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The Lee Wildcats earned their third straight Division III title in OT against Smith Academy.

Lee Girls Win in OT to Claim 18th WMass Title; Hoosac Loses to Sabis

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Lee pulled out a 60-56 win in overtime Saturday morning to take the Western Mass. Division III title over Smith Academy at the Curry Hicks Cage. This is Lee's 18th title in 22 years.

The top-seeded Wildcats were behind in the first half and went into the second down 32-28. But Lee turned it
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around, keeping catching the Falcons and hitting the buzzer tied at 51-51. In four minutes of overtime play saw them increase the their score and claim a slot in the state semifinals for the third straight year.

First half highlights from Lee's D-III final win over Smith Academy






Hoosac Valley

The Hurricanes tried mightily but couldn't take down Sabis, losing their match at the Cage 68-57. Second-seeded Hoosac was down by 20 at one point but rallied to within three points with 1:24 left in third, 41-38. But they couldn't keep the pressure on in the fourth, and the Bulldogs, who trounced them by 19 points earlier in the year, pulled too far ahead to catch.




Monument Mountain
Monument Mountain girls, however, couldn't trap the Panthers for the Division II title. Palmer nabbed its second win in three years, 55-32. Palmer's perfect third period punished Spartans, putting them down 39-21 heading into final quarter. T's were flying as taht Spartans became unglued.


St. Joseph's
The St. Joe boys went down in defeat as well, as New Leadership Wildcats scratched the Crusaders 83-56. A major loss occurred 16 seconds into the half as the Crusaders' Danny Joslyn was taken out of building by ambulance staff with knee injury.
  
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SteepleCats Fall in Extra Innings

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Ocean State Waves scored four runs in the top of the 11th and went on to a 9-6 win over the SteepleCats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
 
Jack LaRose went 3-for-5 with a double in the game-winning rally.
 
North Adams (1-9) had a golden opportunity to win the game in the bottom of the 10th.
 
With the game tied, 5-5, Nelphie Lopez started the inning with a sacrifice bunt to advance Bobby Stang, the "ghost runner," to third base. Ocean State (3-8) then intentionally walked the next two hitters to load the bases with one out.
 
Waves reliver Andrew Jacobs then got a 1-2-3 double play to end the inning.
 
Jacobs struck out a pair and allowed one unearned run in the bottom of the 11th in three innings of work to earn the win.
 
North Adams used five pitchers. Joe LaPrade struck out a pair and allowed no runs in two innings of work.
 
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