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I must’ve been asked the following question more than a dozen times Sunday: What did Cimmino say? The Mount Vernon coach is typically the best interview in local high school sports. (He’s had a little practice, of course.) The difference in this case was that his Knights lost.

If losing alone isn’t rare enough for a team that was the two-time defending state champs and a program that hadn’t lost at the County Center since 2005, the crushing finish rendered Sunday’s Class AA championship game the toughest loss of Cimmino’s 479-game tenure. Yes, even worse than the 2009 buzzer-beater at Pace.

Listen to my interview with him to find out why this one stung so much and how Mount Vernon found itself in position to lose in the first place…

Bob Cimmino, Mount Vernon coach:

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And from devastation to jubilation…

I also have audio from my interview with New Rochelle star Joe Clarke, who said this win, in his opinion, was the best he’d ever experienced. Yes, better than a state championship.

Clarke also believed his Huguenots “shocked the county.” It’s hard to argue that now, isn’t it?

Joe Clarke, New Rochelle senior:

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