Blazing Five; Girls Hoops

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Here’s our look at this week’s top five individuals and teams in selected statistical categories.

Standings

Battenkill

Cambridge        4-0, 5-0

Hoosic Valley    5-1, 8-1

Waterford         1-3, 3-4

Spa Catholic      0-4, 1-7

Berlin                0-3, 0-4 Continue reading

Roundball Roundup

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Girls

Mechanicville 45  Columbia 44

Leading Scorers:  Red Raiders – Sammy Pasinella 16    Charli Goverski 9       Columbia – Lily Zwanka 10    Lauren Obermeyer 10

Key Fact:  Mechanicville trailed throughout but used a 15-9 advantage in the final period to earn the come-from-behind “W”.   Continue reading

A Look at the League Races

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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

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

Boys Basketball; Raiders Top Warriors

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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