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Area colleges: Red Dragons oust RPI in NCAA baseball regionals
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Zachary Badanes struck out 12, and fourth-ranked SUNY-Cortland erupted for four runs in the seventh inning to oust the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute baseball team, 5-2, in the NCAA
Division III regionals Friday night at Falcon Park.
Division III regionals Friday night at Falcon Park.
Preakness analysis: Inside post won't hurt Orb
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The best horse didn’t win the 2013 Kentucky Derby. The Derby was won by the horse who was tons the best. His name is Orb, and there is absolutely no reason why he won’t add the Preakness Stakes this afternoon at Pimlico to his resumé, and proceed to the Belmont Stakes with a chance of being the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.
Track: Scotia boys come oh, so close to Foothills championship
Friday, May 17, 2013
Dave Slattery won two events and ran a leg on a winning relay Thursday as host Queensnbury edged Scotia-Glenville, 170 1⁄2-170 for the boys’ team title at the Foothills Council championships.
Baseball: Scotties qualify for sectionals
Friday, May 17, 2013
Jesse Bush cracked a three-run home run, and Ballston Spa qualified for the Class AA tournament Thursday with a 10-5 win over Saratoga Springs.
Softball: Eight-run inning fuels Lady Plainsmen's rout
Friday, May 17, 2013
Erika Daigle threw a three-hitter, and Shenendehowa used an eight-run sixth inning to close out a 17-2 win over Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake in a Suburban Council softball game Thursday,
Boys' lacrosse: Tartans earn share of league crown
Friday, May 17, 2013
Scotia-Glenville pulled away with a second-half burst and clinched a share of the Foothills Council boys’ lacrosse championship Thursday with a 16-2 win over Johnstown.
ALBANY
Leuchanka's kick surprises Terry in CDPHP Workforce Team Challenge
Friday, May 17, 2013
The woman at medical services looked at the bottom of Chuck Terry’s foot and said, “That’s going to need more than a band-aid.”
“Yeah,” he grimly concurred.
Terry needed a little more kick, too.
“Yeah,” he grimly concurred.
Terry needed a little more kick, too.
NISKAYUNA
Girls' lacrosse: BH-BL rallies for 11-10 victory
Friday, May 17, 2013
Haley Schultz kept scoring timely goals. Lexie Ball kept making saves on point-blank drives.
Behind the two freshmen, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake forged a dramatic comeback victory Thursday and earned a shot at its second Section II Class B lacrosse championship.
Behind the two freshmen, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake forged a dramatic comeback victory Thursday and earned a shot at its second Section II Class B lacrosse championship.
SCHENECTADY
Brown has sights set on Eddy Meet 400 record
Friday, May 17, 2013
So many good things have happened to Izaiah Brown on his trips around the track at Larry Mulvaney Field.
Even dangling shoestrings in the midst of Wednesday’s 400-meter run at the Big 10 championship meet couldn’t curtail his winning ways there.
Even dangling shoestrings in the midst of Wednesday’s 400-meter run at the Big 10 championship meet couldn’t curtail his winning ways there.
Area stock car racing: Varin sets limit on what he'll race for
Friday, May 17, 2013
Bobby Varin isn’t one to issue ultimatums, but this time, he thinks he’s got to at least draw a line.
Beckham to retire from soccer at end of season
Thursday, May 16, 2013
David Beckham is retiring from soccer after the season, ending a career in which he become a global superstar since starting his career at Manchester United.
ALBANY
CDPHP Workforce Team Challenge: New security measures have been put in place for 34th annual race
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Another field of over 9,000 is expected for the 34th annual CDPHP Workforce Team Challenge at the Empire State Plaza this evening.
NISKAYUNA
Gazette Cup: Pros roll to 42-12 win over amateurs
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Their flat sticks did the talking. Local club professionals from the Northeastern New York PGA made more than their share of putts — including a 50-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole by Tom Sullivan of Wyantenuck Country Club, setting the tone in the very first match — to crush the Capital Region Amateur Golf Association team, 42-12, in the 11th annual Gazette Cup Wednesday at Mohawk Golf Club.
SCHENECTADY
School track: Brown sweeps four
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Sophomore Izaiah Brown won four events to help dual-meet league champion Amsterdam take the Big 10 boys’ track championship Wednesday.
School lacrosse: Lady Dutch storm past Eagles into final
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Morgan Hardt fired in five goals, and Guilderland qualified for its seventh straight Section II Class A girls’ lacrosse title game with a 17-3 semifinal win over Bethlehem on Wednesday.
