News & notes

 Broadalbin-Perth & Siena graduate Matt Gage is looking at playing closer to home this season.

Gage, who finished last season in the Houston Astros' chain, signed a minor league deal with the Yankees, likely with an invitation to spring training next month. The Yanks could use the bullpen help, so, aside from the predictable shuttle from the Bronx to Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, where the Yankees' top farm team is, I'd expect Gage to get a long look this season.

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Tuesday's college scores:

Men's basketball:

Cobleskill 66, SUNY Poly 59.

Women's basketball:

Franklin Pierce 55, College of St. Rose 52. Payton Graber (Schalmont) had 15 points to lead the Golden Knights (14-4).

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Averill Park grad Amelia Wood lost her starting job with Sacred Heart, but the move has actually been a benefit, according to Bill Arsenault of the Albany Times-Union.

Arsenault reports today that Wood, a sophomore, has been a big contributor off the bench for the Lady Pioneers, who've won three straight with Wood as a reserve. She had 23 points in 27 minutes in Saturday's win over Fairleigh Dickinson.

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Averill Park, meanwhile, has wrapped up the Suburban Council Gray division title in women's basketball after beating Albany Tuesday night, 68-43. Senior Taylor Holohan had a double-double with 33 points and 15 rebounds to lead AP.

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The rest of Tuesday's action:

Hockey:

Queensbury 5, LaSalle 0. The Spartans have won 7 straight, keeping pace with idle Shenendehowa, which leads the CDHSHL by a 1/2 point over Queensbury.

Men's bowling:

Patroon Conference:

Maple Hill 5, Rensselaer 0.

Suburban Council:

Bethlehem 18, Troy 14. Gavin Martin led the Eagles with a 656 triple, bettered only by Troy's Anthony Mainello with a 662 set. Troy falls to 6-7.

Columbia 21 1/2, Albany 10 1/2.

Colonie 18, Ballston Spa 14.

Women's bowling:

Suburban Council:

Columbia 31, Saratoga 1.

Ballston Spa 17, Colonie 15.

Men's basketball:

Colonial Council:

Cohoes 76, Cobleskill-Richmondville 67.

Patroon Conference:

Maple Hill 36, Chatham 35.

Suburban Council:

Albany 64, Averill Park 52.

Colonie 71, Burnt Hills 65.

Saratoga 82, Schenectady 58.

Niskayuna 72, Troy 56.

Wasaren League:

Stillwater 80, Cambridge 37.

Women's basketball:

Colonial Council:

Cobleskill-Richmondville 52, Cohoes 33.

Schalmont 69, Ichabod Crane 34.

Academy of Holy Names 64, Mohonasen 59.

Patroon Conference:

Greenville 80, Cairo-Durham 23.

Watervliet-Heatly 53, Rensselaer 29.

Maple Hill 56, Chatham 26.

Suburban Council:

Colonie 70, Burnt Hills 44.

Niskayuna 54, Troy 24. Troy has dropped 5 straight.

Western Athletic Conference:

Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 51, Berne-Knox-Westerlo 38.