News & notes

 Catholic Central men's basketball coach Guy DiBacco said all the right things after Tuesday's game vs. Troy High, but the one glaring thing he didn't mention was that there might have been a fatigue factor involved in the Crusaders' 71-66 loss to the Flying Horses.

Catholic Central, to remind, was playing for at least the 3rd time in 5 nights. They couldn't close out Troy (3-1, 2-0 Colonial Council) when they needed to, and the Horses made them pay. Stetson Merritt led Troy with a game high 22 points.

On the other hand, the Lady Crusaders sent Troy to its 3rd straight loss in league play, 75-31. We don't have the stats for this one as of press time, but Will Harris' club (2-4, 0-3 Colonial Council) should get a breather at home vs. Ravena on Friday.

Troy's unified swimming team with CBA & Columbia is now 3-0 after beating Burnt Hills on Tuesday, 49-27. They'll see about going into the 2 week holiday break still undefeated if they can beat Niskayuna tomorrow.

Troy also took down Ravena in bowling, 25-7. Anthony Mainello led the way with a 608 triple. Troy (4-3) will travel to Spare Time Latham to face Shaker in a non-league match tomorrow.

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Siena was hoping to regain the Franciscan Cup on Tuesday, but St. Bonaventure had other ideas. The Bonnies embarrassed the Saints in front of 5101 fans at MVP Arena, 65-48. No Siena player finished in double figures, which is rare. Major Freeman led the Saints with 9 points. Brendan Coyle (Niskayuna) had just 6, and Marcus Jackson (Albany Academy) had 1 basket for 2 points. The Saints return to MVP Arena on Friday night to host Holy Cross as part of the Catholic Charities Christmas Series.

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Former UAlbany quarterback Reese Poffenbarger is on the move again.

After caddying for Heisman Trophy runner-up Cam Ward at Miami, Poffenbarger has re-entered the transfer portal, and will play for North Texas next year. Seems as though Poffenbarger was only used for mop-up duty in blowout games.

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The rest of Tuesday's high school scores:

Men's bowling:

Suburban Council:

Shaker 21, Albany 11.

Columbia 29 1/2, Burnt Hills 2 1/2.

Bethlehem 29, Schenectady 3.

Western Athletic Conference:

Duanesburg 3, Fort Plain 1.

Women's basketball:

LaSalle 65, Mohonasen 27.

Ravena 45, Cohoes 33.

Bethlehem 89, Schenectady 12.

Albany Academy 76, Ichabod Crane 21. The Bears opened a 30 point lead at halftime at 41-11, and cruised from there.

Shaker 72, Albany 52.

Galway 37, Warrensburg 29.

Averill Park 61, Ballston Spa 27.

Columbia 52, Burnt Hills 34.

Niskayuna 56, Guilderland 47.

Colonie 61, Saratoga 19.

Grenville 45, Salem 29.

Corinth 65, Argyle 26.

Men's basketball:

Voorheesville 57, Lansingburgh 47.

Hudson 108, Cairo-Durham 48.

Greenville 65, Germantown 37.

Whitehall 61, Lake George 38.

South Glens Falls 56, Queensbury 51.

Niskayuna 68, Guilderland 52.

Shaker 60, Albany 32.

Averill Park 53, Ballston Spa 49.

Burnt Hills 63, Columbia 59.

Tamarac 66, Mechanicville 63.

Hockey:

Queensbury 6, Hawks 2.