Randolph’s Tessa Brown dribbles up the court during Thursday’s CCAA Division 3 girls basketball game. Photo by Mike Frame

RANDOLPH — Freshman Ava Sears scored a career-high 29 points to go along with seven steals and four assists as Randolph beat Portville 69-38 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 3 girls basketball Thursday.

Sears scored 8 points during a 17-8 first quarter before senior Gianna Bowles scored 10 of her 15 points during a 17-7 second quarter as the Cardinals (12-5, 5-3) led 34-15 at halftime.

Bowles finished with 10 assists, nine steals and six rebounds while Tessa Brown had 8 points and seven steals in the win.

Ali Haynes led the Panthers (10-7, 3-5) with 15 points and Emma Rhinehart had 13.

PORTVILLE (38)

AScanlon 1 2 5, Rhinehart 5 1 13, Haynes 5 5 15, EScanlon 2 0 5, Moses 0 0 0, Miller 0 0 0. Totals 13 8 38.

RANDOLPH (69)

Bowles 7 1 15, Stone 1 0 3, Sears 11 3 29, Brown 4 0 8, Nelson 0 0 0, Beaver 2 0 4, Conley 1 0 2, Bushey 1 0 3, Hill 2 1 5, Smallback 0 0 0. Totals 29 4 69.

3-point goals–AScanlon, Rhinehart 2, EScanlon, Stone, Sears 4, Bushey.

Portville 8 7 12 11 — 38

Randolph 17 17 17 18 — 69

FALCONER HOLDS ON VS. FREDONIA

FREDONIA — A strong second quarter was enough for Falconer as it held on to defeat Fredonia 42-39 in Division 1 action.

Falconer (7-13, 4-8) was led by Ellyson Baglia with 12 points.

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Juliana Snyder paced Fredonia (8-10, 4-8) with 12 points and three steals, Bella Buckley collected six rebounds and Nora Polhamus made three assists.

FALCONER (42)

Howard 0 5 5, Snow 1 4 6, Helms 1 0 2, Calimeri 3 0 6, Sigular 0 0 0, Smith 2 0 4, Swanson 2 2 7, Baglia 4 4 12. Totals 13 15 42.

FREDONIA (39)

Burrows 0 0 0, Delcamp 1 0 2, Buckley 4 0 9, Smith 1 1 3, MPolhamus 2 0 4, Snyder 5 1 12, NPolhamus 1 0 2, Tonelli 3 0 7. Totals 17 2 39.

3-point goals–Swanson, Buckley, Snyder, Tonelli.

Falconer 4 20 6 12 — 42

Fredonia 6 2 13 18 — 39

SLIWA SCORES 41 FOR HORNETS

FORESTVILLE — Carilene Sliwa scored 41 points and made 13 steals to lead Forestville past Cattaraugus-Little Valley 77-22 in Division 4 action.

Elizabeth Case also had a double-double with 25 points, 14 rebounds and four steals for the Hornets (11-4, 7-2), while both Ingrid Gibson and Jazmyn Bertino grabbed seven boards apiece.

Cattaraugus-Little Valley (6-12, 3-7) was led by Kylie Unruh with 6 points.

CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY (22)

EWest 1 2 4, Unruh 3 0 6, Dorn 0 0 0, Butcher 1 1 3, Bramer 0 0 0, Luce 1 0 2, Whitmore 1 0 3, Williams 2 0 4. Totals 9 3 22.

FORESTVILLE (77)

Sliwa 18 4 41, Genevese 0 0 0, Valentine 0 0 0, Gibson 3 1 7, Bertino 2 0 4, Hall 0 0 0, Lillie 0 0 0, Case 10 2 25. Totals 33 7 77.

3-point goals–Whitmore, Sliwa, Case 3.

Cattaraugus-Little Valley 5 5 6 6 — 22

Forestville 18 20 13 26 — 77

SHERMAN LOCKS DOWN CHAUTAUQUA LAKE

MAYVILLE — Emmersen Crawford scored 12 points, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out four assists and made two steals as Sherman rolled past Chautauqua Lake 50-18 in Division 2.

