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The junior’s 3-pointer — courtesy of an assist by her older sister, Alyssa — in the second quarter allowed her to reach the 1,000-point career mark.

“It’s just awesome for her because she comes in and works hard every single day trying to make herself better,” Panthers coach Zachary Len said.

Danielle West, who finished with 33 points, four rebounds, an assist and a block, now has 1,016 points for her career. Also helping Pine Valley’s cause were Vivien Libby with 18 points, 12 rebounds, two assists and six blocks; Paige Hohl with 14 points, two steals and one assist; and Jessina Miller with 8 points, five steals, four rebounds, three assists and one block. Sarah Kruszka added 6 points, three steals, four rebounds and an assist; Mauve Leverentz had 4 points and two boards; and Alyssa West finished with 2 points, one steal, five rebounds and four assists.

Emma West led the Timberwolves with 7 points and Bernie Butcher chipped in 6.

Pine Valley’s Danielle West, left, is pictured with her sister and teammate, Alyssa, after scoring her 1,000 career point, which Alyssa assisted on in Monday’s CCAA D2 East game against Cattaraugus-Little Valley.
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TROJANS DOWN FREDONIA

WEST ELLICOTT — Reece Beaver poured in 33 points, including 26 in the first half, to send Southwestern to a 70-31 Division 1 West victory over Fredonia.

Beaver added seven assists and six rebounds for the Trojans (11-6, 8-0), who also received 13 points, four assists and two steals from Bella Sirianni; 8 points and six boards from Lauren Cotter; and 7 points eight rebounds and four steals from Madi McIntyre.

The Hillbillies (8-8, 3-5) were paced by Keilany Diaz and Ella Koopman with 10 points apiece.

FREDONIA (31)

Fredonia’s Keiliany Diaz rises for a shot in front of Southwestern defender Lauren Cotter (10) during Monday’s CCAA Division 1 West matchup in West Ellicott.
OBSERVER Photo by Scott Kindberg

Diaz 2 6 10, Lucas 1 1 3, Tabone 0 0 0, Delcamp 1 0 2, Koopman 4 0 10, Walnicki 2 0 4, Gullo 1 0 2, Totals 11 7 31.

SOUTHWESTERN (70)

CBeaver 0 1 1, RBeaver 14 1 33, Cotter 4 0 8, BBeaver 0 0 0, Sirianni 4 2 13, Barone 1 0 2, McIntyre 3 1 7, Pearson 2 0 5, Genareo 0 1 1, Totals 28 6 70.

3-point goals — Koopman 2, RBeaver 4, Sirianni 3, Pearson.

Fredonia 4 12 8 7 — 31

Southwestern 25 17 15 13 — 70

PIRATES CLINCH D2 WEST

CLYMER — More than 10 years had passed since the Clymer girls basketball team clinched the league title, but on Monday night the ladies had an opportunity to do it at home against Maple Grove.

Clymer struggled to get shots to fall against the Red Dragons, but just as she has done all year, Alexys Neckers rose to the occasion for the Pirates. Neckers scored a game-high 22 points with nine rebounds to send Clymer past Maple Grove 36-31, clinching the Division 2 West league title.

“Tonight we claimed our first league title since 2013,” stated Clymer head coach Dave Bodamer. “I am very proud of these girls and how hard they have worked to earn this. It was not easy and the playoffs are going to get tougher. Now we have to try to seal up the top seed in the playoffs.”

Helping Clymer (15-2, 10-0) outrebound Maple Grove were Elli Bodamer and Natalie White with eight boards each, Janelle Burchanowski grabbed seven and Ava Nyweide collected four boards while dealing three assists.

Maple Grove (11-5, 5-5) was led by Rebekka Roberts with seven points and six boards, while Bryanna Cornell reeled in 13 boards and six steals.

MAPLE GROVE (31)

Roberts 3 0 7, Price 2 0 6, Johnson 1 0 2, Cornell 3 0 6, Halstrom 0 0 0, MCaldwell 2 0 4, ACaldwell 3 0 6, Trim 0 0 0. Totals 14 0 31.

