The all-state selections were also announced at tonight’s dinner. Porsha Postell (left) of Woodlands earned the top honor, taking home the Class B state player of the year.

Nanuet coach Carlos Fidalgo earned Class B coach of the year honors after leading his team to a state and state Federation championship.

The entire first team in Class B was dominated by Section 1 players. Postell was joined by Maggie Blair of Briarcliff and K.C. Jentzen and Lauren Kahn of Nanuet. Alaina Walker of Albertus Magnus and Tori Jarosz of Lakeland were also first-team honorees in Class A.

Here are all of the all-state selections:

Class AA: Caitlynn Moran, John Jay-East Fishkill (third team); Shanyce Stewart, Mount Vernon (fourth team); Taylor Palmer, Mount Vernon (sixth team); Kim Dweck, Lourdes (eighth team); Teneka Whittaker, Lourdes (10th team); Shelby Sferra, Ursuline (12th team).
Class A: Alaina Walker, Albertus Magnus (first team); Tori Jarosz, Lakeland (first team); Kara Tancredi, Beacon (third team); Felicia DaCruz, Albertus Magnus (fourth team); Taylor Wilson, Pearl River (sixth team).
Class B: Porsha Postell, Woodlands (first team); Maggie Blair, Briarcliff (first team); Lauren Kahn, Nanuet (first team); K.C. Jentzen, Nanuet (first team); Tara Gabelman, Irvington (fourth team); Taylor Pescetti, Briarcliff (fifth team); Christine Brezovsky, Nanuet (eighth team).
Class C: Shereen Lightbourne, Hamilton (third team); Danielle Fiacco, North Salem (fourth team); Liz Milner, Haldane (fifth team).

John Jay-East Fishkill senior Caitlynn Moran (right) was named the Isabel Costa Award winner during tonight’s all-section dinner in Cortlandt Manor.

Moran was also one of 11 players honored by Section 1 as academic all-stars. Here’s the full list:

Academic all-stars —
Maggie Blair, Briarcliff
Kim Broccoli, Carmel
Meagan Carley, Tappan Zee
Rachel Crittenden, Lourdes
Emmalee Dolfi, Arlington
Elissa Goldner, Ursuline
Juliet Merson, Rye Neck
Caitlynn Moran, John Jay-East Fishkill
Gillian Morley, Irvington
Devon Quattrocchi, Brewster
Katie Weiner, Briarcliff

A few hours from now, I will post the Isabel Costa Award winner, all-academic honors and all-state honors, which will be announced during tonight’s all-section dinner. I can’t make it unfortunately, but I’ll have the honorees for you around 9:30. Check back then.

Before I get to the links, a quick note about Nanuet’s parade: A date and time have NOT yet been scheduled. The school originally wanted to include the team in Saturday’s parade to kick off the Nanuet Little League season, but several players are scheduled to take the ACT Saturday morning. … I will let you know when and where the parade is scheduled.

On to the links…

If you missed our coverage of Nanuet this weekend, it was extensive. Here’s a look:

FRIDAY’S SEMIFINALS: Nanuet 50, Mount Mercy 45
Game story — Nanuet almost squandered a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter but woke up late to beat Mount Mercy, thanks, in part, to another big shot by Christine Brezovsky. I think the Golden Knights knew they got away with a flat effort, and it led to a great performance in the final.
Column — Rick Carpiniello wrote about how tough it is to get going in the Federation.

SATURDAY’S FINAL: Nanuet 60, Long Island Lutheran 45
Game story — Nanuet played excellent ball, steadily pulling away from Long Island Lutheran behind 21 points and 19 boards from MVP K.C. Jentzen. The Golden Knights got a little more sleep Friday night, and it helped them craft a positive ending to a long, fruitful season.
News story — Nanuet became the first public school from Rockland to win a Federation title. The parents and fans cheered them Sunday, but this team will be celebrated for some time to come.
Column — Carp wrote about how simple hustle took Nanuet a long way this season.
All-time Federation champs — Here’s a list of all the Federation champs from the area.

Log on to our Gameday Central blog to vote on this week’s Gameface of the Week. Last week’s winner was somewhat girls hoops related: an Albertus Magnus cheerleader. This week Nanuet’s Lauren Kahn is a nominee.

Vote away!

The game will get underway in 15 minutes. Hang tight for updates on the action.

10:38 a.m.: Long Island Lutheran is out in front 7-5 six minutes into the game. K.C. Jentzen has all the points for Nanuet.

10:41 a.m.: Good finish to the quarter for both teams. Long Island Lutheran went ahead 9-5 on a jumper by Blue Sanders, but Nanuet answered back with a 3-pointer by Christine Brezovsky. The Golden Knights went back ahead on a 17-footer from straightaway by Jentzen, who has had a terrific quarter. The Crusaders then went back up on the final possession when Samantha Plunkett nailed a 3 from the right wing.

