by Warren Kozireski
Spencerport’s boys basketball team defeated Palmyra-Macedon in the first round and overcame an eight point third quarter deficit to beat Churchville-Chili 56-51 and win their second consecutive Doug Westcott Memorial Tournament held at Brockport.
The tournament honors the former Brockport Athletic Director of 21 years and former Chair of the Section V Boys Basketball Committee.
In the championship game, the Rangers led for most of the first quarter before the Saints held them off the scoreboard for the first five minutes of the second quarter while going on an 11-0 run to lead by nine.
With less than two minutes remaining in the third, Wedow hit a jumper and Shawn Martin with a breakaway to tie the contest.
Wedow hit a pair of free throws to begin the fourth to give Spencerport the lead for good and he finished off the win by going six-for-seven from the line down the stretch.
The senior finished with a game-high 26 points while teammate Jerame Owens had nine points to go with a career-best 20 rebounds, five blocks and six assists. Martin chipped in eight points.
For Churchville-Chili Anthony Lewis scored 22 points with Zach Wing and Daniel McGowan each added nine.
In the consolation game, Brockport took a six point lead early in the fourth quarter on a trey by Brinson Blocker and a pair of breakaways from Frank Marcera, but a 7-0 run later in the stanza gave East Rochester a 55-54 win.
The Blue Devils’ Blocker had a team-high 21 points including three treys while Tyler Breschue also was in double figures with 11 points. Markell Collins had nine and Sean Kemp added seven.
Named to the All-Tournament Team were Churchville-Chili’s Zach Wing and Anthony Lewis, Brockport’s Brinson Blocker and Tyler Breschue and Spencerport’s Jerame Owens. The Most Valuable Player was Hank Wedow from Spencerport.
