Some Pine Bush’s players, including junior forward Mason Memmelaar, were too young to remember the school’s last Section 9 boys basketball title. Other like the Powell twins weren’t born yet when Pine Bush defeated Kingston for the Class AA title in 2000.
For 17 years, the boys basketball banner in the Pine Bush gym was bare with just the single championship season.
Memmelaar finally added to the banner Saturday, defeating John S. Burke Catholic 58-49 in the Class AA final before 2,000 fans at SUNY Orange in Middletown.