The Beekmantown Eagles would be crowned the 2024-25 Section VII Class A Champions with a 52-46 victory over the Plattsburgh Hornets. It would be the weekend's last game from the Clinton Community College Gym. It would conclude championship weekend with the Boys' Basketball Class A Championship between the #1 Plattsburgh Hornets and the #2 Beekmantown Eagles. The game would start well for the #1 Hornets as they would race out to a 17-7 lead. In the second quarter, the Eagles defense stepped up, slowed down the Hornets, and won the quarter 11-8, but still trailed 25-18 at the intermission. When the teams returned for the third quarter, it would stay tight, but the Eagles would be better in the quarter with a 15-13 quarter, but the Hornets would take the 38-33 lead into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles would surge as they started the quarter on a 13-0 run and won the quarter 19-8 to get the come from behind 52-46 victory. In the winning effort for the Eagles, Duprey and Brunson would lead the way with ten points as they go to 13-7 on the season and enter the New York State Class A Tournament against the winner of Section II. As for the Plattsburgh Hornets, Preston O'Neal would lead the way with eleven points as their season would end at 12-9. Gallery

The Moriah Vikings are crowned the 2024-25 Section VII Class C Boys' Basketball champions with a 68-38 victory over the Ticonderoga Sentinels. It would be the fourth game of the day from the Clinton Community College gym on the second day of championship weekend, and it would see the #1 Moriah Vikings and the #3 Ticonderog Setinels in the classic rivalry for the Class C Championship. It would be a high-scoring game to start the first eight minutes as the Vikings would race out to an 18-10 lead after the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Vikings would start to take control of the game with a 16-8 quarter and take the 34-18 lead into the intermission. When the teams would return for the third quarter, the high pace of the game would continue as the Vikings would win the quarter at 18-13 and take the 52-31 lead into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings would keep control and put the icing on the game with a 16-7 quarter to secure the 68-38 victory. In the winning effort for the Moriah Vikings, they punched their return ticket to the New York State Class C Tournament as Cooper Allen led the team with 27 points, and they went to 16-5 in the season. As for the Ticonderoga Sentinels, their season will end as Jackson Doresett leads the team with 15 points and nan 8-14 season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Chloe Lewis (31) with glove save on the shot attempt as part of a 20 save effort for the shutout. It would be playoff hockey time from the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena as it would be a rematch of last year's SUNYAC Women's Hockey finals as the #2 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #3 Cortland State Red Dragons in the SUNYAC Semi-finals this time around with 570 fans in attendance. The Cardinals would get the game's opening goal with 49 seconds left in the opening period when Ciara Wall would find the back of the net for the 1-0 lead as they ended the first period. There was no scoring in the second period, but that doesn't mean that neither team had chances throughout the period. However, the score would remain 1-0 after the second period. The game would stay 1-0 until there were 23 seconds left when the Cardinals would contact on the empty netter from Tessa Morris to secure the 2-0 victory. In the winning effort for the Cardinals, Chloe Lewis would make 20 saves in the shutout effort as they go to 19-6-4 on the season and will take on the Oswego State Lakers in the SUNYAC Finals next weekend. As for the Cortland State Red Dragons, Molly Goergen would have ten saves as they fall to 17-5-4 on the season and will wait to see if they get an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament. a href="https://kcphotovideo.zenfolio.com/p127785814">Gallery

The Bolton Eagles are crowned the 2024-25 Section VII Class D Champions with their 60-27 victory over the Schroon Lake Newcomb Wildhuskies and win the title for the first time in twenty years. It would be the third game of the day from the Clinton Community College Gym as it would be the second game of championship weekend, and we would have the #1 Bolton Eagles and the #2 Schroon Lake/Newcomb Wild Huskies in the Boys' Basketball Class C Championship. In the game's opening quarter, the Bolton Eagles would jump out to the big lead early with a 16-5 quarter. In the second quarter, the Eagles would stay on the attack, have a 16-4 quarter, and take the massive 32-9 lead into their intermission. When the teams returned for the third quarter, the Wild Huskies would do their best to get back in the game with a 12-6 quarter but still had a huge deficit at 38-21 as they entered the fourth. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles would put the finishing touches on the game with an 11-3 quarter to secure the 60-27 victory. In the winning effort for the Bolton Eagles, they will enter the New York State Class D Tournament for the first time in 20 years with a record of 21-1 as they await the winner of Section X, as Jaxon Egloff leads the way with 15 points. As for the Schroon Lake/Newcob Wild Huskies, Austin Hartwell would have 13 points as their season would end at 19-4. Gallery

The Schroon Lake Wildcats were crowned the 2025 Section VII Class D girls ' basketball champions with a 51-33 victory over the Chazy Eagles. We would have the second game of the day on championship Saturday from the Clinton Community College gym as part of Section VII Championship Saturday. It would feature the #2 Schroon Lake Wildcats and the #4 Chazy Eagles for the Class D title, and after the first quarter, we would have nothing decided as the game would be deadlocked at 13. However, in the second quarter, the Wildcats would start to pull away as they would have a 13-7 quarter and take the 26-20 lead into the intermission. When the teams returned for the third quarter, it would stay tight as the Wildcats would edge out the quarter at 12-10 and take the 38-30 lead into the fourth quarter. In that fourth quarter, the Wildcats could seal the game away as they would go on a 13-3 run to secure the 51-33 victory and win the Class D title. In the winning effort for the Wildcats, Olivia Hartwell would lead the way with a 29-point game as they go to 14-6 and advance to the New York State Tournament, where they will take on the winner of Section X on March 15th. As for the Chazy Eagles, Carly Lapierre would lead the way with 12 points as their season would end at 13-8. Gallery

The Saranac Lake Red Storm are crowned the 2024-25 Section VII Class B Boys'' Basketball champions with theira 41-37 victory over the Northeastern Clinton Cougars. It would be the first game of the day from Clinton Community Colege and championship Saturday in Section VII Boy's VII Boy's Basketball action, and we would have the Class B championship with the #1 Northeastern Clinton Cougars and the #2 Saranac Lake Red Storm. The game would be tight through the first eight minutes as the Red Storm would have the slim 13-12 lead. The game would stay tight through the second quarter and low scoring as the defense would be the game's name with an 8-8 quarter as the Red Storm take the 21-20 lead into the locker room. When the teams returned for the third quarter, we would have another tight quarter as the Red Storm would have the 13-12 quarter and take the 34-32 lead into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, defense would be the game's name, but the Cougars couldn't get the basket they would need as the Red Storm would get the 7-5 quarter and secure the 41-37 victory. With the win, the Saranac Lake Red Storm would punch their ticket to the New York State Class B Tournament as Crist Cedar would have 15 points in the morning, and they would go to 15-7 in the season. As for the Northeastern Clinton Cougars, Logen Magoon would lead the way with 19 points as the season ended at 14-8. Gallery