News & notes

 Human error. It just happens to all of us at some time.

In a nutshell, this is what caused all the confusion last Friday in Troy High's volleyball match vs. Mohonasen. The video that was posted was actually of the JV match, but was mislabeled by the videographer assigned to run the livestream for Hudl & YouTube.

A key clue missed was the uniform tops worn by the Mohon players. It was green, not the usual Mohon colors.

The THS sports review posted on 10/18 has been updated to reflect the fact that Troy did win the varsity match, and that Mohon won the JV match. The video at the center of all the controversy is still on Hudl & YouTube, but has been removed from this site.

Troy would subsequently complete a perfect regular season by shutting out Lansingburgh on Tuesday, while Mohonasen defeated Cohoes, 3-1.

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The NYS Public High School Athletic Association has approved a plan for classifying private, charter, & parochial schools beginning in the fall of 2026 when it comes to sectional & state playoffs.

Schools under this umbrella, such as CBA, Green Tech, and LaSalle, will be considered for movement to a higher classification if certain conditions are met. To wit:

* A winning percentage of .750 or higher for an overall, league, or classification record with a minimum of 4 games played.

* A team is recognized as a league and/or playoff champion, qualifies for sectional semi-finals, or is a state champion.

A NYSPHSAA committee voted 10-1 in July, with Section I opposed, on the plan, which was approved on Tuesday.

A year from now, it's going to get crazy.

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Wednesday's high school scoreboard:

Women's swimming & diving:

Saratoga 97, Shenendehowa 89.

Ballston Spa 97, Burnt Hills-Scotia 69.

Guilderville 94, Troy-Averill Park 86. The Golden Horses finish at 4-5.

Schenectady-Colonie 85 1/2, Albany 63 1/2.

Field hockey:

Class B 1st round:

South Glens Falls 8, Glens Falls 0.

Women's soccer:

Class AA 1st round:

South Glens Falls 1, Troy 0. Troy finishes 3-13-1.

Bethlehem 11, Amsterdam 2.

Class A 1st round:

Ichabod Crane 7, Lansingburgh 3.

Men's soccer:

Class A 1st round:

Scotia 1, Lansingburgh 0.

Class B 1st round:

Greenville 6, Ravena 2.

Johnstown 1, Catskill 0.

Coxsackie-Athens 3, Tamarac 0.

Cobleskill-Richmondville 4, Corinth 0.

Mechanicville 2, Watervliet-Heatly 0.

Voorheesville 7, Taconic Hills 0.

Broadalbin-Perth 4, Hoosick Falls 0.

Class C 1st round:

Cambridge-Salem 1, Mayfield 0.

Loudonville Christian 3, OESJ 0.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo-Duanesburg 3, Chatham 1.

Lake George 2, Bolton-Warrensburg 0.

Women's volleyball:

Stillwater 3, Mechanicville 0.

Saratoga Catholic 3, Tamarac 0.

Cambridge 3, Waterford 0.

Tuesday's high school scoreboard, 10/21

 Men's cross country:

Lansingburgh def. Schalmont.

Troy def. Ravena. 2 meet wins in 3 weeks for the Flying Horses.

Coxsackie-Athens def. Catskill, Hudson, & Hunter-Tannersville.

Maple Hill def. Rensselaer-Doane Stuart & Watervliet-Heatly.

Fonda-Fultonville def. Duanesburg & Johnstown.

Greenville def. Chatham.

Women's cross country:

Academy of Holy Names def. Troy & Ravena.

Schalmont def. Lansingburgh.

Coxsackie-Athens def. Hudson, Catskill, & Hunter-Tannersville.

Maple Hill def. Watervliet-Heatly & Rensselaer-Doane Stuart.

Greenville def. Chatham.

Football (Monday):

Hudson 34, Coxsackie-Athens 12.

Women's volleyball:

Ichabod Crane 3, Schalmont 0.

Troy 3, Lansingburgh 0.

Columbia 3, Schenectady 0.

Colonie 3, Averill Park 0.

Shenendehowa 3, Burnt Hills 0.

Field hockey:

Class A 1st round:

Shenendehowa 1, Niskayuna 0 (Shootout-OT).

Guilderland 5, Shaker 0.

Men's soccer:

Class AA 1st round:

Amsterdam 3, South Glens Falls 1.

