News & notes

 As of press time, the following events were postponed or cancelled due to rain:

Women's lacrosse: LaSalle @ Academy of Holy Names---rescheduled for Tuesday, May 6.

Baseball: Voorheesville @ Ichabod Crane. No make up date has yet been set.

Also, a men's tennis tournament at Maple Hill has been cancelled.

Curiously, as of now, LaSalle is still planning on a varsity baseball game at Bruno Stadium, set to start at noon. Also at noon, Troy High is set to host Glens Falls in softball, with a men's lacrosse match set for Picken Field vs. Hoosick Falls-Tamarac at 1 pm. I hold no confidence on the softball game.

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Ian Anderson may be on the move again.

The Los Angeles Angels, who traded for Anderson last month, designated the Shenendehowa grad for assignment Friday after 7 appearances out of the bullpen, in which he was hot & cold, mostly cold, as he had an unsightly ERA at last check.

Something tells me either Atlanta will bring him back, or the Mets, Yankees, or Boston might have interest. So would the Texas Rangers, who have Ian's twin brother, Ben, in their minor league system. The Angels, as of yesterday, have 10 days to trade or release Anderson, or outright him to the minors.

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If ex-Firebirds Dwayne Hollis and Darius Prince were looking forward to facing their former team when the 'Birds came to Corpus Christi, it didn't seem like it.

Hollis & Prince both missed the game, and the Tritons paid a terrible price, getting blown out of their own building in a 100-12 rout (yes, you read that right).

Photo courtesy Albany Times-Union.

Corpus Christi will be in town looking for payback next month, but, first, the 'Birds host Salina on May 4.

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The Reading Rebels dressed only 5 players, who had to play the full 48 minutes, for Friday's game at the NY Phoenix.

Recipe for disaster.

The Phoenix placed 8 players in double figures, as they blew away Reading, 148-105. As Chuck Miller reported earlier this week, Jersey Shore comes to Armory Studios tonight in place of the Rochester Kingz, who are having all kinds of problems. The Phoenix now have sole possession of 1st place in their division.

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It was Black Friday for Troy High.

The Flying Horses saw their 5 game win streak end in softball in a 5 inning blowout loss to Ballston Spa, 14-1. The men's tennis team, which quietly had won 2 matches in a row, saw that streak end at the hands of Ichabod Crane, 6-1. Finally, Lansingburgh defeated Troy in baseball, 2-0. Trevor McCarthy's club has gone ice cold on offense, having scored just 3 runs in 4 games this week, and 6 in their last 5.

While the flag football team's game at Columbia has not been reported as of press time, assume the Blue Devils won.