Jan 7, 2025
Westfield senior Carson Swanson slams home a dunk to reach 2,000 career points in Monday’s Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 game against Maple Grove. Photo courtesy of Jon Neubauer
WESTFIELD — Carson Swanson found himself in some rarified air Monday night at the Westfield High School gym.
Literally and figuratively.
The Wolverines’ senior standout poured in 43 points, dished out 10 assists and collected 10 steals to lead his team to an 87-40 victory over Maple Grove in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 basketball game.
Oh, yes, he also reached a significant individual milestone.
For it was his dunk with 51/2 minutes left in the third quarter that gave him 2,000 points for his career, which puts him on a path to become the all-time leading boys scorer in Chautauqua County history.
Westfield senior Carson Swanson is surrounded his teammates and coaching staff after scoring his 2,000th point in Monday’s CCAA Division 2 win over Maple Grove. Submitted photo
“It just doesn’t happen very often,” Westfield coach Nolan Swanson said of his son’s achievement. “It takes a lot of work. With Carson, the thing we always talk about is play the game as it comes. His assist numbers are no joke either. Assists have always been his thing. He’s just a sharp point guard, he sees the floor and he understands the game.”
And Carson, who had 34 points at halftime, sure had “game” last night. In a shade over 20 minutes of playing time, he shot 17 of 25 from the floor, including 4 of 7 from the arc; and blocked three shots. At game’s end, he received a commemorative basketball and posed for plenty of photographs with his teammates.
Joining Carson in double figures for the Wolverines (9-1, 4-0), who led 49-15 at halftime, was Zach Maguire with 16 points.
For the Red Dragons (0-7, 0-4), Liam Colburn scored 16 points and Camden Lombardo chipped in 11.
MAPLE GROVE (40)
Dunkirk’s Avery Krystofiak protects the ball from Southwestern’s Colton Waite in CCAA Division 1 action on Monday. OBSERVER Photo by Ashleigh Brown
Culver 1 0 2, Lombardo 5 1 11, Mason 0 0 0, Verbosky 0 0 0, Brown 0 0 0, Colburn 6 4 16, Dahlberg 2 2 6, Yohe 2 0 5, Totals 16 7 40.
WESTFIELD (87)
Whitesell 1 0 2, Maguire 7 1 16, CSwanson 17 5 43, Thomas 3 0 9, Anderson 4 0 8, BSwanson 1 0 2, Paddock 1 0 2, Stein 1 0 2, Schuster 1 0 3, Stellhorn 0 0 0, Tunison 0 0 0, Totals 35 6 87.
3-point goals — Yohe, Maguire, CSwanson 4, Thomas 3, Schuster.
Maple Grove 9 6 16 9 — 40
Fredonia’s Brennan Lincoln drives between Olean defenders Dominic Giovine, left, and Michael Saxon in a CCAA Division 1 game on Monday. OBSERVER photo by Ashleigh Brown
Westfield 23 26 22 16 — 87
Jayvees: Westfield won.
TROJANS TOO MUCH FOR MARAUDERS
DUNKIRK — A Southwestern second-half surge powered the Trojans past Dunkirk 54-43 in Division 1.
Greg Orcutt led the Dunkirk (3-5, 1-2) effort with 20 points.
Southwestern collects its first league win and improves to 1-3 and 2-6 overall.
HUSKIES STORM PAST ‘BILLIES
FREDONIA — Luca Quinn scored 25 points as Olean pulled away from Fredonia for a 71-47 Division 1 road win.
Fredonia was led by Colin Luce with 24 points, eight boards and two steals, Luca Gullo dealt four assists and a block, Ashton Putney had three assists and five boards, RJ Koopman made three assists and
Mykel Rivera added 19 points for Olean.
EAGLE FLY PAST BULLDOGS
MAYVILLE — Nick Jacobson scored 17 points, collected seven rebounds and dealt five assists as Chautauqua Lake downed Brocton 76-47 in Division 2 play.
Brendan Klossner added 16 points for the Eagles (5-4, 4-1), Nate Henry scored 12 with five assists, Yazan Abuhmedian made nine rebounds and Cordell River had seven rebounds.
