Staff Report

Sisters Colleen and MacKensey O’Hara combined to score 33 points and grab 13 rebounds in Unatego’s 61-55 semifinal victory Wednesday over Niskayuna in the Anthony C. Drago Tournament at Oneonta High.

Colleen O’Hara had a game-high 19 points and five rebounds. MacKensey had 14 points and eight rebounds. Teammate Blake Shelton scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Spartans, who outscored Niskayuna, 17-9, at the free throw line.

Shelton went 7-for-10 from the line and Colleen O’Hara was 5-for-6.

Star photo by Julie Lewis

Katya Harris scored 10 points for Unatego (1-0), which will play OHS in the final at 8:15 p.m. Saturday. The Yellowjackets defeated Delhi, 46-26, in the other semifinal.

Oneonta coach Bob Zeh did not report the score to The Daily Star.

Niskayuna will play Delhi at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the consolation game.

UNATEGO 61, NISKAYUNA 55

NISKAYUNA (0-1): Sara Moore 0 0-0 0, Kristen Mausert 1 0-0 2, Kim Fagan 0 0-0 0, Leanna Pace 0 0-0 0, Kristina Zayicek 5 0-0 12, Lisa Rufer 4 0-0 10, Beth Halayko 3 3-4 9, Kelsey Fagan 1 0-0 2, Katie Krohl 0 0-0 0, Lindsay Zilberman 0 0-0 0, Emily Bayly 7 6-8 20. TOTALS: 21 9-12 55.

UNATEGO (1-0): Kailey Kinsella 0 0-0 0, Gabi May 0 0-0 0, Ashley Walke 1 0-0 2, Chelsie Dalton 2 0-0 5, Katya Harris 3 3-6 10, Colleen O’Hara 6 5-6 19, MacKensey O’Hara 6 2-3 14, Blake Shelton 2 7-10 11, Kelly Fernandez 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 20 17-25 61[an error occurred while processing this directive]

Niskayuna 9 11 24 11 _ 55

Unatego 16 12 16 17 _ 61

Three-point field goals: N 4 (Zayicek 2, Rufer 2); U 4 (Dalton 1, Harris 1, C. O’Hara 2)

Afton 45, G-MU 42

Tournament MVP Heather Simonds hit two three-pointers in the fourth quarter and Samatha Sickler hit an elbow jumper with 15 second left to help Afton win the title game of the Edmeston Tournament.

Sickler’s basketball capped the scoring.

The Raiders (3-1) led, 26-19, at halftime, but were outscored, 16-7, in the third quarter. Jessica Winans scored five of her eight points in the third quarter for Afton.

"We played real intense man-to-man defense and moved the ball well against their zone," Afton coach John Simonds said of his team’s 26-16 second-half run.

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All-tournament selection Melissa Oswald scored a game-high 14 points for the Crimson Knights (2-0), who play at Sidney on Dec. 1. Sophomore Simonds, the daughter of the coach, had 11 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals.

All-tournament picks Terra Moore and Danielle Conway had 13 and 10 points, respectively, for G-MU (3-1).

Afton 45, G-MU 42

EDMESTON TOURNAMENT

Championship

GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON (3-1) : Samantha Moreno 0 0-0 0, Ashlea Osborne 2 0-0 6, Cassandra Calamia 0 0-0 0, Brittney Peet 2 4-5 8, Danielle Conway 3 3-5 10, Samantha Brooks 0 1-2 1, Sierra French 0 0-0 0, Kala Armstrong 0 0-0 0, Brittney Rudnitsky 2 0-0 4, Terra Moore 3 7-9 13. TOTALS: 12 15-21 42.

AFTON: Jessica Winans 3 0-2 8, Heather Simonds 3 2-2 11, Samantha Sickler 1 1-2 3, Hannah Westfall 1 1-2 3, Leanne Westfall 1 0-0 2, Joelyn Sines 2 0-0 4, Melissa Oswald 4 6-8 14. TOTALS: 15 10-16 45.

G-MU 15 11 7 9 _ 42

Afton 8 11 16 10 _ 45

Three-point field goals: G-MU (Osborne 2, Conway); A (Winans 2, Simonds 3).

Worcester 41, Edmeston 33

All-tournament selection Amanda McHargue scored nine of her game-high 12 points in the second half, when Worcester pulled away to win the consolation game of the Edmeston Tournament.

Ashley Hayes scored 10 points and Nicole Baker had seven for the winners.

Emily Slentz led Edmeston with 11 points.

Worcester 41, Edmeston 33

EDMESTON TOURNAMENT

Consolation game

WORCESTER (1-1): Brianna Kenyon 0 0-0 0, Nicole Baker 3 0-0 7, Rachel Golja 0 0-0 0, Emily Bristol 0 0-3 0, Bethany Stein 1 0-2 3, Samantha Rutherford 0 2-4 2, Amanda McHargue 4 3-6 12, Megan Workheiser 1 0-0 2, Ashley Hayes 5 0-0 10, Brianna Lorette 1 1-2 3, Janella Martin 1 0-0 2, Brittany Conte 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 16 6-17 41.

