The Elba Central School District handed out 36 diplomas to graduates on Friday night.
The valedictorian was Aidan McClurg, and the salutatorian was Emily Rowe.
Two foreign exchange students were among the graduates, Katherine Madsen, from Denmark, and Aurora Brugnerotto, from Italy.
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Elba's Andrew Hare pitched strong in what was the season opener for both teams, striking out 13 batters in five innings to earn the 4-0 win for the Lancers. Connor Scott also pitched well for Elba in relief, allowing no hits and striking out one to grab the save.
Byron-Bergen's Gianni Ferrara had the team's only hit, an infield single off of Hare in the first inning.
Elba struck first when a Caleb Scouten ground ball plated Zach Howard in the top of the first inning. Howard reached base three times in the game and finished with four stolen bases.
The Lancers added to their lead in the fourth when freshman Angelo Penna smacked a single to right-center field, scoring Travis Kauffman who singled moments earlier. Penna had two hits on the day.
Elba continued in the fifth with two more runs. The first came when Souten's grounder was misplayed by Byron-Bergen. Howard scored on the error and Scouten followed him home a few pitches later when Scott notched a line drive to center field.
Scouten led the Lancers with two RBI while he, Austin Hunt, and Caden Muehlig added singles for Elba (1-0).
Byron-Bergen falls to 0-1.
Colton Dillon dominated on offense, scoring 30 points, but it wasn't enough to stop a Prattsburg offense that never knew a cold streak throughout 32 minutes of play at Blue Cross Arena on Saturday in the Class D2 Section V championship game.
Prattsburg prevailed 72-64.
Jaykob Belluscio scored 10 points for the Lancers.
Mason Putnam scored 19 points for Prattsburg, while Kris Johnson scored 16 and James Crowder scored 12.
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The Elba Lady Lancers added to the legend that is Elba basketball Friday night, winning a fourth-straight Section V title, beating Andover 48-40.
Leah Bezon and Taylor Augello both had double-doubles, with 17 and 15 points, respectively, and 11 and 15 rebounds apiece. Bezon also had four assists.
Brynn Walczak, the tournament MVP for Class D1, scored nine points and had five rebounds.
For Andover, Emily Wahl and Kelsie Niedemaier scored 12 points each.
Walczak, Bezon, and Maddie Muehlig are all juniors and have been on varsity for all four titles. Augello is also a junior and in her third year on varsity. The only senior on the team is Lauryn Engle, third-year varsity.
Elba and Pavilion, Class D2 champions, will meet at Mount Morris at 6 p.m., Tuesday to decide which team advances to the Class D state tournament.
Throughout the concert season at Batavia Downs, basketball players at Elba High School volunteered their time after the shows to help with clean up, gathering recyclable bottles and cans.
Ryan Tenney, owner of McNickel's Redemption, on Ellicott Street, Batavia, collected the bottles and cans for redemption.
Today, he handed a $1,700 check to the Elba Sports Boosters.
Heather Dillion, not pictured, organized the bottle and can drive.
Photo: First row: Ryan Tenney, left, Mike Nolan, COO for Western OTB, Bill White, CIaci Zambito, Elba basketball coach, Henry Wojtaszek, CEO of Western OTB, and Jackie Leach, CFO of Western OTB. The basketball team is (not in photo order): Jon Boyce, Evan Hare, Colton Dillon, Collin O'Halloran, Greyson Huntington, Holden Brinkman, Tyler Stevens, Caleb Scouten, Andrew Hare, Jake Long, Zack Marsceill, Cj Gottler, Zach Howard, Jayden Hughes, Drew Hare, Travis Kauffman, Kyle Norton, Caden Muehlig, Nate Esten, and Jaykob Belluscio.
The Drama Club of Elba High School presents a performance tonight that highlights the past 10 years of musicals performed by the Club, including selections from "The King and I," "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," "Cats" and "My Fair Lady." The performances will be followed by senior awards.
The show starts at 7 p.m. in the Elba Central School theater and tickets are $3 per person.
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