Michael Garcia led Brocton (2-6, 0-3) with 21 points and Jeremy Weisner had 13.
BROCTON (47)
Gatto 1 1 3, Garcia 8 2 21, Laurito 1 1 4, Weisner 4 5 13, Mitchell 3 0 6. Totals 17 9 47.
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE (76)
Jacobson 5 5 17, Henry 5 1 12, Fairbank 2 0 5, Rivera 2 0 4, JAbuhmedian 1 0 3, Houser 3 1 7, YAbuhmedian 5 2 12, Klossner 6 2 16. Totals 29 11 76.
3-point goals–Garcia 3, Jacobson 2, Henry, Fairbank, Klossner 2.
Brocton 10 13 7 17 — 47
Chautauqua Lake 23 21 13 19 — 76
PIRATES HOLD OFF SHERMAN
CLYMER — Kameron Einink scored 12 points and made four assists, two steals and a block as Clymer edged Sherman 40-31 in Division 2.
Carson White grabbed eight rebounds, three steals, two blocks and made four assists for the Pirates (4-4, 2-2), Landon Johnson had seven boards and both Blake Beckerink and Roman Wassink collected five boards.
Jacob Ferranto scored a game-high 18 points with eight boards and four steals for Sherman (4-4, 2-3).
SHERMAN (31)
Pinzok 1 2 5, Chambers 0 2 2, Swan 2 1 5, Persons 0 1 1, Ferranto 7 4 18. Totals 10 10 31.
CLYMER (40)
White 2 1 7, Gomez 0 1 1, BBeckerink 0 0 0, Einink 5 0 12, Johnso 3 0 6, Wassink 1 0 2, JBeckerink 3 0 6, Mitchell 2 2 6. Totals 16 4 40.
3-point goals–Pinzok, White 2, Einink 2.
Sherman 10 4 8 9 — 31
Clymer 13 13 4 10 — 40
HORNETS ROLL WEST VALLEY
FORESTVILLE — Jacob Anders scored 26 points and had four steals as Forestville breezed by West Valley 81-36 in Division 4.
Forestville (7-0, 4-0) received 13 points from Patrick Reilly, Jack Spengler had 12, Blake Waterman made seven rebounds and six steals, Manny Sanchez made six assists and Dom Anders recorded eight rebounds, three steals and three assists.
West Valley (1-4, 0-4) was led by Derik Schoepflin with 25 points.
WEST VALLEY (36)
Leckey 2 1 5, Tharnish 1 0 2, Heitman 2 0 4, Schoepflin 9 6 25. Totals 14 7 36.
FORESTVILLE (81)
Tenamore 1 0 2, Spengler 6 0 12, DAnders 2 2 6, JAnders 11 1 26, Reilly 6 0 13, Sanchez 1 0 3, Waterman 4 0 9, Gruber 2 0 5, Duliba 2 1 5. Totals 35 4 81.
3-point goals–Schoepflin, JAnders 3, Reilly, Sanchez, Waterman, Gruber.
West Valley 15 9 1 11 — 36
Forestville 34 18 20 9 — 81
GATORS RALLY PAST FALCONER
ALLEGANY — Carson Kwiatkowski kept Allegany-Limestone’s record perfect as he scored 22 points to lead the Gators past Falconer 48-45 in Division 1.
Roger Markham led the Falconer (6-4, 2-3) effort with 18 points and Max Parmentier scored 13.
Caleb Strade added 12 points for Allegany-Limestone (8-0, 4-0).
FALCONER (45)
Delaney 1 1 4, RMarkham 8 2 18, Parmentier 6 0 13, Bailey 0 2 2, Maher 0 0 0, Wood 0 0 0, ZMarkham 2 3 8. Totals 17 8 45.
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE (48)
Wilczewski 0 0 0, Callen 0 0 0, Forrest 4 1 9, Straub 1 0 3, Kwiatkowski 7 6 22, Parsons 0 0 0, GStraub 1 0 2, Strade 3 4 12. Totals 16 11 48.
3-point goals–Parmentier, ZMarkham, Kwiatkowski 2, Strade 2.
