Section 2 Class C Girls Lacrosse Championship

Queensbury, 9… Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, 7.

The No. 2-seeded Queensbury varsity girls lacrosse team captured its fifth consecutive Section II crown (and sixth overall) with a 9-7 victory over top-seeded Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake.

With 10 seconds remaining in the opening half, MK Lescault’s fourth goal gave Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake a commanding 6-3 advantage. However, Queensbury quickly answered when Kendra Ballard scooped a ground ball off the ensuing draw and fed Lilly Trowbridge for a score with 1.8 ticks left before halftime, which was the first of six straight QHS goals.

The Queensbury defense stiffened and held Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake scoreless for 23 minutes and 22 seconds of action, until senior MK Lescault tallied her fifth and final goal of the day with 1:48 on the clock. Lescault concluded her illustrious career with 336 goals, 161 assists, and 497 points. Classmate Ella Blesi turned in another fine performance with two goals and two assists.

For the champions, Ballard finished with two goals and three assists, Trowbridge pumped in three goals, and Kendal Kelsey tallied two goals and two assists. Kaitlyn Barton fired home a pair of goals and won 11 of the game’s 18 draw controls, and Kady Duffy handed out two critical second-half assists. Goalkeeper Bayley Duffy saved three shots on goal and on several occasions, boldly advanced the ball upfield to give the Spartans a significant advantage in second-half possession time.

Score by halves: Queensbury 4-5=9, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 6-1=7.

Queensbury goals-assists: Kendra Ballard 2-3, Lilly Trowbridge 3-0, Kendal Kelsey 2-2, Kaitlyn Barton 2-0, Kady Duffy 0-2. TOTALS: 9-7.

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake goals-assists: MK Lescault 5-0, Ella Blesi 2-2. TOTALS: 7-2.

Goalkeeper saves—Queensbury: Bayley Duffy 3. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake: Kaelin Fish 6.

Records: Queensbury 15-2, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 11-6.

– On Wed., May 31, at 5:30 p.m., Queensbury returns to Schuylerville High School for a NYSPHSAA Class C subregional assignment against the winner of the Section I Class C championship game between John Jay-Cross River and Rye, which occurs at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at Nyack High School.

– In the program’s 20 seasons, Queensbury competed in the sectional final 12 times (2010-13, 2015-19, 2021-23), including each of the last eight, and seized six championships (2012, 2018-19, 2021-23), all at the Class B level prior to this year.

– Dating back to 2018, the QHS Spartans are undefeated in their last 10 Section II playoff games.

– QHS has now defeated BH-BL six straight times and leads the all-time series, 9-6.

– In sectional action versus BH-BL, Queensbury won the last four and improved to 6-4, including 3-2 in the championship.