The 11 sections of New York State: where teams hail from

New York State boys basketball championships

A virtual tour of the great high school tournament and its layers of atmosphere, history and melodrama

By RICHARD A. ROSS

GLENS FALLS, NY—Give us your driven, your possessed, your huddled hamlets yearning to be seen, the rabid rowdy refugees from the farthest reaches of the state. Send these, the zealots of the rock, to Glens Falls. We lift our lens and pen inside these hallowed halls.

(Written with all due respect and reverence for Emma Lazarus’ poem that adorns the Statue of Liberty.)

The atmosphere…

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Sullivan West Winter Sports Awards

A winter’s tale

By RICHARD A. ROSS

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY—March 14 was a night to remember, as Sullivan West parents, coaches, athletes and the community gathered to celebrate the highlights of the recently concluded winter season, the longest of the school’s sports seasons.

The evening afforded coaches a chance to extol the praises of their teams and certain outstanding athletes.

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New York State Public High School Athletic Association girls championships

Chapel Field loses in the final

By RICHARD A. ROSS

TROY, NY—Chapel Field’s glorious quest for a state title in basketball ended on March 19 with a 72-50 loss to Section 4’s South Kortright. After a magical run, including a stunning last-second shot by Grace Hodges that propelled the Lady Lions past Hammond 39-38 in the semifinals, Chapel Field finally met its match. Despite late rallies, Chapel Field (18-6) could never really make up a big early deficit. They’d get close but then South Kortright pulled away. Chapel Field was Section 9’s only team (girls or boys) to get past their opening- round game.

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