BH-BL, Queensbury boys bump top teams

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The Spartans of Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake and Queensbury are used to beating up on each other in Class A.

On Saturday, they beat the top two Class AA teams in the state, at separate meets.

Burnt Hills knocked off Fayetteville-Manlius (No. 2) at the McQuaid Invitational in Rochester, and Queensbury, the three-time defending Class A state champ, beat Arlington (No. 1) by one point at the Queensbury Invitational, despite the fact that Arlington runners took the top three places in the race.

The Burnt Hills Spartans were led by sophomore Otis Ubriaco in fourth (15:09), but coach Chip Button gave special credit to sen­ior Anthony Romeo, who picked it up to get 43rd overall and score as Burnt Hills’ fifth finisher, eight spots behind F-M’s fifth man, Mark McGurrin.

“We ran one of the best races we’ve ever run [in program history],” Button said. “The guys just ran tremendous.”

McQuaid has been a traditional early-season stop for Burnt Hills for years, but the Spartans usually run in the second varsity race for schools of medium size.

On Saturday, BH was placed in the AAA race for the first time since 1994.

“The way we ran early in the season, I thought we would be competitive,” Button said.

Alex Hatz of F-M won the race in 14:57 for three miles, and the Hornets’ Paul Merriman was 10 seconds behind Ubriaco in sixth.

The Spartans got three more in before another F-M runner finished, Scott Maughan (ninth, 15:24), Kent Harlow (12th, 15:34) and Sean Pezzulo (14th, 15:39).

“They’re [Harlow and Pezzulo] two guys who have really run well for us,” Button said.

Romeo ran 16:17, six seconds behind F-M’s McGurrin.

“He’s been our sixth or seventh guy,” Button said. “If he ran that at SPAC, it would’ve almost gotten him to the state meet a year ago.

“This gives us a ton of con­fidence. We’re off next week, then we have our meet, and while most of the teams will be going to the city [for the Manhattan Invitational], Arlington will be coming to our meet, so that’ll be a big one.”

In the girls’ race, Burnt Hills, ranked second behind Queensbury in Class A, finished second to Fayetteville-Manlius, which is

No. 1 in Class AA, ahead of Sar­atoga Springs.

The Hornets’ Courtney Chapman won in 16:58, followed by Burnt Hills’ Sam Roecker (17:19) and Molly Pezzulo (17:28).

Meaghan Gregory was eighth for BH in 17:44, but F-M had five runners in the top nine and scored 27 points to Burnt Hills’ 61.

The Queensbury boys proved to have more depth than Arlington in Division I of the Queensbury Invy, as the Admirals’ Jared Leslie (15:53.51), John Muller and Adam Doherty went 1-2-3, but the Spartans got five runners in before another Arlington shirt showed up.

The Spartans’ Brian Gallagher was fourth (16:13.37), followed by Kevin Spargue in sixth (16:19.52), Chris Taylor in seventh (16:29.58), Pat Carroll in 10th (16:45.49) and Jon Flint in 17th (17:05.42.

In girls’ Division I, Danielle Winslow won easily in 17:54.10 for Queensbury, and Brittany Wins­low (18:45.90), Morgan Mueller (19:05.02), Carlyn Wynn (19:34.17) and Katie Messina (19:54.17) were also in the top 15 to give the Spartans a 24-point victory over

Arlington.

Broadalbin-Perth, led by Andrew Goodspeed (16:51.32), outdueled Voorheesville for the Division II team title, and the Patriots’ girls’ team also won, with Gina Christ­aldi (fourth, 19:37.20), Opal Jessica Bogdan (20:28.37) and Emily Baker (20:32.26) each cracking the top seven overall.

Schuylerville’s Samantha Watson won the race in 19:18.89.

Scotia-Glenville swept the boys’ and girls’ Division II team titles at the Galway Invitational at Bob’s Tree Farm.

Amanda Schermerhorn (18:13) and Becky Celorio took the first two spots, respectively, for the Tartans, and Connor Maggs was Scotia’s top finisher in the boys’ race, taking second in 15:31 to 15:23 for Denis Hurley of LaSalle.

