Tuesday night in Mechanicville the Red Raiders built a commanding 17 point cushion through three periods of play, but needed a clutch triple from sophomore Josh Germaine late in the fourth to put away the Bengals and post the 64-57 “W”.
The two squads played evenly through the first eight minutes with Mechanicville’s Kendrick McCann and Tamarac’s Frank Zotto each scoring five points in the period. Continue reading
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A full slate in the Wasaren on a late January Friday night, and here’s how things played out.
Girls
Hoosic Valley 44 Waterford 16
Leading Scorers: Valley – Alex Rifenburg 22 Fordians – Annilise Rebel 9
Key Points: Hoosic Valley held the Fordians to single numbers in every period paving the way to an easy road victory. Continue reading
The Mechanicville boys bowling team recently clinched the regular season championship in the Colonial Council topping Lansingburgh, Schalmont, Ravena and others to earn the title.
Sophomore Jacob LaFountain finished the season with the second highest league average at 221.7, and teammate, junior Josh Kalwasinski finished in the top 10 as well with a 214 average.
Congratulations to the Red Raiders on an outstanding regular season.
It was a light Wednesday of basketball for the teams of the Wasaren but at night’s end the Hoosick Falls girls and Saratoga Catholic boys both came away with “W’s”.
Hoosick Falls 55 Hoosic Valley 41
Leading Scorers: Panthers – Logan Thayne 19 / 12 rebounds Noreen McAuliffe 11 Valley – Emaleigh Peckham 13 Alex Rifenburg 11 / 14 rebounds
Key Points: The Valley led 10-6 after one and 21-18 at the break, but the Falls outscored the visitors 37-20 the rest of the way highlighted by a 22 point fourth period, and notched the win improving to 6-3 in league play.
Saratoga Catholic 66 Argyle 54
Leading Scorers: Saints – Sean Englert 21 Terel Tillman 14 Aiden Dagostino 12 Ben Scammell 11 Scots – Peyton Lufkin 19 Andrew Facin 12
Key Points: The Saints put four players in doubles, and used a 22-15 advantage in the final period to pull away and avenge an early season defeat to the Scots.
New Lebanon 60 Berlin 49
Leading Scorers: New Leb – Brandon Caul 20 Clayton Erickson 18 Quinnton Dengler 12 Mountaineers – Ryan Willis 23 Tyler Kellar 14
Key Points: Berlin knocked down nine triples on the night but it wasn’t enough as New Lebanon, leading 29-25 at halftime, used a 20-8 third period to take control on their way to the non-league victory.
There were a handful of non-league runs, and a pair of conference games for Wasaren squads Tuesday night. Here’s how things played out.
Girls
Cambridge 58 Berne-Knox 34
Leading Scorers: Indians – Lily Phillips 20 Fiona Mooney 14 & 21 rebounds Knox – Taylor Meachum 14 Continue reading
Congratulations to Hoosick Falls’ Jonathan Kempf on being named Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
On Monday Kempf scored 19 points including three triples in a 71-47 win over Saratoga Catholic and the next night versus Hoosic Valley the Panther sophomore poured in 24 points including 7 of 8 from the foul line in a 90-47 victory over the Indians.
To close the week Jonathan netted 18 points in 69-48 “W” over the Warriors of Stillwater.
Congratulations to Jonathan, our newest Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
Standings
Hudson
Hoosick Falls 8-0, 8-4
Greenwich 8-1, 10-5
Mechanicville 3-3, 6-4
Stillwater 2-5, 8-5
Tamarac 1-5, 3-6
Battenkill
Saratoga Catholic 8-0, 12-1
Cambridge 4-3, 7-4
Hoosic Valley 2-6, 3-9
Berlin 1-6, 3-8
Waterford 0-6, 2-6
Scoring / Individual
Ryan Willis Berlin 24.2
Tyler Haraden Spa Catholic 20.3
Jon Kempf Hoosick Falls 19.8
Brenden Holcomb Cambridge 19.4
Evan McCart Hoosick Falls 16.3
Scoring / Team
Hoosick Falls 68.9
Spa Catholic 63.8
Tamarac 62.3
Mechanicville 56.7
Berlin 55.3
Made 3-Pointers / Individual
Tyler Haraden Spa Catholic 36
Cooper Monast Stillwater 33
Jon Kempf Hoosick Falls 29
Carson Mosher Greenwich 28
Tyler Kellar Berlin 27
Made 3-Pointers / Team
Hoosick Falls 81
Spa Catholic 80
Greenwich 76
Stillwater 75
Berlin 72
Points Allowed
Greenwich 48.9
Mechanicville 50.0
Stillwater 51.0
Spa Catholic 51.2
Hoosick Falls 55.3
Boys
Greenwich 64 Tamarac 57
Leading Scorers: Witches – Carson Mosher 21 Josh James 13 Ellis Pemrick 10 John Walsh 10 Bengals – Jacob Defreest 21 Jack Mulligan 15
Key Points: Greenwich put 40 points on the board in the first half, knocked down 15 of 20 free throws and posted their eighth league win in nine outings. Continue reading
One-sided affairs were the theme Tuesday night in the Wasaren with just one boys run decided by less than 28 points. Among the dominant victories was Hoosick Falls rolling over Hoosic Valley 90-47, one night after pinning a 71-47 defeat on the Saints of Saratoga Catholic who were previously unbeaten in Wasaren play.
Here’s how things played out last night across the Wasaren.
Hoosick Falls 90 Hoosic Valley 47 Continue reading
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