Ava-Kay Irwin added 11 points for Sherman (9-8, 8-3). Baya Oehlbeck scored 10 points while adding three assists and three steals, and Jayne Chambers grabbed six rebounds.

Chautauqua Lake (10-9, 5-7) was led by Karie Tarr with 11 rebounds and Addison Chess had 10 rebounds.

SHERMAN (50)

Gable 2 1 6, Emory 1 2 5, Chambers 1 0 2, Crawford 5 1 12, Palmatier 0 0 0, Kranz 1 2 4, Oehlbeck 4 0 10, Irwin 4 0 11, Courtney 0 0 0. Totals 18 6 50.

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE (18)

Emory 0 0 0, KarTarr 1 0 2, Mackey 0 0 0, KenTarr 1 3 6, Reyda 2 0 4, Chess 3 0 6. Totals 7 3 18.

3-point goals–Gable, Emory, Crawford, Oehlbeck 2, Irwin 3, KenTarr.

Sherman 12 16 15 7 — 50

Chautauqua Lake 2 5 5 6 — 18

BEARS FINISH PERFECT D3 SEASON

FREWSBURG — Jadyn Trocki had 16 points, eight assists, five steals and five blocked shots as Frewsburg wrapped up a perfect Division 3 season with a 64-34 win over Cassadaga Valley.

Jaden Jimerson had 15 points and seven rebounds; Elysse Gruber had 8 points, nine rebounds, four steals and three blocked shots; and senior Abery Harvey — the Bears’ (15-4, 8-0) lone senior — had 10 points and five rebounds in the win.

Breonna Hopkins led the Cougars (10-6, 4-4) with 14 points and 13 rebounds while Maddie Debo had 8 points, five steals and four rebounds. Alexis Pattyson chipped in 9 points.

CASSADAGA VALLEY (34)

Fenton 0 0 0, KMcVey 0 0 0, FMcVey 1 1 3, MHopkins 0 0 0, Cieplinski 0 0 0, Meder 0 0 0, Pattyson 3 2 9, Johnson 0 0 0, Debo 2 4 8, BHopkins 6 2 14, Daigle 0 0 0, Jaquith 0 0 0. Totals 12 9 34.

FREWSBURG (64)

Trocki 8 0 16, Jimerson 7 1 15, Stelmack 2 0 4, Lombardo 3 0 6, Haglund 0 1 1, Moore 2 0 4, Harvey 2 6 10, Gruber 3 2 8. Totals 27 10 64.

3-point goals–Pattyson.

Cassadaga Valley 9 6 13 6 — 34

Frewsburg 20 11 21 12 — 64

PIRATES HOLD OFF MAPLE GROVE

CLYMER — Elli Bodamer had 11 points, including three 3-pointers, to go along with seven rebounds as Clymer beat Maple Grove 36-31 in Division 2.

Alyssa Pratt chipped in 10 points; Hannidy Goetzinger grabbed 11 rebounds; and Addi Wiggers had four steals for the Pirates (6-11, 4-7).

Bry Cornell led the Red Dragons (9-10, 5-7) with 15 points, 10 rebounds, five steals and two blocked shots.

MAPLE GROVE (31)

Rodriguez 2 0 4, Trim 1 0 2, Cornell 5 3 13, Ryan 2 1 5, Seekings 1 0 2, Halstrom 2 0 5, Foley 0 0 0. Totals 13 4 31.

CLYMER (36)

Pratt 3 2 10, Harvey 0 0 0, Rhines 1 0 2, Faulkner 1 0 3, Goetzinger 1 0 2, Wiggers 1 0 2, Bodamer 3 2 11, Barton 3 0 6. Totals 13 4 36.

3-point goals–Halstrom, Pratt 2, Faulkner, Bodamer 3.

Maple Grove 7 6 4 14 — 31

Clymer 5 11 8 12 — 36

PANTHERS COAST IN BROCTON

BROCTON — Kiera Loberg had 20 points, seven rebounds and four steals as Panama beat Brocton 54-20 in Division 2.

McKenna Kolstee added 10 points, eight rebounds, three blocked shots and three steals for the Panthers (15-4, 11-1).

The Bulldogs fell to 0-17 overall and 0-12 in the league.