CLYMER (36)

EJohnson 0 0 0, Heslink 0 0 0, Nyweide 4 0 8, White 1 1 3, Burchanowski 1 0 3, Neckers 8 4 22, LJohnson 0 0 0, Bodamer 0 0 0. Totals 14 5 36.

3-point goals–Roberts, Price 2, Burchanowski, Neckers 2.

Maple Grove 2 9 8 12 — 31

Clymer 10 8 11 7 — 36

BESTINE PUSHES WESTFIELD TO WIN

MAYVILLE — Tanleigh Bestine drained 23 points, grabbed 10 boards, collected four steals, dished three assists and made two blocks to guide Westfield past Chautauqua Lake 54-42 in Division 2 West action.

Mackenzie Schmaker added another 12 points, eight rebounds and three steals for the Wolverines (12-5, 6-3) in the winning effort.

Chautauqua Lake (3-14, 2-8) was paced by Taylor Donato with 17 points and five assists, Elise Riedesel scored 12 points with six boards and Kaylee Tarr collected four steals.

WESTFIELD (54)

SWolfe 2 3 8, Hotchkiss 1 0 2, Bestine 7 7 23, OWolfe 0 2 2, Ottey 1 0 2, Schumaker 5 2 12, Gnadzinski 2 0 5. Totals 18 14 54.

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE (42)

Gollhardt 0 3 3, Riedesel 5 1 12, KayTarr 2 1 5, Ludwig 2 0 5, Donato 4 5 17. Totals 13 10 42.

3-point goals–SWolfe, Bestine 2, Gnadzinski, Riedesel, Ludwig, Donato 4.

Westfield 18 5 14 17 — 54

Chautauqua Lake 13 3 22 4 — 42

WARRIORS DOMINATE DUNKIRK

DUNKIRK — Karina Crouse scored a game-high 16 points as Salamanca raced to a 58-14 Division 1 West win over Dunkirk.

Leilene McComber and Lezly McComber both scored 11 points for the Warriors (14-3, 6-1) in the win.

Ashley Collazo led Dunkirk (5-11, 1-6) with 6 points.

SALAMANCA (58)

KCrouse 7 0 16, MCrouse 2 0 4, Dowdy 0 0 0, LeiMcComber 4 3 11, Wolfe 1 0 2, Lafferty 3 0 7, LezMcComber 4 3 11, John 0 2 2, Ross 2 1 5. Totals 23 9 58.

DUNKIRK (14)

Santos 0 0 0, Hernandez 0 0 0, Szymczak 1 0 3, Collazo 2 2 6, Rodriguez 0 0 0, EPacheco 1 2 4, JPacheco 0 0 0, Cole 0 1 1. Totals 4 5 14.

3-point goals–KCrouse 2, Lafferty, Szymczak.

Salamanca 16 16 16 10 — 58

Dunkirk 0 3 5 6 — 14

RANDOLPH ROLLS GOLDEN FALCONS

RANDOLPH — Skylar Herington rained in six 3-pointers on her way to a game-high 26 points and six rebounds to lead Randolph past Falconer 51-18 in Division 1 East.

Quinn Pence facilitated the Randolph (11-6, 6-1) offense with nine assists and five steals, Sadie Steward added four steals, Zoelle Dickerson made two blocks, four steals and five boards, Ryanne Ryanne Bushey had five boards and three steals and Gianna Bowles collected five rebounds.

Augustine Krenzer and Nazariah Neal both scored 8 points for the Golden Falcons (5-12, 2-6).

FALCONER (18)

Helms 0 0 0, Krenzer 3 1 8, Snow 0 0 0, Harper 0 0 0, Smith 0 0 0, Neal 3 1 8, Holmberg 0 0 0, Baglia 1 0 2. Totals 7 2 18.

RANDOLPH (51)

Smith 1 0 2, Bowles 1 0 3, Pence 2 1 7, Herington 9 2 26, Bushey 2 0 5, Steward 0 0 0, Dickerson 3 0 6, Olofson 1 0 2. Totals 19 3 51.

3-point goals–Krenzer, Neal, Bowles, Herington 6, Bushey.

