A full slate of boys action played out on Wednesday night with a pair of one-sided affairs and two games that were decided late.
Hoosick Falls 56 Mechanicville 52
Leading Scorers: Panthers – Tristan Williams 20 Jon Kempf 13 Brennan Andrew 11 Red Raiders – Josh Germain 19
Key Stat: The Panthers outscored Mechanicville 35-19 over the middle two periods and survived a fourth quarter comeback by the Raiders to earn the “W”. Continue reading
Greenwich 62 Stillwater 38
Leading Scorers: Witches – Molly Brophy 30 Tess Merrill 12 Warriors – Marley Mueller 14 Molly Sheehan 12
Key Stat: Greenwich built a 35-18 advantage by halftime and put the game away with a 21-12 third period.
Take Away: Greenwich moves to 3-1 on the year with the win while Stillwater falls to 0-5. Continue reading
Congratulations to Hoosick Falls Logan Thayne on being named Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
On Monday Logan scored 25 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in a 50-43 win over Meekel Christian Academy and followed that with a 30 point, 15 rebound outing on Wednesday leading the Panthers past Schenectady 60-53.
The junior center finished the week on Friday night in Berlin scoring 15 points in a 67-13 victory over the Mountaineers.
Congratulations to Logan, our first Wasaren Player of the Week selection for the winter season.
Friday night saw the Wasaren in full swing with a full schedule of boys and girls action where close contests were few and far between.
Girls
Hoosick Falls 67 Berlin 13
Leading Scorers: Panthers – Logan Thayne 15 Lillian Hickey 13 Mountaineers – Kaley Culberston 5
Key Stat: Eleven Panthers score in the one-sided victory as the Falls moves to 3-0 with the win.
Mechanicville 75 Saratoga Catholic 21 Continue reading
Hoosick Falls 60 Schenectady 53
Leading Scorers: Panthers – Logan Thayne 30 Lillian Hickey 8 Schenectady – T. Anastasia 21 L. Ambrester 14
Key Stat: Hoosick Falls simply shot it better. Schenectady was 22-76 from the floor while the Panthers were 22-55 and from the free throw line Schenectady converted just 5 of 12 with the Falls connecting on 13 of 24.
Take Away: Thayne coming off a 25 point, 16 rebound effort on Monday in a win over Meekel Christian Academy backs it up with 30 points and 15 boards in this one as the Panthers improve to 2-0 with Berlin on deck Friday night.
Hoosick Falls 50 Meekel Christian Academy 43
Leading Scorers: Panthers – Logan Thayne 25 Grace Wysocki 10 Meekel – Avery Mills 21
Key Stat: The Falls enjoy a nice night shooting the basketball connecting on 57% from two point range and knock down 6 of 18 from behind the arc.
Take Away: Thayne has a monster opening night scoring 25 points on 11 of 15 shooting while pulling down 16 rebounds to lead the Panthers past Meekel.
Soccer players from the Wasaren were well represented on Sunday at the girls Section II soccer banquet with a number of league players recognized as Section II all-stars.
In Class C Stillwater’s Brooke Pickett was named Player of the Year and Stillwater head coach Christine Ihnatolya was named co-coach of the C classification.
Joining Pickett on the all-star squad were teammates Teya Staie, Devon Wagner and Keelyn Peacock, Sami Dickinson (Hoosic Valley), Vanessa Evans (Cambridge), Annnelise Rebel (Waterford) and Josie Ryan (Hoosick Falls).
In Class B Savannah Bowie (Mechanicville) earned Goalkeeper of the Year while her teammates Jada Brown and Ryleigh Hopeck , along with Isabella Bisceglia (Tamarac) were selected to the Class B team.
In basketball circles the Wasaren has long been known as one of the premier small school leagues in the state. The conference schedule’s a gauntlet run with no nights off, teams knowing if they don’t bring their “A” game they’ll head home with a loss.
That being said the Hoosick Falls Panthers over the last five seasons have simply dominated the league. Winners in 70 of their last 72 league games, including 40 straight have led to five consecutive Wasaren crowns for the Panthers.
“Our kids have always enjoyed playing with a target on their backs and keeping “it” going”, said longtime head coach Mike Lilac. “They proudly accept upholding that tradition.” Continue reading
Hoosick Falls 4 Saratoga Catholic 0
Hoosick Falls (3852)
James Hyde 204, 266, 200 – 670
Meghan Backus 170, 235, 255 – 660
Evan Webster 218, 178, 246 – 642
Chris Snyder 153, 264, 224 – 641
Saratoga Catholic (2860)
Micaela Barbolt 216, 206, 202 – 624
Hayden Day 216, 190, 202 – 608
Tim Barrett 173, 190, 149 – 512
Zac Niles 161, 148, 191 – 500
Hoosic Valley 2 Stillwater 2
Hoosic Valley (2913)
Leigha Henkel 226, 220, 168 – 614
Jen Acker 163, 169, 174 – 526
Doug Wickman 225, 136, 150 – 512
Shane Yando 174, 133, 129 – 436
Saratoga Catholic (2991)
Connor Julian 235, 175, 174 – 584
Brandon Dyer 203, 200, 163 – 566
Kody Brundage 166, 212, 150 – 528
Cody Julian 176, 192, 157 – 525
The Hoosick Falls Panthers and head coach Ken Facin welcome back eight returning players from a solid 2017-18 season with hopes of taking the next step this year.
Among the returning veterans are Lilian Hickey, Logan Thayne and Faith Adamczenko who Facin will lean on to provide leadership for this seasons version of the Falls.
Thus far Facin notes, “The girls have been outstanding. They are accepting their role and working hard to improve as players and teammates everyday.” Continue reading
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