Finger Lakes East rivals will battle for the third time this season with a spot in the New York State Class B Girls’ Far West Regional on the line. Section V Class B1 champion Waterloo Indians and B2 champ Midlakes Screaming Eagles meet Tuesday night. Here’s the breakdown:
Class B1 champion WATERLOO INDIANS (23-0/Finger Lakes East) vs. Class B2 champion MIDLAKES SCREAMING EAGLES (18-5/Finger Lakes East)
Scoring offense: Waterloo (60.8 PPG), Midlakes (50.4 PPG)
Scoring defense: Waterloo (31.9 PPG), Midlakes (36.3 PPG)
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Current streak: Waterloo has won its last nine games by double-digits; Midlakes has won six straight and nine of its past 10.
How they arrived here: Waterloo defeated No. 9 seed North Rose-Wolcott/Sodus, 72-21 in the quarterfinals before downing fourth-seeded Palmyra-Macedon, 61-51, in the semis and No. 2 Hornell to claim its second straight sectional title . Midlakes opened sectionals with a 58-35 victory over No. 8 Dansville, before downing fifth-seeded Penn Yan, 47-45. The Screaming Eagles claimed their third title in five years with a 51-41 win over Wellsville.
Last time they met: Waterloo took both regular-season meetings between the programs with a 60-47 win on December 10th and 39-28 on January 24th.
Players to Watch for Waterloo: Giavanna White-Principio Sr. C/F 16.1 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 1.9 SPG; Morgan Caraballo Jr. G 14 PPG, 4.3 SPG; Macy Carr Sr. G 8.9 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 3.7 SPG; Jazzmyn Lewis Jr. F 6.9 PPG, 6.5 SPG, 4.1 RPG.
Midlakes: Grace Murphy Jr. G/F 11.1 PPG, 8.9 RPG, 1.8 SPG; Callie Walker Jr. C 8.4 PPG, 11.1 RPG; Mary Givens Jr. F 7 PPG, 6.6 RPG; Kate Mahoney Jr. G 6.5 PPG, 2.7 APG, 2.2 SPG.
Coaches: Michael Bree (Waterloo), Nate Rich (Midlakes)
What’s at stake: A spot in the NYS Class B Far West Regional against the Section VI representative (Eden vs Lewiston-Porter).
A 6 p.m. tip off is scheduled Tuesday at Palmyra-Macedon High School.
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