Here’s a look at the top five individuals and teams from the Wasaren in a few offensive categories.
Girls
Standings (Overall)
Mechanicville 5-0
Cambridge 4-0
Greenwich 4-1
Hoosick Falls 3-1
Hoosic Valley 4-3
Spa Catholic 2-3
Berlin/New Leb. 1-2
Stillwater 1-5
Tamarac 1-5
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Girls
Cambridge 47 Hoosick Falls 39
Leading Scorers: Indians – Sophie Phillips 22 (5 3’s) Lily Phillips 11 Panthers – Logan Thayne 15
In a close game throughout the Indians defense kept the Panthers in the 30’s while Phillips twins combined for 33 points themselves in notching the “W” in a battle of undefeated squads.
Greenwich 59 Hoosic Valley 47
Leading Scorers: Witches – Molly Brophy 29 Valley – Ashlyn Chartier 13 Sam Lanoue 11
Greenwich led 12-7 after one, and closed with a 15-10 fourth period to get past the Indians in Schaghticoke. Brophy’s 29 was fueled by four triples, and 7 of 10 from the free throw line.
Tamarac 70 Saratoga Catholic 40 Continue reading
It was just another Friday night at the office for the Hoosick Falls Panthers. After suffering through a poor shooting first period that ended with Cambridge holding a 14-10 lead, the Falls did what they do, which is everything well, outscoring the Indians 45-18 over the middle two quarters in posting the 69-44 road “W”.
Both teams scored on their first possession of the night, Tristan Williams for the Falls with Nick Murphy answering for Cambridge, then the two squads went cold with the next points in the game coming at the 4:30 mark on a Ben Epler corner three, giving Cambridge a 5-2 lead.
With the game tied at 8-8 late in the quarter, the Indians used a pair of long balls from Brian Hall and Epler, to take a 14-10 advantage into the second frame. Continue reading
Girls
Mechanicville 71 Tamarac 32
Leading Scorers: Red Raiders – Charlie Goverski 18 Jada Brown 14 Gianna Cavotta 12 AJ Joseph 9 Bengals – Madi Wagner 9
The Raider won every quarter, led 35-19 at the break and put the game away with a 22-2 third period, moving to 4-0 on the year with the “W”.
Greenwich 76 Poultney 11
Leading Scorers: Witches – Molly Brophy 23 Tess Merrill 16
The Witches led 31-2 after the first eight minutes and cruised to the non-league victory over the Blue Devils. Continue reading
Congratulations to Hoosick Falls basketball player Jon Kempf on being named Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
On Friday night, in the Panthers 76-52 win over Tamarac, Jon scored 33 points and became the all-time boys career scoring leader at Hoosick Falls passing Howie Dewey ’85.
On the year the senior guard is averaging 33.5 points per game for the 4-0 Hoosick Falls squad.
Congratulations to Jon, our newest Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
Berlin-New Lebanon 41 Loudonville 39
Leading Scorers: Mountaineers – Malachi Ritter 10 Loudonville – Cameron Simon 15 Patrick Manella 14
The Mountaineers trailed 19-9 after one quarter but outscored Loundonville 21-8 over the middle two periods, and held off the Eagles in the final frame to post the non-league victory.
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Cambridge 61 Tamarac 43
Leading Scorers: Indians – Sophie Phillips 26 Lily Phillips 12 Fiona Mooney 11 Bengals – Jordyn Sorel 11
Cambridge ran out to a 27-8 lead after the first eight minutes and rode that cushion to a season-opening “W” in Clum’s Corners on Wednesday night. The Indians bottomed 10 triples in the contest with Sophie Phillips connecting six times and Fiona Mooney recorded a double-double, matching her point total with 11 rebounds.
Berlin/New Lebanon 42 Heatly 30
Leading Scorers: Mountaineers – Shawn Pawlows 12 Heatly – Chaton Sagendorf 16
The Mountaineers outscored Heatly 25-11 over the middle two frames and went on the notch the comfortable non-league victory. Malachi Ritter added seven points and 10 rebounds for the 1-1 Berlin/New Lebanon squad.
Hoosick Falls 85 Berlin-New Lebanon 47
Leading Scorers: Panthers – Jon Kempf 29 Tristan Williams 27 Mountaineers – Malichi Ritter 21 Shawn Pawlows 10
The Falls scored 30 points in the first eight minutes to take control, cruising to their third win in as many outings. Kempf and Williams combine for 56 points, and Isiah Burnett adds seven points and eight assists for the potent Panther attack.
Mechanicville 65 Duanesburg 43
Leading Scorers: Red Raiders – Devin Garland 14 Luciano D’Ambro 13 Duanesburg – Zachary Gamache 15 Andrew Dreschek 12
Mechanicville built a 34-18 advantage by halftime in posting the “W” in their season-opener. The Raiders won every quarter, and went deep into their bench with 11 players scoring.
Hoosick Falls 59 Albany Academy 40
Leading Scorers: Panthers – Logan Thayne 36 Maddie Walker 9 AA – Aaliyah Juste 17 Marlee Ottati 11
The Falls trailed 21-20 after the first, and the teams were tied 27 all at the break, but the Panthers outscored Academy 32-13 after intermission to earn the win behind a monster night from Thayne.
Saratoga Catholic 54 Whitehall 46
Leading Scorers: Saints – Ashley Upton 16 Molly O’Reilly 13 Railroaders – Madison Gould 19 Kyrie Smith 14
The Saints bottomed six 3-pointers, and had nine players score in the non-league victory over the Railroaders.
Greenwich 65 Schoharie 46
Leading Scorers: Witches – Molly Brophy 24 Norah Niesz 14 Schoharie – Hannah Cater 29
Greenwich won every period, taking control with a 24 point second quarter in running their season mark to 2-0.
Congratulations to Waterford basketball player Michael Talavera on being named Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
Talavera opened the season with a 34 point effort in a 105-20 victory over Heatly in the first round of the Waterford Tip-Off Tournament and poured in 27 points the next night in the Fordians 75-53 win over Salem.
This past Friday the senior guard scored 27 points including four triples, in the Fordians 64-63 win over Schoharie.
Congratulations to Michael, our newest Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
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