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UPDATE: HCS Girls Face NY Mills Saturday in Finals

Mon, Mar 01, 2010

UPDATE: HCS Girls Face NY Mills Saturday in Finals

UPDATE: The Lady Emerald Knights will meet a familiar foe on Saturday in the Section III Class D Finals: New York Mills.

The  New York Mills girls basketball team beat Sackets Harbor 48-34 Monday to advance to the finals. Time for the game at the Utica Aud has yet to be set.

HCS lost to the Marauders both times they met this year. They lost on Dec. 1 at NY Mills 50-47 and the lost at home 42-26 on Jan. 12.

See story about NY Mills' guard play.

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The HCS girls basketball team steamrolled Rome Catholic (6) Saturday afternoon at Whitsboro High School to advance to the next round of the Section III Class D playoffs.

The win puts the Lady Emerald Knights in the Section III Class D finals next weekend at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. The will play the winners of the New York Mills (1) vs. Sackets Harbor (4) game Monday evening.

Hamilton opened and closed strongly. They bested the Red Wings 16-9 in the first period and outscored Rome 14-2 in the final period.

Three HCS players did all of the scoring:

+ Jordan Peterson had 19;

+ Katie Weeks had 13;

+ and Hillary Hanson had 10.

Rome didn't have a girl in double figures Saturday. Their leading scorer, Kim Quinn, had just nine points.

Hamilton    16   8   4   14  --  42
RCH               9  10   7     2  --  28

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