Fairport JV
Boy’s Basketball Team Finish Season 12-6
The Fairport JV
Boy’s basketball team won two of their last three games to finish in a three
way tie for second place in their division. Last week the Raiders traveled to
Rush Henrietta to take on the Comets. RH held the lead 19 to 13 after the
first quarter. Fairport tightened up the defense holding the Comets to 7
points in the second quarter to lead 28 to 26 at the half. RH outscored
Fairport 32 to 23 in the second half to go on to win 58 to 51. Leading the
scoring for Fairport was David Kozar with 16 points. Also scoring were Scott
Deady with 12, Marc Bertucci with 9, Sam Townsend with 6, Brandon Stevens with
6, and Brendan McCarthy with 2.
In their next game
the Raiders played at Penfield. Mike DeRusso made 5 three pointers in the
first half to help Fairport take the lead 33 to 25. Fairport went on to win 52
to 45. Leading the scoring with 21 points was DeRusso. Also scoring were Zack
Scribani with 6, Deady with 6, Kozar with 6, Bertucci with 4, Robby Magee with
4, McCarthy with 2, Stevens with 2, and Townsend with 1.
In their final
game of the season the Raiders hosted Churchville. This game was never close
as the Raiders jumped out to a 30 to 11 lead at the half. The final score was
60 to 27. Leading a balanced scoring attack was John McDonnell with 11 points.
Also scoring were Matt Falcon with 8, McCarthy with 7, DeRusso with 6,
Bertucci with 6, Tim Lukenbill with 4, Deady with 4, Andy Petersen with 3,
Scribani with 3, Kozar with 3, Stevens with 3, and Magee with 2. Also playing
and contributing to the win were Larry Hall and SamTownsend.