News & notes

 For a time in the 90's, he was one of us.

Texas native Anthony Weaver played his high school football at Saratoga, then went to Notre Dame before being drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in 2002. Weaver spent 4 seasons in Baltimore, then finished his playing career back in Texas with the Houston Texans before moving into coaching.

This is significant after it was announced late last week that Weaver has signed on as a defensive coordinator with the Miami Dolphins for the 2024 season. He was one of those rare cases of a Section II kid who made the big time, and stuck. Congratulations, Anthony.

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In another case of the media missing an obvious story, Greg Davis returns to Troy High tonight for his first game as a visiting coach when his undefeated Colonie Garnet Raiders face the Flying Horses. Davis won a Suburban Council Grey division title & a Class A title at Troy in 2019, only for the Horses to fall to 4th place the following season, resulting in his being let go after the season. After three seasons at LaSalle, Davis moved to Colonie last offseason after the retirement of Jon Dagostino created an opening. Knowing El Cheapo Media like I do, they're whiffing on the story like everyone else, even though they would have the hometown angle to work.

Do I think Troy can pull the upset? No. It will be a competitive game, and Troy will have their hands full with Colonie star Julius Reed, while Davis will follow where others left off, and force Troy to rely heavily on the Merritt brothers, Stetson & Legend, to carry the offense. The Merritts had a combined 57 points in the loss to Columbia on Friday.

Win or lose, Troy will have a few days off before closing the season with a non-league rematch vs. Guilderland next Monday.

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Monday's high school scoreboard:

Men's basketball:

Fort Ann 60, King's School 57.

Men's bowling:

Cohoes won the Colonial Council championships at Boulevard Bowl, nipping 2nd place Lansingburgh by 28 pins. LaSalle finished 9th.

Women's bowling:

Host Mohonasen won the title. The Times-Union lists Mechanicville, a Wasaren League school, in the field, placing 6th. Co-host Schalmont finished 2nd, and Lansingburgh finished 3rd.

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Boulevard Bowl hosts the Suburban Council championships tomorrow. Ignore the listing of Troy at Columbia in today's papers. That match was moved up, and took place a couple of weeks ago, with Columbia winning, as we reported. The match was moved up to give the teams some extra time off before the league championships.