Blackbirds believe and keep on shooting

by Jordan J. Michael

JOHNSTOWN — No matter how many three-pointers Voorheesville missed on Wednesday night — and it was many — the players were unfazed as they kept pulling the trigger from behind the arc.

And with 29 seconds remaining in the Class B first-round playoff at Johnstown, Emily Blow gave Voorheesville the three-pointer it had been waiting for all night. Then, with eight seconds left, Blow floated a shot down the lane for the game-winner.

“We couldn’t let that get to us,” Blow said of all the missed three-pointers after Voorheesville upset Johnstown, 58 to 56.

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