October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To that end, both Burnt Hills & Ballston Spa players were wearing pink in some form. The Scotties' dog paw logo was in pink, and some Spartans had pink included with their uniforms.
Burnt Hills won the coin toss, and deferred to the second half. The Scotties were pinned back at their 10 yard line to start. No problem. A methodical 90 yard drive culminated with Tyler Perkins running it in from 3 yards out. Mason Lang added the extra point, and B-Spa led, 7-0.
But it didn't last.
Ty Starr took the ensuing kickoff 78 yards to paydirt, but Logan Tomlinson's PAT was blocked, leaving the Spartans down one after the first quarter.
Things got sloppy beginning in the 2nd quarter. 3 turnovers between the two teams, and it also became a festival of penalties, most of them against Ballston Spa. Burnt Hills mounted a drive in the midst of it all, with Owen Huggins scoring his first touchdown of the season from 9 yards. Tomlinson made the PAT this time, and Burnt Hills took a 13-7 lead into halftime.
However, the Spartans were without their biggest offensive weapon for much of the night, as Peyton Marshall was shut down in the 1st quarter, and used sparingly after, leading to speculation that he might have been injured, or, as color analyst James Allen opined, compromised. Marshall was not the factor he was last month vs. Columbia.
The 3rd quarter was a Don Henley special with all the dirty laundry on the field, so we move on to the 4th quarter, where it became the Mike Degenhart show. Degenhart, listed as the backup quarterback on the depth chart, was used as a running back with Jacob Thomas also seemingly injured much of the night. The sophomore bulldozed his way into the end zone on the first play of the 4th quarter, but Lang's PAT was wide, leaving the score tied at 13.
B-Spa's defense shut down the Spartans repeatedly, even with Burnt Hills getting a reprieve after a running into the kicker penalty on a Tomlinson punt. The Scotties' final drive of the night was another case of ball control, and Degenhart put the game away with an 8 yard run. Lang made the extra point, and B-Spa was back in front with under a minute left.
However, Burnt Hills turned the ball over on downs. One kneel-down later, and it was over. Ballston Spa takes possession of 2nd place in the Grasso division with a 20-13 win, three weeks after blowing a lead vs. Queensbury.
Next week: Spectrum's cameras will be back at Shenendehowa, as they'll face Saratoga.
Other scores:
Colonie 66, Schenectady 0.
Johnstown 7, Broadalbin-Perth 6.
Canajoharie-Fort Plain 41, Hudson Falls-Fort Edward 14.
Hoosick Falls-Tamarac 22, Granville-Whitehall 20.
Glens Falls 27, Lansingburgh 3.
Troy 34, LaSalle 8. Troy takes back the Collar City Cup after 4 years.
Gloversville 26, Ichabod Crane-Chatham 22.
Ravena 21, Schalmont 18.
Stillwater-Saratoga Catholic 55, Rensselaer-Loudonville Christian 0.
CBA 42, Guilderland 7.
Shenendehowa 34, Shaker 14.
Saratoga 42, Albany 16.
Schuylerville 34, Mechanicville 6.
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