Hoosic Valley 29 Hoosick Falls 27
Leading Scorers: Valley – Alex Rifenburg 9 Cami Hren 8 Falls – Logan Thrane 10
Key To The Win: As always the Valley defense gives the Indians a chance. It’s rare that a team can score three points in the first half and post a “W” but that’s what happened in this one. Trailing 12-3 at the break the Valley out scored the Panthers 26-15 over the final two periods to notch the road win. Continue reading
Congratulations to a pair of Hoosick Falls Panthers, Lizza Ryan and Guy Milliman, our newest recipients of the Wasaren Player of the Week award.
Last week Lizza scored eight points in a 53-45 win over Cambridge, and poured in 17 points in a 52-45 defeat of Greenwich on Friday. The senior guard is averaging 11.2 points per game for the 5-0 Panthers.
Guy dropped 23 points in a 53-45 “W” over Cambridge, and scored 14 points in a Friday night run helping the Falls cruise past Greenwich 74-36. The junior guard is scoring 17.5 nightly in leading the Panthers to a 4-0 start to the season.
Congratulations Lizza and Guy, this week’s Wasaren Sportsnet Players of the Week.
Here’s the first in a series of basketball statistics that we’ll compile a few times over the course of the season. Analytics in the sports world is taking over and while some numbers seem ridiculous, ( batting average in a day game after a night game facing a left-handed pitcher on the road), most have merit. Continue reading
I like numbers. Always have, and I understand at times you can make them say whatever you’d like. But there’s also truth in numbers, and in the sports world analytics are taking over.
These numbers certainly aren’t to that extent, but provide a look at individuals, and teams in a few important categories. We can see that Mechanicville likes to shoot three’s, and that Greenwich has two of the top 10 scorers in the Wasaren, and as always the numbers show us that the Valley can guard. Continue reading
A big Friday night on the hardwood for Wasaren squads with the Panthers of Hoosick Falls posting a pair of wins to stay perfect on both the girls and boys side of things. Continue reading
Mechanicville 69 Waterford 49
Leading Scorers: Raiders – Kendrick McCann 14 Keegan McHale 11 Nick Billert 10 Fordians – Joe Pancetta 12 Kyle Fairclough 11
Key To The Win: The Raiders won every quarter, led 39-27 at the half and posted the comfortable “W”, their third in four league runs. Continue reading
The four Wasaren runs Tuesday night resulted in three one-sided affairs, while Hoosic Valley and Greenwich played to a five point decision.
Hoosic Valley 40 Greenwich 35: In a defensive battle between a pair of unbeaten squads in league play, the Valley used a 12-5 third period advantage to gain control, on their way to the victory over the Witches. Continue reading
This week we recognize a pair of players for out Player of the Week, and they are Tamarac’s Emily Erickson, and Stillwater’s Zack Travis.
Last week Erickson scored 15 points in a 60-58 loss to Hoosick Falls and dropped 26 points in a 67-40 win over Mechanicville. The sophomore guard is averaging 19 points per outing through three contests for the Bengals.
Travis followed a career high 29 points in a 72-43 win over Mechanicville, with a 24 point performance in a 72-63 overtime victory against Spa Catholic. The senior forward added double figure rebounding totals in both runs. Zack is averaging 16.8 points nightly through the first five games for the Warriors.
Congratulations to Emily and Zack this week’s Wasaren Sportsnet Players of the Week.
A full slate of action in boys and girls basketball on Friday night with an overtime decision in Saratoga highlighting the results.
Stillwater 74 Saratoga Catholic 66 OT: In a shootout that needed extra minutes to decide things, the Warriors pulled away in overtime out scoring the Saints 11-3 to capture the road victory. Continue reading
Girls Basketball
Cambridge 0-1 @ Hoosic Valley 2-2: Cambridge has only played one time this season, a 50-31 loss to Greenwich. Helen Mooney and Grace Snyder lead the Indians offense that will be tested tonight against the Valley man D.
Hoosic Valley will play it’s fifth game on the year and are led in scoring by Cami Hren and Alex Rifenburg who combine for 17 nightly. This is another night where the Valley defense will secure the “W”.
Hoosick Falls 2-0 @ Waterford 0-3: The Fordians have had trouble scoring the ball in the early going averaging just 20 points per game, with their leading scorer Hannah Camfield at 5.5. Continue reading
