News & notes

After being suspended for a violation of unspecified team rules last week, Dev Holmes has chosen to leave the UAlbany football team, barely a month into his sophomore season.

According to the Albany Times-Union in today's editions, Holmes has not been as productive this season as he was at this time last year, as opposing defenses have made adjustments to him, but Holmes, apparently, has become frustrated with the lack of touches as QB Jeff Undercuffler has found his own go-to receivers. UAlbany is 2-2 after beating Lafayette, 36-7, on Saturday

It is possible, per the Times-Union, that Holmes, since he's only played three games, could redshirt the rest of this season, and have three years of college eligibility left, depending on where he goes next. He had backed out of a verbal agreement with Villanova to come to UAlbany last year, so the Wildcats may yet be a landing spot. Stay tuned.
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It was a bad weekend at Troy High.

A shade more than 12 hours after the football team dropped a 19-13 heartbreaker to CBA, the soccer teams were shut out by Shaker. The boys dropped a 4-0 decision at Picken Field, while the girls were shut down, 2-0, at Shaker.

But, let's look on the bright side. The two teams have combined for four wins in the first month of the season, which is a big improvement on last year.
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As was demonstrated when they hosted the Class AA high school title game three years ago, RPI does have lights at East Campus Village Stadium.

RPI hosted a twilight game vs. Utica on Saturday night, and won, 35-33. If you missed any or all of the game, RPI has a YouTube channel where they'll live-stream football, and, I'd imagine, men's & women's hockey games.

Since Union is hosting this year's Battle For The Dutchmen's Shoes, we'll see if they have a YouTube channel, too.