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
Stillwater 70 Tamarac 32: The Warriors jumped out to a 21-9 first quarter lead, extended their advantage to 43-17 at the half and cruised to the victory over Tamarac Tuesday night in Stillwater.
Brian McNeil poured in 20 points to lead a trio of Warriors in doubles with James Galarneau scoring 14 points and Cooper Monast adding 10 for Stillwater (1-2, 4-2). 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
In a game played Wednesday night, the Mechanicville girls ability to score the ball was on full display as the Red Raiders rolled to a 76-42 victory over neighboring Stillwater.
The Warriors held a 18-16 advantage after the first period, but over the next two quarters Mechanicville put 48 points on the board including a 29 point effort in the second. 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
The all-state girls soccer team as named by the New York State Sportswriters and Coaches Organization for Girls Sports was released on Sunday with eight players from the Wasaren earning recognition.
In Class C Stillwater’s Brooke Pickett and Keelyn Peacock were selected to the first team while teammate Faith Sheehan earned third team status. Continue reading
Several Wasaren athletes and a pair of coaches were recognized over the weekend with the announcement of the Section II girls soccer all-star team.
In Class C Stillwater’s Brooke Pickett was named Player of the Year and Warrior coach Christine Ihnatolya was named Coach of the Year. Continue reading
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