News & notes

 UAlbany men's basketball coach Dwayne Killings will return next season. Just not right away.

Killings will serve a 5 game suspension for his assault on a player back in November, and pay a fine, before returning to the bench for the 2022-3 season. He'll also perform community service in the form of charity work, according to reports.

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While Lansingburgh went from doormat to contender in football the last couple of seasons, a lot of the credit goes to QB Andrew Lyman, who started for the Knights the last two seasons.

Lyman has since signed a letter of intent to attend Alfred University in the fall. I am not sure of this, but he may be the first one in his family not to take up the family business of bowling. I should know. His father & grandparents were family friends of my family for years.

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Brett Young (Albany Academy/Virginia Commonwealth) was back in the Siena lineup Saturday after being out for 2 weeks with an undisclosed injury. Siena split a doubleheader with Marist, losing the first game, 6-3, before walking off the Red Foxes, 4-2, in game 2. Siena is 4-1 in the MAAC, but a disheartening 6-18 overall.

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The Albany FireWolves snapped a recent losing streak to beat Vancouver, 11-7, late Saturday night, to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Meanwhile, Albany's other winter pro sports team, the Patroons, were to play Massachusetts on Friday, but that game was cancelled at the last minute with no explanation. Albany is at Lehigh Valley this afternoon in the final meeting with the Legends this season.

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The rest of Saturday's local action:

High schools:

Baseball:

Patroon Conference:

Chatham 9, Maple Hill 6.

Wasaren League:

Hoosick Falls 13, Tamarac 5.

Hoosic Valley 29, Berlin-New Lebanon 9. Hoosic Valley scored 10 runs in the 6th to put the game away.

Saratoga Catholic 5, Waterford 2.

Non-league:

Saratoga 4, LaSalle 3. 

CBA 15, Amsterdam 4.

Schuylerville 11, Lansingburgh 1.

Averill Park 7, South Glens Falls 2.

Voorheesville 17, Watervliet 4 (6 innings).

Men's lacrosse:

Suburban Council:

Shaker 13, Columbia 1.

Non-league:

Guilderland 14, Queensbury 8.

LaSalle 18, Our Lady of Lourdes 5.

Burnt Hills 8, Danbury 4.

Shenendehowa 10, Lakeland 4.

Niskayuna 8, Fayettville Manilus 7.
Catholic Central @ Troy was not reported.

Women's lacrosse:

Albany 16, Cohoes 11.

Kingston 16, Saratoga 9.

Columbia 17, Hoosick Falls-Tamarac 12.

Skaneateles 11, Shaker 3.

Softball:

Wasaren League:

Stillwater 25, Waterford 1 (5 innings). The Lady Warriors plated 12 runs in the 4th inning to put the game out of reach.

Non-league:

Mayfield won the Kris Haver Memorial in Herkimer, defeating Poland, 5-0, and Saranac, 9-1.

Local colleges:

Baseball:

UAlbany swept Binghamton, 7-3 & 7-6.

RPI split with Bard, winning the first game, 16-1, but losing the nightcap, 9-5.

Skidmore swept Union, 7-6 & 4-2.

Bryant & Stratton split with Cobleskill, winning the opener, 7-6, before losing the nightcap, 3-2.

Russell Sage split with Utica, losing the opener, 12-2, before rebounding in the nightcap, 10-2.

Men's lacrosse:

Siena 10, Monmouth 1.

UAlbany 13, UMass-Lowell 12.

RPI 13, RIT 12.

Union 15, Clarkson 11.

Vassar 16, Skidmore 15.

College of St. Rose 15, American International 7.

Women's lacrosse:

UAlbany 12, Vermont 10.

Monmouth 17, Siena 11.

RPI 18, RIT 5.

Ithaca 18, Union 2.

William Smith 18, Skidmore 5.

College of St. Rose 16, Bentley 15.

Russell Sage 13, Alfred 7.

Softball:

Siena swept St. Peter's 5-0 & 8-1.

UAlbany split with UMBC, winning the first game, 3-2, before losing the second game, 6-3.

RPI swept Cobleskill, 8-0 & 15-1. The 2nd game ended after 5 innings (mercy rule).

Russell Sage split with Houghton, winning the first game 6-2, losing the second, 13-9.

Southern New Hampshire swept St. Rose by identical 4-2 scores.

Men's tennis:

Siena 6, Marist 1.

RPI 8, Hobart 1.

Women's tennis:

RPI 7, William Smith 2.

Siena 6, Marist 1.

Men's volleyball:

Russell Sage won 2 matches vs. NVU-Johnson, 3-1 & 3-2.