Class A semifinal: Beacon vs. Byram Hills
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Hi, this is Harold Gutmann making my County Center blogging debut. I’ll be checking in throughout the game between Beacon and Byram Hills, which should start right on time at 2 p.m.
3:20 p.m.: Brianna Melilli had 12 points, nine rebounds and six assists and Kara Tancredi had 16 points and seven rebounds for Beacon. Liza Falk led Byram Hills with 11 points. The Bobcats shot 26 percent (13 of 50) from the field and committed 19 turnovers. What a dominant effort by the top seed  Beacon scored 10 points to start the game and never looked back.
3:15 p.m.: Beacon wins 58-37. The Bulldogs had four players in double figures, but I’ll be back shortly with final stats.
2:57 p.m.: Both teams scored 10 points in the third quarter so Beacon leads 46-21 after three. The closest the Bobcats got was within 18 points at 39-21 before Beacon closed with seven straight.
2:47 p.m.: Samantha Wolff hit two field goals in the first two minutes of the third quarter to cut the lead to 37-15, causing a Bulldogs timeout.
2:32 p.m.: Beacon takes a 36-11 lead into the half. Kira Hogan has two of the Bobcats three field goals, including a 3-pointer early in the second quarter that made it 23-10, but Beacon ended on a 13-1 run. Brianna Melilli had eight points and five assists for the Bulldogs.
2:15 p.m.: Beacon leads 21-5 after one quarter. The Bobcats, who are 1-13 from the floor and 3-6 from the line, got a pair of free throws from Samantha Wolff in the final minute to get within 21-5.
2:10 p.m.: Beacon just went up 19-3, forcing another Byram Hills timeout. Update, 3:13 p.m.: I’m not sure what happened to the things I wrote before 2:10, you probably get the idea.
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on Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 1:49 pm by Harold Gutmann. 
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Josh Thomson has done some of everything since joining The Journal News in March 2003. He began working for the Gannett weeklies during the winter of 2002 as a freelance writer. He joined the daily staff soon after and has since covered various high school and pro sports. Away from sportswriting, Josh lives in Westchester and spends his free time either with his fiancee, Sarah, or expertly managing his various championship-winning fantasy sports teams. He's visited 21 major-league baseball stadiums and insists that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the best by far. Josh graduated from Carmel High School in 1998, then went to Boston University, where, in 2002, he received a degree in communications with a minor in history.
Hey, I fixed the comments section here. Sorry about the inconvenience.
Who Let The Dogs Out woof woof!!Way to go Bulldogs your making us proud!!!!!!
Byram will be back next year.