SCS Storm Downs Lake George in Sectional Upset

Written By The Mountain Eagle on 2/23/24 | 2/23/24

By David Avitabile

SCHOHARIE - The Schoharie Storm traveled to Lake George Tuesday night and rallied to upset Lake George in a first round sectional game 57-42.

Schoharie's Matthew Bernhardt scored 31 points and teammate Preston DiGiovanni added 11 points. Emmet Gagnon had eight points, Branden Toro had three, and Andrew Martin and Justin VanGasbeck both had two points.

Lake George led 16-13 after the first eight minutes despite 10 points from Bernhardt. LG led 24-20 at the half.

The Storm took over with a huge third quarter in which they outscored LG 22-11 fueled by 10 points by Bernhardt and two three-pointers by DiGiovanni. SCS closed out the game by holding Lake George to seven points in the final quarter while scoring 13, led by eight from Bernhardt. Bernhardt hit five three-pointers in the game and DiGiovanni hit three.

Lake George was the seventh seed and SCS is the 10th seed. The Storm play Duanesburg at 6:30pm at Siena College Friday, February 23 in Class C quarterfinal action. The Eagles are seeded second.