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Knox Sensational: Bedford-Katonah Daily Sports Digest Feb. 20

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Girls sectional hoops

Peekskill and John Jay entered their Section 1 Class A opening round playoff contest Feb. 17 in Peekskill as even as two teams could be, with Peekskill seeded No. 8 and John Jay No. 9.

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The game featured two of the best players in Section 1 history in guards, John Jay's Raegan Knox, who is the school's all-time leading scorer in hoops, boys or girls, and Peekskill's all-state guard Asia Jackson, who led the Red Devils to a state crown last year.

This year the Red Devils' postseason would turn out differently as led by a game-high 24 points from Knox, including 19 in the second half, John Jay defeated Peekskill 47-38.

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"This game is an amazing win for us," Knox said. "We have never made it this far in the sectionals for the time that I have been playing so personally I think this is a huge accomplishment for us. I think it has also given us confidence because we were able to beat a very good team."

Knox said the key to John Jay's win was its defense, particularly in the third quarter. That's where John Jay took control of the game by outscoring Peekskill 20-8 to take a 39-29 lead going into the game's final quarter.

"We had some great plays which led to Peekskill turnovers and fast break points for us," Knox said. "I think that was the turning point because we got into our own rythym and pulled away."

Leading Peekskill was Lanay Rodney, who tallied 12 points. 

John Jay will now play at No. 1 Pearl River 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22 in the quarterfinals.

The winners of each quarterfinal contest will advance to the Section 1 Final Four at the Westchester County Center in White Plains Feb. 27-March 4.

 

Boys sectional hoops

No. 2 Peekskill and No. 18 John Jay hooked up in an opening round Section 1 Class A playoff contest Feb. 17.

The seeds suggested that the game should be an easy Peekskill win but it was anything but. Instead for three plus quarters it felt like one of those NCAA tournament games where the high seed is fightning for its dear life.

In the end host Peekskill won 75-64 but anyone in the John Devins Gymanasium that night realized that score was as deceiving as a score could be.

Peekskill actually led just by two, 64-62, late in the game before closing the contest out with an 11-2 run. That run was ignited by Musheed Muhammed (nine points), whose field goal and foul shot put Peekskill up by five, causing the SRO crowd in Peekskill to explode.

John Jay's Matt Ferentini, who tallied 19 points, then shot what looked like a dead on three from the corner but it just missed with Muhammed grabbing the rebound.

Peekskill's Chandler Pierce, who also registered 19 points, then converted two free throws. Brad Goldman, who had a game-high 21 points for John Jay, pulled the Indians to within five with a deuce but Pierce then made two more foul shots to seal the game.

Bayron Carter also was in double digits for Peekskill, scoring 11 points.

The Red Devils will now host No. 10 Brewster Wednesday, Feb. 22 in the quarterfinals at a time to be announced.

 

Harvey girls basketball gets bounced by Christian Heritage

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Harvey’s Girls’ Varsity Basketball Team suffered a 62-38 home defeat Wednesday at the hands of Christian Heritage. It was a tale of two halves. Harvey had a one-point lead, 22-21 at the end of the first half, but it was all Christian Heritage in the second half as the visitors outscored the Lady Cavaliers by 25 points.

Harvey had two players score in double-figures, Ariana Weaver with 15 and Chinasa Nwokocha with 14, but only two other Harvey players contributed on offense, Gabi Paulhac with 7 and Abigail Hassett with 2.

Stephanie Jones had a big game on offense for Christian Heritage, hitting on 11 shots, including two from three-point range. She also tossed in three from the foul line for a total of 27 points. Her teammates, Jessica Cicecchia and Fredi Nelson, pumped in 11 points each.

Harvey’s record fell to 10-7 while Christian Heritage of Trumbull, CT improved to 19-2.

Boxscore

Harvey 38 - Christian Heritage 62

Harvey 22-16-38 Christian Heritage 21-41-62

Harvey (38) Gabi Paulec 3-1-7, Chinasa Nwokacha 4-5-14, Abigail Hassett 1-0-2, Ariana Weaver 5-5-15

Christian Heritage (62) Bria Andrews 1-0-2, Jessica Cicecchia 5-1-11, Stephanie Jones 11-3-27, Fredi Nelsen 5-1-11, Cassey Rodriguez 1-0-2, Kayla Schneider 2-3-7, Jax Stachura 1-0-2

3-point goals: Harvey: Chinasa Nwokacha 1, Christian Heritage Stephanie Jones 2 

 

On tap today:

Fox Lane H.S. and John Jay H.S.:

No games scheduled.

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