Friday's high school scoreboard, 1/23

 Women's basketball:

Guilderland 56, Niskayuna 53.

Argyle 57, North Warren 21.

Mayfield 56, Duanesburg 27.

Hadley-Luzerne 50, Fort Edward 21.

Cohoes 46, Catholic Central 40.

Troy 68, Ichabod Crane 49. Make it 5 in a row for the Lady Horses.

Academy of Holy Names 46, Ravena 31.

Schalmont 58, LaSalle 37.

Albany 69, Poughkeepsie 41.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo 60, Cobleskill-Richmondville 30.

Fonda-Fultonville 52, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 26.

Johnstown 56, OESJ 52.

Granville 61, Hartford 50.

Columbia 78, Saratoga 46.

Whitehall 24, Corinth 22.

Horseheads 57, Averill Park 34.

Shenendehowa 82, Elmira 34.

Men's basketball:

Berne-Knox-Westerlo 64, Tamarac 42.

Ravena 56, Coxsackie-Athens 39.

LaSalle 57, Schalmont 44.

Greenville 71, Chatham 43.

Corinth 59, Whitehall 48.

Fort Plain 64, Middleburgh 47.

Greenwich 81, Hoosic Valley 60.

Fort Edward 57, Hadley-Luzerne 42.

Johnstown 82, OESJ 29.

Hoosick Falls 71, Mechanicville 48.

Watervliet-Heatly 43, Bethlehem 38.

Fonda-Fultonville 40, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 38.

Queensbury 51, Schuylerville 38.

Gloversville 59, Scotia 45.

Hudson Falls 57, Broadalbin-Perth 56.

Troy 68, Ichabod Crane 47.

Men's hockey:

CBA 4, Clarkstown 3.

Hawks 11, CD Jets 2.  The winless Jets have been outscored, 33-9, in their last three games. Ouch!

Adirondack & Rome Free Academy skated to a 5-5 tie.

Burnt Hills-Ballston Spa @ Ontario Bay was cancelled due to weather.

Saratoga 3, Guilderville 2.

Rye & Shenendehowa skated to a 3-3 tie.

The rest of Thursday's high school scoreboard, 1/22

 Women's basketball:

Queensbury 46, Schuylerville 45.

Ravena 50, Catskill 34.

Burnt Hills 55, Maple Hill 28.

Mohonasen 50, Voorheesville 41.

Amsterdam 60, South Glens Falls 36.

Mechanicville 57, Saratoga Catholic 47.

Tamarac 67, Emma Willard 40.

Hoosic Valley 53, Cambridge 45.

We have no scores for men's basketball from Thursday as of press time.

Men's hockey:

Queensbury 5, Bethlehem 2.

A word to the wise as it relates to the winter storm heading into the 518 on Sunday. Games scheduled for Monday will likely be postponed or cancelled, as the storm is supposed to arrive after Sunday's games have been played at last check. Tuesday's games may be affected as well. Check with your schools to see about Sunday-Tuesday games.

Small town Thursday night (Stillwater @ Greenwich, 1/22/26)

 With apologies to the estate of Greenwich native Hal Ketchum, it certainly would've felt just right if tonight's My4 Game of the Week was on a Saturday night. Ketchum, who passed away in 2020, recorded "Small Town Saturday Night" in 1991.

My4 is back in the Wasaren League tonight as the homestanding Witches, #1 in Class C in the state, took on league rival Stillwater, in a rematch from last month. This one was close all the way, matching the close quarters of one of the smallest gyms in Section 2:

So Greenwich falls from the ranks of the undefeated with the 43-41 loss, and likely will also lose its #1 state ranking in Class C.

Other scores:

Women:

Broadalbin-Perth 59, Hudson Falls 33.

Schenectady 51, Rensselaer-Loudonville Christian 43.

Watervliet-Heatly 69, Chatham 29.

Men's college basketball:

Maine 52, UAlbany 49.

Siena 69, Marist 50. The Saints, down 6 at halftime, outscored the Red Foxes, 39-14, in the 2nd half of a game that was broadcast on SNY.

