Ricky St. Clair

Bolton’s historic season ends with its first state title. Jaxon Egloff scored a game-high 24 points as the Eagles defeated Section III champion Sackets Harbor 65-49 to become Section VII’s second-ever basketball state champion and finish 26-1.

Bolton is closing this game out from the free-throw line. Eagles shooting 15-for-18 from the stripe.

Bolton 58, Sackets Harbor 44, 2:48 remains. Again, Bolton turned a 45-40 lead into a 55-40 advantage early in the fourth quarter. Liam Foy has 11 second-half points.

This is starting to feel real for Bolton. The Eagles are on an 10-0 run to take a 55-40 lead with 4:51 remaining.

Sackets Harbor is going to live or die from three. The Patriots are 6-for-22 from long range.

Baskets from Jace Hubert and Liam Foy give Bolton its biggest lead over Sackets Harbor at 49-40 with 6:24 remaining.

Bolton 45, Sackets Harbor 38, after three quarters. Liam Foy emerged in the third period after scoring four first-half points. He scored six of Bolton's last eight, including his 1,000th career point.

After Bolton's 7-0 run to build a 37-29 lead early in the third quarter, Sacket Harbor has pulled within five points on three occasions: 39-34, 41-36 and 43-38.

Liam Foy scores back-to-back layups to reach 1,000 points for his career with 3:12 left in the third -- Bolton leads 41-34 -- Sackets basket makes it 41-36 with 2:47 left in quarter #518hoops

Sackets Harbor pulls within 37-31 and 39-34, but Liam Foy answers with baskets. Foy making an impact in the third quarter.

Bolton's on a 7-0 run. Baskets from Jaxon Egloff, Jace Hubert (3-pointer) and Egloff again. It gives the Eagles their biggest lead at 37-29 with 5:06 left in the third quarter.

Bolton's Jace Hubert and Liam Foy both have 4 points on a combined 3-for-13 shooting. Uncharacteristic of them.

Will Hens' 3-pointer with 53 seconds left in the first half gave Bolton its first lead of the game. The Eagles trailed by as much as 10 points with 5:34 left in the opening half. Bolton finished on a 16-3 run.

Bolton finished the first half on a 10-0 blitz, and outscored Sackets 16-3 over the final 5:32 of the half #518hoops

Bolton 30, Sackets Harbor 27, halftime. Bolton closed the first half on a 10-0 run. Bolton's Jaxon Egloff has a game-high 13 points. Will Hens, who averages 8 per game, stepping up with 9 first-half points. Sackets Harbor shot 5-for-14 from three. Spencer Oliva has 10 points.

Bolton answers with a 10-0 run to take a 30-27 lead with 53 seconds left in the first half. Back-to-back buckets from Jace Hubert and Jaxon Egloff and consecutive 3-pointers from Egloff and Will Hens.

Sackets Harbor's Luke Peters joins the three-point party. The Patriots have four 3-pointers in the second quarter and five for the game. They lead 27-20 with 3:14 left in the first half.

Bolton's on a 6-0 run thanks to two free throws from Liam Foy and consecutive baskets from Jaxon Egloff. Sackets Harbor 24, Bolton 20, 4:01 to play in the second quarter.

Sackets Harbor's on an 8-0 run following Andrew Tracy's second 3-pointer. Bolton finds itself in a 24-14 hole with 5:45 remaining in the first half.

Spencer Oliva's second 3-pointer gives Sackets Habor its biggest lead at 21-14 with 6:12 left in the second quarter.