On to the regional finals
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Both Briarcliff and Haldane have advanced to Thursdays regional finals at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue on Long Island.
Briarcliff will meet Section Hampton Bays of Section 11 at 8 PM. Haldane will meet East Rockaway of Section 8 at 5:30.
I’ll have more on those opponents tomorrow, plus a look at what lies ahead for the local catholics and privates.
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on Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 at 10:26 pm by Josh Thomson. 
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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.
Josh, what time is the Haldane game?
Sorry, 5:30 p.m.
Heard a rumor that the great and powerful Oz (better known as Rich Harrington) was not going to attend the Regional finals on LI tomorrow….
This is from LI Newday:
Hampton Bays (21-4) vs. Briarcliff (Section I) (23-1): In case you didn’t know, Kelly Cavallo is pretty good. The 6-2 St. Joseph’s-bound center had another big game against Malverne in the Southeast Regional semifinals Tuesday with 30 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks. If she gets the ball inside, Hampton Bays is tough to stop. Genna Kovar is quick and athletic and can handle pressure. Sami Krantz and Rachel Tufano can both score and rebound. It’s tough to go to the basket against Hampton Bays because Cavallo is a deterrent in the paint. Hampton Bays has experience with three senior starters and Cavallo went to the state semifinals as a freshman with Westhampton. Briarcliff beat Burke Catholic (Section IX) to advance to this game and led 27-4 at one point. Maggie Blair helped thwart Marist-bound Emily Stallings and can guard bigger players, so she could be on Cavallo. Taylor Pescettii scored 16 points and is a good three-point shooter. Shelby Coon, a 6-1 senior, added 10 points and 13 rebounds. Briarcliff won its first sectional title in 11 years and has won 15 straight. Briarcliff has five players 5-11 or taller and has depth. PICK: Hampton Bays
berksquat—thanks for sharing that—you can’t blame the local yokels for thinking their team is better, but it’s funny to read the final paragraph (BCliff has five players 5’11”, has depth, inside-outside game, 15 wins in a row) followed by the rather ascerbic “PICK: Hampton Bays” We shall see …