Welp, the silly season is officially here with baseball & softball sectionals. For softball, the road leads not to Luther Forest in Malta, but somewhere closer to home for most teams this year. For baseball, it's, of course, Joe Bruno Stadium.
Softball first:
Class AAA:
Wednesday:
Shaker @ Guilderland. Winner to play Shenendehowa at Queensbury May 28.
Also May 28 @ Queensbury:
Saratoga vs. Colonie.
The finals are----surprise!!---at Lansingburgh 2 weeks from today.
Class AA:
Tuesday (weather permitting):
Amsterdam @ Niskayuna. Winner to play @ Columbia on Thursday.
Also Thursday:
Troy @ Queensbury. The Lady Spartans finished the regular season 16-3, opposite Troy's 15-4 ledger, and Section II drops Troy into the #6 seed.
South Glens Falls @ Burnt Hills. The defending champions are a #4 seed, but have played one fewer game than the Bulldogs, who are at 16-4. See a pattern here, pilgrims?
Ballston Spa @ Bethlehem. I don't think all of Bethlehem's games have been reported. If they have, they have the fewest wins of a #2 seed in the field.
Let's stop for a moment. The seeds are mostly wrong, just like in volleyball. Strength of schedule, again, is the excuse, but it's not valid. Here's how the seeds should be:
1. Queensbury.
2. South Glens Falls.
3. Troy.
4. Columbia.
5. Burnt Hills.
6. Ballston Spa.
7. Bethlehem.
8. Niskayuna.
9. Amsterdam.
It's clear someone in Section II doesn't want Troy hosting a 1st round game. With these adjusted seedings, Queensbury would host either Nisky or Amsterdam. South High would be home for Bethlehem, and Troy hosts Ballston Spa.
Section II, stop insulting the fans' intelligence! Yesterday!
The semi-finals are at Lansingburgh May 28. The Knights will also host the final June 1.
Class A:
Tuesday (weather permitting):
Scotia @ Cobleskill-Richmondville. Winner to play Ichabod Crane on Thursday.
Broadalbin-Perth @ Cohoes. The winner plays Averill Park on Thursday.
Also Thursday:
Hudson Falls @ Glens Falls.
Ravena @ Schalmont.
Semi-finals are at Troy High (!) May 27, with Lansingburgh hosting the finals May 30.
Class B:
Tuesday (weather permitting):
Holy Names @ Chatham.
Schuylerville @ Taconic Hills.
Voorheesville @ LaSalle.
Holy Trinity @ Mechanicville.
Johnstown @ Hoosick Falls.
Coxsackie-Athens @ Fonda-Fultonville.
Catskill @ Tamarac.
Quarterfinals are set for Thursday at the higher seeds. Lansingburgh hosts the semi-finals on May 27, and the finals on May 30.
Class C:
Tuesday (weather permitting):
Maple Hill @ Lake George. Winner plays @ Galway on Thursday.
Berlin-New Lebanon @ Berne-Knox-Westerlo.
Stillwater @ Whitehall.
Mayfield @ Schoharie. Winner travels to play Hoosic Valley on Thursday.
Warrensburg @ Saratoga Catholic. Winner will be at Greenwich on Thursday.
Quarterfinals will be at the higher seeds on Thursday. Semi-finals are at OESJ May 27, with the finals at Lansingburgh May 30.
Class D:
Thursday:
Northville @ Salem. Winner plays Argyle May 27.
Fort Edward @ Fort Ann.
Germantown @ Duanesburg.
The semi-finals are at Queensbury May 27. Lansingburgh has the finals May 30.
Class AAA:
Tuesday (weather permitting):
Guilderland @ Shaker. Winner will play Saratoga in a best of 3 at Amsterdam starting Friday.
Albany @ CBA.
Shenendehowa @ Colonie. The winners of these two games also will meet in Amsterdam starting Friday.
The finals will be a best of 3 at Bruno Stadium starting May 29.
Class AA:
Wednesday:
Amsterdam @ Bethlehem. Winner to play South Glens Falls on Friday.
Burnt Hills @ Columbia. Winner plays Mohonasen on Friday.
Also Friday:
Troy @ Queensbury.
Ballston Spa @ Niskayuna.
Semi-finals will be next Monday, Memorial Day, at Bruno Stadium, which also hosts the finals, a best of 3 series, starting May 29.
Class A:
Wednesday:
Schalmont @ Lansingburgh. Winner plays at Averill Park on Friday.
Ichabod Crane @ Hudson Falls. Winner to play Ravena on Friday.
Also Friday:
Glens Falls @ Broadalbin-Perth.
Cohoes @ Scotia.
Semi-finals will be in Guilderland on Memorial Day, with the finals at Bruno Stadium May 28.
Class B:
Tuesday (weather permitting):
Catskill @ Watervliet. Winner to play Taconic Hills on Wednesday.
Rensselaer @ Fonda-Fultonville. Winner to play Cobleskill-Richmondville on Wednesday.
Hoosick Falls @ Voorheesville. Winner goes to Johnstown on Wednesday.
Also Wednesday:
Granville @ Mechanicville.
Chatham @ Salem-Cambridge.
Tamarac @ Coxsackie-Athens.
Canajoharie-Ft. Plain @ Schuylerville.
Hudson @ Cairo-Durham.
The quarterfinals are at higher seeds on Friday, with the semifinals at Saratoga (East Side Rec.) May 26, and the finals at Bruno Stadium May 28.
Class C:
Wednesday:
Stillwater @ Berne-Knox-Westerlo. Winner to play Maple Hill on Friday.
Waterford @ Hoosic Valley.
Schoharie @ OESJ.
Whitehall @ Hadley-Luzerne. Winner to play Saratoga Catholic on Friday.
Galway @ Greenwich.
Mayfield @ Lake George.
Semi-finals @ Lansingburgh on Memorial Day, and the finals at Bruno Stadium May 27.
Class D:
Wednesday:
Northville @ Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons. Winner to play Hartford on Friday.
Also Friday:
Germantown @ Duanesburg.
Middleburgh @ Fort Ann.
Argyle @ North Warren.
The semi-finals are at Adirondack Community College on Memorial Day, with the finals at Bruno Stadium on May 27.
Good luck to all the teams.
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