Class AA: Jamestown Red Raiders (18-4) vs. IV-Union Endicott Tigers (17-4)
What: New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class AA final four.Today’s semifinals: Jamestown vs. Union-Endicott, 12:30 p.m.; XI-Brentwood Indians (22-2) vs. II-Green Tech Eagles...
View ArticleNYSCHSAA Class B Championship / St. Mary’s Lancers (19-7) vs. Regis...
When: 2 p.m. today at Fordham University’s Rose Hill Gym (streamed live on msgvarsity.com.)New York State Sportswriters Association Class B rankings: 1. III-Westhill (last week: 1); 3. Olean (4); 25....
View ArticleEckstrom, Schmidt lift Olean into Class B title game
GLENS FALLS — The last time Olean played in the Glens Falls Civic Center, it was a gloomy day for basketball fans in Olean. St. Bonaventure lost in the NCAA Tournament before Olean High fell in the...
View ArticleGuard tandem powers Middle Early College
GLENS FALLS — At one point in the third quarter of Friday afternoon’s Class C state semifinals, Friends Academy went to a man-to-man defense on Middle Early College. And that’s when Bri’an Brown and...
View ArticleMayville boards the Chautauqua Lake girls bandwagon
MAYVILLE — The Village of Mayville received some well-deserved publicity not too long ago over the building of a giant ice castle. That hasn’t been the only attraction in town this winter.The...
View ArticleMissed free throws let Jamestown move on
GLENS FALLS — Jamestown was in control for nearly all of Saturday afternoon’s Class AA state semifinal. But with 2.2 seconds left, all it could do was watch. Jamestown was up one and Union-Endicott...
View ArticleSt. Mary’s falls to Regis in Catholic Class B final
Mike Cerone of Regis High in Manhattan rebounded the last missed shot by St. Mary’s with 9 seconds to play, was fouled and made a final free throw to finish of a 56-50 victory over the Lancers in the...
View ArticleChautauqua Lake overwhelms Haldane in Class C girls semis
TROY — Haldane has made an outrageous 17 appearances in the New York State girls basketball tournament, winning five titles, but on Saturday it was Chautauqua Lake that played like battle-tested...
View ArticleWesthill pours it on to deny Olean in state Class B final
GLENS FALLS — This year’s Olean basketball team will be remembered as one of the best in Section VI history. Its three-year run came to an end Saturday night against a team, and a player, which put...
View ArticleHoosic’s late surge denies Middle Early College in Class C final
GLENS FALLS — It wasn’t the way Middle Early College wanted to go out, not by a long shot.The Kats, after a promising start, were outplayed on both ends of the floor and lost to Hoosic Valley, 67-55,...
View ArticleJamestown’s game effort falls short in Class AA state final
GLENS FALLS — The drums of Green Tech echoed throughout the Glens Falls Civic Center all weekend. The charter school from Albany brought its deep roster, fervent fan base, and its band to the state...
View ArticleO’Hara girls head to Federation aiming for history
The Cardinal O’Hara girls basketball team has already made history. Now they’re looking to make some more. The Hawks became the first team in 43 years of Cardinal O’Hara girls basketball to win the...
View ArticleClass A Girls Federation: Cardinal O’Hara (25-3) vs. Pitt-Sutherland...
What: The New York State Federation of Secondary School Athletic Associations Tournament of Champions includes the winners of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (of which...
View ArticleChautauqua Lake gives fans a crown to celebrate
TROY — Gas up the fire trucks; there’s going to be a parade.There was great cause for celebration on Sunday when the Chautauqua Lake girls basketball team ended its school’s wait to crown a New York...
View ArticleO’Hara passes part one of state test
ALBANY — Cardinal O’Hara coach Dan McDermott likened his team’s mission here at the Federation Tournament of Champions to a test with two parts.Although McDermott wasn’t thrilled with the overall...
View ArticleHutch Jones still giving to community after 30 years
There was only one thing missing as the Willie Hutch Jones Educational and Sports Program celebrated its 30th anniversary Sunday evening by roasting its namesake and co-founder in Templeton Landing....
View ArticleStaten Island team ends Mount Mercy’s season
ALBANY — Mount Mercy used its press to gain a double-digit lead in the second quarter and a nine-point lead at halftime of its state Federation Class B semifinal Saturday afternoon. Staten Island...
View ArticleO’Hara makes history, winning Class A Federation girls basketball title
ALBANY — As they did throughout this landmark season, the Cardinal O’Hara Hawks wore down their opponent Sunday afternoon.Then they fast-breaked through the finish line, right into history.The Hawks...
View ArticleGabriel nets seven
All-Western New York midfielder Grace Gabriel, who scored 45 goals in 2013, picked up right where she left off Monday in Lancaster’s girls lacrosse season opener at Amherst.Gabriel, a junior, scored...
View ArticleBowman schedule set
The Buffalo and Rochester area team rosters have been announced for the 10th Annual Scotty Bowman Showcase next Wednesday at the First Niagara Center.Three games will be on the schedule.The first at 6...
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