Sachem East girls win overall Suffolk title

Screen shot 2013-03-01 at 10.35.59 PM

The Sachem East girls basketball team kept up its winning ways with a 54-42 victory over Southampton in the overall Suffolk County championship Friday night.

East (20-2) will play for its first Long Island title since 2010 on Friday, March 8 at 8 p.m. against either Uniondale or Massapequa at Hofstra University.

Kathleen Everson led the Arrows with a career-high 25 points, and six rebounds, while teammates Katie Doherty scored 13 points and Emily Carmel had eight points. All three were named to the All-Suffolk County Tournament team.

Sachem East led 23-15 at the half and held Southampton to single-digit scoring in each of the first two quarters.

Five different players on Sachem’s roster recorded points in the victory.

East and Southampton played earlier in the season with a similar outcome. Sachem won, 59-47, in the non-league battle.

Southampton won the Suffolk County Class B championship and will play Cold Spring Harbor on Wednesday for a shot at the Class B Long Island title.

Scoreboard

Sachem East

  • Kathleen Everson: 25 points, 6 rebounds
  • Katie Doherty: 13 points, 8 rebounds
  • Emily Carmel: 8 points, 4 rebounds
  • Christina Schretzman: 6 points, 1 rebound
  • Sammy Drake: 2 points, 4 rebounds

Southampton

  • Paris Hodges: 16 points
  • Kesi Goree: 13 points
  • Noel Hodges: 5 points
  • Carley Guida: 3 points
  • Cassidy Guida: 3 points
  • Domenique Taylor: 2 points

-Words by Chris R. Vaccaro