Pine Valley's Miles Volk shows off a competitive jump shot during Saturday's Class D Far West Regional game against Avoca Plattsburgh at Buffalo State Sports Arena Pajamas Photo by Steve Garvey
BUFFALO — Avoca Plattsburgh enters the Class D Far West Region with a basketball resume that includes winning back-to-back New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships in 2022 and 2023.
During the first half of Saturday's game against Pine Valley at Buffalo State Sports Arena, another trip to the Final Four in Glens Falls didn't seem guaranteed for the Section V school.
And, well, the Titans did the job.
Avoca Plattsburgh, which led 30-27 at the break, outscored the Panthers 45-20 the rest of the way, winning 75-47.
With the win, the Titans (14-9) advance to the state semifinals next Saturday against the winner of Section X Harrisville vs. Section III Sackets Harbor at Cool Insuring Arena starting at 10:45 p.m.
Pine Valley, on the other hand, ended the season with 11 wins and 12 losses.
The first half was a story of two completely different quarters, until the decisive second half.
Jaden Crowder and Daniel Stilson each scored eight points for Avoca Plattsburgh, which led 20-5 at the end of the first quarter and widened to 24-6 early in the second quarter. .
Pine Valley then caught fire, especially Myles Folk, who scored 13 points in a 21-6 surge fueled by 12 Titans turnovers.Only eight points after Crowder kept the Panthers from entering the locker room.
The game remained fairly close after intermission — in fact, Avoca Plattsburgh only led 45-40 with three minutes left in the third period — but the Titans ended with a 14-0 run, effectively There was no real winner or loser. .
Avoca-Plattsburg was led by Crowder with 21 points, Stillson with 18 points and McCoy Putnam and Christopher Abbott each with 15 points.
Pacing Pine Valley was Volk who finished 25th.
Avoca Plattsburgh (75)
White 0 0 0, Crowder 9 2 21, Putnam 4 7 15, Button 0 0 0, Heal 0 0 0, Zalik 2 0 4, Abbott 5 3 15, Swift 0 0 0, Parulski 0 0 0, Stillson 7 4 18 , Hammond 1 0 2, total 28 16 75.
Pine Valley (47)
Slade 1 0 2, Yvette 1 1 3, Jascheldon 2 0 5, Mulan 0 0 0, Siebold 2 0 4, Josheldon 3 0 8, Volk 11 3 25, Jackson 0 0 0, total 20 4 47.
3-point goals — Crowder, Abbott 2, Jasheldon, Josheldon 2.
Avoca – Plattsburgh 20 10 28 17 — 75
Pine Valley 5 22 13 7 — 47
