Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Sweeping out the Blue Maroon (Troy vs. Colonie (women), Troy vs. Saratoga (men), 3/10/21

 We don't know exactly how many teams were entered in the Suburban Council women's consolation tournament, but if this was the final, lightning has struck again for Troy High.

The women captured the consolation tournament in soccer back in the fall, and tonight, returned home after two days of rest to host Colonie, which, unfortunately for the Raiders, might've been suffering from fatigue.

There were some anxious moments late, as Colonie got within four points in the fourth quarter, but Makaiya Chapman & Jenalyse Alarcon were huge down the stretch, as Troy won again, winning its 3rd in their last 4.

Here's the video:


Meanwhile, in Saratoga, the men avenged a tight one point loss to the Blue Streaks on February 27. Josh Rodriguez hit his last 5 free throws to put the game away late, and Troy, the #3 seed, eliminated #2 Saratoga, 75-64.

We'll have full stats tomorrow. Troy now will move to the tournament final on Friday, at Shen, which eliminated Niskayuna earlier.

Meanwhile, the CDHSHL playoffs have already been turned upside down. Not only was LaSalle forced out due to COVID-19, but CBA, which swept the Cadets over the weekend, was also eliminated for the same reason, which enabled the "Guilderville" Storm to replace CBA. Burnt Hills, which was supposed to be on the road tonight, will instead host the Storm, with that game set to go around 8:45.

Earlier today, South division champion Bethlehem was upset by Saratoga, 6-5, in overtime, while North division champion Shenendehowa, which was actually concerned because the Capital District Jets were in quarantine, took down the Jets, 7-2. There are no more South division teams left, as Adirondack defeated Albany Academy, 8-3.

That means Friday's semi-finals will have Shen vs. the Burnt Hills-Guilderville winner, while Saratoga plays Adirondack.

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