The 2011 NVL Boys Basketball Tournament quarterfinals were held on Saturday, February 26th at Wilby High School. The semifinals will be on Monday, February 28th and the championship game will be on Wednesday, March 2nd. In the quarterfinals, Wilby defeated St. Paul 66-65, Watertown beat Kennedy 57-38, Crosby routed Woodland 85-48, and Holy Cross topped Ansonia 56-36 to advance to the semifinals.

1. 2011 NVL Boys Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals: Sat., Feb. 26 Semifinals: Mon., Feb. 28 Championship Game: Wed., March 2 All Games at Wilby High

2. Saturday Monday Wednesday All games at Wilby High School 3. St.Paul 66-65 Wilby 6. Wilby Noon 5 p.m 2. Crosby 85-48 Crosby 7. Woodland Championship Game 7 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 4. Kennedy 57-38 Watertown 5. Watertown 3:30 p.m. 7 p.m 1. Holy Cross 56-36 Holy Cross 8. Ansonia 5:15 p.m.

3. Quarterfinals Game 1 WILBY 66, ST. PAUL 65 Wilby (14-7):Landen Manning 7 0 19, DevynBaranauskas 3 0 7, Tommy King 1 0 2, Walter Wright 1 2 4, Lemar Larsen 3 5 11, Michael McLain 1 0 3, Marcus Robinson 6 0 13, Ezekiel Canady 1 0 2, Jonathan Mitchell 2 0 5. Totals: 25 7-17 66. St. Paul (16-5): Travis Thomas 1 2 4, David Shaw 7 6 21, Jacob Jacquo 4 3 13, Justin Gonzalez 1 0 2, Chris Borea 4 3 13, Pat McGuire 3 2 9, Marty Lewis 1 0 3, Kyle Dube 0 0 0. Totals: 21 16-20 65. Wilby 7 21 19 19 — 66 St. Paul 10 22 14 19— 65 3-point goals: W — Baranauskas, Manning 5, McClain, Mitchell, Robinson. StP— Shaw, Jacquo 2, Borea 2, McGuire, Lewis.

4. Quarterfinals Game 2 WATERTOWN 57, KENNEDY 38 Watertown: Watertown (16-5): Anthony Chacho 1 0 2, Tony Simpson 7 0 14, Chaz Oates 2 5 10, Matt Quatrano 4 0 8, Eddie Hill 1 3 6, Tom O'Brien 6 3 15, John Good 0 0 0, Andrew Kalach 1 0 2. Totals: 22 11 57. Kennedy (15-6): Jordan Bayon 3 3 9, Travis Johnson 0 0 0, TrevonSeymore 5 0 10, Brian Overton 0 0 0, Devon Petty 5 0 10, Gabriel Cabrera 0 0 0, JerreleBayon 1 1 3, Edward Minnifield 0 0 0, Markel Evans 2 0 4, Cody Fitzgerald 1 0 2, Wallace Wiggins 0 0 0, Ryan Spears 0 0 0. Totals: 17 4 38. Watertown 18 9 15 15—57 Kennedy 12 7 11 8—38 3-point goals: W —Oates, Hill. K— none.

5. Quarterfinal action

6. Quarterfinals Game 3 CROSBY 85 WOODLAND 48 Woodland (12-9): RahmiRountree 4 0 9, Ian Bures 0 0 0, Sean Deegan 2 0 4, YahmadRountree 3 2 8, Ryan Angeloszek 5 0 11, Tanner Kingsley 4 0 9, Dan Giacomazzi 0 0 0, Jeremy Clark 0 0 0, Kirk Chamenko 0 0 0, Bill Alfiere 1 0 3, Dave Alves 1 0 2, Steve Beader 0 0 0, Nick Brown 0 0 0, Ian Bures 0 0 0, Mike Castro 0 0 0, Dave Uhl 1 0 2. Totals: 21 2 48. Crosby (17-4): Dazure Prado 3 4 10, Marvin Hampton 6 4 16, T.J. Pierce 3 3 9, Anthony King 1 0 2, Davon Robinson 7 1 19, Tyshon Rogers 9 1 21, Todd Smith 0 1 1, Travon Butler 0 0 0, Jerome Love 0 0 0, Devin Stallings 0 0 0, Asiem King 1 0 3, Denzel Mitchell 0 0 0, Lex Perez 2 0 4, Jordan Tompkins 0 0 0. Totals: 32 14 85. Woodland 9 12 16 11—48 Crosby 22 22 23 18— 85 3-point goals: W — Alfiere, Angeloszek, Kingsley, R. Rountree. C — Robinson 4, Asiem King, Rogers 2.

7. Quarterfinal action

8. Quarterfinals Game 4 HOLY CROSS 56, ANSONIA 36 Ansonia (12-9): Keshont Graham 0 4 4, Christian Abdul-Akbar 2 0 4, Aaron Roberts 1 0 2, Fred Reid 0 0 0, Montrell Dobbs 1 0 2, Reginald Finney 5 4 14, Thomas Davids 0 0 0, Tarell Vargas 4 2 10, TashawSistrunk 0 0 0, Jake LaRovera 0 0 0, Bruce Ruth 0 0 0, Montrell Dyson 0 0 0, Rayshawn Pender 0 0 0, Claude Perry 0 0 0. Totals: 13 10 36. Holy Cross (19-1): Cliff Aquino 4 5 14, KairynBoxton 0 0 0, Tre'von Perry 2 0 4, Mike Mallory 6 10 22, Scott Herlihy 2 2 7, Steve Martin 0 0 0, Terence Lott 0 0 0, Milek Bell 0 0 0, Chris D'Esposito 0 0 0, K.J. Harmeling 1 2 4, Nick Warren 0 1 1, Christian Callahan 1 2 4. Totals: 16 22 56. Ansonia 5 5 11 15—36 Holy Cross 11 12 18 15—56 3-point goals: A—none. HC— Herlihy, Aquino.

9. Telling the story You can see how the long quarterfinal day in the NVL boys tournament unfolded by clicking red arrow below. There are four solid contenders for the NVL boys basketball title. Read about those teams by clicking blue arrow below.