Right now, after one, the score is 12-10 Long Island Lutheran. Jentzen has seven points.

10:45 a.m.: A basket by Lauren Kahn and a basket by Amy Delva (from Kahn) gives Nanuet a 14-12 lead. Kahn then rebounded an airballed 3 by Jentzen and put it back in, forcing an LI Lutheran timeout with 5:46 left in the first half.

Nanuet leads 16-12. It could use Kahn to get going. She has been such an igniter in the postseason but wasn’t at her best yesterday.

10:52 a.m.: Nanuet leads 25-21 with two minutes left. Big 3 before by Christina Fitzgerald.

10:55 a.m.: Nanuet up 27-21 with 37.1 seconds left. Blue Sanders just picked up her second foul and Ryan Mulligan is at the line, shooting 1 and 1.

10:59 a.m.: Nanuet is ahead 28-23 at halftime. Mulligan hit one of two free throws, but Sanders came down and drew Kahn’s second foul on a drive to the basket. Sanders made both free throws.

Jentzen leads Nanuet with 11 points. She also has a ton of rebounds. I’ll get you that total in a bit. Kahn has eight points, scoring all of them in the second quarter. Fitzgerald and Brezovsky each have three points on a 3.

Blue Sanders has four points. Paige Kriftcher leads LI Lutheran with seven points. Taylor Brown, the eighth grader who led her team with 19 points yesterday, has yet to score today.

Halftime stats in a bit…

11:07 a.m.: HALFTIME STATS —
Nanuet: 28 points; 9-21 FG (43%); 2-6 3FG; 4-8 FT; 17 RB (7 off); 4 A; 4 Stl; 8 TO
Jentzen 11 points, 9 rebounds
LI Lutheran: 23 points; 7-12 FG (58%); 2-9 3FG; 3-3 FT; 9 RB (2off); 6 A; 1 Stl; 9 TO
Kriftcher 7 points
Milhaven 4 rebounds

11:13 a.m.: Kahn made a 3 a couple minutes ago. It was her first in almost three games. Nanuet leads by six, 33-27 with about four minutes to play in the quarter.

11:16 a.m.: Nanuet is in good position at the moment. It leads 35-27 with 3:41 left and has the ball. Sanders just traveled on a drive to the basket. … For Nanuet, Jentzen just hit a pair of free throws after a basket by Sanders had cut it to six points.

11:22 a.m.: 44-33 Nanuet leads with 50.6 seconds left in the third quarter and Sanders at the line. Nanuet pulled ahead by 13 on a 3 by Nikki Saponaro, who sat toward the end of the first half with foul trouble. Saponaro hit the shot from the left corner, off a feed from Kahn.

11:24 a.m.: Well Nanuet fans, your team is one decent quarter away from a Federation championship. The Golden Knights lead 48-34 after three quarters. A free throw by Sanders cut it to 10, but Jentzen scored back to back hoops to push her team’s lead to 14 points. The second was a nice drive with the clock running down. She beat her defender off the dribble and banked in a layup just before the buzzer. Jentzen has been unstoppable with 17 points and 12 rebounds.

11:28 a.m.: Timeout LI Lutheran. Nanuet leads 50-36. The Golden Knights just got a hoop from Amy Delva, who has played a very good second half. She has six of her eight points since halftime.

11:30 a.m.: Timeout Nanuet. It leads 50-41, but Carlos Fidalgo didn’t like what he saw there as Brown hit a 3 and Samantha Milhaven hit a layup to cut it to nine.

11:32 a.m.: Kahn just picked up her third foul. It’d be something to watch for if she was whistled for No. 4. LI Lutheran is starting to pressure the ball and Nanuet could ill-afford to be without its point guard. It’s now a seven-point game.

11:35 a.m.: Nanuet up 53-43 with 3:46 left. Jentzen just calmed some of the panic with a putback of a missed 3 by Kahn.

11:40 a.m.: Nanuet is up 57-45 with 1:36 left. Jentzen has 21 points and 15 rebounds. She is a sure bet to win the MVP. This will be her third game in the last five of at least 15 points and 15 rebounds.

11:44 a.m.: Both teams have cleared their benches. Nanuet leads 60-45.

11:46 a.m.: Nanuet wins. Final score: 60-45. This is the third Federation championship by a Rockland team. Of course, it’s the first ever by a public school. The only other Rockland girls team to win the Federation was Albertus Magnus, which won back to back in 1991 and 1992.

More stats later…another Federation crown for Section 1.

