News & notes

 Shenendehowa grad Ian Anderson took the hill Saturday night for Atlanta against the Philadelphia Phillies. This was the 3rd time already this season Anderson has pitched against the Phils, and so Joe Girardi's club was ready for him. Jean Segura, fresh off the injured list, opened the game with a solo home run, and Philadelphia jumped out to an early 3-0 lead.

Anderson went six innings, giving up all three runs while striking out seven and walking three. His season ERA is now at nearly 3 1/2 runs a game (3.46). Luckily for him, Atlanta came storming back, and it took 12 innings before the Braves defeated Philadelphia, 7-4.

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Due to early deadlines or general disinterest by certain schools, not all of yesterday's scores were published in today's newspapers, or reported to local television outlets and websites.

Case in point, Troy High's road tennis meet at Saratoga and a home baseball game, the latter the nightcap of a Saturday matinee doubleheader vs. Schenectady, were not reported. We can pretty much guess how things turned out, but we'd rather have that information to pass it along to our readers.

That said, let's get to the Saturday scoreboard:

Baseball:

Foothills Council:

South Glens Falls 2, Glens Falls 1.

Broadalbin-Perth 10, Queensbury 2.

South Glens Falls 10, Gloversville 3.

We are not sure which SGFHS game took place Saturday, and which one was on Friday.

Suburban Council:

Shenendehowa 17, Albany 0. The Plainsmen bounce back from a Friday loss to Troy to go to 1-1 on the season.

Columbia swept a doubleheader from Averill Park, 17-2 & 16-0. Ouch!

Guilderland 4, Saratoga 1.

CBA swept a doubleheader from Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, 7-1 & 4-1.

Edit, 5/10/21: Per Troy AD Paul Reinisch, Troy goes to 2-0, beating Schenectady, 8-4.

Western Athletic Conference:

Galway 24, Northville 0 (5 innings).
Canajoharie 10, Middleburgh 0 (6).

Wasaren:

Mechanicville 11, Stillwater 0.

Greenwich 23, Stillwater 8. We're assuming Stillwater played on Friday & Saturday.

Men's lacrosse:

Foothills Council:

Glens Falls 16, Scotia-Glenville 5.

Suburban Council:

Columbia 19, Averill Park 2.

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 17, CBA 4.

Ballston Spa 23, Colonie 2.

Guilderland 13, Saratoga 7.

Non-league:

Niskayuna 24, LaSalle 2.

Albany Academy 13, Princeton Day 0.

Edit, 5/10/21: Amsterdam 12, Troy 0.

Women's lacrosse:

Suburban Council:

Shen 24, Albany 0.

Colonie 21, Ballston Spa 8.

Bethlehem 18, Shaker 3.

Saratoga 18, Guilderland 8.

Softball:

Suburban Council:

Shen 12, Albany 0 (5).

Shaker 1, Bethlehem 0.

Colonie 11, Ballston Spa 8.

Averill Park & Columbia split doubleheader. The Warriors, in Kevin Earl's 1st season as coach, won the 1st game, 7-2. The Lady Devils salvaged the nightcap, 6-5.

Troy 22, Schenectady 0 (5).

Wasaren:

Greenwich 5, Stillwater 4.

Men's tennis:

Suburban Council:

Shen 9, Albany 0.

Bethlehem 5, Shaker 4.

Edit, 5/10/21: Saratoga 9, Troy 0.

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UAlbany failed in both bids to capture lacrosse titles in the America East Conference. The women fell to in-state nemesis Stony Brook, 16-9, while Vermont bested the men, 15-10.

UAlbany's softball team swept a doubleheader from Maine, 8-3 & 2-0. The Great Danes' baseball team split a doubleheader with Hartford. Albany won the opener 3-2, then lost the 2nd game, 4-0. Similarly, Siena split a double-dip with Rider, winning the opener, 3-0, before the Broncs salvaged the second game, 1-0.

High school Fridays: Friday's scoreboard, 5/7

 Anytime a Troy High team beats Shenendehowa in anything, it's news.

So imagine the surprise washing over ye scribe upon seeing that Troy's baseball team opened their season with a 4-1 upset of the Plainsmen. Some websites, such as GameChanger, have not yet been updated for 2021, which will cause some confusion.

On the other hand, Shen shut out Troy in men's tennis, 9-0. Nothing new for Troy (0-1), which is finding meet wins hard to come by in the Suburban Council, and have since entering the league in 2015-16. Shen also defeated Troy in softball, 3-2, which leaves Sean Geisel's club at 1-1 after 2 games.

