Moriah's Joe Pelkey (11) throws it off the window on the lay-up attempt as part of a 16-point night. 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

Ticonderoga's Jackson Doresett (13) splits the defenders and takes flight for the layup as part of a team high 15 point night. Gallery

Moriah's Maggie Spesock (24) with the block on the shot from Tconderoga's Lexia Bechrd (43) to keep them off the scoreboard. It would be the second game of the opening day of Section VII Basketball championship weekend; It would see a battle between the top 2 seeds in Class C Girls Basketball as we would have the #1 Moriah Vikings and the #2 Ticonderoga Sentinels. The upset-minded Sentinels would have the lead early by the slim 10-9 margin after the first quarter. When the second quarter came around, the Vikings would go on a run, have a 13-2 quarter, and take the 22-15 lead into the intermission. When the teams returned for the third quarter, the Vikings would keep their hor roll going as they double up the Sentinels with an 11-6 quarter and take the 33-21 lead into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Sentinels would do their best to try and get back in the game with a 16-12 quarter, but it would not be enough as the Vikings would get the 45-37 victory. In the winning effort for the Moriah Vikings, Emily Nephew would lead the way with 11 points as they go to 17-4 on the season and advance to the New York State Class C Girls' Basketball Tournament. As for the Ticonderogga Sentinels, Maddy Casey would have 12 points as they finish their season at 13-9. Gallery

Ticonderoga's Nicole Cook (30) with the runner shot over Moriah's Emily Nephew for the score. Gallery

The Moriah Vikings celebrate as they get the game-winning goal in overtime against the Ticonderoga Sentinels. It would be the Section vii Class C Girl's Soccer championship. The #1 Moriah Vikings take on the #2 Ticonderoga Sentinels for the right to enter the New York State tournament and take on the winner of Section X on November 6th. Both teams would have their chances throughout the match, including a goal by the Vikings that called back on a handball, and the scoreless match would continue. The regular 80th minutes would not be good today as they would head to overtime. In the 97th minute, the Vikings would finally get the first and only goal of the game from Alexis Mascarenas to secure their spot in the state tournament with their undefeated season at 17-0. They will take on #8 Lisbon Knights in the tournament's opening round. Gallery

Ticonderoga (20), with the defensive header, gets the ball out of the box. Gallery

Ticonderoga's (3) with the chip over Seton Catholic's and was off to the races to the net. It would be an early-season matchup in Section VII Girl's Soccer. We would have an interconference affair from St. Peter's in Plattsburgh as the Seton Catholic Knights would host the Ticonderoga Sentinels in action. The Sentinels would start hot and have the 4-0 lead after the first half of play. When the teams returned for the second half it would be more of the same for the Sentinels as they would add another six goals and cruise to the 10-0 victory. In the victory for the Sentinels, they would have three players that would have multi-goal games as they would even up their record at 1-1 while the Knights would start their season at 0-1. Gallery

Ticonderoga's (3) with the swipe of the ball from Seton Catholic's (2) and she's off to the races down the sidelines on the attack. Gallery

Ticonderoga's Cassidy Mattison (11) with the block on Plattsburgh's Ava Weiss (14) as she drove the lane for the score. The Ticonderoga Sentinels and the Plattsburgh Hornets would start off the 2024 portion of their season at the Plattsburgh High School in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference action. The game would be tight through the first quarter and the Hornets would hold a slight lead at 15-14. In the second quarter, the Hornets would start to pull away as they held Ticonderoga to four points while scoring ten and taking a 25-18 lead into the intermission. When the teams returned for the third quarter the Hornets would keep on the gas and have a 13-9 quarter and take a 38-27 lead into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Sentinels would do their best to get back in the game with an 18-15 quarter but the Hornets would take the 53-45 win. In the win, the Hornets would get back to the 500 mark at 5-5 while the Sentinels would only suffer their second loss of the season and go to 8-2. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Bailey Hewson (10) breaks in and lays it off the window for the score as the Hornets get the 53-45 win. Gallery