News & notes

 Having not played since Saturday, it would be too easy to assume the Tri-City Valleycats came out flat Tuesday night in Washington, PA against the Wild Things. They didn't.

Brantley Bell, son of former major leaguer Jay Bell (Pirates, Mets), homered to give the 'Cats an early lead, but Tri-City starter Matt Mercer got cuffed by the Wild Things for 9 runs on 10 hits and 4 walks in 3 innings. Washington won, 11-2. Pavin Parks, another 1st year 'Cat, homered for Tri-City's other run.

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Pete Dougherty, now a freelance reporter-columnist for the Albany Times-Union, writes today about how WRGB put one of those weather bugs on the screen during the PGA Championship over the weekend, as if any precipitation was headed our way. On Sunday, it did, and maybe that's when the bug was placed on the screen. Those bugs are not just for the tri-cities. Pete must've had a frustrating weekend.

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Tuesday's sectional roundup. Keep in mind that due to space considerations in the papers, not all of the scores were fully submitted.

Men's lacrosse:

Class A quarter-finals:

Guilderland 20, Colonie 2.

Shaker 16, CBA 7.

Bethlehem 9, Saratoga 7.

Semi-final pairings for Friday:

Bethlehem @ Shenendehowa.

Shaker @ Guilderland.

Class B:

Ballston Spa 21, Troy 1. Troy's lack of defense hurt them one final time. Morgan Watters had the only goal for the Flying Horses.

Queensbury 23, Amsterdam-Broadalbin-Perth 4.

LaSalle 11, Columbia 9.

Semi-final pairings for Friday:

LaSalle @ Niskayuna.

Queensbury @ Ballston Spa.

Class C:

Averill Park 12, Scotia-Glenville 10.

Semi-final pairings for Friday:

Averill Park @ Burnt Hills.

Glens Falls @ South Glens Falls.

Class D:

Voorheesville 11, Hoosick Falls-Tamarac 6.

Semi-final pairings for Friday:

Greenwich @ Stillwater-Mechanicville.

Voorheesville @ Schuylerville.

Women's lacrosse:

Class C:

Burnt Hills 17, Glens Falls 7. The Lady Spartans will play Albany Academy for the title on Thursday.

Softball:

Class AA semi-finals:

Shenendehowa 5, Ballston Spa 4.

Saratoga 5, Columbia 3.

Class A:

Burnt Hills 8, Queensbury 0. Another #1 seed falls.

Troy 5, Averill Park 3. Katie Pryor's 2nd inning grand slam was the difference. Olivia DeCitise had 5 walks, two of which were with the bases loaded, but also struck out 10. 

Class B:

Glens Falls 5, Schalmont 0.

Ichabod Crane 4, Cohoes 1.

Class C:

Greenwich 1, Whitehall 0.

Chatham 10, Lake George 0.

Class D:

Salem 7, Fort Ann 0.

Argyle 8, Germantown 1.