Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Sports roundup, 1/7

Zaveon Little returned to Troy Tuesday night, now playing for Voorheesville. The Blackbirds gave LaSalle all they could handle, and Little led all scorers with 33 points, but it wasn't enough, as the Cadets won, 81-74. Bo Catherwood led LaSalle with 25 points, hitting 8 3-pointers, and leading 4 Cadets in double figures. LaSalle remains unbeaten in league play in the Colonial Council.

Little & the Blackbirds return to Troy to visit Catholic Central on February 7. The schedule provided to the Albany Times-Union does not indicate if Voorheesville will also play Lansingburgh this season.
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Troy High's bowling team snapped a recent losing streak in beating Guilderland, 20-12, on Tuesday. Alex Hepp led the way with a 666 triple, and Olivia DeCitise nearly matched it with a 661. The bowlers are so hot, Troy is crowing about them in morning announcements.
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For unknown reasons, both Troy-Guilderland basketball games were contested at Guilderland on Tuesday night, as the girls were originally scheduled to play at Troy.

The Troy women completed a season sweep of the Lady Dutch with a 71-65 win. Jenalyse Alarcon had 25 points to lead four Troy players in double figures. Valencia Fontenelle-Posson matched Alarcon with 25 points of her own to lead Guilderland. Ava Lia, sister of Billy & Vinny, had just six points, so there's likely no test driving after school for a while.

Speaking of Billy Lia, he led all scorers with 20 points, and Ryan Teaney had 14, but Alex Wolfe continued his red hot play with another season high of 18 points, and Jadon Cummings, who missed the Holiday Classic, matched Teaney with 14, as the Troy men avenged an earlier loss to Guilderland with a 56-50 verdict.

The women are now 5-4 overall, while the boys have the reverse record at 4-5. The men return home to play Albany on Friday, while the ladies travel to the hostile Falcon's Nest on Washington Avenue. The Lady Falcons have fallen on hard times, but can Troy's women snap their recent losing streak vs. Albany?
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The Times-Union Center announced Tuesday that tickets are all sold out for the NCAA men's basketball tournament games taking place in March. I think it's the lure of television cameras, more so than the hope of either Siena or UAlbany being in the tournament, that drives ticket sales in this market. The games will be played March 19 & 21, with broadcasts on CBS and/or TBS, TNT, & TruTV. Siena & the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) are co-hosting the event.
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Troy & Christian Brothers Academy's combined swimming & diving teams fell, 114-69, to Bethlehem on Tuesday. Last month's meet vs. Burnt Hills still hasn't been reported, so for now the Flying Brothers are 1-1.

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