OBSERVER Staff Reports

MAYVILLE — Chautauqua Lake battled back from an 11-point deficit to beat Maple Grove, 56-50, in Division 1 West action.

The Thunderbirds trailed by six going into the fourth quarter before eventually taking a 53-47 lead in the final minutes. Bre Hill then hit a 3-pointer for the Red Dragons to make it 53-50, but Lily Woodis hit three technical foul shots in the final minutes to seal the victory for Chautauqua Lake (12-7, 6-6).

“We were down a lot and it could’ve gone either direction. … I don’t think anybody expected us to win,” Chautauqua Lake head coach Bill Persons said. “Hopefully we can take that momentum into the playoffs.”

Woodis led the hosts with 18 points, three steals and three blocked shots; Rebecca Henry had 16 points and seven rebounds; and Kyleigh Perdue had 10 points. Hailey Roush chipped in seven rebounds and five assists while Alexis Jacobson had four assists.

Bre Hill led Maple Grove (10-8, 7-4) with 19 points, Anna Tranum had 15 points and Sam Snow had 14 points.

Cassadaga Valley 61, Clymer 49

CLYMER — Meghan LeBaron had 23 points, 13 rebounds, eight assists and four steals to lead Cassadaga Valley to a 61-49 Division 2 West win over Clymer.

Bella Ruiz had 11 points and five steals while Kaylee Pattyson chipped in 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Cougars (10-8, 5-3).

Cassadaga Valley led 14-4 after the first quarter before the Pirates (9-11, 2-8) took a brief lead in the second quarter. LeBaron and Mckenzie Haskins then hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Cougars the lead for good.

Alexis Neckers led Clymer with 16 points; Karlen Honey had 15 rebounds; and Mikala Einink had six assists and five steals.

Frewsburg 66, Westfield/Brocton 36

FREWSBURG — Jeff Collver had his team work especially hard on 3-point shooting in practice in recent days.

Then the Bears turned around and rewarded their coach in a big way on game night.

Led by Mikayla Gabalski-Jones’ 27 points, including six treys, Frewsburg rolled to a 66-36 victory over Westfield in a Division 2 West contest.

Gabalski-Jones wasn’t the only one hitting from distance.

All told, the Bears (12-8, 4-6) connected on a school-record 13 shots from the arc on 37 attempts, including nine in the middle two periods, on their way to the convincing victory.

“We had one 3 in the first quarter,” Collver said. “Then the floodgates kind of opened up.”

Ashley Carlson added four treys, and Reagan Chitester, Elise Sposato and Amanda Dilts each had one.

Carlson finished with 12 points; Chitester had 8 points and three assists; Sposato – back in the lineup after injury – added 7 points and five steals; Gabalski-Jones added seven steals; Alex Hultberg collected four steals; and Amanda Dilts hauled down 10 rebounds.

Katie Bodenmiller led the Wolverines with 7 points, and Mary Conklin and Haleigh Dellow added 6 apiece.

Frewsburg also claimed the junior varsity game, 60-36, to end the season 20-0, the only undefeated jayvee team in school history.