Friday, July 2, 2021

News & notes

 While former Shenendehowa teammate Ian Anderson was in a pitchers' duel in Atlanta with the Mets' Jacob deGrom, Kevin Huerter was having some struggles scoring himself in game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals.

Huerter was held to 8 points in 38 minutes as the Milwaukee Bucks moved one step closer to a league finals meeting with Phoenix, defeating Atlanta on Thursday night. Game 6 is tomorrow.
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Assuming they can hold off the rain, the Tri-City Valleycats are expecting a full house tonight for the start of their series vs. Equipe Quebec. Tonight is the first night the 'Cats will have 100% capacity at Bruno Stadium, after beating New Jersey, 2-1, on Thursday to complete a suspended game from Wednesday. The regularly scheduled game was rained out and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on August 10.
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The 2021 class of the Capital Region Football Hall of Fame has been announced, with the official induction ceremony taking place in November at the Crowne Plaza hotel in downtown Albany.


This year's inductees include:

Jordan Canzeri (Troy), who racked up over 3,000 yards in two seasons before going on to Iowa.
John Chaney (Albany), no relation to the late Temple basketball coach.
Lyle Darmetko (Watervliet).
Mike Fosmire (Troy), who was a lineman on Troy's 1996 state championship team.
Josh Etu (Queensbury).
John Irion (Queensbury), who led the Spartans to a state title in 2013.
Mike Mazurki (LaSalle), who played his college ball at Manhattan before turning to acting and wrestling. His acting credits include "Challenge to be Free" and guest appearances on such shows as Batman & It's About Time. The Daily Gazette misspelled his name in their article today.

Ron Jones (Hoosick Falls), who won a state title in 2012, and won six straight sectional titles from 2009-14.

Shenendehowa's 1972 championship team.
Artie Waugh (Guilderland), an assistant coach for the Dutchmen for 2 decades.

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