Feb 20, 2012 11:41 AM
Eighth-grade point guard Tylik Furman sends a pass. CAILIN RILEY
The Bees are back.
The Bridgehampton boys basketball team beat Ross, 72-62, in the Class D semifinal—played at Pierson High School on Friday afternoon—dethroning the defending county Class D champs and earning the right to face Greenport for this year’s crown.
That game was slated for Monday afternoon at the Suffolk County Community College campus in Selden. (See separate article).
Friday’s victory was a bit of vindication for Bridgehampton, a program with multiple county, Long Island and state Class D championship banners hanging in its gym. The Killer Bees missed the playoffs last year after going 2-10, including two losses to Ross in the regular season. Because Greenport was a Class C school last year and no other Class D teams made the playoffs, the Cosmos became automatic county champions.
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The Bridgehampton boys basketball team beat Ross, 72-62, in the Class D semifinal—played at Pierson High School on Friday afternoon—dethroning the defending county Class D champs and earning the right to face Greenport for this year’s crown.
That game was slated for Monday afternoon at the Suffolk County Community College campus in Selden. (See separate article).
Friday’s victory was a bit of vindication for Bridgehampton, a program with multiple county, Long Island and state Class D championship banners hanging in its gym. The Killer Bees missed the playoffs last year after going 2-10, including two losses to Ross in the regular season. Because Greenport was a Class C school last year and no other Class D teams made the playoffs, the Cosmos became automatic county champions.
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