Section V Basketball The Birdseye Foods "Player of the Week"

THE BIRDS EYE FOODS-SECTION V BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK FOR BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS GETS UNDERWAY TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FEBRUARY.
The selection of Basketball Players of the Week for both boys and girls in Section V gets under way today and will continue through February. The program will be sponsored for the third year by Birds Eye Foods whose headquarters are based in Rochester. The selection of the players each week will be made by coaches, former coaches, and athletic directors in association with active coaches who offer their counsel. Players who are chosen receive certificates suitable for framing.
Table of Contents - Birdseye Player of the Week
Week 1 - Week of: November 28 to December 1, 2009




Week 1 - Week of: November 27 to December 1, 2009

FIRST BIRDS EYE FOODS SECTION V BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK*

ALLEGANY: Tyler Mastin of Houghton Academy… Mastin, a 6-foot-4 senior center, had 18 points and seven rebounds in a season opening win over Friendship. He followed that up with a 15 point, 13 rebound performance against GOW School.
CITY CATHOLIC: No Candidate Submitted.
FINGER LAKES EAST: Sean Sweeney of Geneva … Sweeney, a 5-foot-10 senior guard, Lead his team to victories over South Seneca and Waterloo. He had 16 points and 11 assists in the first game and 21 points in the 57-53 overtime win over Waterloo.
FINGER LAKES WEST: Trevor Sanders of Red Jacket and Garrick Conyers of Dundee … A 6-foot-3 junior guard/forward, Sanders had 26 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks in the semifinals of the DeSales Tip-Off Tournament. This included scoring all seven of R.J.’s points in overtime and hitting both ends of a 1+1 with eight seconds left to win the game over Webster Christian. In the finals against DeSales he had 27 points, five assists and three rebounds to lead R.J. to a 73-46 championship win.
Conyers, a 6-foot-3 junior forward, led the Scots to the championship of the Dundee Sports Boosters Tip-Off Tournament. In a 52-48 victory over Marcus Whitman, he had 19 points, six rebounds, five steals and a blocked shot. In the championship tilt against Lima Christian, he earned tournament MVP honors with a double-double … 17 points and 10 rebounds.
GENESEE I: A. J. Kehlenbeck of Oakfield-Alabama … Kehlenbeck, a 6-foot-2 senior forward, scored 22 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, blocked seven shots and collected four assists in an opening night win over Lyndonville
GENESEE II: Vinny Zambito of Notre Dame-Batavia … Zambito, a 6-foot senior guard, had 20 points, seven assists four steal and five rebounds in Notre Dame’s win over Alexander.
LIVINGSTON I: Bobby Schuster of Livonia … Schuster, a 6-foot-4 senior guard, had 21 points and seven rebounds in a loss at the buzzer to Greece Odyssey Then he had 20 points and seven rebounds in a win over Leroy.
LIVINGSTON II: Chris Costello of Letchworth … Costello, a 6-foot-1 senior guard, had nine points, four rebounds and three steals in a win over Alexander and 16 points, three rebounds and three assists in a win over Bath.
MONROE I: Brad Williams of Rush-Henrietta … Williams a 6-foot-2 junior guard/forward, scored 22 points and collected 13 rebounds over Utica Proctor in the Henninger Showcase to help start R-H 1-0 on the season.
MONROE II: Casey Sheehan and John Wallace of Greece Athena … Sheehan, a 5-foot-10” senior guard, scored 20 points and collected nine assists in a win over Webster Schroeder, 22 points in a win over Greece Olympia and 25 points in a win over Penfield
Wallace, a 6-foot junior guard, scored 15 points in the win over Schroeder, 24 points against Olympia and 18 points over Penfield. Sheehan and Wallace were named co-MVPs of the Greece Arcadia Tournament.
MONROE III: Tyler Books of Victor … Brooks, a 5-foot-10 junior guard, scored 28 points, including three three-pointers, in a win over Aquinas to boost Victor to a 2-0 start on the season.
PRIVATE-PAROCHIAL: Trevor Maiorano of Lima Christian … Maiorano, 5-foot-11 senior guard, had 27 points with eight threes against Romulus and 14 points with three threes in a loss to Dundee. He was named to the All-Tournament Team.
STEUBEN: Patrick Wightman of Prattsburgh … Wightman, a senior guard, scored 26 points , grabbed seven rebounds and had three assists in a 73-45 win over Webster Christian.
WAYNE: Brad LeFevre of Marion … A 6-foot-4 junior forward, LeFevre had 13 points and seven rebounds in a close win over Lyons and 24 points and 15 rebounds in a win over Bloomfield.
* Each Player of the Week will receive a certificate from Birds Eye Foods