11:52 a.m.: All-tournament team —
Blue Sanders, LI Lutheran
Samantha Milhaven, LI Lutheran
Amy Delva, Nanuet
Lauren Kahn, Nanuet
K.C. Jentzen, Nanuet (MVP)

12:32 p.m.: FINAL STATS —

Nanuet: 22-53 FG; 4-10 3FG; 12-23 FT; 42 RB (16 off); 11 F; 0 B; 5 S; 7 A; 16 TO
Christine Brezovsky: 3 points, 1 rebound, 2 steals, 1 assist
Lauren Kahn: 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 assists
Nikki Saponaro: 5 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist
K.C. Jentzen: 21 points, 19 rebounds; 1 steal; 7-14 FG; 7-10 FT
Amy Delva: 12 points, 7 rebounds; 1 assist; 6-10 FG
Christina Fitzgerald: 3 points, 1 assist
Ryan Mulligan: 1 point, 8 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 assist
Morgan Miller: 0 points
Elizabeth Zoda: 1 rebound
Kiera Dooley: 0 points
Lisa Kahn: 0 points

Long Island Lutheran: 18-48 FG; 3-19 3FG; 6-8 FT; 20 RB (6 off); 18 F; 0 B; 8 S; 10 A; 16 TO
Blue Sanders: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 5 fouls, 6 assists
Christina Raiti: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals
Taylor Brown: 7 points (3-11 FG); 1 rebound, 1 steal, 2 assists
Samantha Milhavven: 8 points, 8 rebounds
Alli Herschlein: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 assist
Samantha Plunkett: 3 points, 1 steal, 1 assist
Paige Kriftcher: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal
Katelyn Coburn: 0 points, 2 steals
Sarah Seger: 0 points
Katie Sinnott: 0 points, 1 rebound

A few quick updates/thoughts from the Glens Falls Civic Center…

1. Newark lost to Kellenberg, 49-42. Put simply, not a spirited effort by Newark. The Bears led by 10 at halftime but fell apart so quickly that they actually trailed 42-32 late in the game until a late run. Alyssa Fenyn and Shakista Woolfolk, who killed Magnus last Saturday, combined to shoot 11 for 37 from the field and scored 28 points.

2. The Federation is…ehhh… The Newark game only solidified what I have thought about this tournament forever and what came into focus during Nanuet’s lackluster fourth quarter. This is such a tough tournament to play in. Teams have no clue about their opponents. For girls, the games are very early in the morning. The arena is basically empty. It’s so cold in here (because it’s a hockey rink) that I brought a sweater to put on when I got INSIDE the building. And if that’s not bad enough, it’s coldest on the floor. My toes are colder as I write this than they are when I go for a walk in the snow. And yes I’m serious.

You take all those factors into account — and consider that teams are a week removed from the biggest achievement of the players’ high school careers — and it amounts to an anti-climatic weekend. (And if you think I’m kidding about the cold, a player on Brooklyn College Academy just wore a windbreaker that is not part of the uniform during warmups.)

3. Long Island Lutheran is good. Nanuet will have itself a tough game tomorrow morning. Long Island Lutheran has three players 5-foot-10 or taller, two of whom had double-doubles in today’s other semifinal. The Crusaders also feature an eighth grader Taylor Brown, who hit for 19 points and had three assists. With Brown, the 6-foot Alli Herschlein (14 points, 10 rebounds), the 5-foot-10 Samantha Milhaven (17 points, 11 rebounds) and point guard Blue Sanders (who showed she was a threat with six assists), Long Island Lutheran has a lot of players to defend.

11:36 a.m.: Nanuet will take on Mount Mercy from Glens Falls Civic Center in a few. Hang tight and I’ll have the (semi) blow-by-blow.

11:58 a.m.: Sorry for no updates yet but the game hasn’t started. The Long Island Lutheran game ran long. The independent-schools champ advanced past Lafayette and into tomorrow’s 10:30 a.m. final. It awaits the winner of Nanuet-Mount Mercy, which should begin in five minutes.

12:07 p.m.: The game is finally underway, about 22 minutes late.

12:12 p.m.: 6-5 Mount Mercy, 4:38 left in the first.

12:17 p.m.: 7-6 Nanuet leads with 2:50 left. Kind of a blah game so far. Not a lot of intensity. I think the players are still trying to get the blood flowing.

12:19 p.m.: …and just as I say that it’s been kind of dull, Nanuet gets things going. The Golden Knights just went on a 6-0 run to force a timeout. K.C. Jentzen scored on a nice feed by Ryan Mulligan. Christine Brezovsky hit a short runner. And Lauren Kahn followed with a steal and a layup. … Nanuet has already forced seven turnovers.

12:23 p.m.: Nanuet leads 13-6 after one quarter. Brezovsky has five points and Jentzen has four points. The Golden Knights also have forced nine turnovers.

12:33 p.m.: Nanuet leads 20-10 with under three minutes left in the half. There have been very few stoppages so far. The refs are letting them play.

12:39 p.m.: Nanuet leads 24-15 at the half. Mount Mercy actually handled the ball much better in the second quarter. I only had the Magic for one turnover in the entire quarter. That indicates to me that it could come back in the game. Nanuet hasn’t scored a ton of points in the half court.