The Duanesburg girls outscored Stillwater by 18 points in Division I, as the Eagles’ Lauren McGarry won in 19:17.

Berlin’s Casey Gilbert won the boys’ Division I race, and Hawthorne Valley took the team title.

The Colonie boys and girls swept team titles at the 66th annual E.J. Hermann Invitational in Utica.

Mikala Anson (fifth, 20:42.2), Gabby Rodriguez (seventh, 20:49.5), Nayamka Roberts-Smith (eighth, 20:58.5), Jess Abrams (11th, 21:12.0) and Jessica Sherry (12th, 21:28.8) outsocred Cicero-North Syracuse, 43-50.

Niskayuna’s Chelsea Trant (20:10.7) was second in the race behind Cicero’s Taylor Wendler (19:31.7).

The Colonie boys beat Cicero, 52-62, as Tyler Stewart came in fourth (17:29.8) for the Garnet Raiders, followed by Brian Treadway in eighth (17:51.7), Pat Galdun in 10th (17:56.2), Justin Pestuglicci in 13th (18:01.1) and Erich Voelker in 17th (18:05.6).

Marshall Pagano of Niskayuna was third in 17:19.7, as Cicero’s Chris Buchanan won in 16:47.2.

Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons senior Jonathan Aziz won the boys’ varsity race 1 in 17:22.9, and Golden Knights freshman Taylor Florio was fourth in the girls’ race in 21:50.1.

The Cobleskill-Richmondville girls won the varsity Race 2 team title with 58 points to 63 for

Pulaski.

Freshman Analiese Mau was seventh (21:34.5) for the Bulldogs, and Alyssa Tusang, Leanna Gindburg, Larissa Melendez and Sandra Garcia-Fine were all in the top 15.

Cobleskill’s David Richards finished fourth in the boys’ Race 2 in 17:12.6.

QUEENSBURY INVITATIONAL

BOYS

Division I

Team scores: Queensbury 44, Arlington 45, Shaker 103, Averill Park 155, Ballston Spa 165, Guilderland 191, Beekmantown 194, John Jay-East Fishkill 203, Columbia 225, Tappen Zee 254, Lake George 264,

Mohonasen 303, Massena 353.

Individuals

Jared Leslie (Arl), 15:53.51; John Muller (Arl), 16:05.06; Adam Doherty (Arl), 16:09.73; Brian Gallagher (Q), 16:13.37; Steven Pet­ramale (LG), 16:16.51; Kevin Sprague (Q), 16:19.52; Chris Taylor (Q), 16:29.58; Craig Weiss (Shak), 16:34.49; Max Groves (BS), 16:42.60; Pat Carroll (Q), 16:45.49.

Division II

Team scores: Broadalbin-Perth 35, Voorheesville 55, Ticonderoga 101, Glens Falls 120, Schuylerville 126, Saranac Lake 175, Peru 193, Northeastern Clinton 230, Whitehall 262, Ausable Valley 263, Maple Hill 267, John A. Coleman 306, Hudson Falls 319.

Individuals

Andrew Goodspeed (BP), 16:51.32; Conor Cashin (V), 16:57.85; Justin Ferguson (BP), 17:17.01; Sean Kelleher (Schuy), 17:31.64; Curt Thompson (White), 17:36.15; Brendan Carberry (Ticon), 17:36.34; Andrew Bogdan (BP), 17:40.78; Nathan Bub (V), 17:50.87; Ian Powell (V), 17:51.94; Adam Rasefske (BP), 17:52.99.

GIRLS

Division I

Team scores: Queensbury 38, Arlington 62, Immaculate Heart Academy 105, Holy Names 126, Guilderland 146, Holy Angels 163, Tappan Zee 197, Bethlehem 214, Averill Park 221, Ballston Spa 241, Columbia 260, John Jay-East Fishkill 291, Beekmantown 379.

