News & notes

Section II could be bringing home as many as six state titles today if everything goes their way.

In softball, Class A champion Ballston Spa plays Sayville, out of Long Island, and that game is set to start in a short while as I write. The winner will play the winner of Williamsville East vs. Walter Panas later this afternoon.

Over in Class B, Ichabod Crane will play Ardsley later this morning (both games are at Moreau Recreational Park), with the winner to meet the Eden-Oneida winner in the nightcap at approximately 4:30.

As for the boys, all four Section II teams are still alive after Friday's semi-final play.

Class AA: Shenendehowa defeated Massapequa, another Long Island school, 4-1. Brendan Disonell went the distance for the win. Evan Jones takes the hill in the final today vs. McQuaid-Jesuit at Union-Endicott High, outside of Syracuse.

Class A: Ballston Spa needed just six innings to dispatch Sayville, 10-0, which for the Long Islanders doesn't bode well for the softball team this morning. The Scotties will play Maine-Endwell at Binghamton today.

Class B: Schuylerville downed Medina, 6-3, on Friday to earn a date with Center Moriches, also at Binghamton.

Class D: Whitehall shut out South Kortright, 5-0, and will return to UEHS to play Brocton today in the final.
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Opening night for the Tri-City Valleycats wasn't as bad as Education Day.

Oh, the 'Cats open the season 0-1 after losing to Vermont, 4-0, but the bigger story was that the two teams combined for 32 strikeouts in the course of the nine innings. The Lake Monsters set a franchise record with a collective 19 K's, limiting the 'Cats to 2 hits, 2 walks, and one runner reached on an error. Tri-City pitchers recorded 13 K's. The 32 whiffs combined may very well be a league record.

You can pick up audio broadcasts online. While the Valleycats' don't broadcast road games, fans can click on the links to the Lake Monsters' radio feed. Last night's broadcast included a sound check, of all things, while the season-opening ceremonies were going on. Surreal.