



Panama’s Mandy Brink drives about a Hammond defender for the duration of Saturday morning’s NISPHSAA Class D semifinals at Hudson Valley Neighborhood College’s McDonough Sports Complicated in Troy. Photo by Mike Frame
Panama’s Caitlin Horton is defended by Hammond’s Sadie Spraberry for the duration of Saturday morning’s NISPHSAA Class D semifinals at Hudson Valley College’s McDonough Sports Complicated in Troy. Photo by Mike Frame
Hammond’s Landree Kenyon is defended by Panamanians Lilli Odell and Kaitlin Horton for the duration of the NISPHSAA Class D semifinals Saturday morning at Hudson Valley Neighborhood College’s McDonough Sports Complicated in Troy. Photo by Mike Frame
Panama’s Mandy Brink drives about a Hammond defender for the duration of Saturday morning’s NISPHSAA Class D semifinals at Hudson Valley Neighborhood College’s McDonough Sports Complicated in Troy. Photo by Mike Frame
TROY – Panama had no answer for Ava Howie and Landry Kenyon on Saturday morning.
Howey, a sophomore guard from Hammond, scored 28 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out 4 assists, whilst Kenyon, a junior forward for the Red Devils, scored 25 points, grabbed ten rebounds, dished out six assists, grabbed 3 steals and blocked two shots. as the Section X champions defeated the Panthers 78-56 in the New York State Public Higher College Athletic Association semifinals at Hudson Valley Neighborhood College.
“We did not have an answer for (Kenyon) and when we attempted to double down, they threw it (Howie) out,” Panama head coach Dennis Hinsdale mentioned. “(Howie) hit some 3s from the top rated of the essential. I watched 4 games and she produced perhaps 4 total in 4 games.”
Section X has come to be the enemy of the Panamanian girls basketball plan. From 2015-17, Heuvelton – led by 3-time Class D player of the year Paige McCormick – completed the Panthers’ season at the McDonough Sports Complicated.
“I constantly mentioned when I left Clymer that I constantly wanted to come back,” mentioned Hinsdale, who won a state title as the Pirates’ head coach in 2010. “… I got my likelihood this year, we just could not make it perform. There is no shame in losing to that group. I am proud of my girls. I believed they gave me all the things they had. They played difficult, but Hammond played a tiny bit tougher.”
Panama’s Caitlin Horton is defended by Hammond’s Sadie Spraberry for the duration of Saturday morning’s NISPHSAA Class D semifinals at Hudson Valley College’s McDonough Sports Complicated in Troy. Photo by Mike Frame
On Saturday, Hammond went 35 of 64 (54.7%), outscored the Panthers 41-19 and turned the ball more than just 5 occasions ahead of the Red Devils went to their reserves late in the fourth quarter.
“They looked slow on film. “They did not shoot like that,” Hinsdale mentioned. “I knew we would have issues with the boards, that was my greatest worry.”
Senior Mandy Brink gave it her all in the final game of a stellar profession in Panama, scoring 26 points with 4 assists.
“I am not going to judge her profession on one particular game,” an emotional Hinsdale mentioned of Brink. “She’s a hell of an athlete.” She nonetheless has my vote for Western New York and New York State Player of the Year. … She fundamentally carried this group. She produced coaching simpler.”
Hammond took an 11-two lead with 1:49 left in the initially quarter, but Panama rallied with seven of the final nine points of the period, such as a three-pointer by Brink just ahead of the buzzer.
Hammond’s Landree Kenyon is defended by Panamanians Lilli Odell and Kaitlin Horton for the duration of the NISPHSAA Class D semifinals Saturday morning at Hudson Valley Neighborhood College’s McDonough Sports Complicated in Troy. Photo by Mike Frame
But the Red Devils — whose only loss this season came to Section X Class B champion Gouverneur — started to pull away in the second quarter, thanks to eight second-likelihood points, and led 38-26 at halftime.
“I am not confident how you defend a warped rebound.” I give that girl a lot of credit … that is one particular challenging shot you have to make regularly,” Hinsdale mentioned of Kenyon, who scored 11 points for the duration of the second quarter. “You may be in a position to get one particular out of seven or eight, but she regularly shot it. We did not have an answer to that.”
A 9- run by Hammond to open the third quarter, such as 5 points by Howie, produced it 47-26 ahead of Panama sophomore Caitlin Horton capped the run with a pair of totally free throws.
Brink twice produced it a 16-point game, initially with a three-pointer and then with an old-fashioned 3-point play, but the game was currently slipping away from the Panthers.
“I believed we looked awfully slow,” Hinsdale mentioned. “I believed we had been relying also significantly on Mandy.”
Howey scored 13 straight points for her group late in the third quarter as Hammond led by 22 getting into the final eight minutes.
“If you appear at how several loose balls there had been, we did not get any of them,” Hinsdale mentioned. “A single time I named a timeout and mentioned ‘We’ve got 4 girls laying on the floor and no one got to the ball.’ It is the heart. Their hearts had been larger than ours nowadays.”
Now the Red Devils will have to take on Section IV champion Oxford Academy, which defeated Section II Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 75-54 in Saturday’s other semifinal.
The Red Devils will be seeking for their initially state title because winning back-to-back championships in 2007 and 2008.
“I believed if we got previous Hammond,” Hinsdale mentioned, “we’d have a genuinely great shot against Oxford.
NOTES: Panama shot 20-of-58 (34.five%) from the field, such as three-of-18 from three-point variety, and turned the ball more than six occasions. Junior Kylie Morgan had 11 points and six rebounds, whilst Horton had eight points and six rebounds.
PANAMA (56)
Brink 9 five 26, Schaumann 1 two, Morgan four three 11, Horton two four eight, Odell three six, Rang 1 two, Green 1 1, Markham . Total 20 13 56.
HAMMOND (78)
Cunningham , Sprabbery five 11, Manning four eight, Kenyon 11 1 25, Howey 12 two 28, Woodcock 1 two, Winch two four, Tully , Jones , Downes . Total 35 three 78.
three-point targets-Brink three, Sprabari, Kenyon two, Hovie two.
Panama 9 17 17 13 – 56
Hammond 13 25 27 13 – 78





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