I had the privilege on Sunday to watch the USA Women’s Olympic basketball team play Australia in Madison Square Garden. Sitting five rows from the baseline with my daughter Lindsay, who scored the incredible tickets, we were able to truly appreciate the elite skill and athleticism these women possess. **View a short video clip on the Wasaren Sportsnet facebook page.**
Our first visit to the Garden didn’t disappoint, from the iconic venue itself to watching this great sport being played at the highest level by players such as Taurasi, Griner, Bird, Moore, Delle Donne, Catchings, and Stewart to name a few.
USA was challenged at times but won comfortably with periodic chants of “USA USA” filling the Garden throughout the contest.
They’ll go to Rio riding a 41 game Olympic winning streak and in search of the sixth straight gold medal for the U.S. women in the sport.
A great Sunday watching world class athletes in the world’s most famous arena, with Lindsay Beth. A world class day.
A mid-summer welcome to Spa Catholic and Waterford who join the Wasaren league for the upcoming 2016-17 campaign. I look forward to covering the Saints and Fordians who enter the league with proud athletic histories.
Around the fifth inning in Friday’s Class B softball sectional final between Ichabod Crane and Hoosic Valley, the fans behind the center field fence were trying to remember what extra inning started with a runner being placed at second base. The feeling was extra frames would be needed to decide the outcome, and that’s exactly how it played out. 
The remaining two Wasaren softball squads took the field on Tuesday in Section II semifinals contests and the league teams came away with a split. In Class C Greenwich’s season ended in a 7-2 loss to Maple Hill, while in the B’s Hoosic Valley bested top seeded Cohoes 4-2 advancing to the championship game on Friday. 
