Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017: Elmira ND senior stars after father hospitalized

   Leading off today: Returning to the gym shortly after accompanying his stricken father an area hospital, senior guard Gary Raupers scored 21 points to lead Elmira Notre Dame to a 72-61 boys basketball win over Elmira Heights Edison on Tuesday.

   Gary Raupers Sr. collapsed before the junior varsity game and was rushed to a nearby hospital. Raupers Jr. and teammate Ben Cook headed to the hospital with him and returned in time for the varsity game.

Notre Dame senior Cullen McWhorter and assistant coach Max Young saved a life before Tuesday's game when Gary Raupers' dad collapsed. McWhorter used an AED to help revive him. Notre Dame then beat Edison 71-62 with Raupers returning from the hospital to score 21. @g_raup

— Brian Fees (@bdfees) December 13, 2017

   "I certainly didn't think Gary was coming and I certainly didn't think Ben was coming because Ben drove him over there and they wanted to be together," Notre Dame coach Bill Hopkins told the Star-Gazette. "That's what teammates do. So we were real happy to see Gary. We all gave him a hug. He's got tears in his eyes. It was a very, very emotional night."

   Raupers hit two 3-pointers in the second quarter to help the Crusaders to a 35-18 halftime lead. He added eight points in the third quarter.

   Edison senior swingman Nate Chorney scored 41 points in the loss.

    • Bloomfield edged Honeoye 101-99 in two overtimes on the strength of Pat Geitner's 50-point performance.

   Grippi reaches 200: Two-time state wrestling tournament runner-up Matt Grippi notched his 200th career win as Fox Lane defeated Arlington 49-23 in the Section I Division I dual-meet quarterfinals.

   The senior pinned Kyle Davison 45 seconds into the 160-pound match. The North Carolina State recruit improved his career record to 200-27.

ADVERTISEMENT

   Streak snapped: Akron ended Royalton-Hartland's 12-year winning streak in boys swimming Tuesday by defeating the Rams 87-83. Roy-Hart had not lost a dual meet since 2006 and had won more than 150 consecutive dual meets en route to 12 straight Niagara-Orleans League championships.

   Andrew Buyea won the 200 and 500 freestyle events for the Tigers.

   Girls basketball: Senior guard Nora Gabel scored 50 points, including 20 in the fourth quarter, in Comsewogue's 75-58 win

over Centereach in a non-league game.

    • Pittsford Mendon, the NYSPHSAA Class A runner-up a season ago, defeated Penfield 68-62 in overtime. Freshman Lexi Green (21 points) scored 10 straight points in OT for the Vikings. The Vikings' Ellie Mooney forced the overtime with a steal and bucket with :04 to go after making a 3-pointer.

   Ex-coach cleared: Former Indian River baseball coach Lloyd Kevin Smith was found not guilty of charges related to putting one of his players in a chokehold that left the teen with a concussion.

   A LeRay Town Court jury came back in less than 30 minutes with a not guilty verdict on charges of second-degree reckless endan- germent and endan- gering the welfare of a child in connection with the April 7 incident, which was captured on school surveillance video.

   "The video showed it was a consensual act between two people. It was an accident," said Anthony M. Neddo, Smith's attorney. "It was unfortunate it occurred, but it was not a crime."

   The MMA-style chokehold took place after the student asked about ways to counter such a move. Video shown in court during the two-day trial showed the pair moving awkwardly and the teen crumpling to the ground, his head hitting a glass and metal door.

   Impending milestone: Keshequa girls basketball coach Pete Piraino will go for career win No. 500 on Wednesday against Letchworth.

   Piraino, who retired as a physical education teacher three years ago, is in his 38th season on the bench. His teams have won six Section 5 championships, including four since 2008.