Individuals

Danielle Winslow (Q), 17:54.10; Sarah Pagano (IH), 18:28.77; Brianna Service (Arl), 18:37.08; Brittany Winslow (Q), 18:45.90;

Rachel Sorna (Arl), 18:58.74; Morgan Mueller (Q), 19:05.02; Rachel Miura (JJ), 19:11.32; Suzana Markolvic (HA), 19:28.30; Camardo Kelly (Guild), 19:26.57; Catherine Maloy (HN), 19:28.30.

Division II

Team scores: Broadalbin-Perth 41, Voorheesville 78, Schuylerville 104, John A. Coleman 140, Saranac Lake 151, Hoosic Valley 179, Northeastern Clinton 188, Peru 188, Hudson Falls 215, Lake George 245, Ticonderoga 287, Ichabod Crane 298, Maple Hill 300.

Individuals

Samantha Watson (Schuy), 19:18.89;

Erika Kuhn (GF), 19:36.40; Emma Dambro (HV), 19:36.78; Gina Christaldi (BP), 19:37.20; Rachel Wysocki (Schuy), 19:39.64; Opal Jessica Bogdan (BP), 20:28.37; Emily Baker (BP), 20:32.85; Abi Lajti (Peru), 20:32.61; Anne Shults (JC), 20:32.85; Kate Shults (JC), 20:37.69.

GALWAY INVITATIONAL

At Bob’s Tree Farm

BOYS

Division I

Team scores: Hawthorne Valley 43, Berlin 82, Fonda-Fultonville 105, Galway 123, Schenectady Christian 138, Mayfield 161, Duanesburg 200, Catskill 206, Middleburgh 239, Corinth 245, Schoharie 252, Greenville 276, Stillwater 357.

Individuals

Casey Gilbert (B), 15:28; Gabe Sturges (Cats), 15:31; Kyle Galarneau (SC), 15:50; Zak Godfrey (FF), 15:59; Johannes Zygla (HV), 16:17; Matt Best (Gal), 16:26; Guerin Gagliastri (Mech), 16:26; Matthew Degeyter (HV), 16:27; Thomas Oelhaf (HV), 16:29;

Jesse McNamara (May), 16:32.

Division II

Team scores: Scotia-Glenville 43, Albany Academy 61, LaSalle 69, Albany 124, Gloversville 151, Amsterdam 152, Cohoes 171, South Glens Falls 182, Hudson 199, Christian Brothers Academy 251.

Individuals

Denis Hurley (LSI), 15:23; Connor Maggs (Sco), 15:31; James Doran (LSI), 15:33; Zach Nelson (AA), 15:36; Matt Roberts (Sco), 15:40; Tom Dorwaldt (AA), 15:49; Patrick

Peterson (Glov), 15:52; Rajiv Raghavan (AA), 16:04; Greg Jung (Alb), 16:12; Kyle Minick (Alb), 16:14.

GIRLS

Division I

Team scores: Duanesburg 68, Stillwater 86, Berlin 89, Galway 91, Catskill 99, Schoharie 114, Corinth 116.

Individuals

Lauren McGarry (D), 19:17; Kelsey Demick (B), 19:46; Schae Auffant (Cats), 19:49; Kimberly Geniti (FF), 19:59; Michelle Morse (Still), 20:05; Alicia Clark (Gran), 20:10; Shelia Niedziela (FF), 20:14; Molly Sittner (Gal), 20:24; Caitlin Coughlin (Cats), 20:33; Ashlynn McGarry (D), 20:34.

Division II

Team results: Scotia-Glenville 26, Amsterdam 45, South Glens Falls 69, Albany Academy 107, Cohoes 114.

Individuals

Amanda Schermerhorn (Sco), 18:13; Becky Celorio (Sco), 18:27; Cecilia Karutis (Am), 18:42; Fern Beetle-Moorcroft (Alb), 19:13; Sam Bielli (Glov), 19:34; Kelli Lawton (Glov), 19:44; Callie Comstock (SGF), 20:01; Nora Lankof (AA), 20:05; Ashley Forshey (Sco), 20:08; Ariel Smullen (Am), 20:15.

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