18 Sports Blitz – 02/16

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – The 18 Sports Blitz is back with championship high school basketball and action on the ice.

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It was a big night for 2 high school basketball teams at Johnson City High School. The Horseheads girls basketball team earned their 2nd straight STAC championship, for the first time in program history. The Blue Raiders defeated Chenango Forks 44-33, behind Maddie Ribble’s 14 points off of the bench, and 11 from Sophia Bonnell. On the boys side, Johnson City outlasted Seton Catholic 66-60. The Wildcats’ win was led by an impressive 37 point night from Zubayr Griffin.

In college basketball, the Elmira College women bested Keuka College with 31 points from Laura Bogota. On the men’s side, EC fell to Keuka despite 16 points from Carter Seeberger. In NCAA Division I, the Cornell men rolled past Harvard with a balanced scoring attack. On the ice, the Cornell men shutout Brown, 3-0. In the FPHL, the Elmira River Sharks countered at late charge from Wytheville, thanks to a big goal from Davide Gaeta.

A full look at Friday night’s scores are listed below:

High School Boys Basketball:
STAC Championship – #10 Johnson City 66 – #11 Seton Catholic 60
Wellsboro 56 – South Williamsport 51

High School Girls Basketball:
STAC Championship – Horseheads 44 – Chenango Forks 33

NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball:
Keuka College 93 – Elmira College 72

NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball:
Elmira College 71 – Keuka College 59

NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball:
Cornell 75 – Harvard 62

NCAA Division I Men’s Wrestling:
#8 NC State 24 – #9 Cornell 9

NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey:
#12 Cornell 3 – Brown 0

FPHL Hockey:
Elmira River Sharks 3 – Wytheville Blue Ridge Bobcats 2

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