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Class AA

Niagara Falls vs. Syracuse CBA
   Niagara Falls (Section 6, 23-0) — Won the AA championship in 2005 . . . Lost an ugly 68-37 final to Bishop Maginn last season and also lost '04 and '06 title tilts during its outstanding recent run of seven final fours since Niagara Falls and LaSalle High merged in 2000 . . . 6-foot-2 Kelvin Agee Jr. made the all-tournament team as a junior and then raised his stock in last summer's Empire State Games. He scored 27 last weekend vs. Greece Athena to surpass 1,000 career points. He also posted 11 steals and nine rebounds in that game, in which senior post player Michael Crumpton went for 12 points, nine rebounds . . . Junior guard C.J. Cox may be cleared to play despire a broken jaw suffered three weeks ago in a practice altercation that left starting point guard Wayne Ollison suspended for season, The Niagara Gazette reported . . . Ranked No. 1 in Class AA by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

   Syracuse CBA (Section 3, 20-4) — The only team possessing a win this season vs. Jamesville-DeWitt, arguably the best team in New York in any class . . . Won the B championship in 1997 and making its first trip to Glens Falls since 2003 . . . Excellent balance across the lineup behind 6-foot-6 center Mike Goodman (15 points per game), who is the school's first player over 1,000 career points and rebounds. Senior guard Stefan Thompson averages 12 points a game and made a back-breaking 18-footer (while playing with four fouls) with 14.5 seconds to go in a quarterfinal win vs. Albany CBA. he dropped 40 points (21 in the fourth quarter) on Henninger two weeks ago in a 76-75 overtime thriller in which the Brothers trailed by a dozen after three quarters. . . Goodman has 12 points and 17 rebounds in the 50-45 win vs. Albany CBA one night after scoring dozen in a 78-42 rout of Massena.

Newburgh Free vs. Uniondale
   Newburgh Free (Section 9, 19-4) — Advanced out of the quarterfinals when William Bouton (14.1 points per game) banked in a 55-footer at the buzzer to beat perennial power Mount Vernon, 71-70 . . . Beat Vestal in the opening round of the tournament, 89-67, by breaking open a 48-40 game with 17-for-21 shooting to open the second half. . . . Junior standout Mike McLeod (14.5 points a game) missed the Section 9 Class AA final three days after being arrested by Newburgh city police and charged with obstructing governmental administration, a misdemeanor . . . Vying for its first NYSPHSAA championship and making its first visit to Glens Falls since 1998 . . . Not timid about slapping baseline-to-baseline defensive pressure on opponents . . . Damon Cousar averages 13.5 points.

   Uniondale (Section 8, 20-2) — Seeking its first NYSPHSAA championship . . . Beat North Babylon in the state quarterfinals . . . Led by Justin Brown and inside muscleman Dane Dixon . . . Guard Devon "Fatty" McMillan, formerly of PSAL power Abraham Lincoln and destined for Hofstra in the fall, made a buzzer-beater to defeat Baldwin, 53-52, in the Nassau County Class AA championship

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game . . . McMillan left Lincoln over academic issues and following a spat with Lance Stephenson and averaged nearly a triple-double (13 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists) during the regular season.

Class A

Peekskill vs. East Hampton
   Peekskill (Section 1, 23-1) — Won three of its five tournament championships from 2005-07 in Class A. Had to beat local favorite Glens Falls in the '07 title game, 58-48, and lost in last year's semifinals against Jamesville-DeWitt, 78-54 . . . Five-time defending Section 1 champion . . . Point guard Daquan Brickhouse — most definitely one of the tournament's featured attractions — will be more than two weeks removed from a nasty ankle sprain by the time he arrives in Glens Falls . . . 6-7 junior Kenny Bradshaw, coming off a summer knee injury, averages just 5.3 points per game but has been getting a bigger role on the court this month.

   East Hampton (Section 11, 23-2) — Won Class A in 1989 . . . Lost to Jamesville_DeWitt in the 2008 final, 78-54 . . . Defeated North Babylon last week in the Section 11 large-school final . . . Led by Hayden Ward (22.2 points a game), possibly the best big man in Suffolk County, and guard Jerome Russell. The pair each went over 1,000 career points on consecutive possessions during the 57-48 win over Roslyn in the quarterfinals. Ward finished the game with 26 points and Russell had 15 . . . Ed Petrie is the winningest basketball coach in NYSPHSAA history with 746 victories.

Jamesville-DeWitt vs. Batavia
   Jamesville-DeWitt (Section 3, 24-1) — Two of its three Class A titles came in 2004 and '08 . . . Ranked No. 1 by the New York State Sportswriters Association since the start of the season . . . This is a college team in disguise. Syracuse-bound Brandon Triche averages 23 points a gme, with 6-2 senior guard Alshwan Hymes adding 16 and 6-8 freshman center Dajuan Coleman nearly 12 a game . . . J-D has won 43 of its last 44, including last season's Federation Class A final.

   Batavia (Section 5, 23-1) — Vying for its first NYSPHSAA championship . . . A disciplined team with accurate perimeter shooting, highlighted by a 7-for-12 night on three-pointers in the post-sectional qualifier against Pittsford Sutherland . . . Owns an early-season win vs. Class D semifinalist Maple Grove while the Red Dragons were still rounding into form after a long football season . . . Senior forward Joe Schlossel scored 17 on Saturday vs. Buffalo McKinley, with senior guard Marcus Hoy racking up seven points, seven rebounds and 15 assists in an impressive 54-40 win.

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