Fox had 23 points, 15 rebounds, six blocks and two steals for the Blazers (15-3). Wallkills long-range shooting proved to be the difference. That's the goal. It only takes one player to mess up the play, therefore, keep it simple but effective. Then all of the sudden I had that big game, and he said there's no way you're going to quit playing football. But Mesuch and the girls basketball team sent them home giddy after rolling to a 74-49 win over Millbrook to win their first Mid-Hudson Athletic League title since 2015. 16 Millbrook Wildcats added another conference win to their resume on Friday night, beating the Wakefield Wolverines 52-49 at home. Grace Mesuch added 12 points for the winners with four 3- Zoe only made one 3-pointer tonight and she usually has five, six or seven a game. Dembinsky agreed with her coach. The two guards are great ball-handlers and good decision-makers. I also coached a little bit in the Cumberland Area Youth Football League [in Maryland] when [my son] Erick was 5. Our 800-acre campus is located in Millbrook, NY, and students here have the benefit of a challenging academic program, competitive athletics, fine and performing arts, a tradition of service and environmental stewardship, and abundant leadership opportunities. But after it's over, you're like, 'Damn, I wonder if Coach would have left me in, would I have got to 500 yards?' They kept the momentum rolling immediately in the second half with a 9-0 run to start the third quarter that put them ahead by double digits. Between her and teammate Natalie Fox, guarding the Lady Blazers is a tough assignment. If we let them get out and get layups, then were in trouble. And you never forget winning a state championship. Led by Emily Grasseler and Natalie Fox inside the paint, Millbrook showed what they are capable of doing toteams. All rights reserved. 2 Millbrook defeated top-seeded Chester, 57-28, to win the Section 9 girlsbasketball Class C championshipat SUNY Sullivan on Wednesday. ORoke (averaging 22.6 for the season) has averaged 26.5 points in the Pioneers last four games, and one of those she sat more than the final 10 minutes after scoring 26 points in a 56-33 state quarterfinal win against E.C. Alex Dembinsky, who isn't typically a scorer, compensated with 18 points and made four 3-pointers. We just have to go win.. Offensively, defensively, rebounding. They come into the title game averaging 73.4 points per game and have been held in the 50s just twice all season. They saw the makings of a cerebral wing: a player who sat in on older sister Reivens college calls for an early analysis of the dance between college recruiter and recruitee; devoted hours to her midrange game after forcing a few too many paint shots in 9th grade; and honed her picturesque shooting form, reminiscent of the Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson, through the classic BEEF acronym. Let the subs play. We strive to exemplify our values of passion to compete, accountability, commitment to high standards, and trust on the court and across campus. 2 Millbrook (20-2) Emily Grasseler scored a game-high 16 points. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Its nice doing it two years in a row, Dembinsky said. for best prep sports column. Or Adidas headbands. New Bern Bears are your 2022 4A State Champs By Kyle Morton, HighSchoolOT Sr. Editor. Get Your Canes Tickets Today! "Theyre both good passers, actually, which is good. Who can help student-athletes cash in? Who are your biggest coaching influences? Mackenly Randolph, the daughter of former NBA forward Zach Randolph, scored 17 points and had 11 rebounds. It's a life lesson. pic.twitter.com/2RPwuUeSYd. All rights reserved. Millbrook has won at least a share of four Northwestern District regular-season titles and won all three Class 4 Northwestern District tournament titles under Green. And it was Spindler, a 5-foot-9 jack of all intangibles, who shined. The Bulldogs, looking for their first state title, are capable of getting points from multiple players. We would always talk basketball, and he would comment on my teams. Q. I first met him when I moved to Winchester [in 1995]. I have confidence in my bench players and they know their roles. Zoe Mesuch, an electric ball-handler and shooter, had an off night but still maneuvered several times to the basket for 17 points and was solid defensively at guard. Q. Her hard work paid off in July, as she helped her AAU team advance to the Peach Jam semifinals, and showed in her statistics, too, once Millbrooks 2021-22 season began. We didnt shoot the ball well on this floor and were going to get to floors bigger than this and were going to have to shoot the ball well, he said. Broughton's season comes to an end with a record of 15-11. Raleigh, N.C. Millbrook High School will have added security measures at Saturday's third round playoff basketball game against Jordan High School after a male juvenile with an AR-15 was arrested at the school's basketball game on Thursday night. #16 Mt. 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The Wildcats went 19-3 and swept their conferences regular season and tournament titles, with their junior star providing the sort of malleable talent Cortright sees as her best long-term college attribute. We felt the pressure of playing them for the second year in a row and they have more size than us. The relatively young Pioneers pulled out a dramatic 68-59 overtime victory against 2021 runner-up Pulaski County on Monday at Casey Gymnasium to get their chance at becoming the fifth state championship team in program history. You have to prepare yourself for a job interview. I hate losing and I do not let players accept losing. Millbrook likes to pressure and trap, while Kings Fork plays tight man defense. Just call her a wearer of many hats. "That's why I didn't play college basketball.") Millbrook High School junior class president. In 2014, Green was named to Keyser's Football All-Century Team (Green was a running back and defensive back in football). The Bulldogs, the Class 4A Region champions from Suffolk, are riding an 19-game winning streak and havent lost to a Class 4 team all season. Avery has turned it up a notch defensively and offensively, Green said. Roundup of local sports stories, delivered Saturday morning. Kings Forks lone loss to a Virginia team came against Class 5 Norview, which was eliminated in the state semifinals on Monday. Spindler provided a mlange of "little things" the contributions that don't always stand out in a box score leading Wallkill in a 63-56 win over Millbrook in a rematch of last year's MHAL . Its unbelievable. 