High schools: Girard scores 52 in Glens Falls' win

Joseph Girard III scored 52 points, and David Barclay added 10 to power Glens Falls past Queensbury 81-67 Wednesday in Foothills Council boys’ basketball.

Bryce Bleibtrey scored 22 points for Queensbury, and Sean Collins had 19.

In the Western Athletic Conferwence, Schoharie edged Berne-Knox-Westerlo 72-66 behind Fletcher Griffin’s 17 points, 13 points each from Nate Simmons and John Blackwood. and Shane Helmstead’s 12. BKW was led by Ryan Germani’s 21 points, Zeke Pulliam’s 20 and Adam Esposito’s 13.

Waterford-Halfmoon defeated Heatly 80-48 in a non-league game, led by Bobby Valigorski’s 21 points, Michael Talavera’s 19 and TJ Kelley’s 18. Dennis Boodrow dropped 16, and Darius Moore had 12 for Heatly.

FOOTHILLS COUNCIL
GLENS FALLS 81, QUEENSBURY 67
QUEENSBURY
Chase 2-3-7, Rainwater 1-1-3, Bleibtrey 8-2-22, Collins 8-2-19, Rutherford 0-2-2, VanAuten 1-0-2, Scotto-Lavino 1-2-4, Johnson 3-1-8. Totals: 24-13-67.
GLENS FALLS
Barclay 5-0-10, Bren 1-0-2, J. Girard III 16-10-52, T. Girard 1-0-3, Quirk 3-2-8, Vachon 2-2-6. Totals: 28-14-81.
Queensbury   11 23 20 13 — 67
Glens Falls   26 24 19 12 — 81
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
SCHOHARIE 72, BERNE-KNOX-WESTERLO 66
BERNE-KNOX-WESTERLO
Pulliam 8-0-20, Germani 7-1-21, Esposito 5-0-13, Keyer 3-0-6, Hilton 0-1-1, Insero 2-0-5. Totals: 25-2-66.
SCHOHARIE
Helmstedt 5-1-12, Scheuer 3-0-9, Simmons 6-1-13, Blackwood 4-2-13, Jankowski 2-4-8, Griffin 6-1-17. Totals: 26-9-72.
BKW   13 18 12 23 — 66
Schoharie   23 11 18 20 — 72
NON-LEAGUE
WATERFORD-HALFMOON 80, HEATLY 48
WATERFORD-HALFMOON
Fairclough 3-0-8, Castracani 4-1-9, Taric 1-0-3, Kelley 5-7-18, Pastore 1-0-2, Talavera 9-0-19, Valigorski 8-5-21. Totals: 31-13-80.
HEATLY
Boyd 1-2-4, Sacendorf 2-2-6, Sedawick 1-0-2, Moore 4-3-12, Boodrow 7-1-16, Goyette 2-1-5, Nolet 1-1-3. Totals: 18-10-48.
Waterford   22 26 17 15 — 80
Heatly   13 10 12 13 — 48

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Alexis Wright scored 25 points to lead Berne-Knox-Westerlo to a 49-43 non-league victory over Heatly. Taylor Meacham scored 16 points for BKW. Jordan Ries scored 12 points for Heatly.
Madison Graham scored 24 points to lead Ichabod Crane to a 60-48 victory over Stillwater. Madison Kowalski had 11 points and Audrey Duso added 10 for Ichabod. Marley Mueller scored 23 points, and Brooke Pickett added 10 for Stillwater.

NON-LEAGUE
BERNE-KNOX-WESTERLO 49, HEATLY 43
BERNE-KNOX
Meacham 6-3-16, Smith 2-0-4, Tymchyn 1-2-4, Wright 10-5-25. Totals: 19-10-49.
HEATLY
Diaz 3-0-6, Hope 1-0-2, Legault 2-0-5, Ries 6-0-12, Rodford 3-5-11, Zakrzewski 3-0-7. Totals: 18-5-43.
Berne-Knox   13 6 8 22 — 49
Heatly   10 7 19 7 — 43
ICHABOD-CRANE 60, STILLWATER 48
STILLWATER
Cutler 1-0-2, Moran 2-0-5, Mueller 8-4-23, Pickett 4-2-10, Sheehan 4-0-8. Totals: 19-6-48.
ICHABOD CRANE
Beaucage 1-0-2, Duso 4-2-10, Graham 9-3-24, Kowalski 4-1-11, Paul 2-0-5. Totals: 20-6-60.
Stillwater   14 4 12 18 — 48
Ichabod Crane    12 14 13 21 — 60

HOCKEY
Anthony Sericolo and Connor Momrow each scored two goals and an assist to lead Albany Academy to a 6-4 Capital District High School Hockey League victory over La Salle.
Ryan Warnick and Jameson McDonald each scored a goal for Albany Academy. Taylor Nitz scored two goals and Mike Baker and DJ Pauley each scored a goal for La Salle.