High School Fridays: Guilderland @ CBA, 10/14/22

 Last year, on Friday Night Matchup, Guilderland ended CBA's chances of a perfect regular season. Tonight, the Dutchmen came to Colonie, as the Brothers plotted some payback.

Spectrum News 1 decided to let Marisa Jacques out of the studio to fill in for James Allen as game analyst. Allen has made no secret of the fact that he's a Cleveland Guardians fan, so we must assume he was at Yankee Stadium earlier in the day. Unfortunately for Spectrum viewers, this ended up being a bad omen. We'll explain later.

Guilderland won the toss, and deferred to the 2nd half. Never a good idea when you're playing a Bob Burns team. Still, after an exchange of punts, the Dutchmen got on the board first as freshman QB Travis Burswinger punched it in from a yard out to give the guests an early lead.

Two minutes later, that lead was gone.

Donald Jones' toss to Jahmir Pitcher saw Pitcher find a lane down the home sideline, 59 yards to the house to tie the game, and we were knotted at 7 going into the second quarter.

On the first play of the quarter, Jones & Pitcher hooked up again, this time for 69 yards, and CBA went in front to stay. 

In the second half, it became more of a defensive battle, and the only score of the half came from----wait for it---Pitcher, who this time ran it in from 8 yards out, almost halfway through the third quarter.

Viewers were unable to see the final three minutes of the game when the video froze, and the audio simply shut off. Spectrum had camera issues throughout the game. Still, CBA remains perfect at 7-0 (6-0 Class AA) with the 21-7 win. The Brothers will have Senior Night next week vs. Shaker, and close at Bethlehem. Guilderland will play Saratoga next.

Other scores:

Class AA:

Shenendehowa 35, Saratoga 7.

Shaker 55, Bethlehem 0.

Class A:

Averill Park 33, Amsterdam 12. The Rams have suddenly lost two in a row.

Troy 34, Mohonasen 26. The Flying Horses get back to .500 at 3-3, snapping a 3 game losing streak, and they'll host Amsterdam next week at Homecoming.

Burnt Hills 50, Queensbury 14.

LaSalle 17, Columbia 14. The Cadets have now won 5 straight. keeping pace with Averill Park, whom they play next week.

Class B:

Lansingburgh 20, Scotia 6.

Glens Falls 33, Schalmont 0.

Class C:

Broadalbin-Perth 25, Johnstown 22.

Fonda-Fultonville 47, Cobleskill-Richmondville 6.

Hoosick Falls-Tamarac 35, Rensselaer-Loudonville Christian 0.

Coxsackie-Athens 40, Taconic Hills 20.

Class D:

Canajoharie-Fort Plain 16, Voorheesville 0.

Non-league:

Warrensburg/Lake George/North Warren 18, Schuylerville 7. Major upset, as the Black Horses were a top ranked team in the state in their class.

Chatham 41, Cairo-Durham-Catskill 6.

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Troy High's volleyball team completed a season sweep of Albany at Zotto Gym on Senior Day, defeating the Falcons in straight sets. The Lady Horses travel to Averill Park on Tuesday.