Fox Lane 60, Brewster 48: At the Westchester Putnam Coaches vs. Cancer at Mahopac, Carlito Carvallo was the game MVP.
Panas 65, Carmel 59: Vaughn Dweck had 15 points and eight rebounds and was named game MVP. Tim McCauley and Lylle Ryals had 16 points each. Tyler Mason grabbed 12 rebounds. Dan Behnken had 29 points for the Rams.
Mahopac 83, Peekskill 57: At the Westchester Putnam Coaches vs. Cancer at Mahopac, Ryan Simone had 25 points and nine rebounds and was named the game’s MVP. Brendan Hynes added 23 points and five rebounds. Ramon Searight had 19 points and five rebounds for the Red Devils.
A huge second quarter proved to be the difference for the Indians as they outscored the Red Devils 20-7 before half.
What made the feat even more impressive was the fact that Mahopac did it without their star, Brendan Hynes, who got into foul trouble early in the first.
“We lost Brendan a couple of games ago, he go into foul trouble at Cross River, and I think the kids in that game really learned they can play without him,” said Mahopac Coach Kevin Downes. “It’s much better to play with him, but they can play without him and they had confidence, which I thought was there biggest thing.”
The Indians proved what they could do early with Hynes in the game, jumping out to a 23-10 lead to start.
A few timely 3s, coming from Ramon Searight and Jay Cabell (13 points) brought the Red Devils within one heading into the second quarter.
Peekskill also struggled with fouls early though, picking up 10, compared to Mahopac’s five, before the end of the first quarter.
Ryan and Michael Simone (nine points, three rebounds) along with John Delahanty and John Vitkus, each with nine points and five rebounds, would help the Indians take a 44-30 lead heading into halftime.
“We had a lot of help from the bench tonight,” said Ryan Simone. “We need team players and we need the team to play well. It can’t just always be Brendan.”
With Hynes return in the third, it was more of the same for the Indians, outscoring the Red Devils 26-17 in the quarter. Frustration began to set in for Peekskill as they racked up nine fouls in the third. Things didn’t improve when Searight, who had been the Red Devils biggest scoring threat tonight, fouled out of the game with seven seconds remaining in the quarter.
The growth of Mahopac’s front court was evident as they out-rebounded Peekskill 39-20 for the game.
“It’s huge,” Simone said of the Indians’ strength in the paint. “If our 3-point shots aren’t falling for us we just have to dominate inside.”
Downes felt his team had plenty of motivation heading into the game.
“I think our kids really took this game as a challenge,” Downes said. “We felt like we let one get away from us last year at Peekskill, and I think the kids really felt like they wanted to get some respect. I don’t think they felt as though Peekskill really respected them, and I think they wanted to come in and play hard and make up for what happened last year.
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Congrats to Mahopac. They are playing with a lot of confidence. Maybe this year they upset at the CC.
PANAS ,HAS DONE IT AGAIN, 2 WINS IN 2 DAYS NOW WITH LYLLE BEING A CONSISTENT DOUBLE DIGIT SCORER,TIMMY AND VAUGHN,CAN GET BETTER LOOKS FOR SHOTS,BIG BIG GAME COMMING UP AGAINST PEEKSKILL,”DO WORK”AS A FIRST YEAR STARTER ON VARSITY TIMMY MCCAULEY IS DOING A GREAT JOB RUNNING HIS TEAM,I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES NEXT YEAR AS A SENIOR
I told you about those Simone boy’s, if they get their flow going with the rest of the team – who knows what can happen. Holla at you Haywood
Beatdown in Mahopac Mt Vernon you hearing footsteps yet??
GOMBA,
ARE YOU CALLING OUT MOUNT V ?
COACH B.
HAPPY NEW YEAR,I GOT MY EYE ON THE PAC
Lets not grab the tail of the tiger yet …Pac is coming together nicely from earlier…but last night was total dominance from tip off to final buzzer…the kids had this game circled from last yr ..good job ..lets just get to cc and then see what happens
BAWLER,
NICE WIN,WHEN THOSE BRACKETS COME OUT IN 3 WEEKS,THEY WILL TELL A STORY
Thanks wood , looks like final week’s will be fun
When’s the first day of sectionals as of now?
JAMES,
THE SEEDINGS SHOULD BE OUT BEFORE VALENTINES DAY
Wood which seeds are guaranteed home games ?
