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What Girls Team Can Win a Sectional Title
Sectional Pairings for Wasaren Teams
The Section II tournament will have no shortage of Wasaren teams this year as eight girls squads and nine boys teams will enter second season action, that for some begins tonight.
The strength of the Wasaren girls was rewarded as the top two seeds in both Class C and Class B went to conference teams with #1 Cambridge and #2 Hoosic Valley locking it down in the C’s and #1 Tamarac and #2 Mechanicville in the B’s.
Hoosick Falls is the #2 seed in Class C while all other Wasaren boys were given seeds #9 or above meaning opening round road games for all but the Panthers. Continue reading
Fordians, Panthers Play Sectional Tune-Ups
On the day that sectional bids came out the Waterford boys and Hoosick Falls girls squeezed in one more game before entering the Section II tournament.
Waterford 68 Hawthorne Valley 44
Leading Scorers: Fordians – Bobby Valigorski 17 Michael Talavera 14 Mike Castracani 11 HV – Chris Davis 26
Key Stat: The Fordians blew things wide open with a 31 point third period, and cruised to the non-league “W” on Senior Night in Waterford.
Lake George 58 Hoosick Falls 53 OT
Leading Scorers: Warriors – Graceann Bennett 36 Panthers Logan Thayne 23 Lillian Hickey 11
Key Stat: The Panthers won each of the first three quarters, but a 17-7 fourth period by the Warriors forced overtime where Bennett scored all seven Lake George points leading the Warriors to the win.
Thoughts From a Championship Monday
Monday night in Mechanicville the Wasaren League crowned it boys and girls basketball champions with the gentlemen from Hoosick Falls and the ladies of Cambridge earning titles. The present format has only been in play for a couple years after the realignment of the league and it provides for a special night of basketball which everyone in attendance enjoyed on Monday. Continue reading
Panthers and Indians Crowned Wasaren Champions
The Wasaren basketball championships played out Monday in Mechanicville and both the boys and girls contests gave the packed house it’s monies worth with each game being decided late. At night’s end Hoosick Falls came away with a 55-52 decision over Waterford in the boys title run and the Cambridge girls held off Tamarac and posted the 56-48 “W” in the nightcap. Continue reading
Archived Call of Wasaren Championships
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HERE IS THE LINK TOTHE ARCHIVED CALL OF BOTH WASAREN CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES FROM MINDAY NIGHT IN MECHANICVILLE.
Live Call of Wasaren Basketball Championships
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE LIVE CALL TONIGHT’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IN THE WASAREN STARTING WITH THE HOOSICK FALLS / WATERFORD BOYS GAME AT 6 P.M. FOLLOWED BY THE TAMARAC / CAMBRIDGE GIRLS AT 7:30.
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Championship Monday in the Wasaren
Tonight in Mechanicville Wasaren basketball titles will be decided in double-header action with league champions being crowned by night’s end. The boys title game with Hoosick Falls facing Waterford get’s things started with a 6 p.m. tip and the girls run featuring Cambridge and Tamarac will follow at 7:30.
On the boys side of things the question remains, “Can anybody stop Hoosick Falls?” The Panthers have won 53 straight Wasaren contests and are 83-2 in their last 85 league outings. Continue reading
Mechanicville Tops Hoosic Valley
On Saturday afternoon the final crossover game in the Wasaren played out with the Mechanicville girls hosting Hoosic Valley. The teams had split two contests earlier in the year and this one had all the makings of another competitive run between the neighboring schools. But in the rubber game of the match, Mechanicville took control early and gradually pulled away from the Indians notching the 53-39 decision.
The Raiders ran out to a 17-10 lead after one, led 25-16 at the break, and put the game away with a 19-12 advantage in the third.
Mechanicville bottomed eight triples on the afternoon with senior guard Taylor Grayson drilling four and leading the Raiders with 16 points in the contest. Junior guard Charli Goverski added 13 points in the victory for the Raiders who improve to 12-7 on the season.
Alex Rifenburg and Sami Dickinson with 10 points each led the Valley attack as the Indians finish the regular season with a 15-4 mark.
Fine years for both squads who now set their sights on sectional play, with both teams poised for lengthy second season runs.
