On a January Wednesday in the Wasaren, four boys basketball games played out and at night’s end a close decision was no where to be found.
Tamarac 91 Berlin 32
Leading Scorers: Bengals – Anthony Ciampolillo 23 Bo Catherwood 19 Dan Honsinger 10 Mountaineers – Kasey Billert 10
Key Stat: The Bengals scored 20 or more in every quarter, and put 10 players in the scoring column in the one-sided affair.
League Records: Tamarac 6-2 Berlin 0-6 Continue reading
One-sided contests were the theme in girls basketball on Tuesday night as every winning squad did so by a comfortable margin.
Tamarac 75 Berlin 6
Leading Scorers: Bengals – Emily Erickson 21 Syrita Faraj 20 Lizzie Macknick 10 Mountaineers – Kaley Culbertson 4
Key Stat: With no mercy rule in basketball sometimes games like this happen. Erickson bottoms five triples, the Bengals drill eight as a team and Tamarac rolls to the victory over the Mountaineers. Continue reading
Cambridge 47 Salem 44
Leading Scorers: Indians – Nick Murphy 14 Jeff Burke 12 Ben Epler 10 Generals – Jack Toomey 10
Key Stat: The Indians built a 38-25 advantage through three periods and closed things out in the fourth to post the “W”.
Maple Hill 51 Stillwater 47
Leading Scorers: Hilltoppers – Nate Mannion 12 Tyler Hanrahan 12 Warriors – Cooper Monast 15 Grant Baker 13
Key Stat: In a close game throughout Maple Hill converted 16 of 19 free throws, helping the Hilltoppers secure the nonleague victory in Stillwater Monday night.
Just two games were played in the Wasaren on Wednesday as Mother Nature wiped more than half of the schedule. In the two runs that avoided postponement Stillwater and Waterford notched the early January “W’s”.
Waterford 75 Spa Catholic 69
Leading Scorers: Fordians – Bobby Valigorski 19 Michael Talavera 19 Evan Fairclough 18 TJ Kelley 12 Saints – Jake Welcome 21 Ryan McCarroll 12 Nick Condry 11
Key Stat: The Fordians connected on seven triples and took control over the middle two periods to post the win and move to 4-3, 7-4 on the year.
Stillwater 71 Tamarac 67
Leading Scorers: Warriors – Grant Baker 17 Brian McNeil 15 Scott Travis 12 Bengals – Jacob DeFreest 22 Bo Catherwood 14 Frank Zotto 11
Key Stat: A 40-27 advantage over the middle two frames gave the Warriors enough cushion to withstand a fourth quarter rally by the Bengals and notch the “W” to even their league mark at 3-3.
Cambridge 58 Hoosick Falls 33
Leading Scorers: Indians – Sophie Phillips 21 Lily Phillips 14 Fiona Mooney 10 Panthers – Logan Thayne 18
Key Stat: Cambridge won every quarter and opened things up after the break outscoring the Falls 32-13 in the second half.
Tamarac 47 Stillwater 31
Leading Scorers: Bengals – Emily Erickson 26 Warriors – Marley Mueller 19
Key Stat: Trailing 14-6 after the first period, the Bengals clamped down defensively holding Stillwater to single digits in the final three quarters and allowing just three Warriors to score points in the contest. Continue reading
A look at the standings in the Wasaren along with the top five teams and individuals in selected categories.
Standings
Hudson
Hoosick Falls 5-0, 8-0
Tamarac 4-1, 7-2
Greenwich 3-2, 7-3
Mechanicville 3-2, 5-4
Stillwater 2-3, 3-5
Battenkill
Hoosic Valley 2-3, 4-6
Waterford 2-3, 5-4
Spa Catholic 2-3, 5-5
Cambridge 2-3, 3-6
Berlin 0-5, 1-6 Continue reading
A look at the Wasaren standings along with the top five teams and individuals in selected categories.
Standings
Hudson
Tamarac 4-1, 5-2
Mechanicville 4-2, 7-4
Hoosick Falls 3-2, 6-3
Greenwich 2-3, 6-3
Stillwater 1-5, 1-8
Battenkill
Cambridge 3-1, 5-1
Hoosic Valley 5-2, 8-3
Spa Catholic 1-4, 2-10
Berlin 0-5, 0-7 Continue reading
Boys
Waterford 58 Hoosic Valley 54
Leading Scorers: Fordians – Evan Fairclough 14 Michael Talavera 14 Bobby Valogorski 11 Mike Castracani 10 Indians – Matt Rowe 15 Derek Eddy 14 Jacob White 10
Key Stat: The Fordians led 19-8 after the first and held off the Indians the rest of the way to post the “W”. Continue reading
With a break in the league schedule, a number of Wasaren teams took the floor on Thursday night in nonleague contests. It proved to be a tough night for league squads with only the Lady Panthers of Hoosick Falls notching a “W”.
Girls
Hoosick Falls 63 Mount Anthony 56
Leading Scorers: Panthers – Logan Thayne 26 Lillian Hockey 22 Patriots – G. Maher 26
Key Stat: Thayne and Hickey combine for 49 points, leading the Falls who withstood 10 made threes in the game by the visitors from Vermont.
Here’s a look at the Wasaren standings and it’s top five individuals and teams in selected categories.
Standings
Battenkill
Hoosic Valley 5-2, 6-3
Cambridge 2-1, 4-1
Spa Catholic 1-3, 2-7
Berlin 0-3, 0-5
Hudson
Mechanicville 4-1, 7-1
Tamarac 3-1, 4-1
Greenwich 2-2, 5-2
Hoosick Falls 2-2, 5-2
Stillwater 0-5, 0-7 Continue reading
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