High School Fridays: Week 9 roundup, 10/30

 The pairings for Classes AA & A are now set after Friday's action.

Queensbury, with a playoff berth on the line, upset Mohonasen, 21-10, knocking Mohon to the #4 seed in Class A. That, of course, means a rematch with top seeded Burnt Hills, and not #2 Troy, which is what Mohon wanted. Instead, the Spartans go to Troy for a rematch. 

In Class AA, CBA will host Shenendehowa, and Saratoga entertains Shaker.

The rest of Friday's scores:

Football:

Red Hook 47, Cohoes 14.

Greenwich 48, Green Tech 0.

Watervliet-Heatly 27, Canajoharie-Ft. Plain 21.

Averill Park 49, Scotia 0.

Ballston Spa 31, Bethlehem 19.

Cobleskill-Richmondville 53, Voorheesville 27.

Colonie 30, Schenectady 22.

Niskayuna 25, Columbia 19.

Fonda-Fultonville 36, Mechanicville 8.Joh

Saratoga 51, Guilderland 7.

Glens Falls 41, Lansingburgh 14.

Hoosick Falls-Tamarac 15, Hudson 7.

Gloversville 24, Ravena 7.

LaSalle 21, Schalmont 0.

Schuylerville 54, Johnstown 6.

CBA 27, Shaker 6.

Shenendehowa 31, Albany 8.

Troy 43, South Glens Falls 8.

Women's soccer:

Class D final:

Northville 4, Fort Ann 0.

Class AAA final:

Shenendehowa 6, Guilderland 2.

Women's volleyball:

Class B quarterfinals:

Ichabod Crane 3, Schuylerville 1.

Mechanicville 3, Ravena 0.

LaSalle 3, Broadalbin-Perth 1.

Voorheesville 3, Cobleskill-Richmondville 0.

Wednesday @ Ballston Spa:

Voorheesville vs. LaSalle.

Mechanicville vs. Ichabod Crane.

Class C quarterfinals:

Galway 3, Greenville 0.

Saratoga Catholic 3, Schoharie 2.

Stillwater 3, Fonda-Fultonville 0.

Maple Hill 3, Mekeel Christian 0.

Wednesday @ Broadalbin-Perth:

Maple Hill vs. Stillwater.

Galway vs. Saratoga Catholic.

Class D quarterfinals:

Lake George 3, Hadley-Luzerne 0.

Argyle 3, Fort Edward 0.

Duanesburg 3, Berne-Knox-Westerlo 2.

Loudonville Christian 3, Hartford 1.

Wednesday @ Hudson Falls:

Loudonville Christian vs. Duanesburg.

Lake George vs. Argyle.

Thursday's sectional scoreboard, 10/29

 Volleyball:

Class AAA:

Colonie 3, Schenectady 1. The Wolfpack will play Shenendehowa on Wednesday.

Class AA:

Burnt Hills 3, Troy 0. Troy goes 1-&-done again in a match that shouldn't have happened.

Ballston Spa 3, Queensbury 2.

Columbia 3, Guilderland 0.

Bethlehem 3, Niskayuna 0.

Class A:

South Glens Falls 3, Cohoes 0.

Holy Names 3, Hudson Falls 1.

Scotia 3, Lansingburgh 1.

Glens Falls 3, Mohonasen 1.

Women's soccer:

Class AA semifinals:

Ballston Spa 3, Columbia 2 (OT).

Bethlehem 2, Mohonasen 0.

The Eagles & Scotties will meet at Shaker on Tuesday.

Wednesday's sectional scoreboard, 10/28

 Women's soccer:

Class A semifinals:

Schalmont 5, Scotia 1.

Averill Park 4, Ravena 1.

The Golden Knights & Sabres meet Tuesday at Shaker.

Class B semifinals:

Mechanicville 4, Voorheesville 0.

Schuylerville 1, Broadalbin-Perth 0.

Mechanicville & Schuylerville return to Lansingburgh Saturday afternoon.

Volleyball:

Class B 1st round:

Schuylerville 3, Coxsackie-Athens 2. The Black Horses will play top seeded Ichabod Crane tomorrow.

Ravena 3, Tamarac 1. The Ravens visit Mechanicville tomorrow.

Broadalbin-Perth 3, Watervliet-Heatly 0. The Lady Patriots come to Troy to play LaSalle tomorrow.

Cobleskill-Richmondville 3, Schalmont 1. C-R faces another Colonial Council foe in Voorheesville tomorrow.