Falconer 19 7 14 5 — 45
Allegany-Limestone 14 12 11 11 — 48
NORTH COLLINS RALLIES
CATTARAUGUS — Zander Miller put back the game-winning shot with 27 seconds in the fourth quarter to cap off a 20-5 period that lifted North Collins past Cattaraugus-Little Valley 47-45 in Division 4.
Walter Ebersole led the North Collins (2-5, 2-1) comeback with 16 points, four rebounds and six steals, Miller had eight rebounds, Jonathan Rice collected five boards and Alex Pagan had eight rebounds with three assists.
Cattaraugus-Little Valley (2-5, 1-3) was led by Owen Wright with 17 points and Tucker Barrick had 10.
NORTH COLLINS (47)
Pagan 4 1 9, Armbruster 1 0 2, Demmerley 2 1 5, Quiter 2 2 6, Miller 3 0 6, Ebersole 7 1 16, Rice 1 1 3. Totals 20 6 47.
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY (45)
Barrick 5 0 10, Crawford 3 1 8, Wright 8 1 17, Boswell 0 1 1, Szata 3 0 6, Gabel 0 1 1, Corbin 1 0 2. Totals 20 4 45.
3-point goals–Ebersole, Crawford.
North Collins 2 12 13 20 — 47
Cattaraugus-Little Valley 15 13 12 5 — 45
PANTHERS TRIM EAGLES
ELLICOTTVILLE — Bretton Blecha posted a double-double with 20 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and five steals to lead Franklinville past Ellicottville 63-59 in Division 4.
Ellicottville (3-3, 1-2) received 18 points, eight assists and four steals from Blake Smith, Rylan Benjamin scored 14 with three steals and Cam Mendell had 10 points with four assists and five steals.
Matthew Spittler also had 11 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for Franklinville (7-3, 3-0).
FRANKLINVILLE (63)
Green 3 0 8, Tatlow 0 0 0, Blecha 10 0 20, Shenk 2 0 5, Higgins 1 0 3, Towne 4 0 8, Cornell 2 0 6, Spittler 3 4 11, Mooney 1 0 2. Totals 26 4 63.
ELLICOTTVILLE (59)
Benjamin 6 0 14, Mendell 3 2 10, CSmith 3 0 8, Johnson 0 0 0, BSmith 7 2 18, John 2 0 4, DPolino 2 1 5. Totals 23 5 59.
3-point goals–Green 2, Shenk, Higgins, Cornell 2, Spittler, Benjamin 2, Mendell 2, CSmith 2, BSmith 2.
Franklinville 12 14 18 19 — 63
Ellicottville 12 18 10 19 — 59
KAEL COLLVER SHINES FOR BEARS
FREWSBURG — Kael Collver had himself a game.
The Frewsburg senior scored a game-high 20 points to go along with 12 rebounds, eight blocked shots, four assists and three steals as the Bears downed Silver Creek 55-43 in a CCAA Division 3 game.
Trent Lewis added 12 points, Jaden Collver contributed 10 points and 13 boards and Taran Laska contributed five assists, three steals and three blocks as Frewsburg improved to 2-5 overall and 1-0 in the division.
Leading the way for the Black Knights, who trailed 24-22 at halftime, were Simon White with 18 points and seven steals, Brady Eick with 11 points, Alan Hoelzle with seven rebounds and Travis Brennan with four assists.
SILVER CREEK (43)
Hoelzle 1 0 2, Arnold 1 0 2, Pomroy 0 0 0, Mays 0 0 0, Eick 3 4 11, Brennan 2 0 5, White 8 0 18, Dudek 0 0 0, Karnes 0 0 0, Delong 1 2 5, Totals 16 6 43.
FREWSBURG (55)
Signorino 0 0 0, Lewis 5 1 12, Weaver 2 0 5, Hultberg 0 0 0, Eckert 1 0 2, Fisher 1 0 2, Laska 2 0 4, JCollver 5 0 10, KCollver 8 4 20, Totals 24 5 55.
3-point goals — Eick, Breman, White 2, Delong, Lewis, Weaver.
Silver Creek 10 12 11 10 — 43
Frewsburg 15 9 15 16 — 55
Jayvees: Silver Creek 53, Frewsburg 43
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