Game thread: Class C championship, No. 2 Hamilton (16-4) vs. No. 4 Haldane (13-8)
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FINAL: Haldane 56, Hamilton 51 – In an upset, Haldane wins. Game ends with both leading scorers, Lightbourne and Milner on the bench fouling out…Milner had 15 and Lightbourne had 23, including a couple big threes to keep the Raiders in the game….Avery Zuvic added 14 points and stepped up with a couple key late free-throws…Kennedy had 11 points for Hamilton. MVP award was given to Avery Zuvic.
END OF 3rd Qtr: Haldane 39, Hamilton 37 – Really close game here at the County Center…should come down to the wire…Shereen Lightbourne has 15 points, dictating play of both ends of the court… Milner has 10 points. Victoria Desmarais has 7 points , hitting a couple of key jumpers…Ashanti Kennedy has given Hamilton a lift with seven points. Milner has four fouls, could be an issue late in the game…
HALFTIME: Hamilton 27, Haldane 25- Shereen Lightbourne has 13 points, moving effectively on her ankle. Liz Milner has been Haldane’s top scorer, with some effective low post moves and and-1’s, She has nine points. The Blue Devils are in serious foul trouble, 11 first half fouls.
END OF 1st Qt: Haldane 14, Hamilton 11 — This is Matthew Ng checking in with some stats and info…Samantha Lisikatos came off of the bench and hit a 3-pointer as time expired to give Haldane a three point lead…Haldane’s Avery Zuvic has 4 points…Hamilton’s Shereen Lightbourne’s ankle looks fine, her dad Les told Josh that she had some treatment for it and it’s improved…she had 5 points. Haldane is in foul trouble they have 6 team fouls…
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The game will get underway in about an hour, but I just wanted to set the stage.
The teams met once this season, on Dec. 23, and Hamilton won 56-35 at Haldane, going up big in the first quarter 21-2.
One thing to watch obviously is Shereen Lightbourne and how she fares on her balky ankle. The Hamilton senior is the best player on the court when healthy, but how healthy is she?
Anyway, Matt Ng will blog during the game. You can listen to me call the action on Mogulus at www.LoHud.com/vcsports1.
Here are the starters:
HAMILTON
#3 Ashley Morris, G
#12 Shereen Lightbourne, G
#4 Allison Janos, G
#15 Maia Hood, F
#20 Ashanti Kennedy, F
HALDANE
#31 Liz Milner, G
#20 Kristen DesMarais, G
#32 Victoria DesMarais, G
#44 Holly Whiston, F
#33 Avery Zuvic, F
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on Saturday, February 28th, 2009 at 1:04 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.
can not believe that Haldane won it again. that is incredible. congratulations to haldane u really deserve this one and really worked for it. no one gave you any chance after brittany shields left last year but you still found a way to get your gold ball. congrats.
trivia question: does anyone remember who was the only team to knock off haldane in the county center in the past 16 years? and who was the MVP?
(im not giving out CC tickets but this is just for fun)
IN NEED OF SOME NEW GUARDS WITH TEAM WORK FOR NEXT YEAR
Congrats to the Haldane Girls Basketball Team on taking home another Gold Ball for Class “C”.. Sometimes is better to be the underdog!
Blind Brook / Karlyn Adler
Haldane was out coached by the “Great Manny Martinez.”
Slum Dog-
you win the grand prize of…..nothing!
Haha good job though.
and good call on the quotes around the “Great manny martinez”
Hamilton missed way too many foul shots.
Except for Lightbourn she didn’t miss any foul shots because she didn’t get any. Strange! Not to get on the Ref’s but someone kept yellin at one official for making too many calls and after following him he was correct. He was making 75% of foul calls on both teams. Or so it seemed.
Haldane great job
Congratulations to Haldane. It was a game that you wish there could be two winners. Both played very hard! Good luck in what is to come.
Great game ladies—knocking off the 1 and 2 seed on the way to yet another title (19 out of the last 21 Section 1 titles going back to 88-89)!
Continue to play with confidence and let your talent carry you all the way!
Josh Thompson – Millbrook & Ken Thomas…..you cannot out fox a Fox!
Plumber,
Haldane lost to Haldane’s former Coach “Hall of Fame” Ken Thomas / Millbrook in the regional game not the sectionals.
Blind Brook / “Manny Martinez” with Adler being the MVP is the correct answer!
Hamilton was loaded this year with Lightbourne, London, and the younger crew of Hood and Kennedy. They should have won this year, that’s why their coach kept running the score uo on every team he faced. Haskins is a solid coach and Haldane peaked at the right time just like they do every year. I hope the Hamilton coaches learn their lesson, don’t run up the score on weaker teams, instead play your bench players and earn them some important experience for the post-season.
Remember, what goes around comes around. Lightbourne is a solid high school player, not a D1 player, but solid nontheless. Her Dad, however, needs to get a reality check and realize its not all about him and his kids, we have other players at Hamilton that can ball too. Good Luck to Haldane, may you win states again this year.
Trivia Question:
Who is the only person that can stop Haldane from winning a Class C Championship?
The Poo POO Bandit