Varsity 845: High school sports roundups, schedules for February 26-March 3, 2024

Saturday, March 2

Boys basketball

Section 9-AAA final - No. 1 Kingston 55, No. 3 Monroe-Woodbury 51 (story)

Section 9-AA final: No. 1 Lourdes 42, No. 2 Warwick 40 (story)

Girls basketball

Section 9-AAA final - No. 1 Pine Bush vs. No. 2 Lourdes 49, No. 1 Pine Bush 27 (story)

Section 9-AA final - No. 3 Wallkill 50, No. 4 Cornwall or No. 1 Warwick 39 (story)

Boys swimming

New York State championship finals, at Ithaca College, 10 a.m. (results)

Girls gymnastics

New York State Federation finals

Team scores: 1. Section Six 188.95 points; 2. Section Three 184.925; 3. Section Eleven 182.00; 4. Section One 181.725; 5. Section Eight 176.45; 6. Section Five 173.20; 7. Section Two 169.575; 8. New York City PSAL 164.05; 9. Section Nine 160.775; 10. Section Seven 146.35.

Key: F.D. Roosevelt (FDR); Kingston (K); New Paltz (NP); Valley Central (VC); Wallkill (Wall)

All-around: 23. Reilly Benson (VC) 33.25; 26. Julia Meyer (FR) 31.8; 27. Eleanor O'Neill (VC) 31,25

Vaulting: 32. Marlee McCullough (Wall) 8.075; Tie-35. R. Benson (VC) 8.0; T-37. Meyer (FDR) 8.075; T-37 O'Neill (VC) 7.9; 43. Claire Coiteux (NP) 7.50

Uneven bars: 26. R. Benson (VC) 8.375; 31. Meyer (FDR) 8.075; T-41. Coiteux (NP) 7.00; 44. Ella Freeman (VC) 6.675; 45. O'Neill (VC) 6.45

Balance beam: T-32. R. Benson (VC) 8.025; T-32 Meyer (FDR) 8.025; T-33. McCullough (Wall) 7.90; T-34 O'Neill (VC) 8.45; 38. Maggie Cullen (King) 7.50; 42. Coiteux (NP) 7.325

Floor exercise: 21. R. Benson (VC) 8.85;30. Kaylee Benson (VC) 8.60; 34. O'Neill (VC) 8.45; 39. McCullough (Wall) 24.925; 41. Meyer (FDR) 7.8

Indoor track and field

New York state championships, at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, Staten Island (results)

Competitive cheerleading

State championships

Division C: 11. James I. O;Neill

C finals: None

Division A: 7. Monroe-Woodbury

A finals: None

Division D: 9. S.S. Seward

D finals: None

Co-ed: 9. F.D. Roosevelt

Co-ed finals: None

Division B: 8. Minisink Valley

B finals: None

State championships

Friday, March 1

Boys basketball

Section 9-A final: No. 2 Saugerties 54, No. 5 Beacon 38 (story)

Girls basketball

Section 9-A final: No. 2 Red Hook 58, No. 1 Marlboro 42 (story)

Boys swimming and diving

New York State championship, swimming preliminaries at 10 a.m., diving all rounds at 1:30 p.m., at Ithaca College

Thursday, February 29

Boys basketball

Section 9-B final - No. 2 John S. Burke Catholic 55, No. 1 Ellenville 49 (story with photo gallery)

Section 9-AAA semifinal - No. 3 Monroe-Woodbury 68, No. 2 Newburgh 56: Visiting Monroe-Woodbury (16-5) slowly pulled away in the final quarter. Nick Sancez hit seven 3-pointers for 24 points, C.J. Pearson scored 16 and Jayden Desir 10. The Crusaders will host No. 1 Kingston in Saturday's 10 a.m. final. For Newburgh (9-12), James Thorpe scored 23 and Jayden Lorenzo 18.

