News & notes

 The series between the Tri-City Valleycats & New England Knockouts wraps later today at Bruno Stadium, with first pitch around 5 pm. The Albany Times-Union is reporting that the series doubles as a reunion of old college teammates.

Ben Seiler, son of T-U editor Casey Seiler, is in his first season with the Knockouts, and, back home for the weekend, had a chance to reconnect with 'Cats pitcher and former Siena teammate Arlo Marynczak.

Neither man got into Saturday's game. Jhon Vargas pitched a complete game shutout as the 'Cats blew away New England, 10-0, in a game that went a speedy 2 hours and 20 minutes, which would be the norm in today's baseball, but for the fact that Tri-City has already had two games go 3 hours or better at home at least.

Tri-City goes for the sweep today. We're not privy to the pitching matchup, but let's hope both Marynczak & Seiler see some action.

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The Albany Patroons are moving on in the TBL playoffs after sweeping the Frederick Flying Cows, 95-91, on Saturday in Maryland. The odd thing is, the TBL website's scoreboard for the game froze with the score tied, 3-3, as of this morning. The Cows' page on X gave fans the actual result.

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The Albany Firebirds are 6-0 after beating Nashville for the 2nd time in a month, but it got a little too close for comfort late.

Albany has a rematch with West Texas next week.

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Saturday's state regional scoreboard:

Flag football:

Plainview-Old Bethpage 14, Columbia 0. P-OB is playing for the state title as we write vs. Scarsdale.

Women's lacrosse:

Class A:

Suffern 10, Saratoga 8.

Class B:

Greeley 7, Bethlehem 6.

Class C:

Rye 11, Queensbury 8.

Class D:

Bronxville 17, Voorheesville 4.

Men's lacrosse:

Class A:

Mamaroneck 7, Shenendehowa 5.

Class B:

Yorktown 12, Niskayuna 5.

Class C:

Rye 16, Queensbury 3.

Class D:

Pleasantville 13, Schuylerville 6.

Softball:

Class AAA:

Saratoga 7, Liverpool 0. The Blue Streaks will play Corning-Painted Post Friday at noon.

Class AA:

Burnt Hills 10, Whitesboro 2. Next for the Spartans is Vestal on Friday at 3 pm.

Class A:

Ichabod Crane 6, Camden 4. The Riders will play Marlboro on Friday at 9 am.

Class B:

Schuylerville 6, Saranac 0. The Black Horses will meet Albertus Magnus Friday at 4:30.

Class C:

Berne-Knox-Westerlo 14, St. Lawrence 0. Next will be Union Springs Friday at 6.

Class D:

Salem 15, Crown Point 3. Next up is Chateaugay Friday at 10:30 am.

Baseball:

Class AAA:

Shenendehowa 11, CBA-Syracuse 10. Next up for the Plainsmen will be Ketchum, Friday at 4 in Binghamton (all the remaining games are in Binghamton at Mirabito Stadium).

Class AA:

Bethlehem 5, West Genesee 3. Next for the Eagles will be Eastchester at Binghamton University Friday at 4.

Class A:

Jamesville-DeWitt 3, Albany Academy 2.

Class B:

Taconic Hills 9, Canton 0. Next up is Little Falls at Union-Endicott High Friday at 10 am.

Class C:

Chatham 13, Ticonderoga 2. The Panthers move on to play Pulaski Friday at 10 am at Binghamton University.

Class D:

Hadley-Luzerne 13, Parishville-Hopkinton 2. H-L will play Oriskany at Mirabito Stadium Friday at 10 am.

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Jake Reinisch will spend week of the MLB draft waiting to hear his name called, drafted by one of 30 teams.

Reinisch & Wake Forest were eliminated in the NCAA baseball tournament on Saturday, losing to East Carolina, 7-6. Reinisch was 0-2 with a walk and a run scored for the Demon Deacons.