Ballston Spa 2, Troy 1. Troy's season ends at 6-11.

Class C 1st round:

Granville 1, Hoosic Valley 0.

Class D 1st round:

Germantown & Saratoga Catholic played to a 1-1 draw through overtime. Germantown advances via penalty kicks, 3-2.

News & notes

 Shaker grad Jeff Hoffman is going to the World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Hoffman slammed the door shut Monday, as ex-Tri-City Valleycat George Springer brought the Jays back from defeat with a 3 run homer in the home 7th, lifting Toronto past Seattle, 4-3, to take the series, 4-3.

The World Series begins Friday at Rogers Centre, as the Jays will look for their first championship since the Joe Carter-led Blue Jays upset Philadelphia in 1993. To do it, Toronto will have to dethrone the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, who are looking to be the first team since the Yankees (1998-2000) to go back-to-back.

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Monday's high school scoreboard:

Men's soccer:

Scotia 9, Gloversville 0.

Women's volleyball:

Cohoes 3, Holy Trinity 0.

Fort Edward 3, Saratoga Catholic 1.

OESJ 3, Amsterdam 0.

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As we had posted the pairings for the soccer sectionals yesterday, we couldn't help but notice how Section II got Hoosic Valley & Hawthorne Valley confused, and ended up listing the former twice, when it is Hawthorne Valley that merged with Taconic Hills in women's class B. I think that by now, they've corrected that mistake.

Section II soccer sectional pairings

 As promised, the Section II soccer sectional pairings have been announced. Strangely, Section II hasn't posted the pairings to the website as of press time. We have the complete lineup for the men, but the women's are incomplete.

Men:

Class AAA:

Thursday:

Schenectady @ Shaker.

Colonie @ Guilderland.

Albany @ Shenendehowa.

Saratoga @ CBA.

The semi-finals will be next Monday at Niskayuna. Bethlehem will host the finals on October 30.

Class AA:

Tuesday:

Ballston Spa @ Troy. Winner to play Columbia on Thursday.

South Glens Falls @ Amsterdam. Winner to play Bethlehem Thursday.

Also Thursday:

Mohonasen @ Niskayuna.

Queensbury @ Burnt Hills.

Semi-finals will be at Broadalbin-Perth on October 28, with the finals at Queensbury November 1.

Class A:

Wednesday:

Lansingburgh @ Scotia. Winner to play Ichabod Crane on Saturday.

Friday:

Averill Park @ Cohoes.

LaSalle @ Glens Falls.

Albany Academy @ Schalmont.

Semi-finals will be October 29 at South Glens Falls. Finals at Queensbury November 1.

Class B:

Wednesday:

Ravena @ Greenville.

Catskill @ Johnstown.

Tamarac @ Coxsackie-Athens.

Corinth @ Cobleskill-Richmondville.

Taconic Hills @ Voorheesville.

Watervliet-Heatly @ Mechanicville.

Hoosick Falls @ Broadalbin-Perth.

Canajoharie-Ft. Plain @ Schuylerville.

Quarterfinals will be on Friday or Saturday. Semi-finals are October 28 @ Waterford, with the finals at Queensbury November 1.

Class C:

Tuesday:

Granville @ Hoosic Valley. Winner to play Maple Hill on Thursday.

Wednesday:

Cambridge-Salem @ Mayfield.

OESJ @ Loudonville Christian.

Schoharie @ Waterford.

Galway @ Cairo-Durham.

Chatham @ Berne-Knox-Westerlo-Duanesburg.

Bolton-Warrensburg @ Lake George.

Stillwater @ Greenwich.

Quarter-finals will be next Monday. Semi-finals are at Columbia on October 29. Finals at Queensbury November 1.

Class D:

Tuesday:

Saratoga Catholic @ Germantown. Winner to play Northville Friday.

Also Friday:

Fort Ann @ North Warren.

Hartford @ Middleburgh.

Mekeel Christian @ Argyle.

Semi-finals are October 29 @ OESJ.

Finals are at Waterford November 3.

Women:

Class AAA:

Thursday:

Guilderland @ Colonie. Winner will play Shenendehowa October 28.

Also on October 28:

Shaker vs. Saratoga. Both semi-final games will be at Lansingburgh. Finals are at Stillwater on November 1.

