Greenwich Wins Weeden Tourament

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In the first annual Charles Weeden Memorial Tournament the Lady Witches from Greenwich won a high-scoring affair in round one and followed that with a shutout victory in the championship game to earn the tournament title.

Greenwich 10  Hoosic Valley 9 (10)

Winning Pitcher:  Helen Smith

Leading Hitters:  Witches – Lauren Maines 2 1B’s, 3B, RBI     Courney Fraher 1B, 2B, 2 RBI’s     Helen Smith 2 1B’s, 2 RBI’s        Indians – Sarah Sheldon 2 1B’s 2 RBI’s       Kaitlyn Suschinski 1B, 2 RBI’s

The Witches push a run across in the bottom of the 10th for the win. Continue reading

Greenwich, Spa Catholic Continue to Roll

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While the perception is that it’s still early in the baseball/softball season, the reality is many Wasaren clubs have a third of their regular season schedule already in the books.

The baseball teams from Greenwich and Saratoga Catholic have played six contests thus far, and both have posted victories every time out, each adding a “W” on Saturday which by far provided the best weather conditions of the spring.

April wins count the same as May victories and the Saints and Witches 6-0 starts are impressive runs whether it’s early, late or somewhere in between.

Here’s a closer look at how Saturday’s game played out.

Saratoga Catholic 17  Cambridge 0

Winning Pitcher:  Dante Marin  4 IP  1 Hit  0 Runs

Hitting Stars:  Saints – Kaden Learch 3-3, 2B, 4 RBI’s     Nick Winslow 3-3, 2 2B’s, 3 RBI’s     Tyler Haraden 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI’s     Dylan Custer 2-5, RBI

Another day, another “W” for the Saints following the blueprint they’ve played to most of the spring. Get quality pitching, on this day limiting Cambridge to one hit, and offensively run out a lineup that pounds the baseball, hitters one thru nine.  That lineup ripped 14 hits on Saturday in just four innings of work as the Saints rolled to their sixth straight win.   Continue reading

Diamond Results

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A cool, dry Friday provided the backdrop to a full schedule of baseball and softball action in the league, highlighted by a Greenwich baseball victory moving the Witches to 5-0 on the season.

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Greenwich 9  Tamarac 2

Winning Pitcher:  Christian O’Brien 7 IP  3 Hits  8 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Witches – James Ostrowski 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI’s     John Walsh 2-3, 3 RBI’s     Cole Burgess 2-4, RBI       Bengals – Dalton Maxon 2-4, RBI

O’Brien allowed a pair of runs in the first then shutout the Bengals the rest of the way, while the Greenwich lineup broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the fifth, and put the game away in the sixth with a four spot.   Continue reading

Indians, Fordians Notch Diamond Wins

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Just a pair of games played out Thursday afternoon on diamonds across the Wasaren and at day’s end the Hoosic Valley girls and the Waterford boys came away with “W’s.

Hoosic Valley 16  Cambridge 14

Winning Pitcher:  Hollis Guillanelle

Hitting Stars:  Indians – Ariyana Brehm 2 1B’s, 2 RBI’s      Emma Irwin 1B, 4 RBI’s     Shannon Brown 2 1B’s, 2 RBI’s        Cambridge – Jamie VanDeWater 2 1B’s      Lexi Woodworth 2 1B’s     Gabby Woods 2B     Victoria Dupuis 2B

Hoosic Valley spotted Cambridge eight runs in the top of the first, but battled back scoring in every inning, to earn the victory and improve to 2-1 in the early season.

 

Waterford 21  New Lebanon 2

Winning Pitcher:  M. Castracani 3 IP  2 Hits  6 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Michael Talavera 3-3, 2 RBI’s     T. Phelan 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI’s     J. Houle 2-2, 2B, 4 RBI’s     H. Guertin 2-3, 2 2B’s, 3 RBI’s

The Fordians pounded 17 hits in scoring 21 times, rolling to the non-league “W”.

 

Diamond Results; Greenwich, Spa Catholic Post Wins

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A full slate of diamond action in the Wasaren played out on Wednesday highlighted with wins by Greenwich and Saratoga Catholic baseball teams, keeping both clubs unbeaten in the early going.

Saratoga Catholic 24  Berlin 0

Winning Pitcher:  Jay Flynn 5 IP  2 Hits   9 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Saints – Jake Hart 2-2, 3 RBI’s     Dante Marin 2-4, RBI     Josh Van Patten 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI’s

The Saints scored 18 times in the first frame, enough said. Continue reading

Cambridge Splits in Canonica Classic

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A pair of Wasaren clubs played in tournaments on Saturday with the Cambridge boys competing in the Canonica Classic Wood Bat Tournament, while the Greenwich girls took the field in the Ballston Spa Tourney.

Cambridge 5  Germantown 2

Winning Pitcher:  Nethanel Woodworth 4 IP  3K’s

Hitting Stars:  Indians – Nate Woodworth 2B, RBI     Kyle Spiezio 2 1B’s, RBI     Patrick Robertson 2 1B’s, RBI       Germantown – Dean Ruzich HR

In a game tied a 2-2 through four innings of play, Cambridge shutout Germantown over the final three frames while plating a run in the fifth and two in the sixth for the victory in the first round of the Classic.   Continue reading

Diamond Action

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Wednesday brought with it a full slate of softball and baseball action in the Wasaren as teams played in relatively dry, but cool conditions.

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Saratoga Catholic 11  Hoosic Valley 10 (8)

Winning Pitcher:  Victoria Alford 8 IP  8 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Saints – Cassidy Hayner 3-4, HR, 2B, 5 RBIs     Emmy Murray 3-5, RBI      Valley – Brianna Bogue 4-5     Hollis Guilanelle 2-4

An extra inning affair that saw the Saints score four times in the top of the eighth, while the Valley plated three runs in the bottom of the frame before Spa closed things out. Continue reading

Wasaren Boys Basketball All-Stars

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Here is the recently released Wasaren boys basketball all-star squad.

Guy Milliman       MVP        Hoosick Falls

First Team

Brendan Holcomb                Cambridge

Tyler Haraden                      Spa Catholic

Evan McCart                         Hoosick Falls

Brian McNeil                         Stillwater

Jon Kempf                             Hoosick Falls

 

Second Team

Carson Mosher                       Greenwich

Terel Tillman                          Spa Catholic

Ryan Willis                              Berlin

Kendrick McCann                    Mechanicville

Jon Acker                                Hoosic Valley

Wasaren Girls Basketball All-Stars

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Here is the recently released Wasaren girls basketball all-star team.

MVP  Emily Erickson         Tamarac

First Team

Sophie Phillips         Cambridge

Logan Thayne          Hoosick Falls

Renna Poulin            Tamarac

Sammy Pasinella     Mechanicville

Kayla Doody              Tamarac

 

Second Team

Lily Phillips               Cambridge

Fiona Mooney           Cambridge

Charli Goverski         Mechanicville

Renee Serafin            Hoosic Valley

Molly Brophy             Greenwich

Thank You Cambridge

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The girls basketball team at Cambridge this year treated everyone, who had the pleasure of watching this group, to a very special winter season.  Friday morning their season came to a close, and now it’s time to show appreciation.

Basketball, when played the right way is a beautiful thing to see.  Harmonious player and ball movement with five working as one.

Watching Cambridge on the floor we were reminded of this.  Whether it was their transition game with lanes filled and the ball unselfishly finding the player with the best look at points, or running their sets crisply with screens and cuts, freeing someone for a scoring chance.   Continue reading