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BINGHAMTON – After being in this same spot one year ago, the Unadilla Valley Storm are back with vengeance. Falling to Tully last year at SRC Arena, the Storm made it their goal to get back to this exact game this season with an eye to move into the New York State Championship final four a week from now.

“We are a year more mature and we know what it is all about this year,” said UV head coach Matt Osborne. “We used the expression in the sectional championship game that we had been there before and it showed. Our experience in a game like that was important, we were down four early on and never panicked.”

Osborne contributes that to the senior leadership he has this year with Andrew Jackson, Wyatt Grey and Levi Rifanburg. On top of the seniors that are the forefront of the team, the Storm have many guys on the squad that have played a lot of basketball and Osborne stated it helps “...when the going gets tough.”

“These guys are a cohesive group,” said the Storm’s head coach. “They trust each other, they care about each other and we have one main goal and that is to go out and compete at the highest level each game.”

On Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Floyd L. Maines Arena, located in Binghamton, the Unadilla Valley Storm will take a one a familiar opponent in the Cooperstown Hawkeyes.