While the rivalry between Shenendehowa & Troy High has been slightly one sided in favor of the Plainsmen in recent years, the differences between the two schools' men's & women's squads are like night and day.
Everyone expected the Plainswomen to enter Clem Zotto Memorial Gym Friday and blow out the undermanned Lady Horses. Not quite. Since most of the Troy staff took a vacation due to mid-term week, the YouTube channel has been left dark all week, so we have no video of the game. As it was, Shen won by 19, 54-35, to keep pace with Blue division leader Bethlehem, which took down Colonie, 51-41. Troy has now dropped four in a row with three games left, falling to 1-16 overall.
Meanwhile, in Clifton Park, the Plainsmen, for the 2nd straight year, needed a late basket with less than five seconds left. This time, the game winner came with 1/2 a second left, and Stetson Merritt's 3-point bid was partially deflected and just hit the backboard as time expired. Shen escaped with a 62-61 win, snapping Troy's 2 game winning streak. The last four meetings between these two teams have seen Shen escape by a combined 9 points. John Killian's club now heads to western NY to play Bishop Ludden tomorrow before resuming league play Tuesday at home vs. Columbia.
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Troy's bowling team snapped a 4-match winless string (0-3-1) Thursday in beating Bethlehem, 24 1/2-7 1/2 on Senior Day at Uncle Sam Lanes. Olivia DeCitise led all scorers with a season and career best 768 triple. What is being billed as a tournament match is taking place Monday at Uncle Sam, then Dennis Poutre's squad hits the road to play Niskayuna on Tuesday and Averill Park on Wednesday, needing to win both matches to ensure a .500 record for the season.
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Tamarac High and Siena College both honored Siena commit Evan Franz, who passed away earlier this week after a battle with brain cancer, the best way they knew how, by winning.
Siena's 70-53 win over Rider, surprisingly, didn't air on WNYA, even though the school had said all of their remaining home games would be shown locally. No explanation for the late switch. On Thursday, Tamarac defeated Stillwater, 81-61. Joey Poulin led the Bengals with 24 points.
Time is running out for LaSalle's hockey team to improve their position heading into the playoffs next month. Tim Flanigan's club dropped its second straight, 4-1, to red hot Saratoga, at Frear Park on Friday. The Blue Streaks have now won six in a row to close within 2 1/2 points of league co-leaders Bethlehem & Adirondack. The Eagles defeated Burnt Hills-Ballston Spa, 3-0. The Rivermen, the defending champions, have a chance to move back into first by themselves as they play Albany Academy today. That game is ongoing as this is being written. Academy (0-7-2 league, 2-10-3 overall) played a 1-1 draw Friday vs.the Mohawks, and looking for their first league win of the season.
LaSalle travels to play the Guilderville Storm tonight before returning home Wednesday for a makeup game with Queensbury. The Cadets (4-5, 7-7-1) would be the #7 seed in the playoffs, pending the play-in tournament, which I think is something Flanigan wants to avoid.
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