News & notes

 Hockey season is over in Section 2.

Division 1 champion Shenendehowa surprisingly went 1-&-done, losing to Suffern, 7-3, on Saturday night at home. Earlier in the day, Division 2 representative Queensbury fell to Byram Hills, 4-1, in Brewster. The state title drought continues unabated.

Sunday's basketball sectional results:

Women's Class AAA:

Shaker 58, Colonie 45. Next up for the Lady Bison will be Baldwinsville, right back at Hudson Valley Community College, Friday at 8 pm.

Women's Class A final:

Albany Academy 58, Academy of Holy Names 45. Da Bears return to HVCC Friday afternoon vs. Peru at 5 pm.

Women's Class C final:

Greenwich 45, Stillwater 38. For the Witches, a sub-regional vs. SS Seward awaits Tuesday at Averill Park.

Men's Class AAA:

CBA 66, Shaker 52. 

Men's Class AA:

Amsterdam 58, Niskayuna 56. The Rams will be at Hudson Valley on Saturday at 5 pm vs. Nottingham.

We should have the rest of the state pairings in the next 24-48 hours.

Colleges:

Baseball:

Skidmore swept Baruch, 6-2 & 2-1.

Russell Sage 11, Thomas 9.

RIT 14, Russell Sage 1 (8 innings).

Stevens 9, Union 8.

St. John's 4, UAlbany 3.

Men's basketball:

MAAC semi-finals:

Siena 76, Fairfield 61. The Saints will play for the title vs. Merrimack Tuesday at 9 pm (ESPN2, WJMZ).

Softball:

Sacred Heart 7, Siena 0.

Haverford 9, Skidmore 4.

North Central 7, Skidmore 3.

Scranton swept Union, 6-5 (8 innings) & 7-6.

Water polo:

Harvard 19, Siena 5.

While we cannot confirm this at the moment, it appears the Mets have switched local affilations from WCWN, a CW affiliate, to Fox affiliate WXXA.

This was because of CW's sports schedule taking precedence on Sunday, but Fox23 had no problem bumping a World Baseball Classic 1st round game and most of a college basketball game to Grit (Spectrum channel 1251), knowing the fan base for the Bombers in the 518.

Unfortunately for Yankee fans, the Mets won, 10-4.

Update, 10:42 am: Due to a newly forged agreement between the Mets and Nexstar, which does own WXXA in addition to the CW & WTEN, Mets games will air on WXXA through the 2028 season.