Class C 1st round:

Greenville 3, Cairo-Durham 1. Greenville will play Galway tomorrow.

Saratoga Catholic 3, Berlin-New Lebanon 0. The Saints will play Schoharie tomorrow.

Stillwater 3, Mayfield 0. Stillwater will be at Fonda-Fultonville tomorrow.

Mekeel Christian 3, Hoosic Valley 2. Mekeel visits Maple Hill tomorrow.

Men's soccer:

Class C semifinals:

Maple Hill 3, Cambridge-Salem 0.

Greenville 4, Loudonville Christian 1.

Patroon Conference rivals Greenville & Maple Hill meet at Queensbury on Saturday.

Class D semifinals:

Northville 12, North Warren 0.

Hartford 2, Fort Ann 0.

Northville & Hartford travel to Queensbury for the D title on Saturday.

News & notes

 We talked about this earlier over at The Land of Whatever, but there's more to discuss regarding the mistakes made by Section II in seeding the Class AA volleyball sectionals for women.

Colonial Council champion Troy is seeded 8th, and will travel to Burnt Hills tomorrow. That's wrong.

Foothills Council champion Queensbury is seeded 5th, and will play at Ballston Spa. That is also wrong.

The Section II committee can argue strength of schedule until they're blue in their collective faces, but it doesn't justify the disrespect.

By sending Troy on the road for the 2nd straight year, Section II is throwing away a champion vs. champion match that should be saved for a later round. Queensbury, should they get past the Lady Scotties, would be next, and that would be another champion vs. champion match.

The correct bracket should have Queensbury & Troy at #'s 2 & 3, playing at home. Section II has made it clear that the Suburban Council has favored nation status, and they've rigged the draw to ensure a Suburban team wins the title. A 9-8 Ballston Spa team is ranked ahead of Queensbury, one of three teams with a 13-3 record? Seriously?

Section II will never learn.

Former LaSalle star Davon Maloney, currently at the Newman School, has committed to Vermont of the America East conference. That means he'll return home once a year when the Catamounts play UAlbany, unless they are also scheduled to play Siena. Figure some old friends will stop by and cheer him on.........

Tuesday's sectional scoreboard:

Women's soccer:

Class C semi-finals:

Lake George 2, Schoharie 1.

Stillwater 7, Mayfield 0.

Stillwater & Lake George meet Saturday morning at Lansingburgh.

Class D (Monday):

Fort Ann 3, Saratoga Catholic 2.

Men's soccer:

Class B semifinals:

Broadalbin-Perth 4, Catskill 0.

Schuylerville 3, Ichabod Crane 2.

The Patriots & Black Horses meet Monday at Bethlehem.

Class A semifinals:

Schalmont 2, LaSalle 0.

Averill Park 3, Cohoes 1.

The Sabres & Golden Knights also meet Monday at Bethlehem.

2026 women's volleyball sectional pairings released

 We should have the men's volleyball pairings before the week is out, but the ladies' pairings are out. Here we go:

Class AAA:

Thursday:

Schenectady @ Colonie. The winner will play Shenendehowa.

Saratoga will host Shaker in the other semi-final, November 4 @ Averill Park. The finals are at Saratoga November 6.

Class AA:

Thursday:

Troy @ Burnt Hills. The reigning Colonial Council champs get screwed again by Section II. Whomever is in charge of these brackets needs to throw away the strength of schedule argument.

Queensbury @ Ballston Spa.

Niskayuna @ Bethlehem.

Guilderland @ Columbia.

The semifinals are at Scotia on November 4, with the finals in Saratoga on November 6.

Class A:

Thursday:

Cohoes @ South Glens Falls.

Holy Names @ Hudson Falls.

Mohonasen @ Glens Falls.

Lansingburgh @ Scotia.

The semifinals are at Stillwater on November 4. Saratoga will host the finals on November 7.

Class B:

Tomorrow:

Schuylerville @ Coxsackie-Athens. Winner to play Ichabod Crane Friday.

Tamarac @ Ravena.

Schalmont @ Cobleskill-Richmondville. Winner to play Voorheesville on Friday.

Watervliet-Heatly @ Broadalbin-Perth. Winner to play LaSalle on Friday.

Ballston Spa hosts the semifinals on November 4. The finals are at Saratoga on November 7.

Class C:

Tomorrow:

Cairo-Durham @ Greenville. Winner to play Galway on Friday.

