The Tamarac girls and Hoosick Falls boys were crowned Wasaren champions Sunday night at Skidmore College, winners in the inaugural Wasaren League championships.
Under the new format, first place teams from the Hudson and Battenkill divisions squared off to determine a league champion and at night’s end Tamarac claimed a 61-51 decision over Cambridge, while Hoosick Falls bested Saratoga Catholic 80-41.
Tamarac 61 Cambridge 51 Continue reading
Wasaren teams squared off with each other one last time Friday night in crossover games under the league’s new format. Teams from the Battenkill division faced teams from the Hudson in a final run before sectional play.
Sunday at Skidmore College the championship for the girls and boys will be decided with Cambridge facing Tamarac at 6:30 in the girls game, and Hoosick Falls taking on Saratoga Catholic at 8:00 in the boys tip.
Girls
Mechanicville 56 Hoosic Valley 37 Continue reading
Freshman Devin Garland poured in 19 points, including five triples, to lead Mechanicville past Cohoes in a nonleague matchup Thursday night.
Nick Billert scored 16 points for the Raiders who ran out to a 40-25 advantage at the break, on their way to the comfortable victory over the Tigers.
With the win Mechanicville improves to 10-7 on the season and returns to action tonight when they host Fordians of Waterford in a Wasaren crossover game.
Congratulations to Saratoga Catholic’s Terel Tillman on being named Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
Last Tuesday Tillman scored 20 points including five 3-pointers in a 69-44 victory over Waterford. On Friday Terel poured in 28 points, drilling six treys, in a 92-58 win over the Mountaineers of Berlin.
On the year Terel is averaging 11.0 points per game for the 16-3 Saratoga Catholic squad.
Congratulations to Terel, this week’s Wasaren Player of the Week.
A packed Tuesday night in the Wasaren with a full slate for the boys and a pair of girls runs as well with schools trying to navigate around the pending snowstorm.
Boys
Stillwater 62 Greenwich 59
Leading Scorers: Warriors – Cooper Monast 19 Brian McNeil 15 Scott Travis 10 Witches – Carson Mosher 20 John Walsh 14 Continue reading
Boys
Cambridge 60 Hoosic Valley 56
Leading Scorers: Indians – Brenden Holcomb 15 Williams 23 Valley – John Acker 25 Brandon Napoli 11 Alec Ratelle 11
Key Points: In a game tied at the break Cambridge used a 20-11 third period to jump in front and then held off the Indians over the final eight minutes to post the win.
Hoosick Falls 71 Waterford 47 Continue reading
To say that Berlin’s first season as a member of the Wasaren league has been difficult would be accurate and terribly understated. The Mountaineers boys basketball team made a stop in Mechanicville Thursday night on their gauntlet run through the conference, and while the venue was new the results were all too familiar.
Mechanicville led from start to finish, bottomed 10 triples and put 10 players in the scoring column as they rolled over Berlin and posted a 75-50 decision. Continue reading
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HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ACRHIVED CALL OF THE MECHANICVILLE / BERLIN BOYS BASKETBALL GAME
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE CALL OF TONIGHT’S BERLIN/MECHANICVILLE BOYS BASKETBALL GAME.
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Hoosick Falls 62 Greenwich 47
Leading Scorers: Falls – Jon Kempf 15 Guy Milliman 15 Max Kipp 13 Evan McCart 12 Witches – Ellis Pemrick 15 Joe Smith 10
Key Points: The Panthers placed four players in doubles and won every period outscoring the Witches 26-16 after the break to notch the victory. Continue reading
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