News & notes

 The Tri-City Valleycats dropped another close one, this time on the road at Ottawa, 7-6, on Tuesday, dropping their 4th straight. They'll try to right the ship tonight at 6:30 pm.

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The ACC baseball tournament begins today, with Wake Forest and Shenendehowa grad Jake Reinisch in the 8th seed.

Reinisch, the son of Troy AD Paul Reinisch, is batting .317 on the season with 17 homers and 64 RBI. Check your cable listings to see if the Demon Deacons are on ACC Network or ESPNU today.

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Tuesday's sectional scoreboard:

 

Men's lacrosse:

Class A:

Shaker def. Schenectady-Mohonasen. Score has not been reported.

Ballston Spa 20, Colonie 6.

Friday:

Ballston Spa @ Shaker.

Top-seeded Shen awaits the winner of today's game between Saratoga & Guilderland, which looks like it was moved to today, due likely to a lack of available game officials or weather.

Class B:

CBA 15, Amsterdam/Broadalbin-Perth 7. The Brothers will play Niskayuna on Friday.

Bethlehem def. Troy.

LaSalle def. Columbia. The scores of these two games were not reported. LaSalle visits Bethlehem tomorrow.

Class C:

Burnt Hills def. Averill Park. The Spartans will play at Queensbury on Friday.

Glens Falls def. Scotia-Glenville. Glens Falls meets South Glens Falls in the other semi-final.

Class D:

Johnstown upset Stillwater-Mechanicville, and will play Schuylerville on Friday.

Today, Voorheesville takes on Greenwich, with the winner to face Hoosick Falls-Tamarac on Friday.

Women's lacrosse:

Class A:

Saratoga 12, Shen 11.

Colonie 9, Shaker 8.

Saratoga vs. Colonie next Tuesday at Schuylerville.

Class D:

Voorheesville 18, Greenwich 12.

Schuylerville 10, Cohoes 8. The Black Horses will host the Blackbirds next Tuesday, but will be the visiting team since Voorheesville is the top seed.

Softball:

Class AAA:

Saratoga 1, Shen 0.

Guilderland 5, Shaker 1.

Class AA:

Burnt Hills 4, Ballston Spa 0. Katie Rhodes fanned 9, and gave up just 6 hits.

Troy 3, Columbia 0. Lauren Matthews twirled a complete game 4 hitter, striking out 6, as Troy avenged a loss nearly 2 weeks ago to the Blue Devils. The payback tour figures to end at Luther Forest tomorrow, weather permitting. If I'm the Spartans, I'd worry. This has happened to them before.

Class A:

Ichabod Crane 15, Hudson Falls 0 (5 innings).

Glens Falls 5, Schalmont 1.

Class B:

Tamarac 12, Holy Trinity 4.

Schuylerville 3, Mechanicville 1.

Class C:

Hoosick Falls 5, Chatham 3.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo 2, Greenwich 0.

Class D:

Salem 2, Hartford 0.

Fort Ann 4, Argyle 1.

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We now know it'll be Columbia vs. Albany in the flag football division 1 final tonight at Troy High. Burnt Hills def. Albany Leadership, as expected, in Division 2, and will play a subregional at Ausable tomorrow before the regional final at Shen on Saturday.