Delaney: Rome Catholic girls back in conversation
The Rome Catholic girls basketball team's win over Hamilton Wednesday creates interesting scenarios in an area league and Section III Class D overall.
The Redwings' 48-39 road win over the Emerald Knights puts them right back in the hunt for the CSC Division III title after sweeping the season series, and maybe a contender for a sectional title.
Rome Catholic's path to both places got smoother because of an unfortunate injury at Oriskany.
Redskins senior guard Megan Serley is out for the season after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament (knee) early in a Jan. 19 game against Morrisville-Eaton. Oriskany was undefeated when Serley got hurt and the Redskins lost their next game to Hamilton. Oriskany defeated Rome Catholic in the teams' first meeting, but they play again on Feb. 5, and if the Redwings win both schools will have two league losses.
Oriskany was my pick to win the Section III Class D title before Serley's injury. That was without information on Sackets Harbor or Copenhagen who are always competitive. Oriskany not only had Serley, but 6-foot freshman center Christina Graziadei and at the local level an inside-outside presence can take a team a long way.
Now, the Section III Class D title is wide open according to Rome Catholic coach Nick D'Argenio.
"The injury to Serley brings teams into the mix," D'Argenio said. "I don't think there is a clear cut team. (Frontier League) Sackets Harbor and Copenhagen are taking losses and beating each other."
Two of the teams in the mix are New York Mills and Madison, both in CSC IV, and Hamilton (4-3 CSC III, 8-6 through Thursday).
Rome Catholic (5-2, 7-6) was a mystery even to D'Argenio as recently as earlier this month. Then the Redwings went on a four-game winning streak and they seemed to show what the coach always knew was there. Kim Quinn and Samantha Strzepek both got in a groove at the same time, and the only recent bump in the road was a loss to Class C Onondaga earlier this week.
"I didn't know where we'd be," D'Argenio said of RCH before the win streak. "We lost to Madison at Madison and the team had no emotion. I didn't know where we were going at that point. I didn't know if we were a good team like I thought we were, or if we were 3-6 and couldn't beat anybody. Then we had a good practice and all of a sudden things fell into place."
The Redwings' 48-39 road win over the Emerald Knights puts them right back in the hunt for the CSC Division III title after sweeping the season series, and maybe a contender for a sectional title.
Rome Catholic's path to both places got smoother because of an unfortunate injury at Oriskany.
Redskins senior guard Megan Serley is out for the season after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament (knee) early in a Jan. 19 game against Morrisville-Eaton. Oriskany was undefeated when Serley got hurt and the Redskins lost their next game to Hamilton. Oriskany defeated Rome Catholic in the teams' first meeting, but they play again on Feb. 5, and if the Redwings win both schools will have two league losses.
Oriskany was my pick to win the Section III Class D title before Serley's injury. That was without information on Sackets Harbor or Copenhagen who are always competitive. Oriskany not only had Serley, but 6-foot freshman center Christina Graziadei and at the local level an inside-outside presence can take a team a long way.
Now, the Section III Class D title is wide open according to Rome Catholic coach Nick D'Argenio.
"The injury to Serley brings teams into the mix," D'Argenio said. "I don't think there is a clear cut team. (Frontier League) Sackets Harbor and Copenhagen are taking losses and beating each other."
Two of the teams in the mix are New York Mills and Madison, both in CSC IV, and Hamilton (4-3 CSC III, 8-6 through Thursday).
Rome Catholic (5-2, 7-6) was a mystery even to D'Argenio as recently as earlier this month. Then the Redwings went on a four-game winning streak and they seemed to show what the coach always knew was there. Kim Quinn and Samantha Strzepek both got in a groove at the same time, and the only recent bump in the road was a loss to Class C Onondaga earlier this week.
"I didn't know where we'd be," D'Argenio said of RCH before the win streak. "We lost to Madison at Madison and the team had no emotion. I didn't know where we were going at that point. I didn't know if we were a good team like I thought we were, or if we were 3-6 and couldn't beat anybody. Then we had a good practice and all of a sudden things fell into place."
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