2026 Section 2 soccer sectional pairings released

 Beginning tomorrow, the quest for sectional titles in soccer begins. We'll start with the women.

Women:

Class AAA:

Tuesday:

Colonie @ Shaker. Winner to play Shenendehowa Saturday at Niskayuna.

Albany @ Saratoga. Winner to play Guilderland Saturday.

Finals are also at Niskayuna on October 30.

Class AA:

Wednesday:

Troy @ Amsterdam. Winner to play Columbia next Monday.

South Glens Falls @ Queensbury. Winner to play Bethlehem.

Also on October 26:

Ballston Spa @ Burnt Hills.

Niskayuna @ Mohonasen.

Semifinals are at Stillwater on October 29, with the finals at Shaker on November 3.

Class A:

Wednesday:

Emma Willard @ Hudson Falls. Winner to play Schalmont on Friday.

According to Section II's records, the Jesters have a 9-0 record. You know how I feel about unbeaten teams getting dissed.

Also Friday:

Cohoes @ Scotia.

Glens Falls @ Ravena.

Lansingburgh @ Averill Park.

The semifinals will be at Amsterdam on October 28, with the finals at Shaker on November 3.

Class B:

Thursday:

Tamarac @ Ichabod Crane. Winner to play Mechanicville on Saturday.

Coxsackie-Athens @ Cobleskill-Richmondville.

Hoosick Falls @ Voorheesville.

Holy Names @ Broadalbin-Perth.

Catskill @ LaSalle.

Cairo-Durham @ Corinth.

Fonda-Fultonville @ Schuylerville.

Lansingburgh will host the semifinals on October 28, and the finals on October 31.

Class C:

Thursday:

Whitehall @ Stillwater.

Chatham @ Waterford.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo-Duanesburg @ Maple Hill.

Greenwich @ Mayfield.

Bolton-Warrensburg @ Schoharie.

Galway @ Greenville.

Hoosic Valley @ OESJ.

Cambridge-Salem @ Lake George.

The quarterfinals will be on Saturday, with the semifinals at Amsterdam October 27, and the finals at Lansingburgh on October 31.

Class D:

Next Monday:

Saratoga Catholic @ Fort Ann. The winners will meet Northville October 30 at Niskayuna.

Men:

Class AAA:

Thursday:

Albany @ Saratoga. Winner to play Shaker next Monday at LaSalle.

Colonie @ Guilderland.

Schenectady @ Shenendehowa.

Finals will also be at LaSalle on October 31.

Class AA:

Tuesday:

Mohonasen @ Amsterdam. Winner to play Bethlehem on Thursday.

Troy @ CBA. Winner to play Burnt Hills on Thursday.

Also Thursday:

Columbia @ Ballston Spa.

Queensbury @ Niskayuna.

The semifinals are at Colonie next Monday, with the finals at LaSalle on October 31.

Class A:

Saturday:

Scotia @ Schalmont.

Glens Falls @ LaSalle.

Ravena @ Cohoes.

Hudson Falls @ Averill Park.

The semifinals are at South Glens Falls on October 27, with the finals at Bethlehem on November 2.

Class B:

Wednesday:

Coxsackie-Athens @ Catskill. Winner to play Cobleskill-Richmondville on Saturday.

Hoosick Falls @ Mechanicville.

Canajoharie-Fort Plain @ Broadalbin-Perth.

Fonda-Fultonville @ Voorheesville.

Taconic Hills @ Ichabod Crane.

Tamarac @ Watervliet-Heatly. Winner to play Schuylerville on Saturday.

Waterford will host the semifinals on October 27, with the finals at Bethlehem November 2.

Class C:

Tuesday:

Berlin-New Lebanon @ Middleburgh. Winner to play Maple Hill on Wednesday.

Also Wednesday:

Chatham @ Waterford. 

Hoosic Valley @ Cambridge-Salem.

