Dansville at Bath – – CMAC Boys’ Basketball Game of the Week – – The Bleacher Denizen – – February 13, 2026 – – by Chuck Krafft

Tonight, the Bleacher Denizen is headed to Bath High School, where the hometown Bees will host the Dansville Aggies in the CMAC Boys’ Basketball Game of the Week!

Bath is in fifth place in the CMAC with an 8-8 record. The Bees are 11-9 overall. Dansville is in eighth place in the CMAC with a 4-11 record and is 6-13 overall.

While we wait for this game to begin, I hope you will enjoy this cover video of “House of the Rising Sun” from my You Tube Channel!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm7njm5177I

I have seen Bath play earlier this season and Coach Nick Duflo provided me with this information about his Bee players.

Connor VanEss is a tough and energetic on-ball defender. Adien Wolf is a tall guard who defends well either in the post or on the perimeter. He has excellent timing when he cuts to get in position to score. Sam Dunckel defends the perimeter well and can score on slashes to the basket. Brady Smith is a strong rebounder and defender in the post; he blocks a lot of shots.

Luke Wallace is a freshman with a great three point shot. He also has an excellent basketball IQ to help him get open to shoot it. Aden Briggs is a good scorer who is good at timing his cuts to get open. Max DeLeon brings speed to the Bee lineup and gets a lot of points in transition. He is an energetic perimeter defender as well. Calvin Smith is a solid three point shooter and perimeter defender.

Coach Ryan Masters gave me this information about his Aggie players earlier this season.

Mayson Burgett is a junior in his third year of varsity basketball. He is an excellent athlete and is a positive factor on every team he plays on. He is big enough to defend and score in the post and quick and coordinated enough to defend the perimeter and handle the ball. He scores mostly near the basket, but can shoot the three point shot.

Anderson Karkau uses his speed to get open in the Aggie fast break. Carter Castilla is a freshman point guard with a great basketball IQ who can hit the three point shot. He is also an able perimeter defender, ball handler and passer. Kayden Keith is a good rebounder. Kaleb Frost and Joey McMillan are strong three point shooters.

I was not able to see the freshman game, but thanks to Bath’s coaches, who got me a picture of the freshman scorebook. Bath won the game 43-28.

Brayden Frederick led the Dansville freshmen with 14 points. Abram Jones joined his teammate in double figures with 10 points. Dominick Tringal added 3 points and Wyatt DuMonte tallied 1 point.

Drew Van Sickle led the Bath freshmen with 18 points. Beckett Williams supported his teammate with 11 points. Kohlton Johnson chipped in with 10 points. Mac Raphael and Drake Chamberlain each had 2 points.

I arrived at the JV game in time to see most of the second half. Bath was in control at that point and went on to win by the final score of 62-31.

Fletcher Kuznicki led the Dansville JVs with 9 points. Brody Ream and Broady Scott each contributed 6 points. Aiden Shutes and Jackson Pratt each added 4 points. Tucker Jolin scored 2 points.

Sam Fritz led the victorious Bath JVs with 19 points. Adriel Starr joined his teammate in double figures with 10 points. Owen Poppema and Xander Horan each scored 9 points. Beckett Williams tossed in 7 points. Apolo Wolfe contributed 4 points. Drake Chamberlain and Levi Hall each tallied 2 points.

It was senior night at Bath and silver-tongued JV Coach Jon Hinsman introduced the seniors who walked in accompanied by their parent(s) or guardian(s). It is always a little bittersweet to see senior night, as a lot of the players may never play organized basketball again. For the Bleacher Denizen, it’s a bit sad because the season is coming to an end and there will be no more basketball games to blog.

It is now time to review the events of this game through the occasionally vigilant eyes of an Aging Bleacher Denizen who was never able to escape church league when he attempted to hoop in the days of yore. The Bleacher Denizen was showing some promise as a three point shooter until the Basketball Powers that Be ruled he was no longer allowed to use magnets to help guide his outside shot to the basket. As the shooting accuracy decreased, so, unfortunately did the Bleacher Denizen’s playing time.

