News & notes

 21 years. 10 Section II Class A titles. 1 state championship (2012). 

Matt Shell, already in the Capital District Football Hall of Fame, has closed his resume.

Shell announced his retirement as head football coach at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Sunday at the team's annual post-season awards banquet. The news was made public on Monday. This will give Burnt Hills time to choose a successor, either someone currently on staff, or from the outside.

Thanks for the memories, Matt. God bless you on the next phase of your life.

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We're learning more about Steve Lombard, the new women's varsity basketball coach at Troy High.

Lombard is known around the area as an AAU coach, and is working with a relatively young team with few returnees from last year's squad. Currently, Troy is 0-2 heading into their Suburban Council opener tonight vs. Colonie.

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After two injury plagued seasons in Los Angeles with the Dodgers, maybe what Tommy Kahnle needs is a little home cooking.

File photo courtesy Yahoo!.

The Shaker High graduate is returning to the Yankees on a 2 year free agent contract worth $11.5 million. The Yankees could use the veteran help out of the bullpen as Kahnle begins his 2nd tour of duty with the Yankees. It had been reported that the arch-rival Boston Red Sox were interested in Kahnle as well. As long as he's healthy, he can help the Yankees in the late innings.