Stillwater @ Berne-Knox-Westerlo-Duanesburg.

Galway @ Loudonville Christian.

OESJ @ Greenwich.

Schoharie @ Lake George.

Mayfield @ Greenville.

Quarterfinals will be on Saturday, with the semifinals at Columbia October 28, and the finals at Queensbury on October 31.

Class D:

Tuesday:

Saratoga Catholic @ Germantown. Winner to play Northville on Friday.

Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons @ Mekeel Christian.

Also Friday:

Bolton-Warrensburg @ Hartford.

North Warren @ Argyle.

Semifinals are at OESJ on October 28, with the finals at Queensbury October 31.

Good luck to all the teams.

News & notes

 The last women's tennis sectional titles were decided on Saturday & Sunday.

On Saturday, Queensbury repeated as Class A champion, defeating Columbia, 8-1. Over in Class AA, Guilderland defeated Shaker, 5-4. Per the Albany Times-Union, a matchup of the Class B and C/D champions, Scotia & Greenwich, respectively, was set for Sunday, but nothing has been reported as of press time.

The pairings for field hockey sectionals have been released as follows:

Class A:

Wednesday:

Colonie @ Guilderland.

Niskayuna @ Shenendehowa.

Columbia @ Bethlehem.

Shaker @ Saratoga.

The semifinals will be the following week, on October 28, with the title game at Glens Falls on November 1.

Class B:

Queensbury visits South Glens Falls on October 29, with the winner to play top-seeded Burnt Hills on 11/1.

Class C:

Tomorrow:

Hoosick Falls/Salem/Cambridge @ Corinth. Winner to play Greenwich on 10/27.

Schuylerville @ Johnstown. Winner to play Granville on 10/27.

Finals at Glens Falls on 11/1.

The soccer sectional brackets will be released later today. As I've said before, winless Troy High would be better served not accepting a bid, if only to save further trauma for the players on the men's side. The men have been shut out in 11 straight games.

Gerry McNamara returned to Albany to a hero's welcome at MVP Arena Sunday, as Syracuse defeated Siena, 81-76, before over 8600 fans. Former Saint Gavin Doty led the Orange with 20 points. Francis Folefac didn't score in 11 minutes.

Siena newcomer Tim Ibukunoluwa led all scorers with 23 points. This might've been a rare case of a pre-season game getting radio coverage, as WJMZ (Jamz 96.3) begins its 3rd season of Siena basketball. The Saints return to action in 2 weeks at Bryant before returning home to play Princeton on November 8 in a men's & women's double-dip at MVP Arena.

High School Fridays: Week 7 roundup, 10/16

LaSalle 34, Ichabod Crane/Chatham 7.

Ravena 42, Green Tech 14.

Voorheesville 32, Watervliet-Heatly 14.

Scotia 49, Cohoes 8.

Troy 27, Bethlehem 7.

Guilderland 13, Niskayuna 7.  With 2 weeks left, Nisky, the defending Class A champs, have been eliminated from the Class AA title picture.

Averill Park 42, Lansingburgh 21.

Mohonasen 36, Amsterdam 23.

Schuylerville 49, Mechanicville 8.

Hoosick Falls-Tamarac 26, Granville 0.

Fonda-Fultonville 28, Cobleskill-Richmondville 27.

Glens Falls 47, Gloversville 15.

CBA 61, Schenectady 0.

Ballston Spa 52, South Glens Falls 26.

Now, some soccer scores:

Women:

Northville 8, Johnstown 0.

Greenville 9, Watervliet-Heatly 0.

Schalmont 3, Albany 0.

Whitehall 8, Hadley-Luzerne 0.

Mayfield 5, Canajoharie-Ft. Plain 0.

Coxsackie-Athens 4, Maple Hill 3.

Stillwater 4, Cohoes 1.

Galway 2, Hoosick Falls 1.

Men:

Schalmont 5, Mechanicville 0.

Corinth 4, Granville 1.

