Why coaches do what they do!!

Here are the students selected to the 2025 All-WNY second and third teams in girls basketball.

All-WNY teams selected by The Buffalo News with input from coaches and talent evaluators. All-league teams selected by coaches in those leagues.

Hayes and Francis' ability to dominate and elevate their teams is why they are the first Sister Maria Pares Buffalo News Co-Players of the Year.

In todays @TheBuffaloNews we devote 6 pages to WNY Girls Basketball. Congrats to co-players of the year @KClassof2025 and @Madison28185042 @nysswa

Here are the 2025 All-WNY large and small schools first teams in girls basketball.

Not even fixing the typos. 🤦‍♂️

Congrats to all the Section VI girls making an All State Team from Class AAA, AA & A. @Section6GirlsBB @MonsignorMartin https://t.co/MzhBIyqCT6

Thanks Harry! We always try to help and support anyone who comes out to cover our sport!

For the second straight year, Lancaster’s girls basketball team fell two wins shy of making program history.

Albertus Magnus 67 Lancaster 33 Final No other way to put it. Albertus did what Albertus does… well-oiled machine makes the trip upstate & keeps rolling. High-octane Albertus/Liverpool Class AAA state championship booked 🔋 @Saranezaj2028 went for 21, @juliascott2026 added 19,

Lancaster girls basketball fell to Albertus Magnus, 67-33, Saturday in a NYSPHSAA Class AAA semifinal game at Hudson Valley Community College.

.@LHSWVBB looses to Albertus 67-33 in a @NYSPHSAA Class AAA Semifinal.

Albertus Magnus 51 Lancaster 25 End q3 Margin pretty steady in the 3rd, fluctuated in low-mid 20s as @Madison28185042 imposed her will a bit, 11 in q3 & up to 19. Not going out without attacking. But Albertus is 8 minutes from another date with the last day of the scholastic

Congratulations to Lancaster on an outstanding season! Section 6 Champions Regional Champions @NYSPHSAA Semi Finalist @bufnewspreptalk @SectionVI @WNYAthletics @TBNSports @WNYTomPrince @dlyman44 @NYSTakeover

Congratulations to Lancaster's Jayda Jackson - Class AAA Sportsmanship Award Winner! @bufnewspreptalk @SectionVI @WNYAthletics @TBNSports @WNYTomPrince @dlyman44 @NYSTakeover

Albertus Magnus 34 Lancaster 12 Half This time @juliascott2026 draws the eyes & bodies, makes the play, Riley Harold makes them pay right before the 1st half buzzer, and @AMHSFalcons is rolling 🎯 Mid 30s at the break but it’s again the defensive end that I feel is really

NYSPHSAA Class AAA Semifinal (I) Albertus Magnus 20 (VI) Lancaster 4 End q1 It didn’t take long for a big play within the context of this game to happen. @juliascott2026 lefty finish off the BLOB plus the bump, and it drew Madison Francis’ 2nd foul less than 3 minutes in ⬇️

NYS Class AAA Semi Final End of the 3Q: Albertus Magnus 5️⃣1️⃣ Lancaster 2️⃣5️⃣ @WNYAthletics @NYSPHSAA @NYSTakeover @SectionVI @dlyman44 @WNYTomPrince

NYS Class AAA Semi Final End of the 1Q: Albertus Magnus 2️⃣0️⃣ Lancaster 4️⃣ @WNYAthletics @NYSPHSAA @NYSTakeover @SectionVI @dlyman44 @WNYTomPrince

NYS Class AAA Semi Final Here are the starters for Lancaster! @WNYAthletics @NYSPHSAA @NYSTakeover @SectionVI @dlyman44 @WNYTomPrince @FCSBears