SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake boys basketball defeated the Northeastern Clinton Cougars 60-28 on Friday evening in a rematch of last season’s Section VII, Class B championship game.

The Red Storm, which ranks 16th in the state for Class B boys basketball, according to the latest New York State Sports Writers Association poll, led from start to finish.

The team’s three senior guards — Cedar Crist, Mik Denkenberger and Zack McCarthy — led the way, to help Saranac Lake improve to 8-1 overall and 5-0 in league play.

The Red Storm will next take on the AuSable Valley Patriots in a league contest at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Clintonville.

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Bolton 62, Lake Placid 29

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The Lake Placid boys basketball team suffered a 62-29 home loss to the Bolton Eagles on Friday evening.

The state-ranked Eagles jumped out a 40-7 lead at halftime and held on for the remainder of the contest to improve to 8-1 overall. Liam Foy led Bolton with 21 points.

Max Perez and Josh Hobday led the Blue Bombers with 10 points each. Lake Placid dropped to 2-7 overall.

Lake Placid will host the Boquet Valley Griffins at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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Individual stats

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Bolton (62): French 0-0-0, Egloff 5-1-12, Hubert 5-1-12, Morehouse 1-0-2, Figuerora 1-0-2, Corey 0-0-0, Hens 4-0-9, Pfau 1-0-2, S.Foy 0-0-0, Phelps 0-0-0, Roemer 1-0-2, L. Foy 10-1-21. TOTALS: 28-3-62.

Lake Placid (29): Sean McCauley 0-0-0, Nick Adragna 0-0-0, Hugh Kissel 3-1-8, Zach Kissel 0-0-0, Caleb Wylie 0-1-1, Torrin Fadden 0-0-0, Max Perez 5-0-10, Josh Hobday 5-0-10, Jack Wright 0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-2-29.

3-point goals: Bolton (3): Egloff, Hubert, Hens. Lake Placid (1): Hugh Kissel.