News & notes

 Husband & wife track & cross country coaches Arthur & Linda Kranick resigned from their positions at Saratoga High in an undated letter issued to student-athletes earlier this week, ending a 40+ year tenure at Saratoga.

Reports surfaced that the Kranicks had "overtraining" students, and urging athletes to run despite being injured, according to a report in today's Albany Times-Union, and a former athlete is afraid that the new coaches, who were trained by the Kranicks, could possibly continue the same methods.

Stay tuned.

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Ichabod Crane continued its Florida vacation trip, as the softball team defeated Pittsford-Sutherland of Section 5, 8-7. Wednesday in Clermont, Florida. The Lady Riders have the day off today, while Tamarac will play Webster-Schroeder in Clermont.

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The rest of Wednesday's scores:

Baseball:

Columbia 14, Burnt Hills 6.

Johnstown 7, Fonda-Fultonville 6.

Hoosick Falls 14, Cambridge-Salem 4.

Greenwich 3, Taconic Hills 0.

Lansingburgh 10, Tamarac 7.

Saratoga Catholic 20, Canajoharie 1 (5 innings).

Men's lacrosse:

Ballston Spa 11, Saratoga 2.

Johnstown 4, Troy 3. The Sir Bills pick up their first win of the season.

Voorheesville 9, Hoosick Falls-Tamarac 8.

Softball:

Lansingburgh 12, Albany Academy 9.

Maple Hill 11, Watervliet 3.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo 12, OESJ 6.

Bethlehem 16, Mohonasen 1 (5 innings).

Niskayuna 6, Guilderland 5.

Columbia 3, Burnt Hills 2 (8 innings).

Shaker 14, Albany 0 (6 innings).

Greenwich 15, Schuylerville 5 (5 innings).

Galway 15, Hoosic Valley 5 (5 innings).

Averill Park 9, Ballston Spa 7.

Colleges:

Baseball:

Union 4, Mount St. Mary's 1.

Dartmouth 9, Siena 8.

Russell Sage 18, Utica 12.

Men's lacrosse:

Cobleskill 8, Hobart 0.

RPI 15, Amherst 5.

Skidmore 12, Union 8.

Women's lacrosse:

UAlbany 24, LeMoyne 3.

Siena 10, Merrimack 7.

Utica 20, Russell Sage 3.

Softball:

Siena & Niagara split a doubleheader. Niagara won the opener, 6-2, but Siena claimed the nightcap, 11-7.

Utica swept Russell Sage, 6-5 & 6-2.

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Take a close look at the Times-Union's rankings for baseball & softball this week. Noticably absent from the Class AA Softball rankings is Troy High, which is 3-0 in Colonial Council play, but doesn't event merit a "team to watch" designation (space limitations, probably). The Lady Horses (3-2 overall) will have something to prove the rest of the way.