CV-S Girls Win 69-45, Off to Final Four in Troy

CHERRY VALLEY - The Patriots had to travel more than 225 miles Sunday but came away with a convincing 69-45 victory in the Class D Regional Championship.

It was a complete team effort by the Cherry Valley-Springfield girls in the win over Smithtown Christian at SUNY Farmingdale State Sunday.

CV-S will play Hammond in the Class D State Semifinal at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy Saturday at 2:15 p.m.

Sunday was the first time in program history that the CV-S girls appeared in a Regional Championship.

Morgan Huff was the leading scorer for CV-S with 17 points and they received contributions from Daphnee West with 16 points and nine rebounds, Kailey Barnes with 11 points, Mackenzie McGovern with 10 and Mia Dubben with nine and 10 rebounds.

Annalyn Loiacono led Smithtown Christian with 25 points while Bryn Jansson added 15 points on five threes in the loss.

CV-S started out hot Sunday. McGovern's three-pointer with 30 seconds left in the first pushed the lead to 16-5 as the Patriots would ride another 8-0 run into the second quarter. The Patriots led 27-19 heading into halftime and 44-30 heading into the fourth quarter. CV-S had sealed the win with a big 25-point fourth quarter.

Cherry Valley-Springfield 69, Smithtown Christian 45

CV-S … 16 11 17 25 — 69

SC … 5 14 11 15 — 45

CV-S: Mackenzie McGovern 4 0-0 10, Kailey Barnes 5 0-1 11, Kyra Druse 0 0-0 0, Daphnee West 7 2-6 16, Morgan Huff 8 0-1 17, Gabby Jicha 0 0-0 0, Sara Cortese 2 0-0 4, Erin Williams 0 0-0 0, Mia Dubben 3 3-4 9, Brin Whiteman 1 0-0 2. Totals: 30 5-12 69

SC: Annalyn Loiacono 7 5-7 25, Kayla Grover 0 0-0 0, Lila Eskeldal 0 0-0 0, Guilianna Cervini 0 0-0 0, Julia Velez 2 0-0 5, Bryn Jansson 5 0-0 15, Becklyn Nieves 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 5-7 45

Three-point baskets: CV-S 4 (McGovern 2, Barnes, Huff); SC 12 (Loiacono 6, Janssen 5, Velez)