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 And, then, there were three.

As the 2021 high school football season nears its end, three Section II teams remain. The biggest surprise is the team a lot of observers expected to still play ends up going home instead.

In his two Class AA seasons at Troy (2016-17), Bob Burns' teams ran roughshod through the division, going 26-0, including state play. CBA had momentum on their side headed into a twilight game against Carmel in Mahopac on Saturday afternoon.

On the same field where Class A champion Burnt Hills saw its season end less than 24 hours earlier, the Brothers were bludgeoned, 52-7, by Carmel. CBA was down, 23-7, at the break, their lone score coming when Jaylen Riggins went 51 yards for a score off a pass from Donald Jones. Carmel shut out the Brothers in the second half to advance.

Meanwhile, Schuylerville advanced to the semi-finals by blowing away Ogdensburg Free Academy, 52-0. The Black Horses will advance to Middletown, where they'll play Dobbs Ferry next Saturday, while Class B champion Ravena will face Pleasantville. Ravena & Schuylerville join Class D champ Greenwich in the state semi-finals.

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Closer to home, Section II's chances of a state title in men's volleyball went by the wayside, as Columbia was eliminated in pool play. On the women's side, Burnt Hills (A) and Galway (D) were to play for state titles today in Glens Falls. Shenendehowa, Broadalbin-Perth, & Fonda-Fultonville were all eliminated on Saturday.

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UAlbany's putrid football season ended Saturday with a 36-14 loss to state rival Stony Brook, their two game winning streak coming to an end. The Great Danes are still looking for their first win in men's basketball, losing to Eastern Kentucky, 77-64.

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RPI discovered that working out at Gillette Stadium was, in fact, a good luck charm.

In front of 2500 fans, RPI got two touchdown catches from Vinnie McDonald to down Endicott, 20-14. The Engineers return to New York next week to play SUNY-Cortland.

RPI hockey played to a 2-2 overtime tie with Long Island University at Northwell Health Arena, where LIU somehow got their hands on the NY Islanders' Stanley Cup banners from the 80's, as you could plainly see on the live stream.