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M-E girls go
off in OT to
top Patriots
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Maine-Endwell’s girls can take a deep breath now.

After sweating out two missed free throws with
less than a second left in regulation Wednesday, the
host Spartans scored 14 of the next 15 points for a 64-51
overtime basketball defeat of Southern Tier Athletic
Conference rival Binghamton.
Alexis Wanchisen started the decisive spurt in the
extra period with a 3-point field goal from the corner
off of a defensive rebound that set up a fast break.
Freshman guard Allison L’Amoreaux followed with
another corner 3 on M-E’s next possession and the
Spartans cruised from there.
Kyesha Talerico finished with 24 points and 13 re-
bounds for Maine-Endwell (6-7), which held a 50-49
lead with 5.9 seconds left in regulation. Binghamton
guard Kaziah Ross then drew a foul on a 3-point at-

See ROUNDUP, Page 3C

Bagwell, Raines,
Rodriguez are
voted into
Hall of Fame

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Seton Catholic Central guard Hanna Strawn drives past Holly Manchester of host Susquehanna Valley during the Saints’ 65-53
Southern Tier Athletic Conference girls basketball victory Wednesday. GETTY IMAGES
Jeff Bagwell of the Houston Astros.

SCC girls find way

to win at Sus Valley
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Seton Catholic Central’s gals — most noticeably their point guard/ Ivan Rodriguez of the Tim Raines of the Montreal
motor/igniter — followed instructions, and the result was a table-tur- Washington Nationals. Expos.
See a video of ner of a 65-53 basketball victory Wednesday night at Susquehanna Val-
ley.
Holly The Saints led for the final 22 minutes of play, and by 10 as early as RONALD BLUM ASSOCIATED PRESS
midway into the third quarter before a whole lot of bleacher space
Manchester’s spoken for in a wonderful atmosphere for high school ball. NEW YORK - Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan
Junior point guard Hanna Strawn closed with 20 points and three Rodriguez were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on
buzzer-beater at mates 10 or better for the Saints, who essentially decided, enough of Wednesday, earning the honor as Trevor Hoffman and
this counter-punching malarkey against their Southern Tier Athletic Vladimir Guerrero fell just short.
pressconnects.com Conference and Class B rival. Steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger
The get-after-it approach paid off in the form of amends for that Clemens were passed over for the fifth straight year
48-44 home-court loss to the Sabers just over a month ago. And by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. But
Wednesday’s 65-point take sure did appeal to the winners a good bit they received a majority of votes for the first time and
more than that season-low total drummed up in Game 1 of who-knows could be in position to gain election in coming years.
how many between the sides this winter. Bagwell , on the ballot for the seventh time after
This outcome was pretty much padlocked by Seton Catholic Cen- falling 15 votes short last year, received 381 of 442
tral in a 65-second segment of the final quarter, just after two free votes for 86.2 percent. Players needed 75 percent,
throws and a three-point play drew the hosts within 51-45 and revved which came to 332 votes this year.

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