A young Webutuck Warriors team from Amenia in Dutchess County, consisting of mostly freshman, after making the almost two-hour trip to Grahamsville were almost blown off the court in the first eight minutes of play as the Bears opened up a 14-point 18-4 lead.
Tri-Valley limited Webutuck to four points off a field goal and two foul shots in the first quarter while the Bears Liz Hannold lit up the scoreboard for 10 points off five 2's.
Webutuck coach Jon Zenz noted that his team entered this game with a 11-9 overall record and 5-6 in the MHAL league had all has been achieved mostly with freshman students.
The Warriors quickly recovered from the first quarter and righted the ship as they outscored Tri-Valley in the second quarter 16-6 to go into the halftime locker room trailing by six, 26-20.
Maya-K Johnson led Webutuck's second quarter scoring attack with six points off two 2's and two foul shots. The foul line proved to be an effective scoring tool for the Warriors this quarter as they scored eight points on foul shots.
Tri-Valley's Morgan Shamro with 10 points off two 2's and two trays and four points by Samantha Raymond pushed Tri-Valley's lead to 12 at the end of the third quarter, 42-30. Taylor Edmundsen led the Warriors scoring with four points off two 2's.
Both's teams scoring efforts went downhill in the fourth quarter with Webutuck outscoring Tri-Valley 7-6. Maya-K Johnson scored all of Webutuck's points off of a tray and four foul shots whlle Samantha Raymond added four points for the Bears off two 2's.
The win advanced Tri-Valley into the Section 9 Class C semifinal game against No. 1 seed S.S, Seward at Florida last night.
Tri-Valley this past season lost to Seward by 35 points on December 21 at Seward and almost pulled off the upset of the year two weeks ago at Grahamsville losing in the final 10 seconds of the game, 52-50 in what Coach Closs called "the best 32-minutes of basketball we have played all season."
Closs noted Saturday "this is a good win played by two relatively young teams and we will take it but we will have to play a better game against Seward on Monday where we will have to bring energy and play good half-court man to man as they have a lot of weapons."
Closs feels that for the team to be successful against Seward, "is that we have to be more patient and run our offense without forcing the ball."
Webutuck coach Jon Zenz in post-game remarks said, "we got beat by a better team today as they work harder and they were more prepared."
"They bring a little more experience to the game then us as we are almost entirely freshman but they were tougher than us tonight as we just don't have enough shooters on the team to help balance the floor ," Zenz noted.
Tri-Valley enters the Seward game with a 11-9 record while Seward was 19-1.
Webutuck finishes their season 11-10.
Morgan Shamro led Tri-Valley in scoring with 13 points followed by Liz Hannold with 12 and Samantha Raymond with 10.
Maya-K Johnson led Webutuck with 15 points off of three 2's, a tray and six foul shots.
Tri-Valley finished their regular season of play February 17 with a win at home against Chester 49-44 with Liz Hannold leading the way with 16 points.
At the Chester game four Tri-Valley players were honored on their Senior Night which depicts their last night at home for regular season high school basketball.
Those honored included Kayla Butler, Elizabeth Hannold, Autumn Bender and Kate Jester.
Tri-Valley seniors gather with their coaches for a group photo prior to their last regular season home game. Those honored on Senior Night were, from the left, Head Coach Jason Closs, Kayla Butler, Autumn Bender, Katie Jester, Elizabeth Hannold and Assistant Coach Jerry Stevens.
Tri-Valley's leading scorer with 13 points, Morgan Shamro (34) shoots for two over an unidentified Webutuck player in the Bears 48-37 Section 9 Class C quarterfinal victory Saturday at Grahamsville.
Tri-Valley point guard Jackie Musa (10) attempts to get a shot off over Webutuck's Maya-K Johnson in the Bears 48-37 Section 9 Class C quarterfinal victory Saturday at Grahamsville. Johnson led the Warriors with 15 points.
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