Christine Brezovsky leads Nanuet with seven points. Jentzen has six. Saponaro has four points. Mount Mercy’s 6-footer, Meg Recktenwalk, who I mentioned earlier this week, has six points at the half. Leading scorer Melissa Graham was kept quiet by Lauren Kahn. She scored four points on two hoops in a one-minute span in the second quarter.

12:47 p.m.: HALFTIME STATS —
Nanuet: 9-24 FG (38%); 1-3 3FG; 3-6 FT; 15 RB (2 off); 4 Ass; 7 Stl; 6 TO
Mount Mercy: 7-19 FG (37%); 0-4 3FG; 1-4 FT; 18 RB (4 off); 2 Ass; 2 stl; 11 TO

1 p.m.: Nanuet leads 31-21 late in the third quarter.

1:03 p.m.: Nanuet leads 35-21 after three quarters. Jentzen just strung together six straight points to end the half and now has12 for the game to lead all scorers. Recktenwald has 10 to lead Mount Mercy. Brezovsky also has 10 for Nanuet. … Carlos Fidalgo has been able to rest a lot of players in this one, which should keep them fresh for tomorrow. Ten players have played for Nanuet. Senior Kiera Dooley, who has bravely battled a shoulder injury this season, came off the bench in the second quarter and scored on a nice post move.

1:10 p.m.: Fidalgo just called a timeout after Mount Mercy scored and cut it to 37-28 with six minutes left.

1:13 p.m.: Hmmm. Nanuet has let Mount Mercy back in the game. Graham just scored to cut it to 37-32. Nanuet then turned the ball over on the inbound, giving the Magic the ball down five with 4:13 to play.

1:19 p.m.: Timeout Mount Mercy. Tied 37-37 with 2:16 to play. Nanuet is in the midst of a collapse, to put it bluntly. The Golden Knights led 37-24 after a basket by Ryan Mulligan early in the fourth quarter. They have since been outscored 13-0. Mount Mercy tied it on a pair of and-1’s. The second one wasn’t completed, although Graham got the rebound and had a put back to give her team the lead.

1:22 p.m.: Nanuet went ahead 40-37 on a 3 by Brezovsky. Mount Mercy tied it on a three-point play by Emily Williams. Nanuet went back ahead on a hoop by Jentzen. Saponaro just added two free throws and Brezovsky added a hoop (off a Saponaro steal) to make it 46-40 Golden Knights. Looks like they will survive. Not pretty, but they will survive.

1:25 p.m.: Graham scored. Nanuet leads by four and has the ball.

1:30 p.m.: Jentzen is at the line, up five, with 2.7 seconds left.

1:31 p.m.: Nanuet wins 50-45. It will meet Long Island Lutheran (NYSAISAA) at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow for the Class B state Federation championship.

Brezovsky led the Golden Knights with 15 points. Jentzen had 14. Both had big points in the final 2:03 after Mount Mercy tied it 37-37 on a bucket with 2:43 to play.

2:06 p.m.: FINAL STATS —

NANUET: 19-48 FG; 2-7 3FG; 10-17 FT; 34 RB (9 off); 17 fouls; 1 block; 13 steals; 9 assists; 19 turnovers
Christine Brezovsky – 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal (6-9 FG, 2-3 3FG)
Lauren Kahn – 6 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals, 1 assist, 8 turnovers
Nikki Saponaro – 8 points, 1 rebound, 2 steals, 1 assist
K.C. Jentzen – 14 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists
Amy Delva – 3 points, six rebounds, three steals, 1 assist
Christina Fitzgerald – 0 points, 1 rebound
Ryan Mulligan – 2 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists
Morgan Miller – 0 points
Kiera Dooley – 2 points

MOUNT MERCY: 18-53 FG;  1-6 3FG; 6-12 FT; 30 RB (11 off); 16 fouls; 2 blocks; 9 steals; 3 assists; 20 turnovers
Melissa Graham 15 points (7-23 FG); 8 rebounds
Katie Purcell – 8 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 turnovers
Emily Williams 10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals
Meg Recktenwald – 12 points (6-9 FG); 4 rebounds — named all-tournament

It’s bright and shiny and I have a three-hour drive ahead of me. No good. But rest assured, at the end of my journey I will provide many updates of today’s game between Nanuet and Mount Mercy. Some of you can’t make it up to Glens Falls, I’m sure, so I will be your eyes and ears.

Check back in a few hours for all the details as Nanuet tries to move one step closer to its first Federation title…

And neither will Nanuet’s Federation games. Josh is off today, but I wanted to give everyone the heads up that neither of Nanuet’s games this weekend will be broadcast live on Mogulus. If you want to see it you have to head up to Glens Falls. Sorry for the inconvenience.