BINGHAMTON – This one was Oxford, its town, its fans, and players in the recent and not-so-recent past. A idle championship notation on a single banner adorning the wall of the high school gymnasium will now have a partner.

The Blackhawks, 39 years removed from the school’s lone Section IV championship, atoned for last year’s heart-breaking championship loss, beating Odessa-Montour Saturday, 50-43 in the Class C title contest Saturday night at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena.

The Blackhawks (21-3) have now won 18 games in a row, all but one of those victories since the flip of 2008 to 2009. They play Section III’s champion on Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. at Cortland State for the right to advance to the New York State semifinals in Glens Falls.

“I think this win is for the whole town,” said Oxford fifth-year head coach Tim Davis. In Davis’ tenure, the Blackhawks have made four MAC championship games, but didn’t win until this year. It also reached the sectional semifinals two years ago before seeing a premature end to the season. “We have had great support from the community all the way back. I played here, Jim (Champlin, assistant coach) played here. “We’ve had a strong program the last five years, and the whole town has come together.”