Leading off today: A well-rounded team effort yesterday carried Jamesville-DeWitt to its second straight NYSPHSAA boys Class A basketball championship in Glens Falls.

   Lamar Kearse scored 16 points on 7-for-10 shooting and keyed a critical fourth-quarter stretch to lead J-D to a 77-75 victory in overtime over Peekskill.

   Steve Thompson’s 17-foot jumper with 51.1 seconds remaining in OT proved to be the margin, but Peekskill had three opportunities at the tying basket.

   Brandon Triche was named tournament MVP after scoring 12 points in the final. Alshawn Hymes scored 21 points, and freshman center Dajuan Coleman put up 18 points and 18 rebounds.

   "People think that as you get older, you don’t seem excited about this," Red Rams coach Bob McKenney told The Post-Standard. "It doesn’t get old. The expectations have been so high since Brandon was a freshman. They really wanted this. Both teams took each other’s best shot tonight. It felt like a heavyweight fight."

   Dominating effort by NFA: Newburgh broke to a 16-6 lead after one quarter, built the lead to 24 points and breezed past Niagara Falls for the NYSPHSAA Class AA championship, 62-42.

   "I knew this could happen," Newburgh guard Marcus Henderson, the tournament MVP, told the Times Herald-Record "I saw a group of young men, including myself, who wanted a championship and who were very talented."

   Henderson overcame a 1-for-14 shooting night vs. Uniondale in the semifinals to post 11 points, four assists and four rebounds vs. Niagara Falls. Guard Damon Cousar has 20 points and 20 rebounds as 56 of the team's 62 points came from underclassmen.

   Newburgh has a bye into the Federation Class AA final, where it will face Rice or Abraham Lincoln for the title Sunday at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

   Coleman girls win: Point guard Taylor Leonard knocked down the game-winning three-pointer with :12.1 to go as Coleman Catholic edged Sherman for the girls NYSPHSAA Class D basketball crown, 39-36.

   "I didn't know I was going to take the shot, but I had a good look," she told the Times Herald-Record. "So I shot it. I wasn't very confident when I let it go. But it went in. That was the biggest shot of my life."

   Leonard's game-winner was her second three-pointer in the final minute, and she finished with a game-high 16 points plus three assists to earn tournament MVP honors.

   She had spent three hours in an area hospital after being shaken up in Saturday's semifinals and complaining of nausea and dizziness.

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   A first for Nazareth: Nazareth Academy, which had come up short in five previous trips to the state tournament this decade, won the NYSPHSAA Class C championship with a 43-31 victory against Hoosic Valley.

   Jenior forward Janine Swanson and Porsche Gavin scored 11 points apiece, and Megan Morrell chipped in with nine points and 11 assists.

   Samantha Anderson had 13 points and 18 rebounds for Hoosic Valley, which beat Nazareth in the 2008 semifinals. The Lazers had also lost in the semis in 2002, '03 and '04 and by 10 points in the 2006 championship.

   Hoosic Valley broke to an 8-0 lead before Nazareth recovered to make it a one-point game at the half. Gavin lead a 10-0 charge late in the third quarter, and Nazareth took command at 34-23 early in the fourth.

   Curtis' dream run continues: Curtis High grabbed the boys Class A title with a 56-43 win vs. George Westinghouse, marking the first PSAL crown for a Staten Island team.

   "I’m not interested in the historical stuff, but this team’s ability to continue to keep playing," first-year varsity coach Rich Buckheit told The Advance. "You play five straight months, go to school, and play (sporadically) during tourney time, and to outlast that says a lot. This is an excellent basketball team that put its knowledge to use. They grew as players."

   Hofstra-bound center Halil Kanacevic finished with 17 rebounds and six assists despite first-half foul trouble.

   "My teammates basically won the game," Kanacevic said.

   Longshot winner: Brooklyn College Academy began the PSAL Class B tournament as the No. 26 seed and left LIU yesterday as the champion after a 75-70 victory over East New York Family Academy.

   Family Academy went on a 25-8 run to take a 16-point lead but Onyema Utti scored eight of his 23 points and made all six of his free throws in the fourth quarter to help complete the rally.

   Shooting guard Keyon Aigle finished with 24 points and eight assists, and sophomore Tarik Phillip added 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

   Glens Falls notes: Attendance at the Glens Falls Civic Center was 17,157 for 15 games over five sessions, The Post-Star reported. That's about the best you could hope for with only three appearances by Section 2 schools -- one by Broadalbin-Perth and two by Maple Hill.

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