Fort Ann 2, Hartford 1.

Loudonville Christian 3, Berne-Knox-Westerlo-Duanesburg 1.

North Warren 4, Bolton-Warrensburg 1.

Maple Hill 7, Tamarac 0.

Johnstown & Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons played to a 2-2 draw.

Cobleskill-Richmondville 4, Cairo-Durham 1.

Northville 9, Mekeel Christian 0.

Catskill 2, Coxsackie-Athens 0.

Mayfield 1, Middleburgh 0.

Thursday's high school scoreboard, 10/15

 Tennis:

Class AA semifinals:

Shaker 9, Niskayuna 0.

Guilderland 9, Saratoga 0.

The Lady Dutch & the Lady Bison will meet at Shenendehowa tomorrow.

Class A semifinals:

Queensbury 6, Averill Park 1.

Columbia 4, Burnt Hills 3.

The finals are at Saratoga tomorrow.

Class B finals:

Scotia 6, Ichabod Crane 1.

Class C/D finals:

Greenwich 5, Greenville 2.

Men's soccer:

Ichabod Crane 1, Ravena 0.

Voorheesville 5, Lansingburgh 0.

Albany Academy 2, LaSalle 1.

Schuylerville 3, Glens Falls 1.

Hudson Falls 5, Gloversville 0.

Amsterdam 6, Scotia 2.

Watervliet-Heatly 3, Taconic Hills 0.

Albany 4, Colonie 0.

Columbia 2, Niskayuna 1.

Bethlehem 5, CBA 2.

Shenendehowa 1, Guilderland 0.

Burnt Hills 3, Saratoga 1.

Shaker 2, Averill Park 1.

OESJ 5, Cherry Valley-Springfield 2.

Cambridge-Salem 1, Greenwich 0.

Tamarac 4, Berlin-New Lebanon 2.

Hoosick Falls 1, Saratoga Catholic 0.

Stillwater 1, Hoosic Valley 0.

Troy High winter 2026-7 schedule released

 Most of the information obtained comes from Aktivate as well as Arbiter, though the spring schedules are not complete as of press time.......

December:

1 Bowling home opener vs. Voorheesville, men's basketball home opener vs. Mohonasen.

3 Swimming @ Ballston Spa.

4 Men's basketball @ Red Hook (per Aktivate), women's basketball @ Middletown (per Aktivate).

7 Bowling vs. Schalmont.

8 Men's basketball @ LaSalle. Women's basketball home opener vs. LaSalle.

11 Men's basketball @ Lansingburgh.

12 Men's basketball @ Niskayuna (per Aktivate).

14 Bowling vs. Mohonasen.

15 Bowling @ LaSalle (both teams play at Uncle Sam Lanes). Swimming @ Saratoga, women's basketball  vs. Albany Academy.

17 Bowling vs. Voorheesville.

22 Bowling vs. Ravena, swimming vs. Shenendehowa, women's basketball @ Albany Academy, men's basketball vs. Albany Academy.

28 Women's basketball vs. Hudson Falls @ Glens Falls (Glens Falls Holiday Classic-Troy will play for the 3rd straight year.), men's basketball vs. Shaker.

29 Women's basketball @ Glens Falls, men's basketball vs. Charlestown (per Arbiter).

January:

5 Bowling @ Schalmont, men's basketball vs. Berne-Knox-Westerlo.

6 Women's basketball v. Holy Names.

7 Bowling vs. Lansingburgh, swimming vs. Burnt Hills.

8 Men's basketball vs. Cohoes, women's basketball @ Cohoes.

9 Women's basketball vs. Bethlehem.

11 Bowling vs. Cohoes.

12 Bowling @ Mohonasen, swimming @ Guilderland, women's basketball @ Lansingburgh, men's basketball vs. Lansingburgh.

14 Men's basketball vs. LaSalle.

15 Women's basketball @ LaSalle.

19 Swimming @ Shaker.

21 Swimming vs. Albany.

22 Men's basketball @ Mohonasen, women's basketball vs. Mohonasen.

26 Swimming vs. Bethlehem, men's basketball vs. Cohoes.

29 Men's basketball @ Schenectady, women's basketball @ Holy Names.

February:

