The Albany Empire will rise again.
The Empire, which won the 2019 ArenaBowl, will compete in the National Arena League in 2021. On Tuesday, the team's new owners announced that the team will retain the "Empire" name, having already signed coach Rob Keefe and his top assistant, Les Moss, for next season. Now, all that's left is securing a radio or television deal in order to better sell the league to a new audience. Stay tuned.
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LaSalle Institute is going co-ed.
The school made the decision Tuesday to open its doors to women beginning in 2021. What this decision does in terms of athletics is open the possibility that women's sports will also be added at the Williams Road campus.
LaSalle, which competes in the Colonial Council for most sports, and the Capital District High School Hockey League, could follow the lead of other schools in the latter league and add women to the hockey roster for 2021-2.
The Colonial Council has the all-women Academy of Holy Names as a member school, so we could see a budding rivalry between Holy Names & LaSalle.
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Speaking of Holy Names, there was supposed to be a women's golf match between the Colonie school and Troy High on Monday, per Schedule Galaxy, but this wasn't listed on Holy Names' page on the Colonial Council website, which suggests that plans fell through for the match.
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As for Troy, however, winning is still elusive.
The women's tennis team fell to 0-2 after another shutout loss, this one to Bethlehem, on Monday. The women's soccer team is still looking for its first goal after absorbing a 6-0 loss to Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Tuesday night.
And the Lady Spartans are already planning Senior Night this early in the season?!? It's probably a morale thing.
The Troy men also fell to the Spartans, spoiling their home opener at Picken Field. Morgan Waters, however, ended the scoring drought early in the second half, as Burnt Hills won, 4-1.
The women are back on the pitch at Albany High on Friday night, while the Falcons' men's team comes to Picken Field on Saturday morning.
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