{"id":73458,"date":"2026-03-21T17:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=73458"},"modified":"2026-03-21T17:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:19:11","slug":"batavia-welcoming-home-the-state-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/batavia-welcoming-home-the-state-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Welcoming home the State Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"533\" data-attachment-id=\"73459\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/batavia-welcoming-home-the-state-champions\/20260321_153611\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260321_153611-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1515&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1515\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G991U&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1774107371&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0022&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20260321_153611\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260321_153611-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260321_153611.jpg?resize=900%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260321_153611-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C606&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260321_153611-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260321_153611-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C455&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260321_153611-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C909&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260321_153611-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1212&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260321_153611-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260321_153611-scaled.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M_BJBdkhlOo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Fans Welcome home the State Champion Notre Dame Girls Basketball team on Saturday March 21, 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OYuwMT7Eqt4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Words from Notre Dame Girls Basketball Head Coach Vinny Falleti-March 21, 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans Welcome home the State Champion Notre Dame Girls Basketball team on Saturday March 21, 2026 Words from Notre Dame Girls Basketball Head Coach Vinny Falleti-March 21, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/batavia-welcoming-home-the-state-champions\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4705,1],"tags":[5696,5684,184],"class_list":["post-73458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-of-batavia","category-uncategorized","tag-girls-varsity-basketball","tag-new-york-state-championships","tag-notre-dame"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-j6O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49947,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/batavia-notre-dame-rivalry-renewed-at-hoops-for-hope-games\/","url_meta":{"origin":73458,"position":0},"title":"Batavia-Notre Dame rivalry renewed at Hoops for Hope games","author":"aka","date":"January 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Batavia Boys Varsity Basketball Coach Buddy Brasky has missed playing crosstown rival Notre Dame. \"Once they changed the format of the Lyons Club Christmas Tournament to large school\/small school, we don't have a chance to match up with them,\" says Brasky. 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