News & notes

 Football season is officially over at RPI.

The Engineers came from behind in the Scotty Whitelaw Bowl to beat SUNY-Morrisville, 10-6, Saturday atfternoon at East Campus Village Stadium. Trailing 6-3 late in the 4th quarter, RPI QB Jake Kazanowsky ran it in himself from 6 yards out with 40 seconds left, and a subsequent Morrisville rally came up short.

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UAlbany's football season came to an end with a thud in Kingston, Rhode Island on Saturday, dropping a 35-21 decision to Rhode Island. The Great Danes actually led, 7-0, after the 1st quarter, but Rhode Island scored 3 unanswered touchdowns in the 2nd quarter, and never trailed after that.

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Ravena advanced to the Class B semi-finals with a 35-19 win over Peru Saturday. Gary VanDerZee's club now moves on to play Pleasantville, the same team that knocked Ravena out last year, in the semis next Saturday.

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Speaking of Ravena, they will need to change their team name, and so will several others, including Cambridge, after a state ruling decreed the complete elimination of Native American nicknames and imagery. While the focus has been on Cambridge, Ravena is one of several teams still using "Indians" as their nickname. So does Glens Falls, but because the biggest objections were raised in Cambridge, the spotlight has fallen on them.

Cambridge-Salem is playing today. Ravena has advanced, and there's one more team in the hunt that would also need a change.

Niskayuna's Silver Warriors could face scrutiny. The Class A champs from Section II moved on Friday with a win over Canadaigua. What about other "Warriors", such as Averill Park and Mohonasen? We'll soon find out.

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UAlbany's women's basketball team suffered its first loss of the season, a 56-41 decision to Colgate in a Saturday matinee played at the College of St. Rose. The Lady Raiders kept Albany's leading scorer, Ellen Hahne, in check, holding her to just 8 points.

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Siena's women, however, squared their record at 2-2 with a 63-55 win over Lafayette. Ahniysha Jackson (Albany) led the Saints with 18 points.

Other college scores:

LeMoyne 75, St. Rose 70.

RPI 68, Wentworth 48.

Oneonta 71, Russell Sage 55.

Cobleskill 83, Baruch 54.

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RPI's men's hockey team salvaged a split of their weekend series with Alaska-Fairbanks. Saturday's game ended in a 3-3 tie, but RPI picked up the win in the shootout. RPI's women picked up a rare win, shutting out Post, 9-0.