Final Four Tonight: Ossining & Croton Daily Sports Digest, March 16

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Tonight's the Night

For the Section 1 champion Ossining's girls basketball squad, the waiting is finally over as tonight is the night that it will play Section 3 champ Cicero-North Syracuse (19-3) in the Class AA state semifinals at 8 p.m. at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy.

The winner will play either Section 5’s Penfield or Section 11’s Riverhead at 8:45 p.m. on Saturday, also at HVCC, for the state Class AA title.

For more on this titanic matchup, check out Yaron Weitzman's post on the LoHud Girls Basketball Blog.

Sports Talk

MSG Varsity's Kevin Devaney Jr. visited Ossining's girls basketball scrimmage at Irvington as the two teams prepared for state competition.

Irvington is going for its third straight state title in Class B this weekend.

See what he had to say about that scrimmage and other key Section 1 happenings here.

Iona Falls 

Westchester’s only Division 1 men’s basketball team, Iona, fell March 13 to . The Gaels were up 25 in the first half.

Sports Digest Weekly Poll

Whether you pick your teams based on a their mascot or school colors, or you actually think you know what you are doing, click here to vote on what top seed has the best chance of cutting down the nets in New Orleans.

On tap today:

Class AA State Girls Semifinals

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