Tamarac 72 Bishop Maginn 63
Leading Scorers: Bengals – Bo Catherwoood 27 Frank Zotto 23 Maginn – Kurtis McMullen 25 Treylan Cortina 23
Key Stat: The Bengals who trailed 35-30 at the break, used a 24-13 final period to post the come-from-behind “W” in a high scoring affair.
Take Away: Catherwood and Zotto combine for 50 points to lead a potent Bengal attack that will get their Wasaren season underway on Friday night when they’ll host the Indians of Cambridge.
Cambridge 40 Salem 30
Leading Scorers: Indians – Jeff Burke 11 Generals – Bryan Ferguson 10
Key Stat: The Indians built an 11 point lead over the first two periods and secured the win in the season-opener.
Next Up: Cambridge travels to Clums Corners to face Tamarac on Friday night.
While Stillwater will have a new head coach this season, as Bruce Lilac takes over for Dave Cook, they’ll be plenty of familiar faces wearing the Warrior maroon and white.
Seven players return for Stillwater this year as Brian McNeil, James Galarneau, Mason Seymour, Grant Baker, Scott Travis, Cooper Monast and Matt Breslin all started or saw quality minutes for the Warriors just a season ago.
Lilac has liked what he’s seen from his group in the early going. “The preseason has been great. The kids are working hard to get better and tougher. This group realizes they must come and work every night if they want to win in our league.” Continue reading
Greenwich 71 Malone 70
Leading Scorers: Witches – John Walsh 25 Jesse Kuzmich 15 Carson Mosher 12 (game -winning three) Malone – Poirier 19 Fountain 16 Sivan 12
Key Stat: The lines were good to Greenwich who converted on 14 of 20 free throws and knocked down seven triples including Mosher’s game-winner with two seconds remaining in regulation as Greenwich moves to 3-0 on the season.
Take Away: Some nice balance and big numbers for Greenwich. Three double figure scorers in Walsh, Mosher and Kuzmich with 13 of Kuzmich’s 15 points coming in the second half. Walsh added 10 boards, Mosher nine, and Luke Pemrick nearly had a triple double with eight points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
In basketball circles the Wasaren has long been known as one of the premier small school leagues in the state. The conference schedule’s a gauntlet run with no nights off, teams knowing if they don’t bring their “A” game they’ll head home with a loss.
That being said the Hoosick Falls Panthers over the last five seasons have simply dominated the league. Winners in 70 of their last 72 league games, including 40 straight have led to five consecutive Wasaren crowns for the Panthers.
“Our kids have always enjoyed playing with a target on their backs and keeping “it” going”, said longtime head coach Mike Lilac. “They proudly accept upholding that tradition.” Continue reading
A handful of league teams ran the floor on Friday night, the majority playing non-league opponents with the Wasaren schedule set to begin next week.
Girls
Cambridge 73 S.S. Seward 46
Leading Scorers: Indians – Lily Phillips 23 Sophie Phillips 17 Fiona Mooney 13 Seward – Alexa Roach 17 Josely Medina 13
Key Stat: How about a 31 point quarter in your season-opener. Back that with an 18 point second period and Cambridge has half a hundred on the board at the half. Lily Phillips knocks down five triples and 23 points before the break, all leading to Cambridge facing Cooperstown this afternoon in the championship game of the Delaware Academy Tip-Off Tournament.
Take Away: The Indians are a young squad with three sophomores in the starting lineup. That trio combined for 53 points and 10 made threes, and this team as the season unfolds will only get better. Continue reading
Hoosick Falls 4 Saratoga Catholic 0
Hoosick Falls (3852)
James Hyde 204, 266, 200 – 670
Meghan Backus 170, 235, 255 – 660
Evan Webster 218, 178, 246 – 642
Chris Snyder 153, 264, 224 – 641
Saratoga Catholic (2860)
Micaela Barbolt 216, 206, 202 – 624
Hayden Day 216, 190, 202 – 608
Tim Barrett 173, 190, 149 – 512
Zac Niles 161, 148, 191 – 500
Hoosic Valley 2 Stillwater 2
Hoosic Valley (2913)
Leigha Henkel 226, 220, 168 – 614
Jen Acker 163, 169, 174 – 526
Doug Wickman 225, 136, 150 – 512
Shane Yando 174, 133, 129 – 436
Saratoga Catholic (2991)
Connor Julian 235, 175, 174 – 584
Brandon Dyer 203, 200, 163 – 566
Kody Brundage 166, 212, 150 – 528
Cody Julian 176, 192, 157 – 525
In a three team match at Hometown Lanes Mechanicville defeated Stillwater and the Golden Horde of Granville running their record to 12-0 on the young season.
Stillwater topped Granville improving their season mark to 8-4.
Mechanicville 4 Stillwater 0
Mechanicville (3517) Continue reading
Watching Mechanicville defeat Catholic Central Tuesday night in their season-opener I came away thinking there’s a lot to like about this basketball team.
To start, four key players return for head coach Rian Richardson in senior Nick Billert, junior Josh Germaine, and sophomores Devin Garland and Luciano D’Ambro. They bring a variety of skill sets to the floor every night. Continue reading
After winning the bowling championship last year in the Colonial Council Mechanicville was told they wouldn’t be allowed to compete this year in the Colonial. No problem.
On Monday the Mechanicville squad picked up where they left off posting a dominant win over Corinth as part of the Wasaren Division in the Adirondack League.
The Raiders held a 3686 – 2375 in total pins over the Tomahawks in the match at Hometown Lanes.
Leading the way for Mechanicville was junior captain Jacob LaFountain with games of 226 277 214 for a 714 triple. Senior captain Joshua Kalwasinski fired a 690 triple with games of 175 259 and 256.
Sophomore Glenn Prarie added a 643 triple and sophomore Carmen Morizio with a 494 triple all equaled a 4-0 match win for the Raiders.
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