We are in the middle of Indian summer. However, for hometown sports fans, it didn't feel that way on Saturday.
Let's start with the Breeders' Cup. Sackatoga Stables' Tiz The Law was expected to bounce back after a loss to Authentic in the Kentucky Derby two months ago. Nope. What we got instead was a sort of validation that, of late, the blue grass of Kentucky has proven to be Kryptonite for Tiz The Law.
Authentic, trained by Bob Baffert, won the Breeders' Cup Classic in convincing fashion, which was what Tiz The Law was supposed to do. Instead, Tiz The Law picked the wrong time for a clunker, in his final race of the season, if not also his career, finishing a dismal 6th, and disappointing his backers back home.
The next move, of course, is up to Jack Knowlton and his partners at Sackatoga, but Tiz The Law's 3 year old campaign is over.
Back at home, Troy High's soccer teams wasted the momentum built from the women's 1st win of the season on Thursday night in dispatching Albany.
Justin Haviland's club continued its season-ending homestand by leaving the momentum in the locker room, absorbing an 8-0 shutout at the hands of Shaker, as the Lady Bison completed a season sweep. The Lady Horses are now idle until Wednesday when they play Schenectady. In Latham, the Shaker men's team plastered winless Troy, 10-0. The biggest problems for Mike Murnane's team are in order, defense and scoring, shut out in all but two games this season.
The Troy men (0-9-1) will host CBA on Senior Night on Tuesday, and finish on the road at Colonie next Saturday. The women (1-8-1) finish at home, as Senior Day is likely either Wednesday vs. Schenectady or next Saturday vs. Colonie.
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