FIRST BIRDS EYE FOODS SECTION V GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK*

ALLEGANY COUNTY I: A. J. James of Fillmore … A senior center James recorded a career high 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lift Fillmore to a win in its season opener at Cuba-Rushford.
ALLEGANY COUNTY II: Bethany Conklin of Houghton Academy … A junior forward, Conklin had a total of 22 points, 20 rebounds, two blocks six steals and three assists in two games last week.
ALLEGANY COUNTY III: Brittany Mesier of Wellsville … A freshman forward,/guard Mesier had 23 points, nine rebounds and three steals in a 60-59 loss to Allegany-Limestone. 18 of her points came in the second half when Wellsville erased a 16-point deficit.
FINGER LAKES EAST: Rachael Roddenbery of Penn Yan … A junior forward Roddenbery scored 20 points and haad 13 rebounds against Dundee.
FINGER LAKES WEST I: Stephanie Farnsworth of South Seneca … A senior forward, Farnsworth had 13 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots in an opening game loss to Geneva and 19 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Finney.
FINGER LAKES WEST II: Heidi Hommel of Honeoye and Sarah Hart of Bloomfield … A senior forward/guard, Hommel had 37 Points and 13 rebounds and two steals over two games in a win and a loss to open the season.
A senior forward and captain, Hart had 50 points, 11 rebounds, 10 steals in two games at the Bloomfield tournament.
GENESEE COUNTY I: Brynne Perfitt of Oakfield-Alabama … Perfitt, a 5-foot-9 senior guard, was named to the All-Tournament Team for the Geneseo Tip Off Tournament. She averaged 18.5 points, 11 rebounds and four assists over the two games of the tournament.
GENESEE COUNTY II: Cassy Engle of Elba … Engle, a 5-foot-5 senior guard, was named MVP of the Elba Tip-Off Tournament. She scored 16 points in an opening win over Pembroke and had 20 points in the championship game win over Albion. She shot 60% from the field for the entire tournament.
LIVINGSTON COUNTY I: Emilea Harrison of Dansville … Harrison, a 5-foot-7 junior guard, led Dansville to the Geneseo Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament championship with 37 points, 11 assists, 21 rebounds and six steals in wins over Oakfield-Alabama and Hornell. She was named MVP.
LIVINGSTON COUNTY II: Amie Brooks of Pavilion… Brooks, a 5-foot-6 senior guard, had 22 points, including three three-pointers, and six steals in Pavilion’s 49-43 win over Perry. Then she had 26 points, including five three-pointers, five assists and six steals in a 60-47 win over York.
MONROE COUNTY I: Laura McNamara of Penfield and Hanna Kmiecinski of Webster Thomas … McNamara, a junior forward/guard, averaged 14 points and eight rebounds over two games and was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Palmyra-Macedon Tournament.
Kmiecinski, a senior captain forward/guard, scored 15 points, grabbed four rebounds and made six steals in a win over Greece Olympia.
MONROE COUNTY II: Shy Britton of Greece Arcadia … Britton, a senior captain center, was named MVP of the Arcadia Tournament. She had 55 points, 18 rebounds, and eight assists over the two games.
MONROE COUNTY III: Kayli O’Keefe of Pittsford Sutherland … O’Keefe, a freshman guard, was named MVP of the Katie Sweeting Tournament. She hit the game winning shot in the championship game and ended the tournament with 32 points including eight three’s.
PRIVATE-PAROCHIAL: No Candidates Submitted.
ROCHESTER LEAGUE: No Candidates Submitted.
STEUBEN COUNTY: Amber Corbitt of Bradford and Brittany Geffers of Avoca … Corbitt, a 5-foot-8 junior forward and captain, had 18 points, 25 rebounds, six blocked shots and a steal and was named to the All-Tournament Team in the Bradford Tip-Off Classic.
A 5-foot-5 senior guard/forward, Geffers scored 21 points and grabbed 20 rebounds over two games in the Bradford Tip-Off Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
WAYNE COUNTY: Shannon McGinnis of Gananda and Tempestt Black of North Rose-Wolcott. McGinnis, a junior forward, averaged 20 points and 15 rebounds during two wins last week.
A senior guard, Black averaged 26 points, eight rebounds and six steals in two wins last week.
* Each Player of the Week will receive a certificate from Birds Eye Foods