State regional basketball roundup, 3/5

Once Section II play ends, the true test of the champions begins when state regional play begins. Section II is hosting some games this week, including Tuesday's women's double-dip at Shenendehowa.

Class C champion Cambridge blew away Madrid-Waddington, 58-31, behind 19 points from Sophie Phillips. Madrid-Waddington's boys team will be in action tonight against Lake George in the first half of a double-dip at Saratoga.

It just isn't enough anymore for Averill Park to win the sectional Class A title. Every year, Sean Organ's club runs into the same roadblock, Jamesville-DeWitt, out of the Syracuse area.

Tuesday night at Shen, the Red Rams had the Lady Warriors' number again, surviving a fourth quarter comeback by Averill Park to force overtime, and eliminated Averill Park for the 6th consecutive year, 65-60, outscoring the Warriors, 12-7, in the extra frame. For Coach Organ, it's back to the drawing board, but the upside is that he has played mostly underclassmen this season, sophomores and freshmen who will make up the nucleus for the Warriors for the next couple of years.
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Update, 5:53 pm: Congratulations to Troy High's Nazaire Merritt & Latyce Faison, who were named to the first team Suburban Council All-Star Team. Lateef Johnson was named to the second team. All three are on the Gray division all star team. Also, Jenalyse Alarcon, who missed the final five games of the season with an undisclosed injury, was named to the league's third team women's All-Star team.