Dansville wins the opening tap. The Aggies misfire on a threeball from the corner. Hunter Greenman grabs the offensive rebound for the Aggies. Anderson Karkau is fouled on a driving layup and hits two free throws to give Dansville a 1-0 lead twenty seconds into the game.

Hunger Greenman gets his hand on the ball, but Bath is able to recover. The Bees misfire on a triple try from the wing. Max DeLeon pulls down the offensive rebound for the Bees. Bath misses a threeball from the wing. Connor VanEss knocks the ball out of bounds; Dansville gets the ball back. The Aggies miss a threeball from the wing. Evan Sykes grabs the offensive rebound for the Aggies. Bath blocks a Dansville layup.

Anderson Karkau steals a Bee pass. Andy Wonch dives and knocks a Dansville pass loose. There is a big scramble for the ball and it finally goes out of bounds. Bath takes possession. Carter Castilla steals the ball for Dansville. Calvin Smith knocks the ball away from Dansville and Max DeLeon picks it up for Bath. Max DeLeon passes to Calvin Smith, who hits a layup for Bath. He is fouled on the play, but misses his free throw. With 4:50 to play in the opening quarter, Bath has a 2-1 lead.

Dansville misses a three point shot from the side. Carter Castilla steals the ball for the Aggies. Dansville misses a layup. Bath misses a layup. Dansville misses an eight foot shot from the side. Bath misses a three point shot from the wing. Aiden Wolf steals the ball for the Bees. Bath misses a ten foot shot in the lane. Dansville fouls on the rebound.

Mayson Burgett and Kayden Keith play tough defense in the lane and force Bath to lose the ball out of bounds. Luke Wallace steals the ball and hits a fast break layup for Bath. Aiden Wolf knocks the ball away from Dansville and Brady Smith picks it up for Bath. Bath misses a layup. Mayson Burgett passes to Carter Castilla, who hits a three point shot from the wing for Dansville to tie the game at 4-4.

Bath misses a six foot shot in the lane. Dansville travels on a drive to the hoop. Aiden Wolf passes to Brady Smith, who completes the Smith Connection by passing to his twin brother Calvin Smith, who hits a layup for Bath. He is fouled on the play and sinks his free throw to give Bath a 7-4 lead with 59.9 seconds remaining in the opening quarter.

Aiden Wolf steals the ball for Bath. The Bees miss a layup. Brady Smith grabs the offensive rebound for the Bees. Bath misses a layup. Aiden Wolf gets the offensive rebound for Bath. Connor VanEss is fouled and hits two free throws for Bath. Connor VanEss knocks the ball away from Dansville and Calvin Smith is fouled as he tries to pick up the ball for Bath. Calvin Smith hits one of his two free throws to boost Bath to a 10-4 lead with 28.2 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

Bath fouls on the rebound. Brady Smith blocks a Dansville layup. Dansville recovers the loose ball, but misses a jump shot from the free throw elbow just as the first quarter buzzer decides to seek attention and blare to end the quarter.

After one quarter, Bath holds a 10-4 lead.

Bath inbounds the ball to start the second quarter. Joey McMillan steals the ball for the Aggies. Dansville misses a three pointer from the wing. Bath misses a jump shot from the free throw line. Brady Smith gets the offensive rebound for the Bees. Bath misses a layup. Dansville misses a twelve foot shot from the baseline. Bath misses a threeball from the wing. The Bleacher Denizen misses seeing the ball go into the basket.

Brady Smith knocks the offensive rebound to a Bee teammate. Evan Sykes blocks a Bath layup. Luke Wallace steals the ball for Bath and hits a fast break layup. Brady Smith blocks a Dansville layup. Joey McMillan steals the ball for the Aggies. Dansville misses a three point shot from the wing. Brady Smith hits a fast break layup for Bath. He is fouled on the play, but misses his free throw. With 3:42 to play in the opening half, Bath has a 14-4 lead.

