CHITTENANGO - Twenty-nine years is far too long for anyone to have to wait for anything.

For the Weedsport girls basketball team, that's how long it's been since a Section III title has been theirs. At 6 p.m. Wednesday against top-seeded Beaver River (15-4), the Warriors (15-5) will have their first shot at one in years.

As one of the best defensive teams in the section, No. 2 Weedsport handled No. 3 Waterville, 49-28, in the Section III, Class C-2 semifinals at Chittenango High School on Saturday.

“This is so great, mostly for the girls,” Weedsport coach Chris Vargason said. “They've worked so hard this year. This is what we've talked about all season long - getting to this point. The last time has been too long - it's time for us to get a banner up in our gym again.”

After a close, but lightly-scoring first quarter, the Warriors took out the Indians' 3-point game and held them to outside jump shots for most of the game. When the game was over, the statistics were astonishing - Waterville went 0-for-17 from outside the arc and missed 32 more from inside. Meghan Zogby was the only Indians player to score in double-digits with 14 points. That is what the Warriors defense is capable of this season.

On the other side of the court, several Warriors were able to share in the scoring. Kaitlin Hammersley scored 10 points and had 10 rebounds, Markie Kreplin tallied nine points and 10 rebounds and Margaret Robert scored five and had six rebounds. On the glass, Allison Beardsley led with 13 rebounds.

“That's the way we've been all year,” Vargason said. “Each kid will come out and do their job - they all know what to do offensively. We know that if we get six points out of one, and four out of another, or eight, we'll be fine.”

After a first quarter where the Warriors finished with a 6-4 lead, they blew the contest wide open. Weedsport stretched its lead to 24-14 at the half and then by 20 for most of the third.

“We had to work on our extended defense,” Vargason said. “To take their 3-pointers out of the game, we wanted to divide the court, disrupt their offense so they didn't get into that set position and it worked out fine.”

Next up for the Warriors is a Beaver River team that Vargason admits they know nothing about. The bad news for the Beavers is that Weedsport didn't know much about the Indians before Saturday, either.

“We'll play anyone, we don't care,” Vargason said. “We're happy to be at this point, but we fundamentally have the skills to do what we want to do and execute our game plan. It doesn't matter who we play.”