Two more #1 seeds fell in Section II baseball on Monday, three days after the top three in Class AA all were upset.
In Class A, Scotia-Glenville (Foothills Council) was upset by #5 Averill Park (Suburban Council), 8-3, in the second half of the Monday double-bill at East Side Recreation Center in Saratoga. However, it won't be an all-Suburban final, as defending champion Troy was walked off by Mohonasen (Colonial Council), 8-7, in the opener. The Flying Horses might've been looking ahead to playing in front of the hometown fans on Friday, but it was a nip & tuck game all the way. Troy finishes 12-7 (8-6 Suburban), and will lose key seniors Mike Kennedy (LSU) & Austin Francis (New Jersey Institute of Technology) to graduation next month.
In Class B, #4 Schuylerville (Foothills) upset top-ranked Catskill (Patroon Conference), 9-7. The Black Horses took the lead with a 5-run 6th inning. Catskill rallied for 5 of their own in the final inning, falling just short.
Schuylerville will face Ichabod Crane (Colonial), which beat Fonda-Fultonville, 8-2. The B title game is tomorrow at Bruno Stadium, with a 4 pm first pitch.
The Class AA finals will be, as we've noted, a best of 3 series for the first time, taking a cue from the College World Series, which has used this format the last few years, mostly for television. #4 Shaker defeated Columbia, 2-0, and will face #7 Saratoga, which upset #6 Shenendehowa, 7-1. The schedule has game 1 tomorrow at 7 pm, with game 2 set for Friday, weather permitting. Rain is in the forecast for both Friday & Saturday, which will cause some scheduling headaches.
Other scores:
Galway 11, Hartford-Fort Edward 3.
Class D:
Shenendehowa 19, Guilderland 2.
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