News & notes

Even though Mohonasen moved out of the Suburban Council and into the Colonial Council after last season, they are fielding a combined team with Schenectady in lacrosse this season. Unfortunately, they ended up on the losing end of a 17-0 beatdown at the hands of South Glens Falls in a non-league game on Tuesday night.

What this says, in relation to the uniting of Schenectady & Mohonasen, is that the Mighty Warriors didn't have enough players for lacrosse this season, as this is the first year they've been fused together with the Patriots. Stay tuned.
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Meanwhile, on a cold, windy Tuesday night, Troy High was blown right off Picken Field by Christian Brothers Academy, 20-8. The Brothers led, 16-1 (Ouch!) at halftime, but were outscored by the Flying Horses, 7-4, in the second half. Tyrone Jones led Troy with four goals.

Troy's softball team is scheduled to open their season today. We'll see about that.
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I've made note of this often in the past over at The Land of Whatever, as well as here, but it bears repeating as the spring sports season gets underway.

For whatever reason, schools will not provide programs for softball, baseball, and lacrosse. Some schools do have scoreboards for baseball & softball (i.e. Lansingburgh, Shenendehowa), and lacrosse is usually played on the football fields (i.e. Troy, Shen, 'Burgh, LaSalle), which already have scoreboards in place.

However, other schools, such as Troy, don't have the amenities needed for spring sports, such as scoreboards, and with Troy's ancient public address system over at Picken Field, the school board doesn't see the need to upgrade the spring side of the sports complex, which spreads out across the campuses of the middle & high schools.

Speaking of public address systems, they'll only be used for senior day activities for lacrosse, and I'd imagine a hand held mic would be used for senior day for baseball & softball.

I know I've ragged on El Cheapo Media because of their lack of available resources, which has led to missing a lot of stories in recent years, as well as some hot water, but the politics involved in school boards also leads to going el scrimpo on the spring amenities.

LaSalle plays their home baseball games at Geer Field, home to the South Troy Dodgers, with the exception of one game a year played at Bruno Stadium during the Friday Night Lights series benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. I honestly don't know why LaSalle admnistration can't get together with their counterparts at Hudson Valley Community College to allow the Cadets to play all of their home games at The Joe. HVCC, like other northeast colleges, plays a large chunk of their baseball schedule out of state in the early part of the season. That can't be helped, but it wouldn't hurt to extend the business arrangement the neighboring schools have to let LaSalle play more home games at The Joe.
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As long as we're talking LaSalle, the Cadets opened baseball season Monday with a 14-8 decision over Lansingburgh. Seems Troy & Cohoes did play, but the score has not been reported to local press as of this writing.