News & notes

It's now up to Lansingburgh to bring a sectional basketball title, on the men's side, anyway, back to Troy.

The Colonial Council Liberty Division champions routed Hudson Falls, 83-48, on Sunday at Hudson Valley Community College. Leading scorer Isaiah Knight was held to 11 points, but Scott Teta & Ken Allison picked up the slack with 15 points each, while Vinny Tario added 12. Jonathan Beagle led all scorers with 24 points in a losing effort for Hudson Falls.

If the Knights were thinking of a possible rematch of the 2016 Class A title game vs. Troy, those dreams dissipated as Troy was eliminated by Averill Park, 48-44, losing to the Warriors for the second time in two weeks. Jadon Cummings led all scorers with 19 points for Troy, while Wednesday's hero, Marquis Hamby, was held to 10 points. Matt Lettko led the winners with 11 points in a defensive struggle.

Averill Park & Lansingburgh will meet in a twilight game (5 pm tip) at Cool Insuring Arena on Thursday.

The big shocker of the day came in the opener, as Foothills Council champion Gloversville took down Queensbury, after being swept by the Spartans in the regular season, 59-55. Dante Bouchard had a game high 31 points to lead Gloversville, which only had four players in the scoring column, three of them in double figures. Queensbury had four, with Bryce Bleibtrey leading the Spartans with 14 points.

In the nightcap, Mekeel Christian Academy crushed Amsterdam, 84-49. Alex Barnhill led all scorers with 30 points. Ricky Rollins added 16, and Ozzy DeJesus had 12 for the Lions. Caydren Graveley had 19 points to lead Amsterdam. Mekeel-Gloversville will be the nightcap at Cool Insuring on Thursday.
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RPI's basketball team fell short of the Liberty League title Sunday, as Ithaca, the same team that ended the record tying 18 game winning streak last month, blew out the Engineers in overtime to take the championship, 80-69. An at large bid in the NCAA tournament, Division III, is not out of the question as yet.
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RPI grad Andrew Franks had a pair of field goals as the Tampa Bay Vipers won their first XFL game on Sunday, shutting out the DC Defenders, 25-0. DC is now tied for second place in the East with New York, which beat Los Angeles on Saturday. Both teams are 2-2, a game behind first place St. Louis (3-1), while Tampa is stuck in the basement at 1-3.