Today, the Lady Horses are right back at it vs. Schenectady. However, a Mother's Day double-dip vs. Cohoes has been cancelled, wiped off the Troy page at Schedule Galaxy. The only explanation ye scribe can think of is anticipation of rain on Sunday. Doesn't look like they'll reschedule.

Troy's home opener in lacrosse vs. Amsterdam was not reported as of press time.

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Other baseball action:

Colonial Council:

Albany Academy 3, Mohonasen 1.

LaSalle 7, Ichabod Crane 5.

Schalmont 8, Watervliet 0.

Patroon Conference:

Maple Hill 9, Taconic Hills 4.

Suburban Council:

Colonie 3, CBA 1.

Averill Park 14, Schenectady 3.

Columbia 8, Niskayuna 2.

Western Athletic Conference:

Schoharie 9, Berne Knox-Westerlo 8.

Fort Plain 5, Fonda-Fultonville 2.

Northville 14, Mayfield 8.

Wasaren League:

Waterford 12, Berlin 3.

Hoosic Valley 11, Hoosick Falls 7.

Men's lacrosse:

Non-league:

Lansingburgh 3, Maple Hill-Ichabod Crane 2.

This game is listed under the Wasaren League in the Albany Times-Union's roundup. Maple Hill, as seen above, is in the Patroon Conference, but is merging with Ichabod Crane (Colonial Council) vs. Lansingburgh of the Colonial Council.

Women's lacrosse:

Suburban Council:

Columbia 10, Averill Park 9.

Non-league:

Shenendehowa 21, Albany Academy 1.

Softball:

Colonial Council:

Voorheesville 17, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk 0 (5 innings).

Mohonasen 13, Albany Academy 1 (6)

Catholic Central 10, Cobleskill-Richmondville 2.

Foothills Council:

Amsterdam 10, Johnstown 5.

Patroon Conference:

Chatham 12, Maple Hill 2.

Suburban Council:

Saratoga 9, Albany 0.

Averill Park 22, Schenectady 0. 

Bethlehem 5, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 4.

Ballston Spa 12, Guilderland 0 (6).

Columbia 5, Niskayuna 4.

Western Athletic Conference:

Berne Knox-Westerlo 14, Schoharie 13.

Fonda-Fultonville 15, OESJ 2 (6).

Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 10, Galway 3.

Non-league:

Duanesburg 13, Loudonville Christian 1 (5).

Men's tennis:

Adirondack League:

Warrensburg 4, Argyle 3.

Lake George 7, Corinth 0.

Hadley-Luzerne 7, "Johnsburg" 0.

Whitehall 7, Granville 0 (listed as 4-0, as the doubles matches were not reported).

Colonial Council:

Ichabod Crane 7, LaSalle 0.

Foothills Council:

Queensbury 7, South Glens Falls 0.

Patroon Conference:

Cairo-Durham 5, Chatham 2.

Greenville 5, Coxsackie 2.

Suburban Council:

Saratoga 9, Albany 0.

Bethlehem 9, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 0.

Niskayuna 8, Columbia 1.

Thursday's high school scoreboard, 5/6

 Don't go to the Section 2 Harrier website to look for Thursday's result between Troy & Ballston Spa in women's track. As of press time, they didn't have the results. What we do know is that B-Spa downed Troy, 92-60. Troy (0-1) has not won a meet since entering the Suburban Council in the 2015-6 season.

Other action:

Suburban Council:

Shenendehowa 107, Bethlehem 50.

Patroon Conference:

Men:

Chatham 96, Doane Stuart-Rensselaer 22.

Maple Hill 119, Greenville 14.

Women:

Chatham 72, Doane Stuart-Rensselaer 46.

Maple Hill 91, Greenville 28

Western Athletic Conference:

Men:

Fonda-Fultonville 97, Mayfield-Northville 44.

Berne Knox-Westerlo 66, Duanesburg 31.

Women:

Mayfield-Northville 75, Fonda-Fultonville 65.

Berne Knox-Westerlo 57, Duanesburg 40.

Baseball:

Colonial Council:

Ichabod Crane 12, Watervliet 0.

Mechanicville 11, Voorheesville 6.

Albany Academy 11, Lansingburgh 4.

LaSalle 8, Mohonasen 3.

Suburban Council:

Niskayuna 8, Bethlehem 7.

