SILVER CREEK — It took a while, but Silver Creek shifted into a high gear in the third quarter en route to a 69-41 nonleague boys basketball victory over Cattaraugus-Little Valley on Wednesday night.

Not surprisingly, it was Ray Cortes who led the 28-4 run, scoring 15 of his game-high 30 points, highlighted by four 3-pointers. He also finished with 12 rebounds, five assists, three steals and three blocks.

Brady Eick chipped in 13 points; Simon White had seven rebounds and five steals; and Jose Pratts hauled down six boards for the Black Knights (3-1).

For Cattaraugus-Little Valley (0-4), DJ Szata led the way with 12 points and Mason Brewer chipped in 9.

CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY (41)

BYoung 1 0 3, Benzel 1 0 3, CYoung 1 0 2, Holland 1 0 3, Brewer 3 3 9, Bosworth 1 2 4, Szata 5 1 12, Colvero 1 0 2, Pilon 0 1 1, Merrill 1 0 2, Totals 15 7 41.

SILVER CREEK (69)

Galfo 0 1 1, League 1 0 2, Steinwachs 1 0 2, White 3 0 6, Brennan 2 0 4, Hych 4 4 13, Dudek 0 1 1, Pratz 2 4 8, Cortes 10 5 30, Totals 23 15 69.

3-point goals — BYoung, Benzile, Holland, Fzata, Eich, Cortes 5.

Cattaraugus-LIttle Valley 10 12 9 10 — 41

Silver Creek 16 16 26 11 — 69

Jayvees: Silver Creek 48, Cattaraugus-Little Valley 28

HORNETS FALL

FORESTVILLE — Franklinville used a big fourth quarter to break open a reasonably close game en route to a 67-32 nonleague boys basketball victory over Forestville on Wednesday.

Leading 39-28 after three quarters, the Panthers outscored the Hornets 28-4 in the final eight minutes to raise their record to 1-2

Leading the way for Franklinville was Matthew Spittler, who scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds. Teammate Isaac Towne brought down six boards.

For Forestville (0-4), Dominic Anders scored 10 points, and Adam Pokoj and Ethan Ecker had 10 and four rebounds, respectively.

FRANKLINVILLE (67)

Terwilliger 0 0 0, Blecha 2 5 9, ESchenk 2 0 4, Bielecki 1 1 3, Cornell 4 0 11, Green 3 0 6, NSchenk 2 1 6, Callahan 1 0 2, Spittler 7 1 17, Town 1 2 4, Mooney 0 0 0, Slinski 1 3 5, Totals 24 11 67.

FORESTVILLE (32)

Fetterick 2 0 4, Ecker 1 0 3, Waterman 1 0 3, Anders 3 4 10 Jacob, Duliba 1 0 3, Redman 2 0 5, Pokoj 2 0 4, Mescall 0 0 0, Totals 12 4 32.

3-point goals — Cornell 3, NSchenk, Spittler 2, Waterman Duliba, Redman, Ecker.

Franklinville 21 5 13 28 — 67

Forestville 15 6 7 4 — 32

Jayvees: Forestville won.

MARKHAM, BAEHR

LEAD FALCONER

SHERMAN — Roger Markham and Mathis Baehr both scored in double figures as Falconer topped nonleague Sherman 53-30.

Markham finished with 17 points and Baehr added 13 for the Golden Falcons (2-1), who put the game away with a 17-4 fourth quarter.

Jacob Ferranto led the Wildcats (1-2) with 8 points and nine rebounds.

FALCONER (53)

Fuller 2 0 5, Baehr 5 1 13, Sharpe 0 0 0, Rodgers 0 0 0, Swanson 0 0 0, Brainard 0 0 0, Bailey 2 2 7, RMarkham 5 5 17, Maher 0 0 0, ZMarkham 3 0 7, Binkley 1 0 2, Jones 1 0 2, Parmentier 0 0 0. Totals 19 8 53.

SHERMAN (30)

Pinzok 1 2 4, Thomas 2 0 5, Johnson 0 1 1, DeKoning 0 0 0, Beatman 0 0 0, Chambers 1 0 2, Swan 3 0 7, Meeder 0 2 2, Allen 0 0 0, Bestvold 0 0 0, Applebee 0 1 1, Ferranto 2 3 8. Totals 9 9 30.

3-point goals–Fuller, Baehr 2, Bailey, RMarkham 2, ZMarkham, Thomas, Swan, Ferranto.

Falconer 9 17 10 17 — 53

Sherman 10 7 9 4 — 30

BROWN SHINES

FOR WARRIORS

SALAMANCA — Lucus Brown didn’t shoot well from the perimeter last Saturday against Cheektowaga in Salamanca’s season opener.

The senior guard made up for it in a nonleague game against Williamsville South last night.

Brown drilled six 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 29 points to lead the Warriors to a 56-38 victory.

WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH (38)

Lampke 2 0 4, SVredenberg 0 0 0, Redd 4 4 12, Opfer 4 2 12 John, MMunzert 2 1 5, Marc Vredenberg 1 0 3, SMunzert 1 0 2, Totals 14 3 38.

SALAMANCA (56)

Herrick 1 1 4, Isaac 0 1 1, ABrown 4 1 9, LBrown 11 1 29, Holleran 2 2 6, Trietley 3 1 7, Totals 21 7 56.

3-point goals — Opfer 2, MVredenberg, Herrick, LBrown 6.

Williamsville South 11 7 14 6 — 38

Salamanca 16 15 13 12 — 56

Jayvees: Williamsville South won.