News & notes

 The Albany FireWolves needed a win badly to have any hope of getting to the National Lacrosse League playoffs.

Mission accomplished.

Joe Resetaritis led the way with 5 goals, and netminder Doug Jamieson was credited with one assist, in a rare case of a goaltender assisting on a goal, as the 'Wolves blew out Philadelphia, 11-5. Albany has another bye week next week before hosting the NY Riptide on April 30 to close the regular season.

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While the result of Saturday night's NBLC (National Basketball League of Canada)-TBL (The Basketball League All Star Game won't make the papers for whatever reason, we can thank fellow blogger and long time local historian Chuck Miller for clueing us in on the fact that the TBL defeated the NBL, 155-150. No individual stats are available. Chuck was honored by the NBL for 10 years of service to the league at halftime. Congratulations, Chuck.

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Atlanta's Ian Anderson righted the ship Saturday in San Diego, as he went six innings, giving up two hits while fanning seven, as the Braves won their 2nd straight over the Padres, 5-2. The two teams close the series tonight on ESPN (7 pm).

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Former WQBK-FM afternoon host Dalton Castle had a match in front of the biggest television audience of his career in making his debut for All Elite Wrestling.

At AEW's Battle of The Belts, taped Friday, and shown Saturday on TNT, Castle challenged current Ring of Honor champion Jonathan Gresham in an attempt to regain the title he held for nearly a year (2017-18). However, Gresham retained, and both champion & challenger were attacked post-match by newcomer Satham Singh, a former NBA draft pick now with AEW under the tutelage of another ex-ROH champion, Jay Lethal. Expect to see Castle on AEW again soon.

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Kevin Huerter scored 13 points for the 2nd straight game Friday, as Atlanta eliminated Cleveland, 107-101, to advance in the NBA playoffs. The Hawks open a 1st round series vs. Miami today. The Heat have the home court advantage, so Atlanta will host game 3 this coming Friday.

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Friday & Saturday's high school scores:

Baseball:

Friday:

Foothills Council:

Schuylerville 1, Broadalbin-Perth 0.

Suburban Council:

Saratoga 6, Shenendehowa 1.

Troy 6, Shaker 3. Troy's now won 2 in a row after starting the season 0-3, heading into a non-league game vs. LaSalle on Monday.

Non-league:

Colonie 12, Queensbury 1.

Saturday:

Wasaren League:

Hoosic Valley 10, Waterford 6.

Tamarac 19, Stillwater 2.

Softball:

Friday:

Suburban Council:

Ballston Spa 8, Shaker 2.

Non-league:

Troy 6, Cohoes 5 (11 innings). Olivia DeCitise started her 7th straight game, and went 5 innings, finishing with 14 strikeouts, bringing her season total to an even 100, averaging 14.2 K's per 7 innings, pending the results of Saturday's games vs. New Hartford & Whitesboro, which were not reported.

Foothills Council:

Scotia-Glenville 18, Amsterdam 5.

Men's lacrosse:

Friday:

Suburban Council:

Burnt Hills 12, Columbia 2.

Saturday:

Non-league:

Amsterdam-Broadalbin-Perth 17, Troy 2. I'm guessing the Rams also won last week, which means Troy has now lost 5, maybe 6 in a row.

Skaneateles 13, Columbia 4.

Somers 13, Guilderland 10.