Waverly boys and Horseheads girls hoops cruise to Section IV titles
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WETM) – Waverly boys and Horseheads girls basketball are back on top of Section IV.
(Photo Courtesy: Section IV Athletics)
Waverly boys basketball and Horseheads girls hoops each cruised to wins, at Sunday’s Section IV Championships in Binghamton. Waverly opened the day of action at the Visions Veterans Memorial Arena, defeating Lansing for the Class B crown. The dominant 71-45 victory, gave the Wolverines their 1st section title since 1996. Prior to Sunday, Waverly fell in the tournament final twice (1997 and 2017), after winning 28 years ago. The Wolverines win was led by a high scoring attack from standouts Joey Tomasso and Xavier Watson. Tomasso netted 22 points, while Watson added 21.
With the win, Waverly will now head to the NYSPHSAA Regional Final on Sunday, March 10th. The Wolverines will return to the Visions FCU Arena to battle Section 3’s Marcellus at 1:45 p.m.
On the girls side, Horseheads rolled past Union-Endicott, to win their 1st Section IV Class AA crown since 2015. The Blue Raiders stormed out to an early lead and didn’t look back. Junior forward Jordyn Gross dominated the paint, scoring 20 points for Horseheads. Additionally, Megan Wolf (12) and Sophia Bonnell (11) finished with double-digit scoring days in the win.
Next up, Horseheads will look to push their win streak to 17 games in NYSPHSAA Tournament. The Blue Raiders will head to Chenango Valley High School on Wednesday, to take on Section 1’s Albertus Magnus in the Subregional round. Tip-off is slated for 6 p.m.
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