Blazing Five For Boys Basketball

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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

Girls Basketball; Indians, Bengals Roll

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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

Hoosic Valley Stops Greenwich

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The Indians of Hoosic Valley used balanced scoring and their trademark man-man defense to take control early and cruised to the 47-25 victory over the visiting Witches from Greenwich.

The visitors led just once in the contest scoring the opening bucket before the Indians went on a 10-0 run over the remainder of the period with Renee Serafin’s four points leading the way. Continue reading

Greenwich Rolls Over Canjo

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Greenwich took control early, jumping out to a 20-4 lead at the quarter break and expanding their advantage to 38-13 at the half on their way to the easy “W” over Canajoharie.

Molly Brophy dropped 29 points to go with 11 boards to lead the Witches in the non-league run.

Emma Brophy scored 10 points for Greenwich and Gabby Wiss had a big game on the glass hauling in 16 rebounds for 2-0 Witches squad.