With the holiday break upon us, the league schedule for Wasaren squads rest’s with many teams playing non-league games this week. While it’s early in the race for the league championship with six weeks of games yet to be played, let’s a take a quick look at how things have gone thus far. Continue reading
Here’s our first edition of the Blazing Five for girls basketball, recognizing the top five players and teams from the Wasaren in various categories. Stats on display and if you’re a numbers person here’s an early present under the tree. Continue reading
With the Wasaren teams heading into the holiday break I thought it was a good time for our first Blazing Five of the basketball season where we’ll list the top five league players and teams in a variety of categories. As we all know you can play with statistics and make them say what you’d like, but here are some numbers from the first four weeks of the roundball season.
Standings
Hudson:
Hoosick Falls 2-0, 2-2
Greenwich 2-1, 4-3
Tamarac 1-1, 2-1
Stillwater 1-2, 4-2
Mechanicville 1-2, 2-2
Battenkill:
Saratoga Catholic 3-0, 5-1
Cambridge 3-1, 4-1
Hoosic Valley 2-2, 2-2
Berlin 0-3, 1-3
Waterford 0-3, 1-3
Scoring Individual:
Jon Kempf Hoosick Falls 20.8
Tyler Haraden Spa Catholic 20.0
Brendan Holcomb Cambridge 19.4
John Acker Hoosic Valley 16.5
Brain McNeil Stillwater 14.8
Scoring Team:
Hoosick Falls 64.3
Spa Catholic 59.7
Berlin 57.8
Tamarac 55.3
Cambridge 53.6
Three Pointers Individual:
Carson Mosher Greenwich 17
Tyler Harden Spa Catholic 15
Cooper Monast Stillwater 15
John Bassett Hoosic Valley 11
Jon Kempf Hoosick Falls 11
Three Pointers Team:
Saratoga Catholic 41
Stillwater 40
Greenwich 36
Hoosick Falls 26
Cambridge 24
Points Allowed Team:
Hoosic Valley 41.0
Greenwich 47.1
Waterford 48.8
Spa Catholic 49.5
Cambridge 51.0
There was a full slate of action for the Wasaren girls on the Wednesday before the holiday break, with just one game decided by less than 10 points. Tamarac and Cambridge with wins stayed unbeaten in league play while Hoosic Valley, Mechanicville and Waterford posted “W’s” as well.
Tamarac 61 Stillwater 21
Leading Scorers: Bengals – Emily Erickson 18 Renna Poulin 8 Warriors – Peacock 6
Summary: The Bengals held Stillwater to single numbers in each quarter, led this one 36-11 at the break and cruised the victory. Continue reading
The home standing Panthers were dominant in the first period on both sides of the ball Monday night in their run with Cambridge. The Falls held the Indians to just two points while scoring 21 themselves over the first eight minutes, gaining control early on their way to a 78-44 “W” over Cambridge. Continue reading
Girls
Hoosick Falls 65 Greenwich 50
Leading Scorers: Falls – Logan Thayne 25 Eliza Whitman 18 Witches – Gabby Wiss 22 Molly Brophy 16
Key Stat: Hoosick Falls rolled out to a 26-12 lead after one, and a 46-23 advantage at the break in posting the win over Greenwich. Continue reading
Girls
Hoosic Valley 44 Saratoga Catholic 33
Leading Scorers: Indians – Renee Serafin 19 points Emily Peckham 9 points Saints – Ani Crocker 9 points
Key Stat: Hoosic Valley held the Saints to single digits in each of the first three periods and put this one away with a 17-11 advantage in the final frame. Continue reading
The Red Raiders of Mechanicville started fast, leading 14-3 after the first eight minutes, and finished strong with a 15-7 advantage over the final frame in posting a 60-50 victory over the Warriors of Stillwater Tuesday night in Mechanicville.
Kendrick McCann with 16 points and Josh Germaine with 11 led the Raiders who bottomed six 3-pointers in the game, and move to 3-0 on the year with the “W”. Continue reading
Congratulations to Cambridge basketball player Sophie Phillips for being named Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week, our first selection of the winter season.
In three games last week Phillips scored eight points in a 55-22 win over Hoosick Falls, poured in 25 points in a 61-53 victory over Cooperstown, and dropped 10 points in the championship game of the Delaware Academy Tip-Off Tournament as Cambridge earned the title with a 40-28 decision over the host squad.
Phillips along with Helen Mooney was named to the All Tournament Team.
Congratulations to Sophie, our newest Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
The Cambridge girls took to the road over the weekend to play in the Delaware Academy Tip-Off Tournament and they made their return trip home with the championship hardware.
In game one they bested Cooperstown 61-53, outscoring Cooperstown 29-21over the second half in a game that was deadlocked at the break.
Sophie Phillips scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Indians while Grace Snyder added 10 points and Lilly Phillips nine for Cambridge. Continue reading
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