Women's college basketball:

Maine 65, UAlbany 60.

Wednesday's high school scoreboard, 1/21

 Men's hockey:

Saratoga 3, CBA 1.

Women's basketball:

Troy 59, Bethlehem 50. Amaya Harris had 21 points to lead 3 Lady Horses in double figures.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo 71, Ft. Plain-Canajoharie 24.

Cobleskill-Richmondvill 42, Duanesburg 17.

Fonda-Fultonville 48, Mekeel Christian 30.

Galway 53, Johnstown 32.

OESJ 77, Middleburgh 10.

Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 48, Schoharie 32.

Mechanicville 72, Chatham 17.

Men's basketball:

CBA 77, Troy 40. 

Catskill 73, Ichabod Crane 51.

KIPP Capital 92, Taconic Hills 46.

Mohonasen 56, Saratoga 53.

Coxsackie-Athens 71, Cohoes 57.

Schoharie 55, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 50.

Johnstown 61, Galway 43.

Middleburgh 54, OESJ 46.

Fonda-Fultonville 58, Loudonville Christian 45.

Guilderland 72, South Glens Falls 33.

Cobleskill-Richmondville 66, Duanesburg 63.

Tuesday's high school scoreboard, 1/20

 Men's hockey:

Shenendehowa 14, CD Jets 2. The Jets have not won a game this season, and their defense was even worse than it was on Saturday at LaSalle. Shen bounces right back after the Monday loss to West Genesee.

Swimming:

Niskayuna 97, Guilderville 79.

Bethlehem 101, Burnt Hills-Scotia 74.

Shenendehowa 85, Mohonasen-Schalmont-Duanesburg 44.

Saratoga 92, Albany 52.

CBA-Troy-Columbia 92, Ballston Spa 75. The Flying Devil Brothers snap a 3 meet losing streak.

Schenectady-Colonie 89, Shaker 81.

Canajoharie-Ft. Plain 63, Amsterdam-Broadalibin-Perth 39.

Women's basketball:

Albany Academy 78, Pine Bush 45.

Mohonasen 65, Queensbury 38.

KIPP Capital 49, Taconic Hills-Hawthorne Valley 20.

Catholic Central 61, Greenville 34.

Burnt Hills 36, Watervliet-Heatly 24.

Hartford 56, Salem 33.

Saratoga 51, Guilderland 47.

Catskill 47, Tamarac 20.

Coxsackie-Athens 73, Ichabod Crane 64.

Maple Hill 52, Lansingburgh 21.

Granville 42, Waterford 33.

Men's basketball:

Lake George 54, Galway 35. 

Green Tech 82, Lansingburgh 52.

Kingston 65, Colonie 51.

Saratoga Catholic 74, Mechanicville 53.

Coxsackie-Athens 78, Germantown 53.

Stillwater 67, Greenwich 49.

Central Valley @ Schalmont-cancelled.

Berlin-New Lebanon 46, Salem 44.

Schenectady 60, Scotia 42.

Troy @ CBA was postponed due to a water main break in Colonie. They'll play tonight.

Bethlehem 53, Hudson 49.

Cambridge 69, Hoosic Valley 54.

Hoosick Falls 69, Waterford 44.

News & notes

 ESPNU carried Monday's matinee between UAlbany & Vermont at Broadview Center, which drew just over 3,000 fans for the game, and the fans went home happy, as the Great Danes defeated their long time nemesis, 75-68.

Robert Lee, who normally calls Siena games on ESPN+, was at the mic for the game. Consequently, Siena was also home, at MVP Arena, but while the game was streaming on ESPN+ (assume Kelly O'Donnell, Lee's regular partner, called the game), it didn't air on WNYA.

Anyway, Amir Lindsey had a game high 24 points to lead Albany, which hits the road on Thursday to begin a 2 game New England road trip vs. Maine.

Meanwhile, Siena dispatched Fairfield, 85-77, before nearly 6400 fans. Gavin Doty led Siena with 24 points. The Saints will continue the homestand Thursday vs. Marist, in a game that will air on SNY in addition to ESPN+.