Randolph 9 19 18 5 — 51

Falconer 4 4 3 7 — 18

BEARS CLAW GOWANDA

GOWANDA — Jadyn Trocki shined bright for Frewsburg again as she scored 35 points, made 13 steals and dished five assists for a double-double in the Bears’ 81-31 victory over Gowanda in Division 1 East.

Ava Jimerson scored 22 points, made five assists and collected six rebounds for Frewsburg (16-2, 8-0), while Teghan Trocki scored 12 points with five assists, three assists and two blocks, Taytum Jimerson scored 10 points, dealt seven assists, made seven boards and collected six steals, Kaylee Cappa had three blocks and Abery Harvey had six boards.

Gowanda (2-15, 0-8) was led by Corrina John with 15 points and Lauren Kelly with 11 points.

FREWSBURG (81)

JTrocki 15 0 35, TTrocki 4 0 12, Conlan 0 0 0, TJimerson 4 1 10, Cappa 0 0 0, Golab 0 0 0, Harvey 1 0 2, AJimerson 10 0 22, Troutman 0 0 0. Totals 34 1 81.

GOWANDA (31)

Gamble 0 0 0, KJohn 1 0 2, Kelly 4 3 11, CJohn 6 1 15, Wilder 0 0 0, Scanlan 1 0 3, Pupo 0 0 0, Beaver 0 0 0, Valentine 0 0 0, Giambrone 0 0 0, Gable 0 0 0. Totals 12 4 31.

3-point goals–JTrocki 2, TTrocki 4, TJimerson, AJimerson 2, CJohn 2, Scanlan.

Frewsburg 27 18 21 15 — 81

Gowanda 12 8 5 6 — 31

PANTHERS EDGE CASSADAGA VALLEY

PORTVILLE — Lillian Bentley scored a game-high 34 points and grabbed 13 boards with five steals as Portville held off Cassadaga Valley 60-55 in Division 1 East.

Ava Haynes added another 10 points, four assists and four rebounds for Portville (10-5, 3-4).

Cassadaga Valley (10-7, 4-4) received 22 points from Andrea Johnson, while Emiley Anderson put in another 21 points and Breonna Hopkins had 10.

CASSADAGA VALLEY (55)

Pattyson 0 0 0, Jasinski 0 0 0, Meder 0 0 0, MFanara 0 0 0, AJohnson 9 3 22, EAnderson 8 5 21, Hopkins 4 0 10, HAnderson 1 0 2, DFanara 0 0 0. Totals 22 8 55.

PORTVILLE (60)

AvHaynes 4 2 10, Scanlon 3 0 9, AlHaynes 1 0 2, Edwards 1 0 2, Bentley 14 6 34, Rhinehart 1 0 3. Totals 24 8 60.

3-point goals–Johnson, Hopkins 2, Scanlon 3, Rhinehart.

Cassadaga Valley 12 5 24 14 — 55

Portville 11 14 17 18 — 60

PANAMA TRIMS SHERMAN

PANAMA — Panama limited Sherman to 18 points over the final three quarters en route to a 39-37 Division 2 West victory.

Leading the way for Panama was Kylie Morgan with 19 points. Kaitlyn Horton added 6 points and 18 rebounds; and Kierra Loberg shipped in 8 points and four assists.

For the Wildcats, who led 19-13 after the first quarter, Lily Martin scored a game-high 20 points and Kelsey Wagner chipped in 10.

SHERMAN (37)

Gable 1 0 2, Emory 0 0 0, Kioko 0 0 0, Persons 1 0 2, Crawford 0 0 0, Wagner 4 0 10, Grotto 1 1 3, Martin 8 1 20, Totals 15 2 37.

PANAMA (39)

Cavness 0 1 1, Lyon 2 0 5, Flikkema 0 0 0, Morgan 7 5 19, Sainz 0 0 0, Horton 2 2 6, Loberg 4 0 8, Markham 0 0 0, Borowski 0 0 0, Totals 15 8 39.

3-point goals — Wagner 2, Martin 3, Lyon.

Sherman 19 2 9 7 — 37

Panama 13 9 13 4 — 39