Class AA:

Wednesday:

Troy @ South Glens Falls. Winner will play Mohonasen on Friday.

Amsterdam @ Bethlehem. Winner plays Ballston Spa on Friday.

Also Friday:

Queensbury @ Niskayuna.

Burnt Hills @ Columbia.

Semi-finals & finals are at Stillwater October 28 & November 1, respectively.

Class A:

Wednesday:

Lansingburgh @ Ichabod Crane. Winner to play Schalmont on Saturday.

Also Saturday:

Cohoes @ Ravena.

Scotia @ Averill Park.

Glens Falls @ Broadalbin-Perth.

Semi-finals will be at Amsterdam October 29. Lansingburgh hosts the finals November 1.

Class B:

Thursday:

Tamarac @ LaSalle. Winner to play Mechanicville on Saturday.

Catskill @ Cobleskill-Richmondville.

Corinth @ Greenville.

Taconic Hills-Hawthorne Valley @ Voorheesville.

Hoosick Falls @ Coxsackie-Athens.

Cairo-Durham @ Chatham.

The quarter-finals are Saturday. Semi-finals at Niskayuna October 29, with the finals at Lansingburgh on November 1.

Class C:

Friday.

Academy of Holy Names @ Stillwater.

Hoosic Valley @ Mayfield.

Whitehall @ OESJ.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo-Duanesburg @ Waterford.

Albany Academy @ Schoharie.

Galway @ Maple Hill.

Greenwich @ Bolton-Warrensburg.

Cambridge @ Lake George.

Quarter-finals are next Monday. Semi-finals are October 30 at Niskayuna, with the finals at Lansingburgh on November 4.

Class D:

Saturday:

Germantown @ Saratoga Catholic. Winner to play Fort Ann.

Salem @ Mekeel Christian. Winner to play Northville.

The semi-finals will be October 30 at Gloversville. Lansingburgh hosts the finals on November 4.

Good luck to all the teams.

News & notes

Section II released its field hockey sectional pairings over the weekend. Soccer pairings will be announced early this afternoon. Without further ado:

Class A:

Tuesday:

Niskayuna @ Shenendehowa. Winner to play #1 Bethlehem the following week.

Shaker @ Guilderland. Winner to play #2 Saratoga the following week.

The finals will be November 2 at Schuylerville at 11 am.

Class B:

Wednesday:

Columbia @ Scotia. Winner to play #1 Burnt Hills the following week.

Glens Falls @ South Glens Falls. Winner to play #2 Queensbury the following week.

The finals will be at Schuylerville November 2 at 1 pm.

Class C:

Thursday:

Schuylerville @ Granville. Winner to play #1 Hoosick Falls the following week.

Corinth @ Greenwich. Winner to play #2 Johnstown the following week.

The finals are at Schuylerville November 2  at 3 pm.

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The Toronto Blue Jays are a game away from returning to the World Series for the first time in 32 years.

Toronto evened the series at 3 games each with a 6-2 win on Sunday. Jeff Hoffman (Shaker) pitched the final 2 innings to preserve the win for rookie Trey Yesavage, who avenged his loss to the Mariners in game 2. Hoffman walked 1 and struck out 4 while not giving up a hit in the 2 innings.

Game 7 is tonight at 8 on Fox.

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Sunday's college scoreboard:

Field hockey:

Rochester 3, RPI 2.

St. Lawrence 2, Union 1.

Skidmore 2, Utica 1.

Yale 2, UAlbany 1.

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South Glens Falls' Hayden Knapp captured the Section II women's golf title over the weekend, finishing at 3 over par, but it was enough to beat the field. Knapp will move on to play in state competition in June.

Troy High sports review, through October 17

 The fall season is winding down. Golf & tennis are done, though one golfer will return to the course before graduation.......

Volleyball:

Current record: 17-0.

Edit, 10/22: Turns out the video that is available was actually for the JV match. Troy did beat Mohonasen after all, 3-0.

Next: The regular season finale is at Lansingburgh on Tuesday, with sectional pairings to be announced a week later.

Football:

Current record: 5-2 (3-1 Class A Capital Division).

Jordan Canzeri's squad brought home the Collar City Cup, as expected, beating winless LaSalle. Coupled with Amsterdam getting squashed by Niskayuna, Troy now sits in 2nd place in the division.

