Silver Creek’s Jade Bouvier dribbles around a defender during Thursday’s game against Falconer at Falconer High School. Photo by Valory Isaacson.

OBSERVER Staff Reports

FALCONER — Grace Penhollow scored six points and five other Falconer players also scored during a 16-10 second quarter as the Golden Falcons took control in a 50-34 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 East girls basketball win over Silver Creek on Thursday.

Rachel Harper led Falconer (9-1, 2-0) with 11 points to go along with six rebounds while Grace Lundmark added 9 points and seven rebounds. Sarah Disbro also had 9 points while Ava Fenton had six assists and five steals in the ninth straight victory for the Golden Falcons.

Abby Rice led the Black Knights (7-3, 0-2) with 16 points while Kiera Brennan scored 12.

Dunkirk 88, Allegany-Limestone 55

ALLEGANY — The Dunkirk Lady Marauders started off slow by their standards on Thursday night at Allegany-Limestone. The thing is, their slow start is still pretty good as far as many other teams are concerned. The Lady Marauders ran away from the Allegany-Limestone Lady Gators in the second half on their way to a CCAA Division 1 West victory, 88-55, at Allegany-Limestone High School.

Dunkirk (9-1, 3-1) was all locked up with Allegany-Limestone at 13-13 after the first quarter, after point guard Jessica Beehler struggled with early fouls and the team came out flat off the long bus ride to Allegany.

“It was just a really slow quarter for us. … We didn’t come out with a lot of energy,” said Dunkirk coach Ken Ricker.

The Lady Marauders scored 22 points in the second quarter for a 35-26 lead at the break. Then in the third quarter, Dunkirk outscored the Lady Gators 29-9 in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.

“In the second quarter, we got it going, but the second half, the shots started to fall,” said Ricker.

Tachiana Garcia hit three 3-pointers off the bench in the second half to score 11 points on the night, marking her first time scoring in double digits in her varsity career. Olivia Smith hit four 3-pointers in the second half and finished with 14 points, while Kymi Nance had 16 points to follow up her game-winning shot earlier this week over Southwestern.

As has been the case all season long, Nadara O’Dell paced the Lady Marauders offensively with 31 points. Beehler helped lead the offense by facilitating with 14 assists, along with her nine points.

Dunkirk now looks ahead to hosting Fredonia on Monday night at 6 p.m.

Cassadaga Valley 46, Westfield/Brocton 41

SINCLAIRVILLE — The Cassadaga Valley Lady Cougars came away with a CCAA Division 2 West girls basketball victory over the Westfield/Brocton Lady Wolverines 46-41 at Cassadaga Valley High School on Thursday night.

Meghan LeBaron had a team-high 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Lady Cougars in the win. Sarah Meder also had 11 rebounds, while Kaylee Pattyson led the team with 12 rebounds and five blocks, along with 13 points.

Katie Bodenmiller led the Lady Wolverines with 19 points, while Haleigh Dellow added nine points, seven rebounds, five steals and two blocks. Bodenmiller also had five steals and three rebounds, while Mary Conklin added five points, six steals and three rebounds. Laura Johnston had five rebounds and Juli Smith had six points.

Cassadaga Valley (5-3, 1-0) plays at Panama next, while Westfield/Brocton (3-7, 0-2) plays Sherman next.

Salamanca 35, Pine Valley 31

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Lady Warriors earned their first win of the season with a 35-31 win over the Pine Valley Lady Panthers.

“Pine Valley played very hard. They were very aggressive on the boards,” said Salamanca coach Bryelle Wallin. “It was nice to see us finish a game and pull out a win.”

Salamanca held a 12-6 lead after the first quarter and every other quarter was within three points.

Nizhoni Kennedy had 11 points for Salamanca (1-7), while Jaeden Hubbard added nine points in the win. Pine Valley (0-10) was led by Maggie King with 11 points.