News & notes

 Christian Brothers Academy is looking for a new varsity basketball coach.

Dave Doemel, a 1971 graduate who led the Brothers to 7 Section II titles between 2003-12, announced his retirement Friday after 27 years as head coach. Doemel & CBA won 1 state title, in 2010, and a star player from that team, Galal Cancer, is the current junior varsity coach. Doemel leaves as the all-time winningest coach in school basketball history, having passed local legend Bill Telasky in 2019, finishing with 415 wins.

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The post-Olivia DeCitise era in Troy softball began Friday as business as usual.

Lauren Matthews pitched a complete game, giving up 3 runs on 2 hits (2 earned) with 7 strikeouts. Gianna Barringer went 2-3 with a homer, and Vanessa Quinn went 3-3 with 3 RBI as Troy defeated Cohoes, 7-3.

The two teams will meet again in Cohoes on April 22. The final Suburban Council season for Troy begins Wednesday---weather permitting---against Ballston Spa at 11 am.

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Only one high school baseball game was reported today, and that, too, was a non-league game that saw Waterford defeat Rensselaer, 3-2. Today's games are either underway or will soon be.

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Notre Dame freshman Hannah Hidalgo may be blaming herself for the Fighting Irish's exit from the NCAA women's Sweet 16 on Friday at MVP Arena, but for the wrong reasons.

Media reports trumpeted the fact that Hidalgo, who finished with 10 points, missed chunks of the 2nd & 3rd quarters to have a nose ring removed. According to NCAA guidelines, she's not supposed to wear the jewelry during the game for safety reasons, but she had all season long, and then, prior to Friday's game, she asked if she could cover the ring, and was allowed to do so, only for game officials to reverse their position, after getting word from someone higher up, and had Hidalgo remove the ring.

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The rest of Friday's action:

Baseball:

George Washington 12, St. Bonaventure 8. Brett Young (Albany Academy/Siena/VCU) went 1-4 with an RBI, a walk, and a run scored.

Siena swept a doubleheader from Quinnipiac, 7-6 & 10-6.

College of St. Rose 19, Southern Connecticut State 14.

Union 11, Vassar 9.

Softball:

Siena swept Mount St. Mary's, 4-3 & 6-1.

Colege of St. Rose split a doubleheader with Southern Connecticut State, losing the opener, 4-0, before taking the nightcap, 4-1.

New Paltz swept Skidmore, 7-0 & 8-1.

Cobleskill 12, Wells 1.

Men's tennis:

Trinity 6, Skidmore 1.

Water polo:

Mount St. Mary's 10, Siena 8.

Marist 20, Siena 9.

Women's basketball:

South Carolina 79, Indiana 75.