(Valatie)
Survive and advance is a phrase that is used a ton this time of year for knockout basketball but the Ichabod Crane boys team were the definition of that old cliche tonight. The Riders figured out a way to grab a 57-54 win over a fiesty Ravena squad in the Class A 1st round. This gritty victory came after giving up a double digit lead in the second half, missing some crucial free throws to ice the game, having to rally from a two point deficit with under 25 seconds left and then defending a last second Ravena attempt to tie the game at the buzzer. Ichabod Crane will meet #3 seed Catholic Central on 3/2 at Guilderland HS at 1:00 p.m.
The Riders jumped out to an 18-14 first quarter lead and led 28-25 at the half. They stretched their advantage in the third quarter to double digits but Ravena closed the period strong to trail 45-39 heading into the fourth quarter.
After a Chase Morrison bucket with 2:56 left in the game, Ichabod Crane led 52-47. Ravena ran off seven straight points from JT Foy, Ta'Rae Green and Mason Carkner to grab a 54-52 lead. With under 0:30 left in the contest the Riders inbounded the ball to Quinn Rapport who got it to Chase Morrison for a basket and the foul with 20.7 seonds left. Morrison completed the three point play to give Ichabod Crane the lead for good.
Dominic Pelizza netted 17 points for Ichabod Crane, Quinn Rapport 16 points, Liam Mullins and Chase Morrison 11 points each..
Ravena was led by JT Foy with 15 points, Mason Carkner 11, Liam Borcsock 9 and Ta'Rae Green 8.
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(Amsterdam & Mayfield)
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Section 2 girls full tournament bracket simulation is just a click away.
I've put together bracket sims for each of the girls tournaments that are down to either 4 or 8 teams. The Class D tournament will get added after tonight's 1st round games. By clicking the PLAY button after clicking a link below you'll get a different result each time. Click on a team/game for box score stats. (Can add player names at later time). Run the tournament as many times as you'd like by hitting play again.
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(Troy)
North Warren used a strong fourth quarter to edge Maple Hill 54-49 in a hard-fought Class C sectional matchup at Hudson Valley Community College. The Cougars advance to face the top seed Berne Knox at Cool Insuring Arena on 3/3 at 6:30 pm.
The game remained tight throughout with a margin no bigger than six points either way the whole game. The opening quarter ended with both teams locked at 11. North Warren took a slight 25-23 advantage into halftime and held off a late push from Maple Hill by outscoring them 19-15 in the final period.
North Warren's Semaj Cuyler was the difference-maker, delivering a game-high 29 points, Brodie Rooker contributed 11 points, while Coleman Swartz added eight.
Maple Hill was led by Nick Novak with 15 points, followed by Austin Prest with 13. Dean Chevrier added 10 points in the loss.
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| BOYS' | Class | C | ||||||||
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OFFICIAL SECTION 2 BOX SCORE |
Date 2-28-25 |
Site | HVCC | |||||||
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| No. | Maple Hill | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FT | FTA | PF | Points | |
| 5 | Nick Novak | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Dean Chevrier | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | Avery Morse | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 20 | Brendan Brodzinski | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 21 | Will Reutzel | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 22 | Tyler Gibson | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 24 | Austin Prest | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| 33 | Zach Manning | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 49 | ||
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| No. | North Warren | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FT | FTA | PF | Points | |
| 1 | Semaj Cuyler | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 29 | ||||
| 5 | Tyler Hitchock | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Coleman Swartz | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2 | Elijah Horde | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 33 | Wyatt Jennings | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 42 | AJ Masiello | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 12 | Brodie Rooker | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 24 | Chase Scheidegger | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 54 | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |||||
| Maple Hill | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 49 | |||||
| North Warren | 11 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 54 |
