EMPORIUM – Jason Blose, Chris Barnett and Ryan Grimm combined to score 39 points to lead fifth-seeded Cameron County to a 52-40 win over 12^th seeded Oswayo Valley in the opening round of the District 9 Class A boys’ basketball playoffs Wednesday night at Cameron County.

Blose netted a team-high 15 points, while Barnett added 14 and Grimm 10 for the North Tier League champion Red Raiders (17-6), who beat Oswayo Valley (13-10) for the third time this season.

Nick Goss was the lone Green Wave in double digits with 17 points.

Oswayo Valley led 11-9 at the end of the first quarter before Cameron County used a 16-6 second-quarter advantage to take a 25-17 halftime lead. The lead was extended to 10, 35-25, by the end of the third quarter.

Cameron County will now travel to fourth-seeded DuBois Central Catholic for a 7 p.m. quarterfinal game Friday.

CAMERON COUNTY 52, OSWAYO VALLEY 40

Score by Quarters

Oswayo Valley 11 6 8 15 – 40

Cameron Co. 9 16 10 17 – 52

Oswayo Valley – 40

Camden Nolan 2 1-2 5, Nick Goss 6 3-4 17, Mike Prince 1 0-0 2, Taylor Stanley 3 0-0 6, Nick Dietze 0 2-2 2, Trevor Howard 4 0-0 8, Taylor McMichael 0 0-0 0, Allan Lawrence 0 0-0 0, Thomas Goss 0 0-0 0, Adam Jandrew 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 6-8 40.

Cameron County – 52

Chris Barnett 5 4-6 14, Jason Blose 7 1-4 15, Trevor Johnson 0 0-0 0, Jake Brown 4 0-0 8, Joe Holjencin 2 1-6 5, Ryan Grimm 4 2-2 10, Grant Vassallo 0 0-0 0, Zack Nellis 0 0-0 0, Andrew Sestina 0 0-0 0, Vince Summer 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 8-18 52.

Three-pointers – Oswayo Valley 2 (Goss 2).