Key Stat: Tamarac outscored the Dragons 37-18 over the middle two frames.
Take Away: Tamarac moves up in class taking on the class A Gloversville squad and doesn’t miss a beat putting three players in doubles, drilling six triples and converting on 11 of 16 from the stripe in their comfortable “W” over the Dragons at Fulton Montgomery Community College on Sunday. With the win Tamarac moves to 2-0 on the young season and next up is a Tuesday night run, at home, with the Saints of Saratoga Catholic.
Key Stat: Trailing 19-13 after the first, Hoosick Falls won each of the remaining periods.
Take Away: The Falls fell behind early but battled back to tie things heading into the final frame where the Panthers secured the non-league win. Fleming poured in 11 of his 13 points in the first eight minutes keeping the Falls within striking distance, while Sparks dropped 15 of his game-high 21 points after the break to help close out the “W”.
Key Stat: Greenwich ran out to a 33-8 halftime lead.
Take Away: The Witches put three players in doubles and cruised to the easy victory in the opening round of the Dick Alwine Tip-off Tournament on Friday.
Leading Scorers: Witches – Joe Skiff 30 (5 3’s) Jacob Ziehm 14 Tanagers – Ray Harrington 14
Key Stat: The Witches held a 12-3 advantage in made threes.
Take Away: The Greenwich attack was firing on all cylinders scoring 45 first half points taking a 29-point cushion into the break and coasted from there to the non-league win over the Tanagers.
Hoosick Falls 61 St. Lawrence 36
Leading Scorers: Panthers – Jake Sparks 25, 11 rebounds St. Lawrence – Aiden Beach 22
Key Stat: The Falls jumped out to a 22-7 lead after the first eight minutes.
Take Away: Hoosick Falls took control with a big first period, that saw Sparks connect on 17 of his game-high 25 points and rolled to the home “W” over St. Lawrence.
Loudonville Christian 65 Cambridge 33
Leading Scorers: Eagles – Jared Pratt 16 Cambridge – Noah Burke 10
Bethlehem 61 Mechanicville 43
Leading Scorers: Eagles – Logan Yohe 22 Kiernan Barnes 12 Red Raiders – Colin Richardson 29
Key Stat: Bethlehem held an 11 -3 advantage in makes from beyond the arc.
Take Away: The Raiders trailed 32-18 at the half but used a 17-8 third frame to pull within five heading to the fourth, where Bethlehem closed out the victory. Richardson led all scorers with 29 points on a night where Mechanicville stepped up in class taking on the AA Eagles which will pay dividends down the road for the Raiders
Girls
Warrensburg 64 Spa Catholic 25
Leading Scorers: Burghers – Kara Bacon 19 Elli York 12 Hope Sherman 12 Saints – Grace Schaefer 13
Duanesburg 56 Mechanicville 40
Leading Scorers: Eagles – Allison O’Hanlon 20 Hannah Mulhern 15 Alex Moses 11 Lauren Capron 10 Red Raiders – Lila Christensen 16 Allison Kenyon 11
Key Stat: Duanesburg connected on 15 of 20 free throws, while Mechanicville converted 6 of 12 from the stripe.
Take Away: Duanesburg built an 18-4 cushion in the first period and rode that cushion to the home “W”. Only four Eagle players scored in the game, but all four managed to hit double figures.
Leading Scorers: Bengals – Mike D’Agostino 31 (8 3’s) Joey Poulin 19 /17 rebounds Frankie DePalma 11 Fordians – C. Kennedy 13
Key Stat: Tamarac bottomed 11 triples including an 8 of 9 effort from D’Agostino who set the school record for made threes in a game.
Take Away: The Bengals open the season with a no-doubt “W” running out to a 42-14 halftime advantage and after the break hung 28 on the board in the third frame. Nine Bengals scored including three in doubles led by the flame-throwing D’Agostino with 31.
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Key Stat: The Saints held North Warren to single digits in each of the first three periods.
Take Away: Spa Catholic rides a strong effort at the defensive end, to the season-opening “W” over the Cougars, with eighth grader Whitbeck leading the scoring attack.
Key Stat: Waterford hung 46 first-half points on the board, building a 34-point cushion by intermission.
Waterford 61 Heatly 25
Leading Scorers: Fordians – Derrick Pontore 21 / 10 rebounds Anthony Scunziano 17 / 12 rebounds Heatly – Ryan Sedgewick 9
Key Stat: Defensively the Fordians allowed just eight points through three quarters of play, including a shutout of Heatly in the third period.
Take away: Waterford captures their season opening Tip-Off Tournament in convincing fashion, posting easy “W’s” over the Flying Forts, and Hornets.
Girls Basketball
Mechanicville 50 Cohoes 23
Leading Scorers: Red Raiders – Tanner Eiseman 12 Ella Zecca 11 Allison Kenyon 10 Tigers – Kaelyn Greene 6
Key Stat: The Raiders outscored Cohoes 32-11 after the break.
Take Away: Mechanicville put nine players in the scoring column including three in doubles, to post the comfortable season-opening victory over Cohoes.
Leading Scorers: Crane – Alex Schmidt 21 Race 15 Daniel Warner 11 Warriors – Jaxon Meuller 12 Lukas Lilac 9
Key Stat: Crane held an 8-2 advantage in made threes.
Take Away: Crane led 21-10 after the first period and was never headed in posting the victory over the Warriors in first round action of the Ichabod Crane Thanksgiving Tournament on Wednesday.
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