Dansville misses a driving layup. A Dansville foul before the shot negates a Bath layup. Bath misses a three pointer from the wing. Dansville misses a driving layup. Bath is assessed with a traveling violation. Mayson Burgett drives and hits a layup for Dansville. Andy Wonch passes to Aiden Wolf, who hits a layup to give his Bees a 16-6 lead.

Dansville loses the ball out of bounds. Anderson Karkau gets his hand on the ball, but Bath recovers. Aden Briggs hits a twelve foot shot in the lane for Bath. Dansville misses a driving layup. Hunter Greenman pulls down the offensive rebound for the Aggies. Hunter Greenman passes to an Aggie teammate who is fouled on a layup, but misses both free throws. With 57.7 seconds to play in the half, Bath has an 18-6 lead.

Bath misses a three point shot from the side. Connor VanEss hits a putback for Bath, is fouled and hits his free throw with just 1.1 seconds left in the period. Dansville misses a heaved shot from halfcourt.

At halftime, Bath has a 21-6 lead.

Carter Castilla leads the Dansville scoring with 3 points.

Calvin Smith has 6 points for Bath and Connor VanEss has 5 points.

As we cannot hear the half time events, I hope you will enjoy these two videos from my You Tube Channel!

Here is “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron”, a novelty hit from 1966! We had a lot of fun doing this video!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHucLvxuQx8

In Alexander’s Ragtime Band, there is a little bit of added humor in addition to some ragtime playing!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUieaBvS38w

Dansville inbounds the ball to get quarter number three started. Luke Wallace gets his hand on the ball and knocks it out of bounds; Dansville retains possession. Bath misses a threeball from the corner. Hunger Greenman drives from the side and banks in a six foot shot for Dansville. He is fouled on the play and makes his free throw to cut the Bath lead to 21-9 with 7:07 to play in quarter number three.

Bath misses a threeball from the corner. Brady Smith gets the offensive rebound for the Bees. Luke Wallace shoots and hits a threeball from the corner for Bath. Before I can finish my note, someone from Bath steals the ball and Andy Wonch hits a two point shot. (I am taking the announcer’s word for it; the steal and the basket happened before I could finish my note from Luke Wallace’s three pointer.) This gave Bath a 26-9 lead.

Aiden Briggs knocks the ball out of bounds; Dansville gets the ball back. Evan Sykes drives and dishes the ball to Anderson Karkau, who hits a three point shot from the side for Dansville. Bath whips a cross court pass to Luke Wallace, who hits a three point shot from the corner to give Bath a 29-12 lead.

Dansville misses a layup. Owen Foreman grabs the offensive rebound for the Aggies. Dansville misses a threeball from the wing. Evan Sykes pulls down the offensive rebound for Dansville. Dansville misses a layup. The rebound goes out of bounds and Bath takes possession. Anderson Karkau steals the ball and hits a fast break layup to cut the Bath lead to 29-14.

Hunter Greenman knocks a Bee pass out of bounds; Bath retains possession. Evan Sykes blocks a Bath jumper from the free throw line. The loose ball goes out of bounds and the Bees get another opportunity. Andy Wonch passes to Luke Wallace, who hits another threeball for Bath. Andy Wonch steals the ball and passes to Luke Wallace, who hits a layup to give Bath a 34-14 lead.

Dansville misses a reverse layup and fouls on the rebound. Bath misses a threeball from the wing. Dansville misses a ten foot shot in the lane. Aden Briggs passes to Aiden Wolf, who throws in a threeball from the corner for Bath. Mayson Burgett hits a fast break layup for Dansville. Bath misses a layup. Conner VanEss grabs the offensive rebound for the Bees and passes to Luke Wallace, who hits his fourth threeball of the quarter to give Bath a 40-16 lead.

Aiden Wolf knocks the ball away from Dansville; Luke Wallace picks it up for Bath and hits a fast break layup. Mayson Burgett hits a fast break layup for Dansville. Luke Wallace shows he can pass (We have certainly see that he can shoot this quarter!!) and delivers the ball to Connor VanEss, who is fouled on a layup and hits two free throws to give Bath a 44-18 lead with 1:37 remaining in quarter number three.)

