That Championship Season

Frank Rizzo

frizzo@antonmediagroup.com

Atrip to the state tourney Final Four will have to be its own reward for the Manhasset girls basketball team.

The Indians lost in the state semifinal to Rochesterarea Canandaigua 55-42 on March 17 at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. Poor perimeter shooting (1-for-18 from the 3-point arc, per one account) helped sink Manhasset, which trailed 19-14 at the break, 32-26 after three and 39-34 with 4:14 left.

“A couple of shots fall our way, we’re having a different conversation right now,” Manhasset coach Lauren Sadeh told the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

Canandaigua, which lost to Westchester’s Walter Panas 61-51 in the Class A state final, outrebounded the Indians 3625. Manhasset finished the year 24-2 and was led in the game by Ali McIntyre (12 points) and Nicoletta Tsiamis (11).

The Indians earned the school’s first Nassau and Long Island championship trophies since 1993, beating Lynbrook and Shoreham-Wading River respectively.

“Whatever happens upstate now it’s gravy,” a reporter told Sadeh after her team beat the Suffolk County champs.

“Yeah,” she agreed. “Hundred percent it’s gravy.”