The Briarcliff girls soccer team will compete for a third straight state title tomorrow at 2 at SUNY Cortland. The Bears will play Section 2’s Mechanicville, which beat Section 5 champ Livonia 2-1 in overtime. Briarcliff beat Livonia in last year’s Class B state final.

In other Section 1 news, John Jay-East Fishkill beat West Islip 3-2 and advanced to the Class AA state final. The Patriots will play Section 3’s Christian Brothers Academy, a.k.a. CBA-Syracuse.

The diving is about to begin and Candace is sixth in the order.

Update 1: After two rounds, Young has a combined score of 54.60. Her second dive which was a inward 1-1/2 somersault pike was pretty and scored a 33.60.

Update 2: Candace’s third dive scored a 42.53 to give her a score of 97.13.

Update 3: Young continues to build her scores and now she’s at a 129.45 through 4 rounds.

Update 4: Through six rounds, Young has 188.5 points. We won’t know placement until eight rounds are completed.

Update 5: Young scores a 42.55 on her 7th round dive to give her a total of 231.05.

Update 6: Young got a 32.30 on her last dive of the preliminaries to give her a score of 263.35. Once the competition is over; I will let you all know if Candace Young will join the rest of the Section in tomorrow’s finals.

Update 7: Young finished in 19th and will be back in tomorrow’s finals.

Update, 22 minutes left in first half: The game is scoreless. Briarcliff has dominated the action but has nothing to show for it. The Center Moriches made a couple saves.

Update, 21:07 left in the first half: Briarcliff leads 1-0. Katie Weiner scored off a rebound of a header by Liana Cornacchio.

Update, 8 minutes left: Briarcliff up 1-0. Cornacchio scored on a rebound of her own penalty kick but it was waved off. No one on the defense had touched it. Center Moriches nearly tied it when a free kick rang off the crossbar.

Update, Halftime: Briarcliff 1-0. Cornacchio has had several opportunities but has missed the net, including on the penalty kick, which hit the post. Center Moriches generated a few chances so it is in the game.

Update, 26:50 left: Weiner strikes again, scoring on a header. Briarcliff leads 2-0.

Update, 17 minutes left: Still 2-0 Briarcliff. Danielle Christiano was given a yellow card earlier in the half so she will have to be careful

Update, FINAL: Briarcliff 2-1. The Bears will play for a third straight state title tomorrow at 2 at SUNY Cortland.

Update, postgame: Center Moriches scored with about a minute to left. A long shot from outside the 18-yard box bounced off the crossbar and in the net. Still, Briarcliff was never really threatened again, not allowing a ball near its end.

The Bears will play Section 2 champ Mechanicville, which defeated Livonia (Briarcliff’s state final opponent last year) 2-1 in OT.