Saratoga Catholic 55   Loudanville Christian 39  ( Friday )

Leading Scorers:  Saints – Ronan Rowe 14     Justin Duscher 13      

Key Stat:  The Saints built a 27-11 halftime cushion.

Take Away:  Spa Catholic posts the comfortable “W” in the opening round of the Mike Beson Memorial Tournament on Friday night.

Saratoga Catholic 54   North Warren 53

Leading Scorers:  Saints – Justin Duscher 25          Cougars – Sean Evans 15     Derrick Tyrell 15

Key Stat:  The Saints outscored North Warren 24-15 over the final eight minutes.

Take Away:  Spa Catholic rides a big fourth period to the narrow victory in the championship run of the Beson Tournament.    

Waterford 69   Fort Edward 40   ( Friday )

Leading Scorers:  Fordians – Derrick Pontore 31            Forts – Zach Bartholomew 14

Key Stat:  Waterford hung 46 first-half points on the board, building a 34-point cushion by intermission.

Waterford 61   Heatly 25

Leading Scorers:  Fordians – Derrick Pontore 21 / 10 rebounds      Anthony Scunziano 17 / 12 rebounds         Heatly – Ryan Sedgewick 9

Key Stat: Defensively the Fordians allowed just eight points through three quarters of play, including a shutout of Heatly in the     third period.

Take away:  Waterford captures their season opening Tip-Off Tournament in convincing fashion, posting easy “W’s” over the Flying Forts, and Hornets.  

Girls Basketball

Mechanicville 50   Cohoes 23

Leading Scorers:  Red Raiders – Tanner Eiseman 12     Ella Zecca 11     Allison Kenyon 10       Tigers – Kaelyn Greene 6

Key Stat:  The Raiders outscored Cohoes 32-11 after the break.

Take Away:  Mechanicville put nine players in the scoring column including three in doubles, to post the comfortable season-opening victory over Cohoes.   

Ichabod Crane 64 Stillwater 41

Leading Scorers: Crane – Alex Schmidt 21 Race 15 Daniel Warner 11 Warriors – Jaxon Meuller 12 Lukas Lilac 9

Key Stat: Crane held an 8-2 advantage in made threes.

Take Away: Crane led 21-10 after the first period and was never headed in posting the victory over the Warriors in first round action of the Ichabod Crane Thanksgiving Tournament on Wednesday.

Offensive Player of the Year

Addyson Galuski
Waterford
Junior 

Defensive Player of the Year

Cate Abate
Greenwich
Senior

Hoosick Falls 5   Hoosic Valley 0:  Sophomore Aiden Fleming carded a two over par 36, leading the Panthers past Hoosic Valley at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Tuesday.  

Other scores for Hoosick Falls included Andrew Sparks 39, Dylan Callahan 42, Andrew Marpe 43, and Brady and Jack Shea with 46’s.

Top scores for the Valley included Brett Pruso 56, Chris Tracy 59, and Keegan Antolick with a round of 60.

Stillwater 4.5   Tamarac .5:  Carter Wincheins fired a round of 43 to lead all golfers in the Warriors win over Tamarac.

Logan Pickett, Shea Brownell and Danielle Degrasse all won points for Stillwater in the match, while the Warriors Myles Marinello and Tamarac’s Nate Smith split the point in flight three.

Greenwich 3.5   Spa Catholic 1.5:  The Witches Eric Wade posted the low round of 40, showing the way in the Greenwich “W” at the Battenkill Country Club on Tuesday.

Bradley Brophy, Sam Ziehm and Jake Ziehm all earned individual match wins for the Witches.

The Saints Kam Cox picked up a point with a win in flight four. 

Hoosick Falls 3   Cambridge 2:  The Panthers Aiden Fleming fired a two over par 36, claiming medalist honors and leading the Falls past Cambridge in the season-opener for squads.

Hoosick Falls picked up forfeit points in flights four and five, in the match played at Hoosick Falls Country club Monday morning.

Mason MacDougall and Luke MacDougall with individual wins in flights two and three earned the Cambridge points, Mason carding the low Cambridge score of the day, posting a round of 40. 

Tamarac 2 1/2   Hoosic Valley 1 1/2:  At the Battenkill Country Club on Monday Adam Rice showed the way with the low round of 45, leading the Bengals past the Valley.

Tamarac’s Nate Smith won his flight three match, while Morgan Hayden and Keegan Antilock split the point in flight two.  

Hoosic Valley’s Henry Akin picked up a point for the Indians with a win in flight four.

Mechanicville 4   Stillwater 1:  Mechanicville’s Matt Salvadore fired a 38 to earn medalist honors in the Red Raiders victory over neighboring Stillwater at Saratoga Lake Golf Course.

Joining Salvadore in the winner’s circle were teammates Logan Starks, Connor Dion, and Jack Salvadore.

The Warriors Carter Wincheins prevented a Raider sweep, winning his individual match in flight one.  

State Semifinal

Greenwich 5   Avon 0

WP:  Lily McCauliffe 7 IP  0 Runs  2 Hits  11 K’s         Joleigh Crye 6 IP  5 Runs  4 Hits  6 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Witches – Morgan Randall 1B, RBI

Take Away:  Greenwich took advantage of three Avon errors, and McCauliffe handcuffed Avon at the plate, spinning the two-hit shutout.

State Final 

Greenwich 4   Greene 1  (8)

WP:  Lily McCauliffe 8 IP  1 Run  3 Hits  9 K’s         LP:  Olivia Kennedy  8 IP  4 Runs  3 Hits  17 K’s  

Hitting Stars:  Witches – Reese Autiello 2B     Faith Ingber 1B, RBI

Take Away:  Greenwich, trailing 1-0, tied things in the sixth on a walk, a dropped third strike, a wild pitch and two errors.  The Witches plated three in the top of the eighth when Autiello doubled, Kiley Allen followed with a walk before Ingber, with an infield hit, drove in Autiello.  A wild pitch and an error followed for the final two Greenwich runs, and McCauliffe and the Witches defense worked a scoreless eighth frame, giving Greenwich the Class C State Championship.  

 Greenwich 14   Norwood-Norfolk 0

WP:  Lily McCauliffe 5 IP  0 Runs  0 Hits  1 BB  6 K’s      

Hitting Stars:  Witches – Kiley Allen 3B, 5 RBI’s      Nora Niesz 2B, 2 RBI’s     Faith Ingber 3B

Take Away:  McCauliffe spins the five inning no-hitter and Greenwich scores 4 times on 10 hits in just four offensive frames, cruising past Norwood-Norfolk in the Class C regional final at Luther Forest.  The Witches advance to the state semifinals on Saturday at Moriches Athletic Complex on Long Island where they’ll meet Section V champions Avon at 9 a.m.

Wasaren League All-Stars 2022

First Team

MVP:       Abby Buckley, Sr, Tamarac, catcher

Section 2 All-Stars:  1.Lilly McCauliffe, Sr, Greenwich, P/INF

        2. Bailey Catlin, Sr, Berlin, P

        3. Kennedy Boisvert, 8th, Hoosick Falls, P       

Second Team

Honorable Mention