News & notes

 The other shoe dropped for Union College's men's hockey team Friday when coach Rick Bennett resigned, ending an 11 year run at the Schenectady school, which included a national title in 2014.

Seems someone sent an anonymous phone tip to Union administration with concerns about Bennett's approach to coaching. Bennett told the press he was not threatened with being fired, but tendering his resignation was the best move for all concerned.

Union is playing RPI this afternoon in the Mayor's Cup at MVP Arena.

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Troy High's sports information department is getting lazy.

Once again, there is no box score from last night's narrow loss to Shenendehowa, but there is one for the women's game at Shen, which we'll address shortly. Troy has a tough road to climb in the final two weeks of the regular season, needing to catch Albany in order to repeat at Gray division champions.

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Hard to believe Siena hasn't played a home basketball game at MVP Arena in nearly 3 weeks, but the schedule is what it is. The Saints beat Niagara, 60-56, on Friday. Sunday's home game vs. Quinnipiac will air on WNYA at 2 pm.

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Friday's high school & college scoreboard:

High school hockey:

Saratoga 4, CD Jets 3.

Guilderville 9, LaSalle 2. 

Adirondack 6, Mohawks 2.

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake-Ballston Spa 4, Queensbury 2.

Shenendehowa 6, CBA 0. Shen is now in 1st by 2 1/2 points over Albany Academy, 3 1/2 over Guilderville, and 4 over Bethlehem.

Bowling:

Wasaren League:

Hoosick Falls 5, Saratoga Catholic 0. The Panthers clinched their 3rd consecutive league title.

Swimming:

Glens Falls 96, Albany Academy 90.

Men's basketball:

Adirondack League:

Warrensburg 45, Salem 41.

Hartford 52, Whitehall 51.

Lake George 48, Granville 40.

Hadley-Luzerne 62, Corinth 29.

Colonial Council:

Cobleskill-Richmondville 58, Ravena 42.

Cohoes 68, LaSalle 48. Royal Brown tied his school record with 43 points to lead the Tigers, who split the season series. Greg Davis' Cadets have now lost three in a row.

Ichabod Crane 66, Lansingburgh 55.

Catholic Central 68, Mohonasen 60.

Foothills Council:

Scotia-Glenville 59, Glens Falls 43.

Broadalbin-Perth 58, Queensbury 53.

Gloversville 46, South Glens Falls 30.

Patroon Conference:

Watervliet 60, Coxsackie-Athens 40.

Hudson 66, Greenville 63.

Suburban Council:

Guilderland 47, Averill Park 45.

Albany 85, Schenectady 73. Albany (11-4, 10-2 league) will look to clinch the Gray division title before Troy comes to town on February 9.

Ballston Spa 70, Columbia 49.

Colonie 46, Bethlehem 44.

Wasaren League:

Mechanicville 58, Saratoga Catholic 52.

Tamarac 75, Hoosic Valley 52.

Berlin-New Lebanon 58, Cambridge 42. 

Greenwich 66, Waterford 45.

Stillwater 38, Hoosick Falls 36.

Western Athletic Conference:

Duanesburg 69, Canajoharie 56.

Fort Plain 74, OESJ 33.

Galway 64, Middleburgh 37.

Mayfield 56, Schoharie 44.

Northville 82, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 61.

Women's basketball:

Colonial Council:

Academy of Holy Names 51, Cohoes 40.

Ravena 41, Cobleskill-Richmondville 21.

Schalmont 49, Albany Academy 33.

Catholic Central 63, Mohonasen 42.

Adirondack League:

Granville 38, Lake George 34.

Corinth 51, Hadley-Luzerne 21.

Argyle 55, Fort Ann 24.

Whitehall 47, Hartford 46.

Warrensburg 51, Salem 35.

Patroon Conference:

Maple Hill 65, Albany Leadership 33.

Suburban Council:

Shenendehowa 63, Troy 20. Jillian Huerter was the only player in double figures with 12 points. Solaris Nunez led Troy with 6. Shen held Troy to just 3 points in the 4th quarter.

Averill Park 71, Guilderland 41.

Columbia 81, Ballston Spa 15. The Lady Devils led, 43-6, at halftime, and limited the punchless Lady Scotties to 9 in the 2nd half.

Colonie 53, Bethlehem 47. Jayla Tyler led all scorers with 22 points. Maren Louridas had 15 for Bethlehem, which has now lost four of six after a 7-0 start.

Albany 70, Schenectady 22.

Shaker 58, Saratoga 50. Emily Satterday led all scorers with 25 points, as Saratoga played without Natasha Chudy.

Wasaren League:

Tamarac 51, Hoosic Valley 30.

Mechanicville 57, Saratoga Catholic 45.

Hoosick Falls 55, Stillwater 31.

Western Athletic Conference:

Duanesburg 69, Canajoharie 32.

OESJ 39, Fort Plain 35.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo 62, Fonda-Fultonville 54.

Mayfield 63, Schoharie 53.

Northville 37, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 33.

Colleges:

Men's basketball:

RPI 63, Union 46.

Skidmore 75, RIT 68.

Hudson Valley 74, Herkimer 72.

Women's basketball:

Union 63, RPI 41.

RIT 71, Skidmore 58.

Herkimer 65, Hudson Valley 55.

Hockey:

Babson 3, Skidmore 2.

Fonda-Fultonville 77, Berne-Knox-Westerlo 36.