Waterford freshman Tanner Machia carded the low round of 42 in leading the Fordians past Tamarac in a match played at Fairways of Halfmoon on Tuesday.
Four Waterford golfers finished just one stroke behind Machia with rounds of 43 including Dylan Day, Billy Scunziano, Landon Pitcher and Jonny Atwood with Bradley O’Connor firing a round of 48 for the Fordians.
Top Tamarac scores included Adam Quackenbush 42, Jacob Bieg 43, Jack Becker 45 while Nate Smith and Troy Karz posted rounds of 47.
With the win Waterford improves to 3-0 on the year while Tamarac slips to 0-3 to start the season.
In a match played Tuesday morning at the Mechanicville Golf Club, Matt Salvadore found his home course much to his liking carded a 1-over par 37, claiming medalist honors and leading Mechanicville to the win over Hoosick Falls.
Joining Salvadore with match wines were teammates Ben Amato, Kolton Renaldi and Vinny Taylor.
Spencer Tate with a win in flight three earned the Panthers point in the match.
With the win Mechanicville improves to 3-0 on the season while the Falls suffers its first setback of the year and goes to 2-1.
John Rooney, a 2015 graduate from Hoosic Valley, received two important calls on Sunday in his baseball journey, the first being a call to the big leagues by the parent club Houston Astros, the second a wave of the left hand by Astros manager Joe Espada signaling to bring Rooney into the game in the sixth inning at Camden Yards in Baltimore.
The big left-hander walked the first batter he faced before ending the frame by striking out Dylan Beavers. In the seventh Rooney retired the first two batters he faced the allowed a solo homerun before ending the inning with a punchout of Colton Cowser.
Rooney, wearing number 67, threw 23 pitches, 14 for strikes in his 1.1 innings of work.
Houston dropped a 3-2 decision to Baltimore on Sunday but currently lead the American League Western Division by a game and a half with a season mark of 72-59.
Let’s hope the former Hoosic Valley star can be a key contributor for Houston as they battle for a play-off spot with 30 games remaining in the regular season.
Matthew Salvadore carded the low round of the match firing a 37 to lead Mechanicville past the Saints of Saratoga Catholic in action at the Mechanicville Golf Course on Monday morning.
Joining Salvadore with match wins for Mechanicville were Koltan Rinaldi, Vinny Tayler and Brody Landy.
Cole Cefalu, with a win in flight two earned the point for Spa Catholic.
With the victory Mechanicville moves to 2-0 on the year, while the Saints mark goes to 1-1 on the young season.
Hoosick Falls 4 Cambridge 1
In a match played at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Tuesday, Cambridge’s Luke MacDougal claimed medalist honors carding a 1-under round of 33, but the home squad swept the remaining four flights to post the “W”.
Scores for the Falls included Dylan Callahan 37, Ayden DeGraaf 41, Jack Shea, Zach Houghton and Quinn Haynes all with rounds of 43, Spencer Tate and Memphis Hathaway with 47’s and Carter Stratton with a round of 61.
Scores for Cambridge included Connor Genevick 46, Corbin Hall 48, James Beagle and Cody Donisthrope, with 50’s, and Brigid Toleman with a nine-hole score of 52.
Hoosick Falls improves to 2-0 with the victory.
Waterford 4 Stillwater 1
The Fordians Billy Scunziano fired the low round of 41 in Waterford win in a match played at Fairways of Halfmoon.
Other scores for Waterford included Jonny Atwood 42, Landon Pitcher 43, Dylan Day 44, Tanner Machia 46 and Bradley O’Connor with a round of 48.
Top scores for Stillwater included Tye Morris 21, Julian Peluso 43, Daniel DeGrasse 44, Nick Rose 45, and Vincent Festa’s round of 48.
Waterford goes to 2-0 on the season, and Stillwater drops to 0-1 on the year.
In a match at Hoosick Falls Country Club that saw three flights finish tied, the visitors from Mechanicville prevailed in the season-opener for both squads.
Mechanicville’s Matt Salvadore and Cambridge’s Luke MacDougall shared medalist honors with rounds of 39, splitting the point in flight one. Cambridge’s James Beagle and Mechanicville’s Ben Amato finished deadlocked in flight two as did Corbin Hall (C) and Vinny Taylor (M) in flight four.
Mechanicville’s Kolton Renaldi and Brody Landy won their individual matches to earn points and secure the road “W”.
Hoosick Falls 3.5 Tamarac 2.5
In action at Frear Park in Troy, the match was tied at 2.5-2.5 through five flights and went to the tie-breaking sixth flight where Hoosick Falls picked up the win to claim the victory.
Hoosick Falls senior Dylan Callahan carded the low round of the day firing a 4-over par 39 to notch medalist honors.
