Leading off today: Junior forward Bryce Harris twice gave
Brentwood late fourth-quarter leads with 3-point baskets and finished with 13 points as the Indians edged two-time defending champion Half Hollow Hills East 63-56 on Sunday for the Section 11 boys Class AA basketball championship.
Half Hollow Hills East had ended ninth-ranked Brentwood's season the past two years.
"This is redemption," Harris said, "and it feels good."
Jordan Riley had 18 points and 11 rebounds, guard Kenny Lazo added 15 points and Alan Houston had 12 for Brentwood.
Shane Dean (17 points) hit a 3-pointer with 1:17 left in the third quarter to give 24th-ranked HHHE a 44-35 lead and Sam Russo made another for a 47-38 advantage. But the Thunderbirds would miss seven fourth-quarter free throws, including the front ends of two one-and-ones, and the first Harr is basket of the final stanza tied the game at 52.
"Tough times don't last; tough people do," Brentwood coach Anthony Jimenez said. "You got to see that."
Corcoran toppled: Jaylen Warmack scored 20 first-half points to lead Utica Notre Dame to a 50-44 upset of No. 12 Syracuse Corcoran in the Section 3 Class AA semifinals.
Warmack finished with 30 points to lead all scorers, while Corcoran's Daimarr Miller scored 27.
More boys basketball: Louisville recruit Aidan Igiehon scored a game-high 14 points and added 17 rebounds and three blocks to propel Lawrence Woodmere Academy past Dalton 51-30 in the NYSAIS Class B championship in the Bronx.
"In the beginning of the season I knew I had to be a leader and lead these guys," the 6-foot-10 Igiehon said. "This is only a temporary stop. Our main goal is upstate. We are excited right now, but we are still hungry."
The Tigers will head to Glens Falls in a month as the NYSAIS Class B rep in the Federation tournament.
Dry spell over: Suffern ended a span of five seasons without a Section 1 hockey title by defeating Mamaroneck 4-1 for the Division I championship.
"It felt like we were cursed and we just broke it," defenseman Jared Marder said. "It's just a great feeling. We made our senior season one to remember."
Suffern, top-ranked in the state by the New York State Sportswriters Association, is unbeaten in its past 20 games.
Mike Halper made 19 saves in goal for the winners.
• Senior goalie Eric Sasimovich made 29 saves as No. 15 John Jay Cross River downed fifth-ranked Pelham 5-1 for the Section 1 Division II trophy.
John Jay and Pelham have combined to win the sectional title every year since 2010.
John Jay advances to next weekend's NYSPHSAA quarterfinals and will meet the loser of the Section 6 final between West Seneca West and Grand Island.
Bethlehem repeats: Junior Mike Bievenue's 50th goal of the season, just 22 seconds into the game, started Bethlehem on its way to a 4-2 victory over Shenendehowa for the Section 2 hockey championship.
Bievenue later added his 51st and 52nd goals in a game in which the Eagles never trailed.
"You can't stop Mike Bievenue. All season long you can't stop him," Bethlehem coach Dylan Lappe said. "If he's got his wheels going, he's going to take off around you and it showed."
The teams were playing their second game in two days. Shenendehowa had won the regular-season meeting in December.
Schedule changes: With hurricane-force winds blasting through Western New York and the Finger Lakes, hockey finals were pushed back a day to Monday at KeyBank Center.