ROCHESTER, N.Y. — For the first time in nine years, the Fairport Red Raiders are sectional champions. A dominant 77-43 win over the Rush-Henrietta Royal Comets in the Class AAA sectional championship on Saturday at Blue Cross Arena at the Rochester War Memorial gave Fairport its first sectional title since 2017.
After falling behind 10-3 in the first quarter, Fairport closed out the first eight minutes of play on a 16-2 run thanks to six points from Tournament MVP Noah Meabon and two 3-pointers from Jon Roessel, taking a seven-point lead into the second frame that the Red Raiders never looked back on.
“Our mantra all year has been ‘trust us’,” Fairport head coach Scott Fitch said. “I’ve been really impressed with this group and how when we’ve been in tough positions we haven’t splintered at all. Usually when you get a competitive group, that translates to splintering. But this group doesn’t do that. We’ve been down a bunch of times, but our style takes people’s legs, so we know that in the third and fourth quarter, eventually we’re gonna wear them down.”…