Troy High sports review, through December 13

 The schedule gets lighter as we approach the holiday break. After yesterday, there's time to regroup.

Bowling:

Current record: 4-0.

I can't recall if Troy has gotten out to this fast a start before. No, seriously. A mid-week road trip to Voorheesville was postponed (no make-up date set), sandwiched around home wins over Schalmont & LaSalle. And if coach Don Poutre says they're 4-0, take it as gospel.

Next: The current homestand ends Monday vs. Mohonasen, and, after that, a return match with Joshua Yando & Cohoes at Cohoes Arena on Thursday before a 2 week break for the holidays.

Men's swimming & diving (united with CBA & Columbia):

Current record: 1-0.

The season finally began Tuesday with a win over Shaker.

Next: The Flying Devil Brothers hit the road for meets at Albany on Tuesday, and at Schenectady-Colonie on Friday, the latter a make-up date from December 2.

Women's basketball:

Current record: 3-1 (2-0 Colonial Council):

Reality set in for Will Harris' club on Saturday in a loss to Columbia, 65-39. The Lady Horses hung with the Lady Devils until late in the 2nd quarter, when Columbia went to a full court press, which has been Troy's Achilles' heel.

Next: Catholic Central, coming off a loss themselves on Friday, makes its first visit to Zotto Gym in at least 11 years on Tuesday. Then, it's a road trip to Ravena on Friday.

Men's basketball:

Current record: 2-1 (1-0 Colonial Council):

The weird scheduling to start the season just got weirder for Jamil Hood and the Flying Horses. We'll get to that in a bit.

Troy defeated Colonie, then blew Schalmont out of Zotto Gym, before losing a tough one to Marcellus at HVCC, 63-46, on Saturday afternoon.

Now, here's where it gets weird:

Next: The Horses are idle until Friday, when Ravena comes looking for payback after getting blown out of their own gym last season. After that, due to a non-league game having been cancelled for December 30 (they couldn't find an opponent), Troy will have 2 weeks off from game action before hosting resurgent Watervliet-Heatly on January 2. This is also the by-product of Catholic Central not fielding a men's team this year, else Troy would be playing at the Riverside Center on Tuesday.