St. John Fisher Holiday Classic

   The Cal-Mum 6th Grade boys travel basketball team participated in the St. John’s Fisher Holiday Classic over the Christmas break. The Red Raiders won the championship for the "M" bracket finishing 5-0.

   In the first game, Cal-Mum played Penfield and won a close game 39-30. The Red Raiders leading scorer was Kurtis Haut who finished with 23 points. Rounding out the scoring was Chris Wilson and Thomas Barefoot with 6 points each. Jacob McEwen and Ryan Sickles each chipped in 2 points. Will Van Auken and Kyle Preston also played outstanding defense in the win.

   In the second game, Cal-Mum played the Greece Select team. Cal-Mum came out on top 32-29. Haut led cal-Mum with 20 points and Wilson chipped in 8 points and Jacoby Clemens added 2 points. Sickles and Zack Polo played outstanding defense in the win.

   In the third game the Red Raiders took on the host CYP Panthers. The Red Raiders came out on top 25-19. The Raiders were led by Barefoot with 9 points and Haut chipped in 8 point, Wilson and Clemons both added 4 points in the win

   In the fourth game Cal-Mum faced North Coast Webster and went on to win 38-30. Leading Cal-Mum in scoring was Barefoot with 15 points with Haut adding 11 points. Also scoring was Wilson with 6 points, Sickles with 4 points, and Joe Cappotelli with 2 points.

   In the Championship game of the Holiday Classic Cal-Mum faced North Coast Webster and went on to win the championship 37-23. Cal-Mum was lead by Haut with 12 points, Barefoot and VanAuken both added 6 points, Wilson added 9 points, Cappotelli and Clemons both added 2 points. Coach Dave Haut was very pleased with the improvement of the team and the hustle the boys showed over the five games played.

   Cal-Mum is 6-4 on the season.

   The Cal-Mum 5th Grade boys travel basketball team participated in the St. John’s Fisher Holiday Classic over the Christmas break. The Red Raiders played four games over the week and ended up with a record of 2-2.

   In the first game, Cal-Mum played HFL and lost a close game 25-24 in overtime. The Red Raiders lead in overtime until HFL hit a jump shot with 9 seconds left to take the one point lead. Kyle Preston attempted a last second shot before the buzzer sounded but it came up short. The Red Raiders were lead by Preston with 7 points and 3 steals and Will Van Auken added 6 points along with 6 rebounds. Jacob McEwen added 4 points, Marty Callan added 3 points and Alex Polo chipped in 2 points.

   In the second game, Cal-Mum was matched up with the host team CYP Panthers#1. Cal-Mum came up short in this one and fell 31-17. Van Auken led cal-Mum with 8 points and 6 rebounds and Preston chipped in 7 points and 5 steals. McEwen finished with 2 points.. Nick Kline and Josh Neff played hard in the lost.

   In the third game the Red Raiders took on the CYP Panthers#2. The Red Raiders won a close game 30-28. Preston lead Cal-Mum with 9 points and 2 steals and Van Auken chipped in with 6 points and 7 rebounds, Kyle Pullyblank chipped in 2 points along with 5 rebounds. Ryan Bulter and Nick Kline played outstanding defense in the win.

   In the final game of the Holiday Classic Cal-Mum faced East Rochester. The Red Raiders jumped out fast and lead at the half 17-4 and they went on to win 33-18. Van Auken lead Cal-Mum with 18 points and 8 rebounds and Pullyblank chipped in 6 points along with 4 rebounds. Rounding out the scoring was Kline with 2 points, McEwen with 2 points, Neff with 3 points, Preston and Callan added 1 point each. Wyatt Phillips and Ryan Bulter both played an outstanding game in the win.

   Cal-Mum is 6-3 overall for the season.