Section 9-AA semifinal: No. 2 Warwick 38, No. 3 Washingtonville 37

Section 9-AA semifinal - No. 1 Our Lady of Lourdes 60, No. 5 Valley Central 41

Girls basketball

Section 9-B final - No. 2 Highland 50, No. 1 James I. O'Neill 26 (story with photo gallery)

Section 9-AA semifinal - No. 1 Warwick 48, No. 4 Cornwall 24: Reese Girardi scored 12 points, Siobhan Kelly 10 and Kaitlyn Larney eight for host Warwick. The Wildcats will take on Wallkill in Saturday's 4 p.m. final at Monroe-Woodbury. For Cornwall, Karris Addison scored 10.

Section 9-AA semifinal - No. 3 Wallkill 62, No. 2 Valley Central 29: Zoe Mesuch scored 22 points, Alex Dembinsky 11 and the visiting Panthers got seven points apiece from Sam Dembinsky, Aoife Brady and Gabby Gualtiere. Wallkill will face Warwick in Saturday's 4 p.m. final at Monroe-Woodbury.

Section 9-AAA semifinal - No. 1 Pine Bush 62, No. 4 Middletown 51: Leticia Watson scored 18 points and Ketura Rutty 14 for host Pine Bush. The Bushmen will take on Lourdes for the title at noon Saturday at Monroe-Woodbury. For Middletown, Ashley MacCalla scored 20.

Section 9-AAA semifinal - No. 2 Our Lady of Lourdes 56, No. 3 Kingston 39

Wednesday, March 28

Boys basketball

Section 9-C final - No. 1 Millbrook 60, No. 2 S.S. Seward 39 (story)

Section 9-A semifinal - No. 5 Beacon 61, No. 1 New Paltz 52: The visiting Bulldogs prevailed. Beacon will face No. 2 Saugerties in the final at 5 p.m. Friday at Mount Saint Mary.

Section 9-A semifinal - No. 2 Saugerties 48, No. 3 Spackenkill 45, OT: Jack Parisio scored 18 points, McCoy Rothe 16 and Liam Boek six for host Saugerties. Nick Stinemire had 10 rebounds and Ty VanValkenburgh seven. The Sawyers will play No. 5 Beacon in the final at 5 p.m. Friday at Mount Saint Mary. For Spackenkill, Kristopher Cummings scored 15, Dylan Sultzer eight and Kason Cummings seven.

Girls basketball

Section 9-C final: No. 1 Millbrook 63, No. 2 Pine Plains 54

Section 9-A semifinal: No. 1 Marlboro 35, No. 4 Saugerties 32

Section 9-A semifinal: No. 2 Red Hook 57, No. 3 Beacon 46

Tuesday, February 27

Boys basketball

Section 9-D final - No. 2 Chapel Field 54, No. 1 Mount Academy 41: At SUNY Sullivan, Chapel Field beat the Mount in the finals for the third season in a row. Jonah McDuffie scored 20 points, Mikey Bonagura 13, Luke Falkena 10 and Micah McDuffie eight for the Lions. Chapel Field will play a state first-round playoff vs. the Suffolk County champion at Center Moriches High School on March 4. For the Mount, Dennis Hofer scored 16, Jake Maendel nine, Donovan Baird seven and Bruce Maendel six. (story) (photo gallery)

Section 9-AA quarterfinal - No. 5 Valley Central 50, No. 4 Monticello 47: The visiting Vikings swept three games from the Panthers. Donavan Davis scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half and Armando Perez added 13 points for VC. The Vikings will play at Lourdes in the semifinals. For Monticello, Christian Brown scored 18, Quenten Liciaga 11 and Judah Brown nine. Liciaga added 14 rebounds.

Section 9-AA quarterfinal - No. 3 Washingtonville 51, No. 6 Cornwall 48: Jayden Vega hit a clutch 3-pointer to lift the Wizards.

Section 9-B semifinal - No. 1 Ellenville 61, No. 5 Rhinebeck 55: Javin McCombs scored 20 points, K.J. Jackson 15 and Jason Kinscy 12 for host Ellenville. For Rhinebeck, Aiden Prezzano and Charl8ie Kozma each scored 14.