Other top scores for the Falls included Spencer Tate 40, Quinn Haynes 43, Zach Houghton 45, Aidyn DeGraaf 46, Jack Shea 49, Memphis Hathaway 54 and Carter Stratton with a round of 57.
Top scores for the Bengals included Graham Painter 40, Adam Quackenbush, Jack Becker and Troy Karz all with rounds of 41, Jake Bieg and Nate Smith with 45’s and Ben Hernick and Jake Gardy with nine-hole scores of 48.
In a match played at Fairways of Halfmoon on Thursday Fordians sophomore Johnny Atwood fired the low round of 40 to claim medalist honors and lead Waterford past the Valley 4.5-.5 in the season-opener for both teams
Other top scores for Waterford included Landon Pitcher with a round of 42, Tanner Machia 44, Dylan Day and Bradley O’Connor with rounds of 45 and Billy Scunziano’s round of 46.
Top scores for Hoosic Valley included Ryan Morrisey who carded a 45, while Keegan Antolick and Jackson Schram finished with rounds of 46.
Next up for Waterford is a Monday match with Stillwater at Fairways of Halfmoon.
Former Hoosic Valley standout John Rooney since his trade to Houston two weeks ago has thrown well for the Astros triple A affiliate the Sugarland Space Cowboys.
In five relief appearances Rooney has a 1-0 record with one hold while pitching to a 3.18 ERA. The big left-hander in 5.2 innings of work has allowed three hits, two earned runs and has issued just one free pass while striking out ten batters.
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Former Greenwich standout Cole Burgess was a member of the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad last season and this year has his sights set on a making the Bengals 53-man roster.
Burgess was a dominant three-sport star at Greenwich including a two-time all-state selection in football, while earning all-state statues three times in baseball.
After graduation in 2018 Cole spent four seasons at SUNY Cortland playing in 43 games catching 178 passes for 3133 yards and 35 touchdowns. In 2023 he led the conference in receptions (87), receiving yards (1375) and receiving touchdowns (16) helping to lead Cortland to the Division III national title, a game in which Cole caught a 21-yard TD pass giving Cortland the lead with under two minutes to play.
Burgess was named First Team All-Empire 8 Conference in all four seasons he played and earned first team honors as a return specialist in 2018 and 19.
Cole signed with Cincinnati in May of 2024 and spent the entire season on the Bengals practice squad after appearing in two preseason games with two receptions for 20 yards.
The Bengals have a premier wide receiving corps highlighted by Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and Andrei Iosivas with a total of 12 wide outs presently working in camp with Cincinnati. Typically, NFL teams will keep six wide receivers on their opening day roster.
Burgess’ experience as a return specialist combined with his athleticism may work in his favor as he competes for a roster spot possibly filing a role on special teams.
Cincinnati will play its first preseason game Thursday night when it travels to Philadelphia to face the reigning Super Champion Eagles in a 7:30 kick.
Look up the definitions for any of those words and you just might find a photo of former Hoosic Valley standout John Rooney who’s seven-year journey through the minor leagues ended this weekend, when the big left-hander donned a major league uniform for the Houston Astros in a Sunday matinee at Fenway Park in Boston.
Rooney, a third-round selection by the Los Angelas Dodgers in the 2018 draft, spent six seasons with the organization working his way to the Triple A level in 2023 the same season he converted to becoming a full-time reliever.
This past off-season Rooney opted for free agency and was signed by the Florida Marlins where he spent this year with their triple A affiliate, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp pitching to a 2.45 ERA in 38 appearances with a 32.5% strikeout rate.
On Saturday evening Rooney was traded to the Houston Astros, who immediately put the Valley grad on their 40-man roster and a 7 a.m. flight to Boston on Sunday where John, wearing number 67, warmed up in the eighth inning at Fenway but did not enter the game.
Rooney led Hoosic Valley to back-to-back Class C state baseball titles in 2014 and 15, as well as a 2014 state championship in basketball where he was the Class C player of the year in the state.
John played collegiately for Hofstra from 2016-18, earning first team All -American status in 2018 a season where he set single season records in ERA, strikeouts and innings pitched. He finished his career with 15 wins, a 3.69 ERA and a .239 batting average against.
Rooney’s minor league stats include a 27-19 record in 204 appearances, (51 starts), pitching to a 3.85 ERA with 436 strikeouts in 414 innings.
The Astros play tonight in Miami against the Marlins for Rooney’s next opportunity to toe the rubber for the first time in a major league regular season game, and if that doesn’t happen in Miami, Houston comes into Yankee Stadium for a three-game set over the weekend.
When and where that first pitch happens, it completes a seven-year trek through countless minor league towns playing on fields far removed from The Show. Through it all Rooney has persevered. Well done John and know that most of upstate New York will be watching and pulling for the southpaw wearing number 67, with Houston on the front and Rooney on the back.
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