Non-league:

Fonda-Fultonville 22, Johnstown 5.

Averill Park 25, Scotia-Glenville 5.

Softball:

Foothills Council:

South Glens Falls 8, Glens Falls 0.

Colonial Council:

Catholic Central rebounded from a season opening loss to Troy by beating Voorheesville, 10-2. The Crusaders are now 1-1 overall.

Mohonasen 12, Academy of Holy Names 0 (6 innings).

Lansingburgh 11, Albany Academy 6.

Cohoes 12, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk 5.

Patroon Conference:

Coxsackie 8, Maple Hill 7.

Western Athletic Conference:

Schoharie 16, Middleburgh 4.

Berne Knox-Westerlo 15, Duanesburg 4.

Mayfield 3, Galway 1.

Women's lacrosse:

Suburban Council:

Saratoga 19, Albany 1.

Niskayuna 10, Columbia 9.

Guilderland 16, Ballston Spa 2.

Men's lacrosse:

Suburban Council:

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 19, Bethlehem 1.

Niskayuna 18, Columbia 4.

Colonial Council:

Lansingburgh 5, Catholic Central 1.

Non-league:

Schenectady-Mohonasen 11, Maple Hill-Ichabod Crane 4.

Men's tennis:

Adirondack League:

Lake George 5, Hadley-Luzerne 2.

Corinth 5, Granville 1.

Foothills Council:

Glens Falls 6, Schuylerville 1.

Scotia 7, Schoharie 0.

Patroon Conference:

Greenville 7, Cairo-Durham 0.

Coxsackie 5, Taconic Hills 2.

Suburban Council:

Bethlehem 9, Columbia 0.

Saratoga 7, Guilderland 2.

Niskayuna 7, Averill Park 2.

Ballston Spa 8, Colonie 1.

News & notes

 The National Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga has announced the headliners of its 2021 induction class.

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and trainer Todd Pletcher are being inducted this year, the latter while still active, which unlike other sports Halls, doesn't preclude induction.

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Wednesday's rain played havoc with the high school sports schedule, as several events were postponed, or outright cancelled.

In Troy High's case, the men's tennis team had to postpone their season opener at Saratoga, no make up date set as yet. The women's outdoor track team was to open their season at Picken Field against Ballston Spa, but that was pushed back to today.

Speaking of track & field, the men's track team lost a dual meet against B-Spa & CBA on Tuesday, finishing last. Not a good start for coach Bob Burns, four days after his football team won the Class A title.

The lacrosse team will not be at Albany on May 15, as that game has been cancelled. Sounds to me like Albany can't field a team this year for lacrosse due to lack of available players. 

As for why the Albany Times-Union still lists today's road lacrosse match vs. Shenendehowa, they have not received updated information. As we've previously noted, the game at Shen has been pushed back to June 4.

Monday's high school scoreboard, 5/3

 Since joining Troy High's bowling team a couple of years back, Olivia DeCitise has proven she can throw strikes.

So it makes sense that she's throwing strikes of a different kind as a pitcher for Troy's softball team, which opened the 2021 season Monday with a 1-0 win over city rival Catholic Central in a non-league game. Olivia had 15 K's on the day as she threw a complete game shutout. Catholic High's Skyler Wessels also went the distance, giving up a walk-off single by Emma Thompson in the home 7th.

Troy's season opening homestand resumes tomorrow, weather permitting, of course, with another non-league game against a former Big 10 opponent, this time Amsterdam, now in the Foothills Council.

For what it's worth, Monday's game was not listed on the Catholic Central page of the Colonial Council website. The JV game, as we've noted, was postponed, with no make-up date set. Troy will be home all week, playing five games in seven days overall, including yesterday.

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Other scores:

Softball:

Patroon Conference:

Hudson 9, Maple Hill 5.

Women's lacrosse:

Suburban Council:

Averill Park 18, Albany 3.

Niskayuna 16, Ballston Spa 0.

Saratoga 13, Shaker 7.

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A quick reminder that Troy's men's lacrosse game vs. Niskayuna, scheduled for today, has been postponed and reset for May 19. An attempt to reach out to AD Paul Reinisch for a reason for the postponement, be it COVID or weather, was not answered as of press time.

News & notes

Troy High has shuffled its lacrosse schedule, perhaps needlessly.