Section 9-B semifinal - No. 2 John S. Burke Catholic d. No. 3 Chester

Girls basketball

Section 9-B semifinal - No. 2 Highland 56, No. 3 Onteora 29: Sam Calahan scored 17 points, Deanna Barry and Logan VanZandt each had 11 and Danica Valente nine for host Highland (13-8). The Huskies will face No. 1 O'Neill in Thursday's 7 p.m. final at Mount Saint Mary. For Onteora, Maxine Sprague and Riley Fitzgerald each scored seven. (story)

Section 9-B semifinal - No. 1 James I. O'Neill 48, No. 4 Sullivan West 25: Host O'Neill (14-7) posted its third win over the Bulldogs this season. Bella Alberici scored 16 points, Daisy West 10 and C.J. Conkey eight for the Raiders. O'Neill will face No. 2 Highland for the title at 7 p.m. Thursday at Mount Saint Mary. For Sullivan West (16-6), Nicole Reeves scored 10 and Abby Parucki eight.

Section 9-AA quarterfinal - No. 4 Cornwall d. No. 5 Minisink Valley

Section 9-AAA quarterfinal - No. 4 Middletown 54, No. 5 Monroe-Woodbury 41: Ashley MacCalla scored 28 points and Sydney MacCalla added seven for host Middletown. The Bears used a 20-5 second quarter to seize a 28-15 lead. For Monroe, Brianna Traveras and Madison Fileen each scored 15 and Sienna Feeley eight.

Alpine skiing

New York State championships, day 2 giant slalom runs, at Mount Van Hoevenberg, Lake Placid, first runs (girls followed by boys), 9:30 a.m.; second runs (girls followed by boys), 12:30 p.m.

Nordic skiing

New York State championships, day 2

3-by-2.5K classic relays, at Lake Placid

BOYS

Team: 1. Queensbury-2 22:47.4; 15. New Paltz-9 (Matei Jirka 9:50.1; Sam Hollman 11:57.9; Henry Wheeler 10:52.7) 32>40.8; 16. Section 9-A (Giovanni Gutierrez 12:14.2; Yousef Elsayed 15:50.8; Graham Driskoll 13:45.5) 41:50.6.

GIRLS

Team: 1. Sutherland 27:02.6; 14. Section 9-A (Andie Psilopoulos; Rory Gerber; Katrina Brand) 34:44; 15. New Paltz-9 (Dylan Freidman; Hannah Ettinger; Roxy Deney-Bhagat) 35:09.5

Sportsmanship awards: Section Nine - Andie Psilopoulos (Wallkill); Beckett Evans (New Paltz)

Monday, February 26

Boys basketball

Section 9-A quarterfinal - No. 5 Beacon 56, No. 4 Red Hook 54

Section 9-A quarterfinal - No. 3 Spackenkill 58, No. 6 Port Jervis 32 (story)

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Section 9-A quarterfinal - No. 2 Saugerties 37, No. 7 Marlboro 34

Section 9-Class C semifinal - No. 2 S.S. Seward 69, No. 3 Pine Plains 58: Nick Perez scored 30 points, Grey Whitemore 20, Aidan Vogt eight and Joe Statszeski seven for host Seward. The Spartans will play No. 1 Millbrook in Wednesday's 5 p.m. final at Mount Saint Mary. For Pine Plains (5-14), Brodie Rathjen scored 28, Kalab Chapman 13 and Kamrm Regis nine.

Girls basketball

Section 9-C semifinal - No. 3 Pine Plains 49, No. 2 Tri-Valley 40: Liz Hieter scored 21 points, Michelle Blackburn 16 and Nevaeh Rennie 15 for visiting Pine Plains. The Bombers will face No. 1 Millbrook in Wednesday's 7 p.m. final at Mount Saint Mary. For Tri-Valley, Jenna Carmody scored 10, Emily Rusin eight, Jordan Dymond eight and Allyson Chevalier seven.

Section 9-C semifinal - No. 1 Millbrook 60, No. 4 John S. Burke 28: Natalie Fox scored 29 points and Hannah Ross 10 for host Millbrook.