EDMESTON (0-2): Brittanie Becraft 0 0-0 0, Emily Slentz 5 1-7 11, Audrey Belden 0 0-0 0, Amanda Dockstader 3 1-2 7, Denyse Schoellig 0 0-0 0, Juli Vibbard 1 1-2 3, Brittany Martin 0 0-0 0, Nichole McGinness 2 1-2 5, Suellyn Tophoven 0 0-0 0, Sarah Westbrook 2 0-1 4, Lauren Olsen 1 1-2 3. TOTALS: 14 5-14 33.

Worcester 4 12 8 13 _ 41

Edmeston 7 8 3 13 _ 33

Three-point field goals: W (Baker, Stein, McHargue).

All-tournament team: McGinness (Edmeston), Amanda McHargue (Worcester); Danielle Conway (G-MU); Terra Moore (G-MU), Melissa Oswald (Afton). MVP _ Heather Simonds (Afton).

JV: Edmeston beat G-MU in the title game.

H-T 43, Cairo-Durham 24

Five of Devin Friedman’s game-high 11 points came in the fourth quarter, when Hunter-Tannersville outscored Cairo-Durham, 15-1, to seal the consolation game of the H-T Tournament on Tuesday.

All-tournament selection Paige Plattner scored 10 points and Liz Schiefer had nine for the Wildcats (1-1), who play host to Gilboa on Tuesday in a non-league game.

Jefferson’s girls defeated Coxsackie, 42-37, in the title game. The Jayhawks’ Anna Bulka was named the tournament’s MVP.

H-T 43, Cairo-Durham 24

HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE TOURNAMENT

Tuesday’s consolation game

CAIRO-DURHAM: Samantha Spohler 5 0-0 10, Adriana Ivery 0 0-0 0, Tori McGahan 0 1-2 1, Helen Lord 4 0-0 8, Casie Partridge 2 1-2 5, Christine Preston 0 0-0 0, Allison Schlobohn 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 11 2-4 24.

HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE (1-1): Nikki Friedman 0 0-2 0, Paige Plattner 4 1-2 10, Liz Schiefer 4 1-2 9, Michelle Warren 2 0-0 4, Amanda Osborn 1 1-2 3, Morgan Dart 0 0-0 0, Catherine Romido 0 0-2 0, Amy VanEtten 2 0-0 4, Devin Friedman 4 3-5 11, Colleen Brower 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 18 6-15 43.

Cairo-Durham 8 4 11 1 _ 24

H-T 7 8 13 15 _ 43

Three-point field goals: H-T (Plattner).

All-tournament team: Lord (C-D), Sarah Proper (Coxsackie), Melissa Lee (Coxsackie), Plattner (H-T), Chelsea Martin (Jefferson). MVP _ Anna Bulka (Jefferson).

Boys Basketball

Davenport 64, Unatego 49

Dan Toombs’ game-high 20 points led five Davenport players who scored at nine points as the Wildcats won a semifinal in the Anthony C. Drago Tournament on Tuesday at Oneonta High.

Davenport will play the host school at 8:15 p.m. Friday in the title game.

"Their size is a big factor for us," said Davenport coach Lee Fisher, who scouted the Yellowjackets’ 50-49 win over Seton Catholic Central on Tuesday. "I thought (OHS’ 6-foot-6 center Brendan) Harder really played well for them. He plays bigger than his size."

Joe Ballard scored 14 points, Matt Rap 11, Brandon Cuddy 10 and Travis Mole nine for the Wildcats, who led, 37-22, at halftime.

Davenport (1-0), which went 24-1 last season and advanced to Class D state semifinals, made 23 of its 50 shots from the floor. Toombs, who also had six steals, shot 7-for-15; Ballard was 5-for-10; and Rap 6-for-8.

"That’s big for Rap, because he’s taking the place of Brandon Butts," Fisher said of the injured Butts (broken right leg). "That was very big."

Owen Moss had 14 points and Joe Innes 12 for the Spartans (0-1), who play SCC in the consolation game at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Davenport 64, Unatego 49

DRAGO TOURNAMENT

Tuesday’s semifinal

DAVENPORT (1-0): Dan Toombs 8 3-9 20, Todd Carrington 0 0-0 0, R-2 Brooke 0 0-0 0, Matt Rap 5 1-5, 11, Joe Ballard 5 1-5 14, Codie Marsh 0 0-0 0, Travis Mole 2 5-6 9, Alex Lubbers 0 0-0 0, Nate Lorber 0 0-0 0, Ricky Amo 0 0-0 0, Brandon Cuddy 3 4-12 10, Aaron Dent 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 23 14-35 64.

UNATEGO (0-1): K. Harris 1 0-0 3, Kyle Palmer 3 0-1 7, D. Havens 0 0-0 0, J. Fazio 1 0-2 2, Owen Moss 7 0-0 14, Alex Hendrickson 2 0-0 5, K. Falkenmeyer 1 0-0 3, M. Hendrickson 1 0-0 3, Allen Knowlton 0 0-2 0, Joe Innes 6 0-1 12, C. VanBuren 0 0-0 0, P. Shaffer 0 0-2 0, D. Danforth 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 23 0-8 49.

Davenport 19 18 12 15 _ 64

Unatego 11 11 14 13 _ 49

Three-point field goals: D (Toombs, Ballard 3); U (Palmer, Harris, A. Hendrickson, Falkenmeyer, M. Hendrickson).