By PATRICIA CURRY

Sports Correspondent

All four local teams participated in the Section VII basketball tournament last week. However, Wells and the Indian Lake / Long Lake girls, who are currently ranked 15th in the New York Sportswriters Association poll, were the only teams to pick up a win. The IL/LL girls are the only local team playing in the tournament this week.

IL/LL 50, CROWN PT. 42

The eighth seeded Lady Indians opened up the action Tuesday when they hosted ninth seeded Crown Point in a preliminary game. Scott Tomlinson filled in as coach for Dayna Fisher who was unable to guide her team due to illness.

The game started with a sincere and touching moment of silence for Scott Gallup, who passed away Saturday in a motor vehicle accident. Desiree, Scott’s daughter, scored the first basket of the game, causing loud and supportive applause from the crowd.

The Lady Indians got off to narrow lead with a 13-11 first quarter. The two teams matched the first quarter score in the second period with Wells holding a 26-22 lead at halftime. The visiting Lady Panthers came out strong in the early part of the third quarter to take the lead. However, Wells held them off with a 14-4 run. In the final quarter, The Lady Indians outscored Crown Point by one point and won the game 50-42.

Amanda Vrooman led Wells with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Desiree Gallup tallied 13 points and six steals, while Karli Tomlinson contributed 11 points, seven rebounds and five steals.

The win advanced Wells to the quarterfinals of the tournament against top seeded IL/LL.

Wells: Stuart 1-0-2, Tomlinson 3-4-11, Page 1-0-2, Gallup 4-5-13, Bartholf 0-1-1, Page 1-1-3, A. Vrooman 6-6-18. Totals 16-17-50.

Crown Pt: Glebus 3-1-7, Titus 4-4-12, Meachem 2-0-4, Wolf 6-0-12, Holman 1-5-7. Totals 16-10-42.

Wells 13 13 14 10 - 50

Crown Point 11 11 11 9 - 42

3-point goals: Crown Point - none; Wells 1 (Tomlinson)

IL/LL 51, WELLS 18

The quarterfinal game between Wells and IL/LL was originally scheduled for Friday, but was postponed to Saturday due to Friday’s snowstorm.

In Indian Lake the two teams played close in the opening minutes with The Orange holding a three-point lead (10-7) after the first quarter. In the second stanza, IL/LL settled in to outscore The Lady Indians 17-4 and post a 27-11 halftime score. The second half was easily controlled by the Orange as they cruised to the 51-18 win.

Carli Reynolds paced the IL/LL offense with 19 points and four assists. She also recorded seven rebounds and two steals. Allison Pine had a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds to go along with her three steals. Murphy Farrell contributed eight points and five steals.

IL/LL advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament and played Elizabethtown yesterday at Plattsburgh State. Wells finished the season with a 10-9 overall record.

IL/LL: M. Farrell 3-2-8, Bain 3-0-6, Pierson 1-0-2, Reynolds 7-5-19, Miller 0-0-0, S. Hinckley 0-0-0, Pine 4-3-11, M. Hinckley 1-1-3, Smith 0-2-2, Deshane 0-0-0, S. Farrell 0-0-0. Totals 19-13-51.

Wells: Woodward 0-0-0, Stewart 1-0-2, Tomlinson 3-1-7, B. Page 0-0-0, Gallup 2-0-4, Barthoff 0-0-0, K. Page 0-0-0, Speece 0-0-0, A. Vroman 2-1-5, M.

Vroman 0-0-0. Totals 8-2-18.

Wells 7 4 7 0 - 18

IL/LL 10 17 15 9 - 51

3-point goals: None.

WESTPORT 63, WELLS 43

The boys’ tournament got underway Wednesday when ninth seeded Wells traveled to eighth seed Westport for a preliminary game.

Westport got out to an 11-5 lead after the first quarter and was ahead by 10 at the end of the second period. In the third quarter, the host Eagles used a full court press that resulted in many transition points and widened the lead to 47-25. Westport went on to win the game 63-43.

Jake Early tallied 18 points to lead Wells, which finished the season with a 7-12 overall record.

Wells: Earley 6-5-18, Hayes 0-1-1, Woodward 1-0-3, DeJong 0-0-0, Raymond 2-3-7, Brenan 1-2-4, Wilson 0-0-0, Chicoski 2-2-7, Fish 1-1-3, Longenecker 0-0-0. Totals 13-14-43.

Westport: Golenbeck 0-0-0, Russell 6-1-13, Quaglietta 3-7-14, Frum 2-0-5, Sayward 2-1-5, Markwica 1-0-2, Davis 5-1-11, Adams 6-1-13. Totals 25-11-63.

Wells: 5 8 12 18 - 43

Westport: 11 12 24 16 - 63

3-point goals: Wells (3) Earley, Woodward, Chicoski. West (2) Quaglietta, Frum.

WILLSBORO 61, IL/LL 34

Sixth seeded IL/LL boys traveled to third seeded Willsboro Saturday for a quarter-final match-up. The Orange had a tough go of it as Willsboro jumped out to a 16-3 first quarter lead and went on to take the lopsided 61-34 win.

Sophomore Matt Moore was leading scorer for The Orange with 13 points, while Matt Rusch contributed 12.

Il/LL: Moore 5-2-13, Jennings 0-0-0, Farrell 0-2-2, Wells 0-0-0, Pitcher 0-0-0, Evatt 2-3-7, Gagnier 0-0-0, Hart 0-0-0, Rusch 5-2-12. Totals 11-1-9-34.

Willsboro: Sherman 4-1-12, Wells 1-0-3, Pollock 1-0-2, Nagavci 3-0-6, Ball 1-0-2, Cross 2-0-4, D. Sayward 3-0-6, Hamel 11-0-24, C. Sayward 1-0-2, Hubbard 0-0-0. Totals 21-6-1-61.

IL/LL: 3 11 10 10 - 34

Willsboro: 16 25 12 8 - 61

3-point goals: Willsboro (6) Sherman 3, Hamel 2, Wells. IL/LL (1) Moore.