Saturday's non-league home opener vs. Amsterdam was pushed back to this Friday. Today's & tomorrow's home league matches vs. Guilderland and Niskayuna have also been rescheduled. As previously reported, Thursday's road match vs. Shenendehowa was moved back to June 4. Something tells me the lacrosse team may have had a run-in with COVID-19.

The revised schedule:

May 7: Home opener vs. Amsterdam.

May 10: @ Amsterdam.

May 12: Guilderland.

May 13: Colonie.

May 18: Ballston Spa.

May 19: Niskayuna.

May 20: @ Shaker.

May 22: Columbia.

May 25: @ Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake.

May 27: @ Bethlehem.

May 29: @ Averill Park.

June 1: CBA.

June 4: @ Shenendehowa.

June 8: @ Saratoga.

As of now, Troy's varsity softball team will still have its home opener vs. Catholic Central this afternoon at 4:30. The JV game has also been postponed.

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518 Alumni Watch:

Anthony Germinerio (Averill Park) was cuffed around by Maine on Saturday in the first game of a double-header for UAlbany. Five walks certainly didn't help, as the Black Bears swept the Saturday twin-bill, only for Albany to return the favor on Sunday.

Ian Anderson (Shen) suffered his first loss of the season on Sunday in a 7-2 loss to Toronto at Dunedin, Florida. Anderson went 4 innings, giving up 4 runs on 6 hits, walking 2 and striking out 5.

Hunter Levesque (Troy) had the weekend off as Pittsburgh's softball team is idle until Friday.

Jeff Hoffman (Shaker) will start Tuesday for Cincinnati vs. the resurgent Chicago White Sox.

News & notes

 Mechanicville native Chad Brown has never won the Kentucky Derby. Tonight, he has a chance with Highly Motivated, a 10-1 longshot on the morning line. Jockey Javier Castellano, who will ride Highly Motivated, is also seeking his first Derby win. Post time is just before 7 pm, and will be shown on NBC (WNYT, Channel 13).

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It seems fitting that MLB Network has been using this quote from legendary Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully:

"In a season that seemed improbable, the impossible has happened!"

It also applies to Section II football.

Guilderland won its first Class AA title with a late touchdown in the fourth quarter to upset Shaker, 21-20. Marcus McClaine caught a 14 yard touchdown pass from Logan Broomhall, who'd run for 2 scores earlier, to get within one at 20-19. Broomhall then scored the winning two point conversion.

In other action on Friday:

Shenendehowa won the Suburban Council men's volleyball championship, besting Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, 3-1 in sets. The Spartans had entered the night with a chance to win three titles, but only came away with one (women's volleyball). Some things just aren't meant to be.

Women's volleyball:

Wasaren League:

Saratoga Central Catholic def. Mechanicville, 3-2.

Western Athletic Conference:

Galway def. Schoharie in straight sets.

Suburban Council:

Saratoga def. Colonie, 3-1, to claim the women's consolation title.

Other football:

Class A:

Mohonasen 49, Albany 0.

Class B:

Schalmont 29, Glens Falls 20.

Broadalbin-Perth 14, Green Tech 0.

Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk 28, Lansingburgh 14. The Knights (3-4) finish with a four game losing streak.

Class C:

Coxsackie-Athens 34, Cairo-Durham-Catskill 12.

Class D:

Stillwater 7, Chathan 0.

Non-league:

Granville 20, Lake George/Hadley-Luzerne 0.

Men's soccer:

Colonial Council:

Albany Academy 5, Ichabod Crane 1.

Schalmont 3, Mohonasen 2.

Foothills Council:

Glens Falls 5, Amsterdam 1.

Wasaren League:

Waterford 2, Greenwich 1.

Mechanicville 14, Cambridge 0.

Western Athletic Conference:

Mayfield 3, Middleburgh 1.

Women's soccer:

Colonial Council:

Academy of Holy Names 3, Mohonasen 2.

Schalmont 1, Voorheesville 0.

Ichabod Crane 4, Lansingburgh 0.

Catholic Central 1, Cohoes 0.

Wasaren League:

Tamarac 4, Berlin-New Lebanon 0.

Waterford 4, Hoosick Falls 2.

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Per Schedule Galaxy, Troy High & Amsterdam will now play a home & home series. Amsterdam will visit Troy on Friday, May 7 (originally scheduled for today), and then, the two teams will have the rematch in Amsterdam three days later, on May 10. 

In addition, Troy's road game vs. Shenendehowa has been postponed from May 6 to June 4, presumably due to COVID concerns. The June 4 date would now be the season finale for both clubs.