News & notes

The Tri-City Valleycats snapped a 5 game losing streak Friday, topping Auburn, 4-3. The Jekyll-Hyde performance of the 'Cats to this point has contributed in a small way to a decrease in attendance for fireworks nights, such as last Friday vs. Connecticut, as there were a ton of empty seats at Bruno Stadium that night. Tri-City drew slightly more than 4,000 fans for Thursday's matinee vs. Batavia, but there were sections still unfilled there, too.
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Tonight, it's win or go home for the Albany Dutchmen.

Albany reached the divisional finals of the Perfect Game Collegiate League by dispatching Mohawk Valley on Thursday, but dropped a 8-4 decision to top seeded Amsterdam on Friday night. Former Amsterdam High 3-sport star Dale Stanavich, currently attending Herkimer Community College, was a pitching star for his hometown Mohawks. Box scores are not available at this time.
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Albany Empire fans will be tuning in to see if the Empire can advance to and host ArenaBowl next weekend if they can beat Baltimore tonight on the road. The Brigade needs to make up the 35 point deficit of last week's shellacking at Times-Union Center, and win by 36 or better to upset the Empire. Stranger things have happened.
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Auburn's other summer team, the Auburn Pride of the Northeastern Football Alliance, will be in town to face the Troy Fighting Irish tonight at Lansingburgh High. Troy swept the season series from Auburn last year. Unfortunately, the Pride doesn't have a roster page on their website, which doesn't help anyone covering the game without press credentials, such as ye scribe......