News & notes

 Tonight, the 518 has an embarrassment of riches in pro sports. To wit:

1. NLL finals, game 1, Buffalo Bandits @ Albany FireWolves, MVP Arena, 7 pm. (ESPN+).

2. Tri-City ValleyCats home opener vs. Washington Wild Things, Bruno Stadium, 6:30 pm.

3. ECHL Eastern Conference finals, game 1, Florida EverBlades @ Adirondack Thunder, Cool Insuring Arena, 7 pm.

4. Albany Patroons vs. Jamestown, Washington Avenue Armory, 7 pm.

Unfortunately, WROW morning host Ben Patten is only hyping the 'Wolves & Thunder games, ignoring the Pats & 'Cats. Not cool.

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Thursday's college scoreboard:

Baseball:

UAlbany 6, Maine 1.

Siena 12, Iona 2.

St. Joseph 9, George Washington 0.

Softball:

NCAA Division III tournament, Maine regional:

Williams 9, RPI 0.

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Upsets have dotted the early rounds in the Section II tournaments in baseball & softball, heading into play today. May Madness, anyone?

Baseball:

Class AA:

Averill Park 7, Troy 5. Trevor McCarthy's 1st season at Troy ends with a 7 game losing streak (4-15 overall). The 2022 Class A champs from Averill Park will play Niskayuna next.

Queensbury 6, Mohonasen 5. Queensbury will play South Glens Falls next.

Burnt Hills 15, Amsterdam 9. The Spartans, a #10 seed, upset the 7th seeded Rams, and will move on to play Bethlehem.

Guilderland 4, Columbia 1. An 11 seed over a 6 seed. The Blue Devils will next play Ballston Spa.

Class A:

Schalmont 10, Glens Falls 3. The Sabres will play top-ranked LaSalle tomorrow.

Ravena 11, Hudson Falls 0 (5 innings). Ravena moves on to play Ichabod Crane next.

Scotia-Glenville 4, Gloversville 0. The Tartans will stay in the Foothills Council, with Broadalbin-Perth next.

Albany Academy 9, Lansingburgh 0. The Cadets get one more crack at Cohoes.

Class B:

Schuylerville 16, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 4 (5 innings).

Catskill 5, Hudson 2.

Stillwater 9, Fonda-Fultonville 6. A #13 over a #4. 3rd upset of the day in baseball.

Coxsackie-Athens 2, Corinth 0.

Mechanicville 11, Voorheesville 1.

Granville 2, Cairo-Durham 0.

Johnstown 13, Salem-Cambridge 1. The Sir Bills await the winner of today's game between Taconic Hills & Cobleskill-Richmondville.

Saturday:

Granville @ Mechanicville.

Catskill @ Schuylerville.

Stillwater @ Coxsackie-Athens.

Class C:

Chatham 8, Hoosic Valley 1.

Maple Hill 6, Berne-Knox-Westerlo 2.

Waterford 4, Middleburgh 3. Another 13 over a 4.

Duanesburg 2, Mayfield 0.

Saratoga Catholic 18, Whitehall 0

Hoosick Falls 8, Schoharie 1.

Greenwich 11, Galway 1.

Canajoharie 7, Lake George 5.

Saturday:

Hoosick Falls @ Canajoharie.

Greenwich @ Saratoga Catholic.

Waterford @ Duanesburg.

Maple Hill @ Chatham.

Softball:

Class AAA:

Saratoga 8, Colonie 0. A 5 over a 4. A common upset.

Guilderland 7, Albany 3.

Tuesday @ Luther Forest:

Guilderland vs. Shaker.

Saratoga vs. Shenendehowa.

Class AA:

Burnt Hills 10, Bethlehem 5.

Troy 8, South Glens Falls 5 (8 innings). The 6th seeded Flying Horses, 2-time Class A champs, get another crack at Columbia next.

Ballston Spa 6, Averill Park 3. Another 5 over 4. The Scotties will play Burnt Hills next.

Columbia 8, Queensbury 0.

Class A:

Ichabod Crane 18, Emma Willard 0 (5 innings).

Hudson Falls 4, Cohoes 0.

Schalmont 3, Scotia-Glenville 0.

Glens Falls 2, Broadalbin-Perth 0.

The Classes A & AA semis are at Clifton Commons on Tuesday.

Tamarac 2, Voorheesville 1 (8 innings).

Holy Trinity 11, Stillwater 5.

Mechanicville 5, Greenville 4.

Schuylerville 2, Coxsackie-Athens 1.

The semis will be at Moreau Recreation on Tuesday.

Class C:

Chatham 2, Maple Hill 0.

Hoosick Falls 3, Galway 0.

Greenwich 5, Duanesburg 4 (8 innings).

Berne-Knox-Westerlo 9, Saratoga Catholic 0.

Semi-finals at Schalmont on Tuesday.

Women's lacrosse:

Class C:

Queensbury 33, Academy of Holy Names 2.

Burnt Hills 15, Albany Academy 3.

South Glens Falls 21, Scotia-Glenville 11.