Next: Troy visits Amsterdam in the season finale, looking to lock down 2nd place, as Nisky clinched the division title.

Golf: 

Senior Joey Degnan qualified for the state tournament in June, despite finishing at 13 over par over the two days of competition.

Men's soccer:

Swimming:

Current record: 4-4.

Troy/Averill Park fell to Ballston Spa on Wednesday, but came right back to beat Burnt Hills-Scotia on Friday to get back to .500. It was Senior Day for the swimmers, too.

Next: The season finale is at Guilderville on Wednesday.

Men's soccer:

Final regular season record: 6-10.

To give coach Russell Hines credit, the Horses fared better than they did in 2024, but they still haven't figured out teams like Mohonasen.

Next: Sectional pairings will be announced Monday morning.

Women's soccer:

Final regular season record: 3-12-1.

Jarret Farrell's club snapped a 7 game losing streak in beating Schenectady, but fell to Mohonasen for the 2nd time this season on Thursday. Now, they'll find out their sectional fate on Monday as well.

High School Fridays: Feeling pink (Burnt Hills @ Ballston Spa, 10/17/25)

 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To that end, both Burnt Hills & Ballston Spa players were wearing pink in some form. The Scotties' dog paw logo was in pink, and some Spartans had pink included with their uniforms.

Burnt Hills won the coin toss, and deferred to the second half. The Scotties were pinned back at their 10 yard line to start. No problem. A methodical 90 yard drive culminated with Tyler Perkins running it in from 3 yards out. Mason Lang added the extra point, and B-Spa led, 7-0.

But it didn't last.

Ty Starr took the ensuing kickoff 78 yards to paydirt, but Logan Tomlinson's PAT was blocked, leaving the Spartans down one after the first quarter.

Things got sloppy beginning in the 2nd quarter. 3 turnovers between the two teams, and it also became a festival of penalties, most of them against Ballston Spa. Burnt Hills mounted a drive in the midst of it all, with Owen Huggins scoring his first touchdown of the season from 9 yards. Tomlinson made the PAT this time, and Burnt Hills took a 13-7 lead into halftime.

However, the Spartans were without their biggest offensive weapon for much of the night, as Peyton Marshall was shut down in the 1st quarter, and used sparingly after, leading to speculation that he might have been injured, or, as color analyst James Allen opined, compromised. Marshall was not the factor he was last month vs. Columbia.

The 3rd quarter was a Don Henley special with all the dirty laundry on the field, so we move on to the 4th quarter, where it became the Mike Degenhart show. Degenhart, listed as the backup quarterback on the depth chart, was used as a running back with Jacob Thomas also seemingly injured much of the night. The sophomore bulldozed his way into the end zone on the first play of the 4th quarter, but Lang's PAT was wide, leaving the score tied at 13.

B-Spa's defense shut down the Spartans repeatedly, even with Burnt Hills getting a reprieve after a running into the kicker penalty on a Tomlinson punt. The Scotties' final drive of the night was another case of ball control, and Degenhart put the game away with an 8 yard run. Lang made the extra point, and B-Spa was back in front with under a minute left.

However, Burnt Hills turned the ball over on downs. One kneel-down later, and it was over. Ballston Spa takes possession of 2nd place in the Grasso division with a 20-13 win, three weeks after blowing a lead vs. Queensbury.

Next week: Spectrum's cameras will be back at Shenendehowa, as they'll face Saratoga.

Other scores:

Colonie 66, Schenectady 0.

Johnstown 7, Broadalbin-Perth 6.

Canajoharie-Fort Plain 41, Hudson Falls-Fort Edward 14.

Hoosick Falls-Tamarac 22, Granville-Whitehall 20.

Glens Falls 27, Lansingburgh 3.

Troy 34, LaSalle 8. Troy takes back the Collar City Cup after 4 years.

Gloversville 26, Ichabod Crane-Chatham 22.

Ravena 21, Schalmont 18.

Stillwater-Saratoga Catholic 55, Rensselaer-Loudonville Christian 0.

CBA 42, Guilderland 7.

Shenendehowa 34, Shaker 14.

Saratoga 42, Albany 16.

Schuylerville 34, Mechanicville 6.