Berlin-New Lebanon @ Saratoga Catholic. Winner to play Schoharie on Friday.

Hoosic Valley @ Mekeel Christian. Winner plays Maple Hill on Friday.

Mayfield @ Stillwater. Winner to play Fonda-Fultonville on Friday.

Broadalbin-Perth will host the semifinals on November 4. Finals at Saratoga on November 7.

Class D:

Friday:

Hadley-Luzerne @ Lake George.

Fort Edward @ Argyle.

Loudonville Christian @ Hartford.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo @ Duanesburg.

Semifinals @ Hudson Falls November 4. Finals @ Saratoga November 7.

Good luck to all the teams.

Monday's sectional scoreboard, 10/26

 Women's soccer:

Class AA quarterfinals:

Ballston Spa 1, Burnt Hills 0.

Columbia 13, Troy 0. Ouch! Troy finishes 10-8 on the season, but where was the defense on Monday?

Mohonasen 2, Niskayuna 1.

Bethlehem 5, Queensbury 0.

Thursday @ Stillwater:

Ballston Spa vs. Columbia

Mohon vs. Bethlehem.

Men's soccer:

Class AAA semifinals:

Shaker 2, Saratoga 0.

Guilderland 2, Shenendehowa 1.

The Bison & Dutchmen return to LaSalle on Saturday.

Class AA semifinals:

Bethlehem def. Niskayuna via penalty kicks after a scoreless draw.

Burnt Hills 4, Columbia 1.

The Eagles & Spartans will kick things off at LaSalle on Saturday.

News & notes

 Congratulations to Stillwater women's soccer coach Christine Ihnatolya, who won her 200th career game on Saturday. We'll have Saturday's results coming up shortly.

Former Siena men's basketball coach Carmen Macaiarello is back on the sidelines, this time as an assistant at Army. We'll see how soon the Black Knights schedule another game vs. either Siena or UAlbany down the road.

Saturday's sectional scoreboard:

Women's soccer:

Class AAA semifinals:

Shenendehowa 5, Colonie 0.

Guilderland 2, Saratoga 1.

It'll be the Lady Dutch vs. the Mustangs Friday night at Niskayuna.

Class B quarterfinals:

Mechanicville 8, Ichabod Crane 0.

Voorheesville 4, Coxsackie-Athens 1.

Broadalbin-Perth 1, LaSalle 0.

Schuylerville 4, Cairo-Durham 0.

Wednesday @ Lansingburgh:

Schuylerville vs. Broadalbin-Perth.

Voorheesville vs. Mechanicville.

Class C quarterfinals:

Stillwater 1, Waterford 0.

Mayfield 2, Maple Hill 1 (OT).

Schoharie 7, Galway 0.

Lake George 3, OESJ 0.

Tuesday @ Amsterdam:

Lake George vs. Schoharie.

Mayfield vs. Stillwater.

Men's soccer:

Class A quarterfinals:

LaSalle 5, Glens Falls 2.

Schalmont 8, Scotia 0.

Tuesday @ South Glens Falls:

LaSalle vs. Schalmont.

Cohoes vs. Averill Park.

Class B quarterfinals:

Catskill 2, Cobleskill-Richmondville 1.

Broadalbin-Perth 1, Mechanicville 0.

Ichabod Crane 3, Voorheesville 2.

Schuylerville 3, Watervliet-Heatly 0.

Tuesday @ Waterford:

Schuylerville vs. Ichabod Crane.

Broadalbin-Perth vs. Catskill.

Class C quarterfinals:

Maple Hill 4, Chatham 1.

Cambridge-Salem 1, Berne-Knox-Westerlo-Duanesburg 0.

Loudonville Christian 1, Greenwich 0.

Greenville 3, Lake George 1.

Wednesday @ Columbia:

Greenville vs. Loudonville Christian.

Cambridge-Salem vs. Maple Hill.

The parings for the Class B & C playoffs in football have been announced as follows:

Class B:

Friday:

Scotia @ Averill Park.

LaSalle @ Schalmont.

Lansingburgh @ Glens Falls.

Gloversville @ Ravena.

Class C:

Friday:

Mechanicville @ Fonda-Fultonville.

Hudson @ Hoosick Falls-Tamarac.

Johnstown @ Schuylerville.

Voorheesville @ Cobleskill-Richmondville.

Shenendehowa will host both the Class B & C Super Bowls November 14.