Maple Hill's Trent Tibbits (21) slashes his way towards the hoop in Friday's regional semifinal against Seton Catholic, the Section VII champions. Seton Catholic's Kaleb Gohlke (23) defends. Tibbits finished with a game-high 18 points - 14 of those coming in the first half - in a 57-43 victory for the Wildcats. (J.S. Carras - The Record).

Tibbits followed a three-point play by Adrian Donnelly with a three-point bucket and a steal on Seton's next possesion. He chucked the ball downcourt to Chris Despart, who made the layin just before the first quarter, buzzer, capping an 8-0 run to end the frame. The Wildcats stretched that same run to 19-2 imdway through the second quarter.

Maple Hill vs Norwood-Norfolk
New York State boys basketball Region II Class C championship
Saturday, Hudson Valley Community College, 5 p.m.
Tickets - $6

Maple Hill Wildcats (24-1)
(Probable starting lineup)
No. Name Pos Yr. Hgt. PPG
24 Jaime Schultz PG Sr. 5-11 8.5
21 Trent Tibbits SG Sr. 6-0 15.6
10 Chris Despart G/F Jr. 6-0 8.4
44 David Briggs F Jr. 6-2 6.8
55 Sean Danaher C Jr. 6-5 11.3

Norwood-Norfolk (11-13)
(Probable starting lineup)
No. Name Pos Yr. Hgt. PPG
3 Adam Stone G Jr. 5-8 13.5
42 Dawayne Alexander G Sr. 6-3 9.2
20 Pat Durant F Jr. 6-1 5.6
32 Justin Perry F Sr. 6-3 4.8
54 Jared Pollack C Sr. 6-4 9.3

Maple Hill's Jaime Schultz (24) gets some serious hangtime as he floats towards the rim during Friday's game. Seton Catholic's Tanner Lecuyer looks on.

The stands were packed with red shirts on Friday with practically everyone in Schodack heading up to HVCC for the game.

"We had a huge pep rally on Friday and that got a lot of people to come out," Schultz said. "We call them the Castleton Crazies. It’s just the best feeling in the world to feed off their energy."

"It seems like the whole town came out for us tonight," said Donnelly. "That’s been a big thing all year. We’ve had so many people come out and support us and it’s not just parents and it’s not just students. It’s parents that used to have kids that went to the school, it’s grandparents and parents that don’t even have kids that played basketball before. It’s really a great thing."

Maple Hill's Dominic Prinzo (center) is swarmed by Seton Catholic's Kyle Kirby (l) and Chase Pellerin (r) during Friday's game.

Prinzo added seven points, including a 5-of-6 performance from the free throw line.
The Wildcats outshot the Knights from the line, 22-of-32 to 8-of-17.