Yes! Eldred is D-Champs

Yellowjackets in state tourney blowout

By DAVID HULSE and BOB HALL

Posted 1/29/25

Published March 24, 1988

GLENS FALLS, NY — “No hope” was the taunt of a spirited Greenwood cheering section early in the first quarter of Saturday’s New York State Class …

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Yes! Eldred is D-Champs

Yellowjackets in state tourney blowout

From the River Reporter archives

Tammi Reiss receives the game ball from Eldred school board president Joan Blaut during a time out in Tuesday’s game against Jeff-Youngsville. Reiss reached the 2000 point mark of her varsity career, scoring 45 points to lead the Yellowjackets as they pounded Jeff-Youngsville 95-13 in the opening of the 1987 Western Sullivan League girls basketball season.

Posted Wednesday, January 29, 2025 9:47 am

By DAVID HULSE and BOB HALL

Published March 24, 1988

GLENS FALLS, NY — “No hope” was the taunt of a spirited Greenwood cheering section early in the first quarter of Saturday’s New York State Class D Girls Basketball Championship game. By half-time their chant had become ironically prophetic as Eldred’s methodical destruction of the Western Region champions left little doubt of the ultimate outcome.

After years of frustration in post-season play, Ken Bjorn’s Yellowjackets became New York State Class D Champions over the weekend, blowing out their final two opponents by a lopsided combined margin of 60 points. The final score in Saturday afternoon’s championship game was 72-50.

Team leader, All-America and state career-scoring leader Tammi Reiss netted 44 points, 27 of those in first half play. “We were a little shaky. We came out flat and let them get in the game,” Reiss said afterwards.