Red Hook downs Highland
Red Hook High’s surging boys basketball team won its seventh consecutive game Friday, defeating Highland 45-33 in a Mid-Hudson Athletic League game.
Jason Davis scored 18 points and Hunter Cole connected for 15 to lead the (7-3) Raiders. Red Hook grabbed a 12-point advantage in the first quarter and never looked back. The defense locked down the victory.
Cameron Ness and Sean Benkert scored 10 and nine points, respectively, to pace Highland. RED HOOK (45)—Yearwood 2 0-2 6, Flood 2 0-0 4, Cole 6 2-3 15, Cahill 1 0-0 2, Davis 7 4-6 18. Totals 18 6-11 45. HIGHLAND (63)—Twyman 2 1-2 5, DiValentino 1 0-0 2, Barry 2 0-0 4, Benjamin 1 0-0 2, Benkert 4 0-0 9, Ogelle 0 1-2 1, Ness 5 0-0 10. Totals 15 2-4 33. Red Hook 17 10 13 5—45 Highland 5 10 7 11—33 3-point field goals: Yearwood 2, Cole; Benkert. New Paltz 63, Roosevelt 48
At Hyde Park, Axel Rodriguez, Casey Burke and Patrick Murphy carried New Paltz, combining for 59 points. Rodriguez hit six 3-point field goals en route to a 23-point performance. Burke and Murphy each scored 18. Michael Holohan scored the Huguenots’ other four points.
Amoni Clarke had 18 points and Kevin Henri 15 to carry (3-8) Roosevelt.
“We played sloppy. We turned the ball over way too much,” Presidents coach Kevin Hart said. NEW PALTZ (63)—Rodriguez 7 3-4 23, Burke 8 1-1 18, Murphy 7 3-3 18, Holohan 2 0-0 4. Totals 24 7-8 63. ROOSEVELT (48)—Henri 5 5-9 15, Ferry 3 0-0 9, Clarke 8 0-0 18, McKenna 1 0-0 2, Louison 1 0-0 2, Craft 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 5-9 48. New Paltz 15 18 20 10—63 Roosevelt 11 12 16 9—48 3-point field goals: Rodriguez 6, Burke, Murphy 1; Ferry 3, Clarke 2. Ellenville 62, Onteora 30
At Boiceville, Ellenville used a balanced effort with 10 players scoring as it doubled up on Onteora.
Ramil Johnson had 13 points and Sivon Diconcilio and Seth Vandemark each had nine to lead the Blue Devils.
Miles Eberhard had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds and Jake Stern scored eight points and had a pair of steals for Onteora. ELLENVILLE (62)—Rodriguez 3 0-0 6, Guiliano 1 5-8 7, Vandemark 4 1-3 9, Sivon Diconcilio 4 1-3 9, D. Bruce 3 0-0 7, Johnson 6 1-2 13, Williams 1 2-4 5, Green 0 1-2 1, Figueroa 1 0-0 2, Alicea 1 0-0 3. Totals 24 11-22 62. ONTEORA (30)—Fulford 1 0-0 3, McHugh 0 0-0 0, Kight 0 0-0 0, Fitzgerald 0 0-0 0, Kabah 0 0-0 0, Clark 1 2-2 4, Eberhard 5 3-4 13, Smith 0 0-0 0, Stern 3 1-2 8, Johansen 1 0-0 2, Meisler 1 0-0 2. Totals 11 6-8 30. Ellenville 17 16 10 19—62 Onteora 5 8 11 6—30 3-point field goals: D. Bruce, Williams, Alicea; Fulford, Stern. Marlboro 87, Rondout 39
At Marlboro, Jaiden Allen scored 16 of his gamehigh 20 points in the first quarter as the Dukes blitzed Rondout Valley 28-4 in the period.
Eric Grzechowski and Austin Casey each tallied 10 points for Marlboro.
Ben Hikade, shut out in the first half, finished with 15 points to lead Rondout. RONDOUT (39)—Hikade 6 2-3 15, Perez 1 2-2 4, Tompkins 4 0-2 8, Clearwater 1 0-2 2, Tomlin 2 3-4 7, Taylor 0 0-2 0, Tully 1 0-0 3. Totals 15 7-15 39. MARLBORO (87)—Allen 9 1-2 20, Devine 1 0-0 3, Rusk 2 0-0 5, Perugino 1 0-0 2, Banks 3 2-2 8, Grzechowski 5 0-2 10, Tamburri 1 2-2 4, Williamson 3 0-0 6, Rios 2 3-3 7, Casey 3 4-4 10, Young 1 0-0 2, Jackson 1 0-0 2, Musacchio 1 0-0 2. Totals 35 14-19 87. Rondout 4 8 18 9—39 Marlboro 28 13 25 21—87 3-point field goals: Hikade, Tully; Allen, Devine, Rusk. Pine Plains 76, Coleman 27
At the Town of Ulster, Jacob Lydon tossed in 14 points and Matt Funk had 13 to lead Pine Plains to victory.
Aiden Kiernan scored 12 points and freshman Colin Leahy added six to pace John A. Coleman Catholic.