Dansville misses a driving layup. Anderson Karkau steals the ball and hits a fast break layup for the Aggies. Mayson Burgett steals a Bee bounce pass and goes coast to coast for an Aggie layup. He is fouled on the play, but misses his free throw. With 49.5 seconds to play in quarter number three, Bath has a 44-22 lead.

Luke Wallace is fouled and sinks two free throws for Bath. Luke Wallace knocks the ball out of bounds; Dansville retains possession. Mayson Burgett whips a cross court pass to Joey McMillan, who swishes a threeball just before the buzzer decides to end quarter number three.

After three quarters, Bath has a 46-25 lead. Freshman Luke Wallace exploded for 18 of Bath’s 25 points in the quarter.

Bath has the ball to start the final quarter. The Bees miss a three pointer from the corner and foul on the rebound. Andy Wonch knocks an Aggie pass out of bounds; Dansville retains possession. Dansville watches a threeball from the side go in and out of the basket. Anderson Karkau knocks the ball away from Bath and Mayson Burgett picks it up for Dansville.

Dansville misses a driving layup. Connor VanEss passes to Calvin Smith, who hits a layup for Bath. Connor VanEss knocks the ball out of bounds; Dansville retains possession. Anderson Karkau passes to Kaleb Frost, who hits a three point shot from the side for the Aggies to shave the Bath lead to 48-28.

Carter Castilla ties up the ball for Dansville. The Possession Arrow is quite impressed with his aggressive defense and awards the ball to Dansville. Dansville misses a three pointer from the top of the key. Brady Smith hits a fast break layup to give Bath a 50-28 lead.

Connor VanEss steals the ball for Bath. Anderson Karkau’s fierce defense forces a Bath dribbler to lose the ball out of bounds. Carter Castilla passes to an Aggie teammate who is fouled on a layup, but misses two free throws. Mayson Burgett pulls down the offensive rebound for the Aggies. Dansville misses a layup. Luke Wallace passes to Brady Smith, who hits a layup to give Bath a 52-28 lead.

Dansville misses a ten foot shot off the dribble in the lane. Evan Sykes steals the ball for Dansville. Luke Wallace knocks the ball away from Dansville and a Bee teammate picks it up. Bath misfires on a triple try from the side. Dansville misses a layup. Hunter Greenman steals a Bath pass. Dansville misses a fast break layup. Kayden Keith is fouled on a putback and hits one of his two free throws for the Aggies. With 2:21 left on the clock, Bath has a 52-29 lead.

Hunter Greenman steals the ball for Dansville. Andy Wonch gets a hand on the ball, but Dansville recovers. Max DeLeon forces a Dansville double dribble violation. Kayden Keith blocks a Bath layup. The Bees recover the loose ball. Lorenzo Gonzales hits a three point shot from the wing to give Bath a 55-29 lead.

Dansville is fouled on a driving layup, but misses two free throws. Mason Redman drives and hits a layup for Bath. Dansville misses a three point shot from the corner. Ayden Mayr gets the offensive rebound for the Aggies, dribbles and hits a jump shot for Dansville as time expires. (It counts.)

Bath wins this CMAC game by the final score of 57-31.

Mayson Burgett and Anderson Karkau each scored 8 points to lead the Dansville scoring. Carter Castilla, Kaleb Frost, Joey McMillan and Hunter Greenman each scored 3 points. Ayden Mayr added 2 points and Kayden Keith tallied 1 point.

Luke Wallace scored 18 points in the third quarter and had 22 for the entire game to lead Bath. Calvin Smith supported his teammate with 8 points. Connor VanEss chipped in with 7 points. Brady Smith scored 6 points. Aiden Wolf put in 5 points. Lorenzo Gonzales added 3 points. Aden Briggs, Mason Redman and Andy Wonch each totaled 2 points.