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One reason Sierra Canyon is unbeaten and perhaps the No. Coach Green, you've got athletes who can run. What have been your most difficult coaching moments? Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Douglas came on strong in the fourth quarter, though, as she scored her first field goal of the game and went 7-for-8 from the free-throw line to score 9 points in the quarter. Douglas entered play averaging 17.9 points per game in her senior season. In 1981, in my first varsity game against Bruce High School (the team's third game of the season), I rushed for 186 yards on three carries and scored two touchdowns (in a 27-0 win). Millbrook School is a coeducational, college preparatory boarding school for students in grades 9-12. 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She is the kid when life is not good, she fixes it for me, Higby said. Thats a plus. (Keyser had gone 0-20-1 against Fort Hill since 1938.). At 6-1, junior center Kiana Brittain is a big presence inside. Don't become Leesburg. Their guards just threw it inside, so we just laid off them and made their guards shoot. New Bern Bears are your 2022 4A State Champs Posted January 13, 2023 9:06 p.m. ESTUpdated January 13, 2023 11:35 p.m. EST, By Kyle Morton, HighSchoolOT Sr. Editor. Millbrook held the lead the entire game and ended the first half on a 13-0 run. The Panthers then, as they did Thursday, had to contend with Millbrook's two dominant six-footers in the post. Green: After I left to go away to college when I would return home [to Piedmont, W.Va., five miles outside of Keyser] I would always go to the basketball court and kids would come out and ask me to teach them how to play. This group doesnt have any pressure on it. She fixes everything.. Shasta at #1 Stockton Venture, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Sacramento Fortune Early College 73, Weaverville Trinity 59, #16 Mt. pointers. There may be teams that are more athletic than yours, but you can win by execution. (Many key players were Winchester Rising Stars teammates in elementary school.) I coached basketball and baseball in Frederick County and I coached football in Clarke County. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The Pioneers forced a whopping 34 turnovers from Pulaski County, which was a big reason why they were able to rally from a 12-point deficit early in the second quarter. 16 Millbrook holds off Wakefield, 52-49, Bio Jobs Hub: Find a great-paying job that changes lives, even yours, Click to See All CONTESTS available from WRAL.com. All rights reserved. (Prosser, a former longtime Frederick County Circuit Court judge, played basketball for the Virginia Military Institute in the 1960s.) Not too many people thought we would be here. Coach [Erick] Green and I have talked about it so for it actually to happen its like surreal to me., Its really exciting, Rooks added. When youre out there, everyone is giving 100 percent and that makes a big difference.. Q. I really believe that our defense won us the game. No. The other two losses came in a tournament to schools from Pennsylvania. 2 Wallkill will host No. "When things aren't good, offense or defense, she fixes it," Higby said of the forward. Its a lot, Cortright said, but for a player like Douglas it somehow never seems like too much. Douglas mostly plays shooting guard and small forward, and Cortright describes her as a space eater: someone who can hit a 3-pointer on one possession and beat a defender off the dribble on the next, perpetually keeping defenses on their toes in the positionless style many top colleges have adopted. STONE RIDGE, N.Y. When the Wallkill High girls basketball team needs a lift, Panthers coach AJ Higby is confident junior Alex Dembinsky will deliver. Before the game, Kingstons Vince Bitonte was introduced to the crowd. The Pioneers also won the 2017 Conference 21 West tournament title. And it felt good for Millbrook, as they held their "team mascot", a plush animal named "Pablo the Penguin" in the air as they celebrated. 2 Millbrook girls basketball defeated No. Gym. Delivered every morning. Were going to have step up to the challenge to keeping them in the 40s and 50s like we do with any other team, Green said. Each of Green's teams have participated in the Class 4 state tournament, with the 2018 team capturing the fourth state title in program history. Dembinsky did it again Thursday by scoring eight of her team-high 18 points in the fourth quarter to lead American Conference champion Wallkill to a 63-56 win over National Conference titlist Millbrook in the Mid-Hudson Athletic League girls basketball title game at SUNY Ulster. Theyll give it up to each other or our guards who are open and theyre not just looking for points only.. MacKenly Randolph making it rain in the Honda Center and her dad likes what he sees@sierracanyongbb | @SCanyonSports pic.twitter.com/9xA78itlZh. The Pioneers also won the. Green: Scott Mankins told me if that if you prepare and do things the right way, you will be successful. Wallkill went to halftime up 34-27 and extended to a 43-29 lead on Zoe Mesuch's driving layup with 5:32 left in the third. NOTES: Regional semifinals, Saturday, 7 p.m.; regional finals, Mar. There was a problem saving your notification. Get our expert short-term forecast, summary of the weather details and news of any severe weather. 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