Aubertine’s 41 points power Vikings in FL “C”

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012
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CLAYTON — Eighth-grader Quincy Aubertine’s career night helped lead the Thousand Islands boys’ basketball team to the Frontier League “C’’ Division championship game on Thursday night.

Aubertine scored a career-best 41 points, including 26 in the second half, as the No. 2 Vikings (9-8) overcame a four-point halftime deficit to beat the No. 3 Falcons, 69-60. Aubertine made nine 2-point field goals, three 3-pointers and 14 free throws. He also grabbed seven rebounds for Thousand Islands (9-8), which plays the Beaver River/Sandy Creek winner at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Jefferson Community College for the “C’’ Division title.

Joey Knapp added 11 points and Reed Donnelly had seven assists for Thousand Islands.

Matt Mooney paced South Lewis (6-11) with 22 points and Andy Ackerman scored 13.

General Brown 56, A-P-W 30

Junior Joe Simoneau made six 3-point shots and finished with a career-high 22 points to help the No. 2 Lions beat the No. 3 Rebels in a “B’’ Division semifinal at Dexter.

Josh O’Hearn contributed 14 points and 10 rebounds and Chadd Call grabbed 12 rebounds for the Lions, who play the South Jefferson/Lowville winner in Monday’s 8 p.m. final at JCC.

Greg Palmer and Aaron Marshall each scored 10 points for the Rebels (3-13).

Sackets Harbor 80, Belleville Henderson 39

The top-seeded Patriots won their school-record 17th straight game by easily dispatching the No. 4 Panthers in a “D’’ Division semifinal at Sackets Harbor.

Zach D’Alessandro scored 26 points, Cameron Allen had 14 points, six rebounds and five steals and Alex D’Alessandro added 13 points for Sackets Harbor, which plays either Alexandria or Lyme in Wednesday’s 8 p.m. title game at JCC. Zach Allen also contributed 11 assists.

J.W. Allen led Belleville Henderson (5-12) with 15 points.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

A-P-W 55, GENERAL BROWN 53

Megan Phillips scored 16 points to help the No. 3 Rebels beat the No. 2 Lions in a “B” Division semifinal at Dexter.

Kylee Bartlett added 13 points and Kamarie Perkins provided 11 for Altmar-Parish-Williamstown (8-8). The Rebels will play the winner of today’s South Jefferson-Lowville game in the finals at 8 p.m. Tuesday at JCC.

Katie Pitkin led General Brown (8-8) with 16 points.

Thousand Islands 62, Sandy creek 14

Kristin McGraw outscored the No. 4 Comets by herself, scoring 24 points, as the top-seeded Vikings won the “C’’ Division semifinal at Clayton.

McGraw hit five 3-pointers and also grabbed six rebounds and had three assists for Thousand Islands (15-2), which plays tonight’s Beaver River/South Lewis winner in next Thursday’s finals at 6:30 p.m. at JCC.

Lindsey Barton had 12 points and Ashley Anchor added seven rebounds and seven steals for the Vikings.

HOCKEY

IHC 4, Cicero-N. Syracuse 4 (OT)

Freshman goalie Grant Chamberlain stopped 40 shots as the Cavaliers played the Northstars to a Section 3 Division 1 tie at the Fairgrounds Arena.

Lindsey Pound provided two goals and an assist for Immaculate Heart Central (4-11-2, 1-6-2), while Jared Pignone and Jake Renzi each added a goal.

IHC will host Hamilton on its Senior Night at 5:30 Wednesday to close out its league schedule. The winner will get the last spot in the league tournament, and a tie would force a one-game playoff between the two teams.

Eric Hamilton scored a goal and had three assists for the Northstars (11-7-1, 5-3-1).

BOYS SWIMMING

Lowville 56, Gouverneur 35

Jeremy Kingsley established a school record for career points scored in Lowville’s “B” Division victory at Lowville.

Kingsley won the 50- and 100-yard freestyles and participated on the winning 200 medley and 200 free relays for the Red Raiders (7-6), breaking the school record of 1,009 points set by Tim Campany in 2004. Kingsley is just the second Lowville swimmer to surpass 1,000 points.

Eric Bingle won the 100 butterfly and 500 free for Lowville, Chase Vanucchi captured the 200 free and swam on both winning relays and Stephen Larche won the 200 individual medley and swam on a winning relay.

WATERTOWN 141, BEAVER RIVER 39

The Cyclones set three records en route to a Frontier League interdivision win over the Beavers at Philadelphia.

George LaBarr swam the 100 free in 48.11 seconds, breaking the Indian River pool record set by Carthage’s Ricky Babbitt in 2000.

Michael Netto broke his own school and league record in the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.19.

Watertown (13-0, 12-0) also set the Indian River pool record in the 200 free relay. The team of LaBarr, Netto, Brad McKinney and Justin Ongkingco finished in state-qualifying 1:29.86.

INDIAN RIVER 122, BEAVER RIVER 51

Dan Iles won the 200 IM and 100 backstroke to lead the Warriors (11-2, 10-2) past the Beavers in an interdivision meet at Philadelphia.

Josh Purcell won the 200 free for Beaver River (3-7, 2-7).

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General Brown?s Joshua O?Hearn drives the lane against A-P-W?s Greg Palmer on Thursday at General Brown.
JUSTIN SORENSEN n WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES General Brown?s Joshua O?Hearn drives the lane against A-P-W?s Greg Palmer on Thursday at General Brown.
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