Section 9-A quarterfinal - No. 4 Saugerties 59, No. 5 Port Jervis 20: For Port, Alexa Bennett scored eight and Anna Figueroa seven.

Alpine skiing

New York State championships, day 1

Giant slalom runs at Whiteface Mountain

BOYS

Team scores: 1. John Jay CR/North Salem-1; 2. Saratoga-2; 3. Holland Patent-3; 8. Monticello-9

Section scores: 1. Section Two 362 points; 2. Section Five 328; 3. Section One 285; 7. Section Nine 123.

Total of 2 runs: 1. Hudson Montgomery (Queensbury-2) 1:46.44; 30. Dan Duignan (Cornwall-9) 1:05.48 + 58.64 + 2:04.12; 33. Reid Dumas (Kingston-9) 1:05.99 + 1:00.31 = 2:06.30; 36. Hudson Danzilo (Fallsburg/Liberty/Tri-Valley-9) 1:08.33 + 1:00.17 + 2:08.50; 42. Waylon Brown (Onteora-9) 1:12.74 + 1:01.35 = 2:14.09; Did not finish run No. 1 - Reese Kelly (Monticello-9); Diego Ferrer (Monticello-9); Andrew Weiner (Monticello-9); Did not finish run No. 2 - Sam Rein (Monticello-9) 1:02.64 on first

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Hendrick Hudson-1; 2. Shenendehowa-2; 3. Holland Patent-3; 8. Cornwall-9

Section scores: 1. Section Two 364 points; 2. Section Five 280; 3. Section One 276; 4. Section Nine 231.

Total of 2 runs: 1. Ava Bachta (Shaker-2) 1:52.31; 7. Mackenzie Culgin (Cornwall-9) 1:00.79 + 55.81 = 1:56.60; 8. Alexis Heins (Monticello-9) 59.99 + 57.04 = 1:57.03; 12. Samantha Lawney (Cornwall-9) 1:02.60 + 56.47 = 1:59.07; 27. Ava Fanos (Warwick-9) 1:07.03 + 58.31 = 2:05.34; 45. Rylan Reynolds (Onteora-9) 1:14.80 + 1:05.36 = 2:20.16; Did not finish run No. 1 - Hallie Hansen (Warwick); Caroline Conklin (Cornwall); Natalie Proulx (Warwick)

Nordic skiing

New York State championships, day 1

7.5K skate individual at Mount Van Hoevenberg, Lake Placid

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Queensbury-2 9 points; 2. Honeoye Falls Lima 19; 3. Saranac Lake 24; 4. Whitesboro 36; 5. New Paltz-9 45.

Section scores: 1. Section Seven 34 points; 2. Section Five 69; 3 Section Two 91; 4. Section Three 193; 5. Section Nine 254.

Individual: 1. Ben Jenkin (Queensbury-2) 18:53.3; 35. Matei Jirka (New Paltz-9) 24:56.4; 39. Henry Wheeler (New Paltz-9) 28:14.2; 43. Giovanni Gutierrez (Monticello-9) 30:51.5; 44. Sam Hollman (New Paltz-9) 31:27.1; 46. Graham Driskill (Wallkill-9) 35:42.6; 47. Yousef Elsayed (Monticello-9) 38:16.1

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Sutherland 6 points; 2. Shenendehowa-2 20; 3. Saranac Lake 26; 4. Town of Webb 34; 5. New Paltz-9 44.

Section scores: 1. Section Five 38 points; 2. Section Two 76; 3 Section Seven 103; 4. Section Three 150; 5. Section Nine 225.

Individual: 1. Cora Hinsdill (Adirondack-3) 21:36.7; 20. Andie Psilopoulos (Wallkill-9) 26:10.3; 28. Dylan Freidman (New Paltz-9) 27:00.2; 40. Hannah Ettinger (New Paltz-9) 30:06.5; 44. Roxy Deney-Bhagat (New Paltz-9) 31:51.0; 46. Katrina Brand (Wallkill-9) 34:02.6; 47. Rory Gerber (New Paltz-9) 34:49.4

This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Varsity 845: High school sports roundups, schedule for Feb. 26-March 3