2 Swimming @ Schenectady, Men's basketball @ Schalmont, women's basketball vs. Schalmont.

5 Women's basketball @ Ichabod Crane, men's basketball vs. Ichabod Crane.

9 Men's basketball @ Ravena, women's basketball vs. Ravena.

12 Women's basketball senior night vs. Voorheesville, men's basketball @ Voorheesville.

16 Men's basketball senior night vs. Guilderland (per Aktivate).

Schedule subject to change due to weather or other conflicts.

Wednesday's high school scoreboard, 10/14

 Tennis:

Class AA quarterfinals:

Saratoga 5, Bethlehem 4.

Shaker 8, Albany Academy 1.

Niskayuna 5, Shenendehowa 4.

Today:

Niskayuna @ Shaker.

Saratoga @ Guilderland.

Class A:

Averill Park 5, Catskill-Coxsackie-Athens 2.

Burnt Hills 7, Troy 0.

Columbia 6 South Glens Falls 1.

Today:

Columbia @ Burnt Hills.

Averill Park @ Queensbury.

Class B:

Scotia 5, Hudson Falls 2.

Ichabod Crane 4, Voorheesville 3.

Today:

Ichabod Crane vs. Scotia at Central Park.

Class C/D:

Greenwich 7, Maple Hill 0. 

Today:

Greenwich vs. Greenville @ Columbia.

Men's soccer:

Bolton-Warrensburg 8, Corinth 3.

North Warren 9, Granville 2.

Fort Ann & Lake George played to a 2-2 draw.

Argyle 3, Hartford 2.

Schalmont 6, Lansingburgh 1.

South Glens Falls 4, Gloversville 0.

Maple Hill 3, Watervliet-Heatly 0.

Greenville 2, Chatham 1.

Catskill 2, Germantown 0.

Coxsackie-Athens 9, Cairo-Durham 0.

Mayfield & Berne-Knox-Westerlo-Duanesburg played to a 3-3 draw.

Northville 3, Cobleskill-Richmondville 0.

Loudonville Christian 3, Schoharie 1.

Johnstown 1, Fonda-Fultonville 0.

Mekeel Christian 2, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 0.

OESJ 3, Galway 1.

Middleburgh & Canajoharie-Ft. Plain played to a scoreless draw.

Waterford 1, Mechanicville 0.

Women's swimming & diving:

Shaker 96, Troy/Averill Park/Columbia 74. The Flying Devil Knights fall to 2-5 with 3 meets remaining, including a road trip to Saratoga tomorrow at Skidmore College.

Tuesday's high school scoreboard, 10/13

 Tennis:

Class AA quarterfinals:

Guilderland 5, Ballston Spa 0.

Albany Academy @ Shaker-suspended due to rain. The match resumes today at 3.

Class A:

Catskill/Coxsackie-Athens @ Averill Park-suspended due to rain. The match resumes today at 3.

Men's soccer:

Mohonasen 3, Troy 0. Troy has now been shut out in 10 straight games. Their season ends Saturday at Ravena.

Ravena 2, Albany Academy 0.

Voorheesville & Cohoes played to a 2-2 draw.

Oneonta 6, Hudson 0.

Greenville 4, Taconic Hills 2.

Guilderland & Albany played to a scoreless draw.

Bethlehem 3, Saratoga 2.

Shaker 4, Columbia 1.

Burnt Hills 1, Colonie 0.

Averill Park 3, Ballston Spa 1.

Niskayuna 1, CBA 0.

Mekeel Christian 5, Johnstown 0.

Northville 13, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 0.

Hoosic Valley 1, Hoosick Falls 0.