News & notes

 While Troy High's women's basketball team was humiliated at home during the Holiday Classic, the same cannot be said for the men.

Josh Pelletier's club defeated Middletown, 75-61, on Friday, led, yet again, by the Merritt brothers, Stetson & Legend, who combined for 44 points (28 & 16, respectively).

On Saturday, Stetson, a freshman, was shut down, and Shenendehowa, which lost to Niskayuna on Friday, downed Troy, 62-46. Troy plays Guilderland on Friday.

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Schenectady won the men's Viking Games at Hudson Valley Community College on Saturday. LaSalle placed 11th. Scotia-Glenville won the women's competition. LaSalle's women fared worse in a larger field, finishing 18th. Troy did not send their teams.

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Weekend high school hockey scores:

Friday:

Queensbury 5, CD Jets 2.

Burnt Hills-Ballston Spa & St. Lawrence played to a 5-5 tie.

Guilderville 2, Plattsburgh 1.

Cortland-Homer vs. CBA was not reported.

Saturday:

St. Lawrence 7, Guilderville 1.

Burnt Hills-Ballston Spa 9, Plattsburgh 1.

Williamsburg South 5, Saratoga 0.

Today:

Saratoga 5, North Rockland 0.

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RPI swept Canisius in men's hockey, downing the Golden Griffins, 6-3, on Friday, and 2-1 on Saturday. Bentley defeated Union, 4-3.

In other college action:

Women's basketball:

UAlbany 87, Navy 56. It was not a happy homecoming for Navy's Maren Louridas (Bethlehem), who had 10 points. Kayla Cooper led Albany with 23 points. Abby Ray (Saratoga) chipped in 2 points, while Meghan Huerter (Shen) had 8, and Lilly Phillips (Cambridge) was held scoreless.

Castleton 76, RPI 59.

Russell Sage 52, Union 42.

College of St. Rose 70, D'Youville 60 (2 OT).

Men's basketball:

UMass 79, Siena 66. Michael Eley led all scorers with 30 points for Siena.

RPI 75, Colby-Sawyer 48.