BAWLER,
I KNOW THAT THE TOP 8 WILL BE HOME FIRST GAME, IN AA
IN A YOU HAVE MORE TEAMS IT COULD BE TOP TEN ,NOT SURE,
THEY ALSO HAVE PLAY IN GAMES
Ok..thanks …thought I heard top 4 were guaranteed 2 home games
Trying to figure out if we can sneek up into #4
Good win for PAC but Peekskill doesn’t look nearly as strong as they’ve been in previous years. When Peekskill presses they’ve got to watch their hands. They constantly reach in and are gonna be called for it every time. On a side, number 12 on PAC better tone down his antics because he seems like a dirty player to me.
BAWLER,
TOP 4 GET 2 HOME GAMES IF THEY WIN THE FIRST GAME,IF THERE IS AN UPSETTHE LOWEST HIGH SEED GETS THAT HOME GAME,IT CAN GET TRICKY IF FAVORITES DON’T WIN FIRST GAME
Told you all a few days ago downes was a much better coach and Lou P. Not only did mahopac comepletly control the game physically, peekskill was completely outcoached. Peekskills best offensive threat fould out in the 3rd! As a coach how do you let that happen. As Louie P said after the game “Mahopac exposed every weakness we have” and thats all because of the way coach dowes gets his boys ready to play. Peekskill played very dirty all around, enticing mahopac players to get a reaction and the Mahopac boys did a great job of remaining calm. One peekskill player got thrown out of the game for grabbing/hitting the groin area of a few Mahopac players. PAC continuing to get better.
Ball is life …couldn’t of Said it better
Pogo …iif you would have won you wouldn’t be saying that ..you were 10-2….and dirty
Mahopac fans shouldn’t be complaining about other teams being dirty. A few of the PAC players are as guilty as anyone…plus who cares? Just win and move on.
Just responding to a statement
Haywood,
I am also high on this panas team. Dweck is one of the best players in class A and the players around him really compliment him well.
REALHOOPSJUNKIE,
HE CAME OUT ON FIRE AGAINST PEEKSKILL THE FIRST TIME,I HOPE THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN
Dominant win by the Pac against a good Peekskill team. The kid on Peekskill who was tossed for blatantly hitting players in the groin should be suspended. The refs missed him doing his thing at least 3 times before they finally caught him. That behavior cannot be tolerated.
Haywood this is the year! Changing of the Guard Brining the Gold Ball to the country.. Lets GO PAC!
GOMBA,
KEEP UP THE GREAT SPIRIT,A LOYAL FAN IS A GOLDEN ONE,GOOD LUCK
I’m not going to buy mahopac. I saw them against stepinac and they could not handle ball pressure, couldn’t stop penetration. The guards struggled so much they could barely set up their offense. I understand Peekskill has speed but the talent is no where near what it was in the past. They will probably make the county center, as long as they don’t play mt Vernon to get there.
Cuse…your right about step and MV but that was early in the season..unlike those teams who only play basketball and pretty much play year round together every kid except for maybe one plays another sport and basketball is 2nd sport for most so it takes time to gel ..sorta like NR ..so make all the predictions you like ..the games gotta be played ….
Step recruits players from all over ..towns ..city’s ..states and MV is a basketball power house ..but that’s it at that school..basketball…so for us even to be in the mix is an acomplishment ..so doubt all you want …its funny ..peekskill was 10-2 and all of a suden they aren’t any good ..I wonder how good they would be if they beat us by 30. People are funny
WHERE ARE THE STEPINAC UPDATES?
Panas is on a 6 game win streak and undefeated in their league
JAMES,
JUST WONDER TO YOUR SELF,WHAT THEIR RECORD WOULD BE IF THEY WON THOSE CLOSE GAMES IN THE BEGINNING,WOW
Bawler
I think you vastly overestimate Stepinac’s ability to “recruit”. Don’t you think we would have more bigs if we “recruited”. Step doesn’t go soliciting kids with scholarship money….more like kids seek out Step for a chance to play in the CHSAA and get more exposure and maybe a better chance to get money to play in college. Step is not like Iona Prep. Step has mostly blue collar families that sacrifice a lot of time and money to position their sons to do better in life. Anyway, I hope PAC kids learn how to handle ball pressure but usually that takes years of playing at a high level to learn. Your right about one thing though…you never know. Especially when you have kids that compete hard like PAC seems to have.
Good luck to step “crusader”...you have a very good team there