Panama’s Carter Brink (11) looks to drive past Westfield’s Cole Holland (5) during Thursday’s game in Panama. Photo by Tiarah Rhoades

FREWSBURG — Frewsburg (1-0, 1-2) holds off Gowanda, 78-70, for its first Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Central Division boys basketball victory of the season on Thursday in Frewsburg.

The Bears were led by Zach Winters with a whopping 49 points and 15 rebounds. Zack Carr posted eight assists and Patrick Spencer grabbed eight rebounds for Frewsburg.

“We had a size advantage and used that,’ stated Frewsburg head coach Rob Colver. “They had no answer for Zach in the post, he was pretty dominant tonight.”

Frewsburg had a 14 point lead with about three minutes left in the game, but Gowanda (0-1, 0-2) managed to claw its way back into it the contest. The Panthers effort was highlighted by going 10-for-11 from the free throw line while Quentin Centner led with 20 points with five 3-pointers.

GOWANDA (70)

Centner 6 3 20, Herman 3 2 8, Ondus 3 2 8, CHerman 0 6 6, Smuda 4 1 11, Rasey 3 0 7, TSmith 4 2 10. Totals 23 16 70.

FREWSBURG (78)

ZCarr 1 1 3, GSmith 2 1 6, Spencer 0 1 1, DeJesus 0 0 0, Murray 7 0 17, Sears 0 0 0, LeBaron 1 0 2, ZWinters 22 4 49. Totals 33 7 78.

3-pointers: Centner 5, Smuda 2, Rasey 1, GSmith 1, Murray 3, Winters 1.

Frewsburg 14 24 23 17 — 78

Gowanda 12 19 20 19 — 70

WOLVERINES WIN

PANAMA — The Westfield Wolverines started off Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 West boys basketball action with a 60-43 victory over Panama on Thursday.

The Wolverines were led by the Swanson brothers, Carson and Darien who both scored 17 points each.

Westfield trailed by one after the first quarter, but turned it around from there, holding Panama to just four points in the second quarter. In the third quarter the Wolverines really started to pull away and in the second half overall the Wolverines went 5-for-6 from beyond the arc, including Carson hitting four of his five.

“Darien did a great job of breaking down our defense,” said Panama head coach Ed Nelson. “Carson was left wide open in the corner numerous times. Cole (Holland) is the unsung hero on their team, he does a great job on defense for them and does a lot of things that don’t show up in the book.”

Alex Barmore led the Panthers with 17 points and Carter Brink was the main facilitator with eight assists and four points.

WESTFIELD (60)

Weingart 5 1 11, Barresi 0 0 0, Holland 5 1 11, DSwanson 8 0 17, CSwanson 6 0 17, Schuster 2 0 4, CRotunda 0 0 0, HRotunda 0 0 0. Totals 26 2 60.

PANAMA (43)

Roth 0 0 0, Brown 3 0 7, Hinsdale 0 0 0, Brink 1 2 4, Catanese 4 3 11, DiDomenico 0 0 0, Lisciandro 0 1 1, Barmore 7 2 17. Totals 15 8 43.

Westfield 13 12 20 15 — 60

Panama 14 4 10 15 — 43

RED DRAGONS

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BEMUS POINT — The Maple Grove Red Dragons knocked off Cassadaga Valley, 67-34, for a Central Division victory on Thursday night.

The Red Dragons cruised to a victory in their first league game of the year thanks largely to leading scorer Tucker Fenton dropping 21 points, grabbing eight rebounds and dishing five assists; while Colin McPherson added 13 points, six rebounds and four steals.

The Cougars effort was led by Braden LeBaron with a team high nine points.

CASSADAGA VALLEY (34)

Shealey 0 0 0, Russo 1 0 2, Main 4 0 8, Harrington 1 4 6, Pierce 1 3 5, Runge 1 2 4, LeBaron 3 1 9, Schaumaan 0 0 0, Apthorp 0 0 0. Totals 11 10 34.

MAPLE GROVE (67)

Gowan 4 0 8, Vailancourt 2 0 4, Welsh 3 1 7, Bower 0 0 0, Reagle 1 0 3, Moore 3 0 6, Fenton 8 2 21, Schroder 1 1 3, McPherson 5 3 13, Whalen 1 0 2. Totals 28 7 67.

Cassadaga Valley 9 7 5 13 — 34

Maple Grove 12 20 13 22 — 67