Now, we all know everything runs in cycles in high school sports. We've seen it in football, soccer, & basketball. Bowling is no different. After one week of play, Troy sits at 2-0 after beating Ballston Spa on the road, 26-6, on Thursday night. The Flying Horses haven't been this good on the lanes in a long, long time. Troy still has to play the likes of CBA, Shenendehowa, et al, so there's no guarantee they'll get through the season unscathed. In fact, I'll own to the fact that they might not. Stay tuned.
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File this under "what's wrong with this picture".
Courtesy of the Albany Times-Union, this is the Suburban Council's women's basketball standings after play on Friday:
Conference: Suburban Council
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | |
| Blue Division | |||||||
| Saratoga Springs | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Guilderland | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Colonie | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | |
| Shenendehowa | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | |
| Shaker | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | |
| Columbia | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | |
| Bethlehem | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | |
| Niskayuna | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | |
| Gray Division | |||||||
| Albany | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Averill Park | 3 | 1 | 0.750 | 3 | 1 | 0.750 | |
| Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | |
| Ballston Spa | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | |
| Burnt Hills | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | |
| Schenectady | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | |
Notice that there are only six teams in the Gray division, and eight in the Blue. Mohonasen's departure to the Colonial Council has created an imbalance that the Suburban Council is loathe to resolve for whatever reason. As we noted last week, CBA, the reigning Gray division champ on the boys' side, is listed in the Blue divison as of now, giving the Blue eight teams to the Gray's seven. Should be the other way around.
With next Friday's road game at Guilderland, Troy's women begin a brutal stretch of five games in nine days leading to the holiday break. That schedule plays out thus:
December 14: @ Guilderland.
December 15: Whitesboro (non-league twilight game).
December 18: Shaker.
December 20: @ Colonie.
December 22 @ Middletown (non-league matinee).
The ladies would then get 13 days off before league play resumes on January 4 at home vs. Shenendehowa. Talk about Murderers' Row. For first year coach Ryan Meikle, this will be a true test of how far he's brought the Troy women in such a short period of time.
Conversely, Troy's boys (2-0) only play three games in the space of a week (home vs. Guilderland, @ Shaker, home vs. Colonie) before a week off, followed by the Crusader Roundball Classic at Catholic Central. Remember, the Troy boys have never beaten Colonie since entering the Suburban Council.
We will have the Suburban Council boys' standings next week.
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Y'think maybe UAlbany is feeling the pressure after letting two of their top players from last season, David Nichols and Scotia native Joe Cremo, leave? The Great Danes are 2-6 headed into tonight's home game vs. Monmouth. Cremo is at Villanova, Nichols at Florida State, both with the idea of enhancing their chances of getting drafted by the NBA. They saw what happened when the Lady Danes' leading scorer, Shereesha Richards, got the el snubbino from the WNBA a couple of years back. Mid majors, especially the ones in this market, never get a lot of love from the NBA or WNBA. Their scouts would rather pay attention to the "Power 5" conferences.
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