Hoosic Valley 65   Mechanicville 57

Leading Scorers:  Hawks – Landon Reilly 20   Isaac Wiley 18        Mechanicville – Colin Richardson 18   Cruz Goverski 16   Joe Devito 11

Take Away:  Basketball is a game of runs and Hoosic Valley had the last one Friday night in Mechanicville outscoring their hosts 12-4 over the final three minutes to secure the well-earned road “W”.

The Valley opened with the first five points of the night before Mechanicville put together a 14-1 run and ended the quarter with a 19-10 lead with Cruz Goverski scoring nine in the frame.

The Hawks Landon Reilly scored the first five points of the second period part of a 11-2 Valley streak that tied things 21-all midway through the quarter. But Mechanicville controlled the remainder of the period and took a 32-27 advantage into the break.

Hoosic Valley outscored their hosts 22-11 in the third with Isaac Wiley and Dem Neary each netting seven points and held a 49-43 lead heading into the fourth.

Mechanicville put together a 10-4 run over the first five minutes of the frame to pull even at 53-all with Goverski and Colin Richardson leading the spurt.

But the Valley used a bucket and one from Isaac Wiley and clutch free throw shooting from Gabe Coffin 4 of 4, down the stretch to close out the road win. 

Tamarac 68   Waterford 25

Leading Scorers:  Bengals – Adam Rice 21   Frankie DiPalma 17             Fordians – Derrick Pontore 9

Key Stat:  Tamarac held the Fordians to single numbers in three of the four frames.

Take Away:   The Bengals jumped out to a 24-4 lead after the first frame and cruised to the road win Friday night.  Tamarac, with the victory moves to 2-2 on the year while Waterford slips to 1-5.

Hoosick Falls 79   Greenwich 34

Leading Scorers:  Panthers – Richie Stifter 20, 8 steals   Andrew Sparks 14          Witches – Langston Hall 9

Key Stat:  The Falls won each of the first three periods by double digits.

Take Away:  The Panthers drilled 10 triples, put 11 players in the scoring column and rolled to the road “W” over the Witches, moving to 4-2 on the year.

Stillwater 89   Spa Catholic 55

Leading Scorers:  Stillwater – Jaxon Mueller 27   Thomas McDonough 16, 3, 3’s   Kaelan Leak 15, 3 3’s   James Cocozzo 12         Saints – Aidan Crowther 13, 3 3’s   Ronan Rowe 10

Key Stat:  Stillwater won every quarter.

Take Away:  In a game played at HVCC, Stillwater leading 40-26 at the break, put this one to bed with a 32-15 third frame, notching their fourth straight win to start the season.