There was very little drama until Lakeland began losing players to a string of yellow cards in the final minutes, and the Hornets are heading to the bus with the Class B championship trophy after beating Maine Endwell 2-0 this morning at Dick Hoover Stadium.

“No words can describe how this feels,” said Emma Bozek, who scored the first goal of the game. “We know how many good field hockey teams are in the state of New York and we’re the best.”

It’s the fourth state title for Lakeland, which also won in 1990, 2003 and 2006, all under head coach Sharon Sarsen.

Byram Hills and New Hartford are going into overtime in their Class A semifinal.  The game was scoreless after eighty minutes.  New Hartford had just one shot on goal.  I will update  with the final score.

UPDATE:  Zach Hecox scored nine minutes into overtime to lift New Hartford to a 1 – 0 win.  The goal was a rebound off his own shot.  Byram Hills’s season ends in the semi-finals.

We’re about 5 minutes away from the start of state finals. Let’s see if Section 1 can maintain their momentum from yesterday.
Once I have results I will let you know if anyone is a state medalist.

Just some food for thought; like in track, awards are given for the federation and the public schools so if some from the psal or chsaa medal place in top 10, they are not in thr public school medals.
Update 1: In the 200-yard medley relay, Brewster ties for the title with a time of 1:49.36.Ursuline, Fox Lane, and Horace Greeley finished 5th, 8th, and 9th respectively.
Update 2: In the 200 free, Kelly Johanson of Mamaroneck finished in 6th place and Kristi Edleson of Brewster finished eighth in the federation titles. Courtney Ciardiello of Rye/Blind Brook jumped into the medals in third place.
Update 3: Rachel Kessler of New Rochelle, Katie Arnott of Suffern, Racquel Giner and Alex Gorki finished 5th, 6th, 7th, and 10th respectively in the 200 IM.
Update 4: Maggie Tracy of Ursuline finished in 4th with a 24.46.
Update 5: The diving is in progress. Through 10 rounds, Candace Young has a score of 338.65.

Update 6: On her final dive, Young, scored a 43.20 on her 2-1/2 twisting dive to give her an overall score of 381.85. She finished in 12th place.

Update 7: Ali Polhill is the state champion in the 100 butterfly. Melissa Trail of Fox Lane took 3rd. Dani Sims of Byram Hills finished 5th. Ciardiello finished 6th. Michelle Hogan (Ursuline) finished 8th. Maddy Berkman finished 9th. Polhill’s time of 55.20 is an automatic all-American time.

Update 8: Melissa Fulenwider of Rye/Blind Brook finished 3rd in the 100 free.
Update 9: Johanson is the public school bronze medalist in the 500 free (5th in federation). Edleson finished 5th in public school and 7th in the federation.
Update 10: Ursuline finished 4th in the PHS meet and 5th in the federation. Fox Lane finished 6th in PHS and 7th in federation.
Update 11: Polhill won the backstroke state title with a time of 56.45, which is an automatic all-American time. Sims finished 6th, Trail was 8th, and Monica Poleway finished ninth.
Update 12: Arnott finished in seventh in the breaststroke. Lauren Flower of Ursuline was ninth.
Update 13: In a wild 400 free relay, Brewster came back to finish second. Much in part due to Polhill doing a 50.70 final split.
Post meet: Another banner day for the Section and retain their status as the strongest swimming section in the state scoring 86o points. Polhill follows in the footsteps of Kim Holden and former Bears teammate Stef Niessl who won 2 individual state titles.