News & notes

Following up on an earlier column, which I've edited, the real reason Troy High ended its junior varsity lacrosse season early was that 1) two players were dismissed from the team for academic reasons, leaving them short on available players, and 2) three current players were called up to the varsity roster. At 2-15, I don't like the prospects of a Cinderella sectional run.
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Troy's Saturday baseball matinee vs. Averill Park was advertised for a 11 am start, but was moved up an hour to 10 am. Didn't matter to the visiting Warriors, but the reason for the early start had to do with RPI's commencement at the Houston Field House, and Troy loaned its parking lot, as it does every year at this time, to help with the overflow of traffic.

Anyway, as a result of the time switch, ye scribe arrived during the 3rd inning, with the Warriors already leading, 1-0. They tacked on two more runs in the frame. Troy chipped away with single runs in the 3rd & 4th innings, but Averill Park put the game away with two in the 5th, and four more in the 7th, putting a damper on Troy's sectional hopes with a 9-2 verdict.

Predictably, The Record didn't receive the score in time for today's edition. Troy has four games remaining, starting with a home game vs. Guilderland tomorrow (weather permitting, of course), and would have to win three of those four to qualify for the sectionals.
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The Albany Empire are now 3-0 after beating Philadelphia, 57-48, on the road on Saturday night. The fact that the Soul, who no longer count singer Jon Bon Jovi among their owners, drew less than 10,000 fans to the Wells Fargo Center, which also is home to the NHL Flyers & NBA 76ers, as opposed to Albany drawing better than 10,000 for their two home games each, should tell you something.