The excitement was unmistakable as the girls basketball team from Yonkers Montessori Academy celebrated a milestone victory that now places them in the city’s history books.

The head coach said the championship marks the first state title ever won by a girls sports team in Yonkers.

It is also the first basketball state championship for the city since the Yonkers High School boys team captured the title in 1932.

The players were met with cheers and pride as they celebrated the achievement alongside their coaches and families.

The victory represents years of hard work and dedication by the athletes and the staff who guided them to this point.

Congratulations poured in for the players, the parents, and the coaches who helped make the historic run possible.