On a January Wednesday in the Wasaren, four boys basketball games played out and at night’s end a close decision was no where to be found.
Tamarac 91 Berlin 32
Leading Scorers: Bengals – Anthony Ciampolillo 23 Bo Catherwood 19 Dan Honsinger 10 Mountaineers – Kasey Billert 10
Key Stat: The Bengals scored 20 or more in every quarter, and put 10 players in the scoring column in the one-sided affair.
League Records: Tamarac 6-2 Berlin 0-6 Continue reading
One-sided contests were the theme in girls basketball on Tuesday night as every winning squad did so by a comfortable margin.
Tamarac 75 Berlin 6
Leading Scorers: Bengals – Emily Erickson 21 Syrita Faraj 20 Lizzie Macknick 10 Mountaineers – Kaley Culbertson 4
Key Stat: With no mercy rule in basketball sometimes games like this happen. Erickson bottoms five triples, the Bengals drill eight as a team and Tamarac rolls to the victory over the Mountaineers. Continue reading
Basketball is known as a game of runs where teams score a quick flurry of points while defensively holding their opponents in check. On Tuesday night in Cambridge the Indians put one together that seemed more like an avalanche, giving Cambridge complete control early, on their way to the easy 60-33 victory over Greenwich. Continue reading
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Cambridge 47 Salem 44
Leading Scorers: Indians – Nick Murphy 14 Jeff Burke 12 Ben Epler 10 Generals – Jack Toomey 10
Key Stat: The Indians built a 38-25 advantage through three periods and closed things out in the fourth to post the “W”.
Maple Hill 51 Stillwater 47
Leading Scorers: Hilltoppers – Nate Mannion 12 Tyler Hanrahan 12 Warriors – Cooper Monast 15 Grant Baker 13
Key Stat: In a close game throughout Maple Hill converted 16 of 19 free throws, helping the Hilltoppers secure the nonleague victory in Stillwater Monday night.
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HERE IS THE LINK TO THE LIVE CALL OF THE GREENWICH / CAMBRIDGE GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
Congratulations to Cambridge basketball player Stasia Epler on being named Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
The freshman guard scored seven points in a 58-33 win over Hoosick Falls on Tuesday but saved her best effort of the week for Friday night, pouring in 21 points, including five from behind the arc to lead the Indians to a come-from-behind 57-53 “W” over the Red Raiders of Mechanicville.
Congratulations to Stasia, this week’s Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
A big January Friday for Wasaren basketball as teams approach the midway point of the regular season.
Girls
Hoosic Valley 47 Hoosick Falls 36
Leading Scorers: Indians – Emaleigh Peckham 18 (6 – 3-pointers) Renee Serafin 12 Panthers – Logan Thayne 17
Key Stat: The Valley extended their 25-22 halftime lead with a 15-6 third period, and rode the long ball prowess of Peckham who drilled 6 of 8 from deep.
Records: Hoosic Valley 6-2, 9-3 Hoosick Falls 3-4, 6-5 Continue reading
Hoosic Valley 59 Berlin 36
Leading Scorers: Indians – Isaac Carlo 20 Logan Reilly 11 Mountaineers – Kane Roman 13
Key Stat: The Valley took control with a 37-12 advantage over the middle two periods including a 20-4 third quarter where Carlo poured in 14 points. With the win the Indians improve to 3-3, 5-6 on the year, while Berlin slips to 0-6, 1-8 with the loss.
Next Up: Berlin travels to Stillwater tonight to face the Warriors while Hoosic Valley is on the road for a run with the Panthers of Hoosick Falls in a father, son coaching matchup between Mike, longtime mentor of the Falls and his son Alex, first year head coach at the Valley.
Just two games were played in the Wasaren on Wednesday as Mother Nature wiped more than half of the schedule. In the two runs that avoided postponement Stillwater and Waterford notched the early January “W’s”.
Waterford 75 Spa Catholic 69
Leading Scorers: Fordians – Bobby Valigorski 19 Michael Talavera 19 Evan Fairclough 18 TJ Kelley 12 Saints – Jake Welcome 21 Ryan McCarroll 12 Nick Condry 11
Key Stat: The Fordians connected on seven triples and took control over the middle two periods to post the win and move to 4-3, 7-4 on the year.
Stillwater 71 Tamarac 67
Leading Scorers: Warriors – Grant Baker 17 Brian McNeil 15 Scott Travis 12 Bengals – Jacob DeFreest 22 Bo Catherwood 14 Frank Zotto 11
Key Stat: A 40-27 advantage over the middle two frames gave the Warriors enough cushion to withstand a fourth quarter rally by the Bengals and notch the “W” to even their league mark at 3-3.
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