all coming from three-point range. The Saints, who were the No. 3 seed in ,the boys' Section 5 Class D tournament, earned the right to play Avoca by winning tiieir first-ever sectional title in basketball widi a resounding 80-47 win over top- seeded Rushford in die championship game at Alfred University last Friday night; Feb. 24. For DeSales Coach Tony Alvaro, the sectional title was the sevendi in his il- lustrious coaching career. He guided Ro- mulus — where he coached for 27 years — to Class D sectional tides in 1965-1966 and 1968-7g, and to the Class C tide in 1982. Alvaro said his Saints played inspired basketball in the sectionals after enduring a disappointing regular season. \I thought the kids were really into the sectionals. They weren't pleased widi AQ drops hockey final, 4-2 so Little Irish get RFA next By Richard A. Kiley Staff writer \ The Aquinas ice hockey team knew me road to the state hockey tournament would eventually lead to a showdown with de- fending state champion Rome Free Acad- emy, but the Litde Irish were hoping to de- lay mat trip .by winning the Section 5 hockey final and drawing an easier first- round opponent. Unfortunately for Aquinas, me Greece Lightning had omer ideas. Combining per- sistent forechecking wim excellent goal- tending from sophomore Mike Mills, Greece frustrated the Litde Irish on the War Memorial ice all afternoon in notching a 4-2 upset of Aquinas on Sunday, Feb. 26. The game-winning goal came with 1:12 left in the third period after the Little Irish (21-2) had rallied from a 2-0 deficit. Greece's Jamie Bird took an errant Aquinas clear and saw Dave Schumacher moving unchecked toward the AQ goal. Bird passed the puck to Schumacher, who went to his backhand to beat Little Irish goalie Bab Carello and give Greece a 3-2 lead. A.J. HerrNeckar added an empty-net goal wim :04 left to ice die win. Aquinas and Greece (18-5) were already assured of spots in the state quarterfinals but both teams were trying to avoid playing Rome Free Academy in a quarterfinal mat- chup. The Little Irish clinched one spot by winning me regular-season, Division 1 tide and Greece me omer by beating Pittsford, 7-2 in a Division 1 playoff last Wednesday, Feb. 22. Now the Little Irish must face the Black Knights, defending state champions and owners of a 47-game winning streak. RFA handed Aquinas an 8-2 loss in last year's state hockey tournament. The Litde Irish will travel to Utica mis Saturday, March 4/to play RFA in die state Division 1 quarterfinal game at the Utica Auditorium. The game is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. By beating Aquinas, Greece will meet Auburn (12-9) of Section 3 this Saturday in anodier state Division 1 playoff. That game is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Genesee Valley Park. Aquinas, which defeated Greece diree times during the regular season, couldn't get its high-powered offense in gear until the 11:04 mark of the third period. By that time Greece had~a 1-0 lead on two goals by • Chris Ford. Aquinas' leading-scorer Chris Fess, who Was also die top goal-scorer in die Monroe County Hockey League, scored with 4:56 Continued on page 13 Automatic Speed Control Your \silent chauffer\ for easy driving. These custom control modules duplicate the factory controls in- corporating set speed, resume, accel, decel, or coast. Windshield wiper, horn and headlamp func- tions where applicable Full year warranty—no mileage limitation. 461-0050 777 Monroe Ave. Rochester TEN\STJ\Q >. diemselves after the regular season,\ said Alvaro, who stopped short of saying diat tile sectional tide made up for die up-and- down regular season in which many high school basketball aficionados picked De- Sales to win the Finger Lakes West tide. The Saints used tiieir height advantage and unrelenting pressure to quickly march over all four of meir sectional opponents. The average margin of victory in the sec- tionals for the Saints was 28 points, and all 12 DeSales players saw quality playing time during each game. In its 33-point win over Rushford in me championship game, DeSales jumped to a 20-8 lead after the first quarter. The lead ballooned to 35-18 at intermission. The Saints consistently took high- percentage shots and got die ball inside to McFadden, who scored 20 points against Rushford en route to being named the tour- ney's Most Valuable Player. Joining McFadden on me all-tourney team were Pedro Rojas, Chris Bee and Peter Parshall. Bee had 13 points and. Rojas collected 10 against Rushford. The sectional title was especially sweet for Rojas, who was a freshman on the 1986 DeSales team which lost to Harley Allen- dale Columbia in the Class C champi- onship game by one point. Rojas was a one-man wrecking crew in die semifinals against second-seeded Prattsburg at Alfred last Wednesday, Feb. 22. The DeSales senior poured in 24 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked diree Viking shots. The Saints jumped out to a 14-0 lead and never looked back against Prattsburg (18-5). Dee finished the game with 20 points, while McFadden collected 12 points and 12 rebounds for DeSales. . Linda Dow Hayes/Catholic Courier Aquinas goalie Bob Carello turns away a Greece shot during action from the Section 5 hockey final at the Rochester War Memorial. Aquinas and Notre Dame tumble in championship hoop contests By Richard A. Kiley Staff writer After winning impressively in sectional semifinal games, Aquinas and Elmira No- tre Dame came up short in their efforts to extend die post-season to the boys' state basketball tournament. Aquinas suffered a heartbreaking 57-56 loss in the Section 5 Class BB champi- onship against Greece Arcadia at die War Memorial last Friday, Feb. 24. Over in Section 4 Class C, sixm-seeded Elmira Notre Dame fell to top-seeded Whitney Point, 55-42, in the championship game at the Binghamton Arena on Satur- day, Feb. 25. For nearly 30 minutes of the Class BB championship against the Titans, it ap- peared that the fourth-seeded Littie Irish were well on their way to their first-ever sectional tide and an interdivisional playoff against Class B champion Geneva. Two free throws by Aquinas', Matt Hill wim 12 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL EXCURSION Yankees vs. Indians Sat 6 Sun. April 22 & 23 $119.°° p.p/d.o. ^ Includes: 2 GamesfBox seats) «-• Hotel Accomodations, All Transportation FREE SPORTS BAG FOR KIDS 14 & UNDER Simmon GROUP mwm ^pMal j?fudenf Groflp/Rait^ WILDAM TRAVEL 482-9427 (call any day) 1:21 left gave- Mike Dianetti's team a 54-45 lead. But die third-seeded Titans clawed meir way back into die game via die tiiree-point shot, and sent die stunned Litde Irish to defeat when junior Craig Gillis nailed a three-pointer with :04 showing on die clock. Aquinas tried and missed a shot . from midcourt to end die game. Gillis, a reserve guard, made diree shots from three-point range in die final 2:30 — including die game winner — to spur die Titans to die Class BB championship. He finished the game with nine points. Greece Arcadia, which defeated Geneya at die War Memorial on Monday, Feb. 27, will play die winner of the Section 6 Class B championship game between Lackaw- anna and Pioneer at Geneseo diis Saturday, March 4, at 3 p.m. The Little Irish, who were 4-17 last season, finished meir season at 16-8. Aquinas grabbed a 29-23 halftime lead dianks to four tiiree-pointers by Todd Reynders, who took die winds out of New- ark's sails in a Class BB semifinal game last week with his diree-point shooting. The Titans proved to be adept at shooting tiiree-pointers as well, after AQ was able to open up a nine-point lead witii a minute left. Matt Bennett cut die margin to 54-48 with 1:06 left on die clock, and Arcadia's Dan Johnson made die team's fourth tiiree- pointer of the final quarter to cut die mar- gin to 56-51 witii :49 remaining. Poor foul shooting then became AQ's nemesis down die stretch, as die Litde Irish failed to convert three consecutive oner Continued on page 13 Catholic Courier
