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LIVE BLOG: NYS Federation Class AA boys, girls finals

The long and winding road known as the high basketball season has finally reached its finish line. Two games remain before spring officially begins. But before we lock the gym doors and put the balls on the racks, there are two state New York State Federation Class AA championships to be decided.

We’ll get a new champion on the girls side as Nazareth fell in the semifinals to Cicero-North Syracuse on Saturday. The Northstars and UConn-bound stud Breanna Stewart, the nation’s top player, are looking to become the first non-New York City team to win the girls title since Colonie in 2001. They will have to get past 14-time PSAL city champion Murry Bergtraum and UNC Charlotte-bound Shequana Harris at noon to do it.

At 2 p.m. three-time PSAL city champion Boys & Girls and Mount Vernon will meet for the boys ‘AA’ crown in a rematch of last year’s semifinal matchup, won by Mount Vernon. The Kangaroos, however, were shorthanded in that contest and will be at full strength Sunday afternoon.

Boys High, which knocked off CHSAA winner St. Raymond in the semifinals on Saturday, is looking for its first state crown while Mount Vernon is gunning for No. 5. If victorious, legendary coach Bob Cimmino would tie former Rice coach Maurice Hicks and Collegiate coach Ray Voelkel for the most Federation titles all time.

If you’re unable to make it to the Times Union Center in Albany, we’ll have you covered. Beginning at 11:45 a.m. NYPost.com boys basketball beat writers Zach Braziller, Marc Raimondi and Joseph Staszewski will bring you all the action with our acclaimed interactive live blog. As always, questions, comments and critiques are welcome. To follow the blog, click below.

SCHEDULE

NYS Federation Class AA girls final

12 p.m. – Murry Bergtraum Cicero-North Syracuse

NYS Federation Class AA boys final

2 p.m. – Boys & Girls vs. Mount Vernon

About the Author

  • Zach Braziller

    ZACH BRAZILLER

    A sports reporter for the New York Post, Zach Braziller covered high-school sports in New York City for eight years, beginning with an internship at the New York Sun. A graduate of Drew University, he moved on to serve as the sports editor of the Queens Courier newspaper for five years and also worked for SNY.tv in that time, covering the area’s three local hockey clubs and the New York Giants before moving on to The Post. Braziller’s work has also appeared in The New York Times and the Houston Chronicle.

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