Lanesborough-Williamstown Youth Basketball Finals Held
Note: This story was updated on Feb. 13 with the third- and fourth-grade boys division winners.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Gable Electric upset the tournament's top seed, Duda Construction, to win the Lanesborough/Williamstown Youth Basketball Association fifth- and sixth-grade title with a 25-21 win on Wednesday.
Derek Paris led Gable Electric with nine points, and Colin Doyle, Kyle Trottier and Will Broadwell each had four. Jack Cangelosi and Will Davis chipped in with two points apiece.
Duda's Malcolm Waynick led all scorers with 12 points. Nick Duda scored four, and Matt Sorrell and Stanley Dykes contributed offensively for Duda.
Gable Electric also includes Preston Maruk, Kymani Ferguson, Will Davis and Will Broadwell. The team is coached by Will Davis and Rick Paris.
In the fifth- and sixth-grade girls LYBA/WYBA final, Lanesborough BP came back from a six-point deficit to beat DR, 9-8.
Lanesborough BP held its opponents to two points in the second half to earn the victory.
Fiona Williams led the victors with six points, and Emma Stevens scored three.
For DR, Jayden Johnson scored all eight points.
Lanesborough BP was coached by Scott Stevens, and its roster includes Kayleigh Frazier, Hannah Gilooly, Anna Sandifer, Aireanna Shaw, Stevens, Arya Vyas, Williams and Olivia Winters.
Elsewhere in local youth basketball, the Team Mountain One won the Williamstown third- and fourth-grade league.
The team is coached by Chris Winters and Alicianna Kocsis. Players include Phoebe Barnes, Cora Bradley, Launa Derosia, Emma Gilooly, Julia Goh, Lyla Kocsis, Jenaya McCue, Lucy McWeeny and Grace Winters.
In the third- and fourth-grade boys division, Eamon Hetherington scored 10 points to lead the Williamstown Police Association to a 22-14 win over MacFarlane Office Products.
Nate Verter scored six points, and Max McAlister had seven assists for WPA, which is coached by John McAlister and Foster Goodrich.