Over in Connecticut, Siena fell to Fairfield, 86-50. Leading scorer Francesca Schiro was the lone Saint in double figures with 17 points. Valencia Fontanelle-Posson (Guilderland) added 9. The Lady Saints have dropped four of five, and will try to reverse the tide on Thursday at Marist.

In other Siena news, Siena grad Jeff Hafley, most recently the defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers, was named the head coach of the Miami Dolphins on Monday. Hafley, who also was a defensive assistant at UAlbany, has head coaching experience at Boston College, but now must navigate the rough waters of the NFC North to get the Packers back to the postseason.

Anthony Weaver (Saratoga/Notre Dame) has been interviewing for some of the remaining head coaching vacancies in the NFL, and likely could get a call from Buffalo after the Bills dismissed Sean McDermott on Monday. However, I have thoughts on the Bills' vacancy over at The Land of Whatever that might lead to someone else getting that gig.

Monday's high school scoreboard:

Women's basketball:

Susan E. Wagner 59, Amsterdam 50.

St. Mary's of Manhasset (Long Island) 75, Shaker 63.

North Warren 52, Johnsburg-Minerva 30.

Ballston Spa 43, Schalmont 33.

Mechanicville 57, Fonda-Fultonville 20.

Johnstown 40, Schuylerville 17.

Men's basketball:

Hoosic Valley 67, Chatham 59.

Johnstown 42, Voorheesville 35.

Averill Park 41, Ravena 33.

Men's hockey:

West Genesee 3, Shenendehowa 0.

Burnt Hills-Ballston Spa 7, Northeast Clinton 3.

Curiously, CBA quietly changed hockey coaches, as Thomas Gaunay is the current coach of the skating Brothers, replacing Adrien Melrose, who was let go either in 2024 or 2025.

LaSalle salutes the vets, 1/17/26

 On Saturday, Knickerbacker Ice Arena in Lansingburgh hosted LaSalle's annual Cadets For Vets fundraiser, which benefits the Albany Housing Coalition.

The game, which began at 7:45 pm, was the main event of a tripleheader that also included a youth hockey game in the early afternoon.

After the traditional ceremonies, which this year included speeches by veteran and NY Senator Jake Ashby and Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello, a Lansingburgh native herself, the game began, with the winless Jets looking to spoil the party for the Cadets.

If only it were that simple.

Kellen Schreiber got the scoring started when he cashed in a power play goal just seconds into the man-advantage. Patrick Hill put the visitors on the board to tie the game, but Danny Wiese put LaSalle up for good, stuffing on past an overmatched Mason Surprenant to make it 2-1 Cadets. Giovanni Jarvis made it 3-1 right before intermission.

To paraphrase Herman's Hermits, the 2nd period was the same as the 1st, though most of the names were different in the scorebook. The Donohue brothers, Edward & Colin, each tallied a goal. The Jets' Bradley Ives tried to keep it close, pulling the Jets to within 5-2, but Wiese struck again to make it 6-2 heading into the final period.

In the 3rd period, LaSalle coach Tim Flanigan decided to be a riverboat gambler, and lifted starting goaltender Nate Hartkern for senior Alaina Winther, who hadn't played in a while. While Winther gave up three goals, Wiese countered that by adding two more goals, finishing with 6 points total on the night (4 goals, 2 assists), to put the game away. The Cadets, after losing to Burnt Hills-Ballston Spa the night before, kept the Jets out of the win column, 8-5.

Earlier, LaSalle had its annual alumni game, which this year consisted of 2 23 minute halves. Unlike Old Timers' Day games in baseball, for example, many of the players are recent graduates. Michael Nocera (2025) & Tom Ryan (2018) had 2 goals apiece to lead the white team over the blue team, also by an 8-5 score.

The day started with a Troy Hockey Association game between the homestanding Titans and Adirondack. The visitors came away with a 10-3 victory in front of a sparse crowd, as the bleachers wouldn't fill up until LaSalle began their day's events. The Cadets will have a full week of practice before returning to play the "Guilderville" Storm next Saturday at 5:45 pm.