
Mechanicville 70 Voorheesville 61
Leading Scorers: Mechanicville – Cruz Goverski 27 Logan Starks 15 4, 3’s Mark Pingelski 10 Chris Couser 10 Blackbirds – Brady Eitleman 19 Tommy Burns 15
Key Stat: Mechanicville outscored Voorheesville 27-18 in the final frame.
Take Away: With the two squads knotted at 43-all entering the fourth period, Mechanicville exploded for 27 points in the frame including cashing in 11 of 12 free throws, earning the Class B semifinal victory in Glens Falls on Tuesday.
Mechanicville held an 11-5 advantage in made threes with five players ringing the bell from deep led by Starks who bottomed four from downtown. They were clutch from the charity stripe connecting on 17 of 19 attempts and saw four players reach double figures in the “W”.
#2 Mechanicville advances to the Class B title game this Saturday at HVCC facing #4 Greenville in a 6:30 championship run.
Stillwater 57 Berne-Knox 30
Leading Scorers: Stillwater – Addison Thornton 17 Andie Luskin 13 Miranda Price 12 BK – Taylor Klefbeck 6 Annie Lendrum 6 Katie Stevens 6
Key Stat: Stillwater took control with a 21-7 second quarter.
Take Away: Trailing 12-10 after the first eight minutes, Stillwater used a big second frame to take a double-digit lead into the break and put Berne-Knox away with a 19-6 fourth quarter, posting the Class C semifinal win at HVCC Tuesday night.
Stillwater held BK to their season low point total limiting them to single scoring numbers in each of the final three periods.
#2 Stillwater put three players in double figures in moving to 21-2 on the season and advance to the Class C championship game on Saturday at HVCC where they’ll meet top-seeded Greenwich in a 2:30 clash.
Greenwich 64 Maple Hill 26
Leading Scorers: Witches – Bailee Wolfe 24 Brooke Kuzmich 12 Olivia Davis 10 Maple Hill – Addy Loszynski 11
Key Stat: The Witches held Maple Hill to three points in the second quarter.
Take Away: A 3-0 Maple Hill lead was short-lived erased by a 13-0 first quarter run from the Witches who never looked back in posting the Class C semifinal victory on Tuesday night at HVCC in Troy.
Greenwich put three players in doubles and defensively held Maple Hill to their lowest point total of the year.
#1 Greenwich, (23-0) advances to the Class C final on Saturday at HVCC and an all-Wasaren matchup with #2 Stillwater in a 2:30 tip.