FINAL New Hartford 69 Massena 44

Fast-breaking New Hartford is continuing their excellent play with layups by Ronnie Evans and Mike Kelly.

Massena can't seem to find the hoop, missing short jumpers and open layups.

With 4:40 remaining in the quarter, Ronnie Evans hit a jumper from the elbow to push the Spartans to a 62-38 lead.

New Hartford's face painted student section is passing their time during a time-out cheering along with the Spartan Cheerleaders.

With 3:15 left, New Hartford spreads the court and starts running down the shot-clock, sitting on their comfortable 62-40 lead.

Nothing seems to be going right for Massena when they throw the ball out-of-bounds during a three-on-one fast break opportunity.

Under 2 minutes now and New Hartford Coach John Randall begins to clear his bench, resting his starters for their game in less than 24 hours.

A Ronnie Evans fast-break layup with 1:38 remaining in the game all but seals the deal for the Spartans who coast to a huge Sectional victory. Final score 69-44.

New Hartford will play Glens Falls High Saturday March 10, 2007 (TOMORROW) at Manley Field House in Syracuse at 7:30 PM. The winner of this game will advance to the State Championship in Glens Falls next weekend.


High Scorers:
New Hartford - Alex Prue 16
Massena - Tyler Condlin 16

High Rebounders:
New Hartford - Mike Kelly 11
Massena - Garrett Sharlow 8

Assists:
New Hartford - Alex Prue 6
Massena - Patrick Moncibaiz 1 Shawn Hatch 1

End of 3rd Quarter New Hartford 54 Massena 31

2nd half action began similar to the 1st half ended. New Hartford jumped on Massena with back-to-back hoops by Andy Roemer and Alex Prue. Tough defense by New Hartford is causing a number of turnovers by Massena and New Hartford is taking advantage of them.

Some great passing by New Hartford got open layups for Alex Prue and Mike Clifford pushing New Hartford's lead to 50-24 with 4:02 remaining in the quarter.

After that hoop, New Hartford is on a 35-12 run.

Sloppy play from both teams slowed down the scoring to end the quarter with New Hartford in the lead 54-31.

End of 2nd Quarter New Hartford 40 Massena 22

New Hartford came out firing on all cylinders in the 2nd quarter continuing their run. Layups by Mike Kelly and Ronnie Evans were followed by a three-pointer by Andrew Steates.

Steates then went coast-to-coast with a steal and a layup to push New Hartford to a 19-0 run continuing from the 1st quarter.

Massena got their first points of the quarter on two free throws with 5:07 left in the quarter.

Jeff Dunn of New Hartford then banked in a long two-pointer to push New Hartford's lead to 38-18.

New Hartford's Mike Clifford made two free-throws and Massena made two layups to end the action putting New Hartford in the lead with a score of 40-22.


High Scorers:
New Hartford - Andy Roemer 10
Massena - Tyler Condlin 8

High Rebounders:
New Hartford - Mike Kelly 5
Massena - Garrett Sharlow 4

Assists:
New Hartford - Alex Prue 4 Mike Kelly 4
Massena - Patrick Moncibaiz 1 Shawn Hatch 1

End of 1st Quarter New Hartford 23 Massena 10

New Hartford and Massena traded three-pointers to start the game. Fast-paced action up and down the court with New Hartford getting the early advantage with a fast-break layup from Mike Kelly and a three-pointer by Ronnie Evans.

New Hartford ended the quarter with a 8-0 run and hold a 23-10 lead.

Next update coming at the half.

Live from SUNY Potsdam's Jerry Walsh Gymnasium.

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