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Plainsmen make big comeback in fourth

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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Kyle Marr scored five goals, and Shenendehowa rallied in the final quarter to edge Ballston Spa, 10-9, in a Suburban Council lacrosse game Tuesday.

The two-time defending Section II Class A champion Plainsmen outscored the Scotties, 4-1, in the final frame to win their second straight game.

Mike Jenkins had a goal and three assists for Shenendehowa (2-1, 2-1). John McDonald paced Ballston Spa (0-2, 0-2) with five goals and an assist, and Mark Leslie had two goals and an assist.

Colonie (1-1, 2-1) built a 5-1 halftime lead and held off Bethlehem, 6-5.

Mike Mineau scored three goals for Colonie, and Mike Metzger totaled two goals and three assists. John Gosstola paced the Eagles (0-2, 0-3) with two goals and an assist, and John Baynes notched two goals.

Tim Leahey fired in four goals, and Steve Farrell had a goal and three points, to lift Shaker (2-1, 3-1) past Saratoga Springs, 8-6.

J.R. Campbell had two goals and an assist for the Blue Streaks (0-3, 0-3), and Anthony Zabielski and Danny Castello both connected twice.

Tyler Mello, Matt Girard and Nate Spilman combined for four goals and five assists, and Glens Falls (3-2) won its third game in four starts, 8-5, over non-league foe Schenectady.

Jordan Zaman had two goals and two assists for the Patriots (0-5), and Cody Schnepf added a pair of goals.

Brian Schneider’s two goals and three points topped LaSalle (2-0) in a 7-6 non-league win over Columbia. Sean Kelly had a hat trick for the Blue Devils (0-2).

Girls

Two-time All-American Kayla Treanor scored four goals and had a hand in eight, and Niskayuna built a big halftime lead in a 14-10 Suburban Council win over Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake.

Catherine Sexton collected four goals and three assists for Niskayuna (4-0, 4-0). Nicole Beardsley sparked BH-BL (1-2, 2-2) with five goals and an assist, and Jordyn Godfrey contributed three goals.

Kelly Wall picked up three goals and two assists, netminder Makala Foley posted a second-half shutout, aand Shenendehowa (2-2, 2-2) made it two in a row with a 13-1 victory over Ballston Spa (0-4, 0-4).

Lauren Smith produced five goals, Julia Lennon scored four goals and Maddie Devine had a hat trick, and each added an assist, as Shaker (4-0, 4-0) turned back Saratoga Springs, 17-10.

Emily Lange led the Blue Streaks with four goals and an assist, and Bri Sirianni and Hannah Wise both had two goals.

Molly O’Bryan scored three goals, and Jackie St St. Pierre blanked Columbia (1-2, 1-2) in the second half, as Averill Park (2-2, 2-2) rolled to a 13-2 victory.

Tiana McGuire scored four goals and Cara Zanta added three, as Scotia-Glenvile beat Schenectady, 12-9, in a non-league game.

Katelyn Dwyer added a two-goal, four-assist game for the Lady Tartans.

Kia Ference scored four goals for the Lady Patriots.

BOYS

SUBURBAN COUNCIL

SHENENDEHOWA 10, BALLSTON SPA 9

Ballston Spa 2 3 3 1 — 9

Shenendehowa 4 1 1 4 — 10

Ballston Spa scoring: John McDonald 5-1, Mark Leslie 2-1, Collin Cunningham 1-1, Sam Groves 1-0. Shenendehowa scoring: Kyle Marr 5-0, Mike Jenkins 1-3, Joe Romano 1-2, Brian Rogers 2-0, D.J. Edick 1-0, Sam Woodcosk 0-1.

Goaltenders: Ballston Spa, Wayne Van Valkenburgh, 12 saves. Shenendehowa, Ben Robbins, 11 saves.

COLONIE 6, BETHLEHEM 5

Colonie 3 2 0 1 — 6

Bethlehem 1 0 0 4 — 5

Colonie scoring: Mike Mineau 3-0, Mike Metzger 2-3, Andrew Hooten 0-1, Eli Crago 1-0, Jeff Yates 0-1. Bethlehem scoring: Nick Gosstola 1-0, John Gosstola 2-1, John Baynes 0-2, Liam Christiansen 2-0, Crad Bettinger 0-1.

Goaltenders: Colonie, Brendan Cleady, 13 saves. Bethlehem, Dan Comber, 14 saves.

SHAKER 8, SARATOGA SPRINGS 6

Saratoga 1 1 1 3 — 6

Shaker 3 1 2 2 —— 8

Saratoga scoring: J.R. Campbell 2-1. Anthony Zabielski 2-0, Danny Castello 2-0, Greg Lewiewski 0-1, Breden Wormley 0-1. Shaker scoring: Tim Leahey 4-0, Steve Farrell 1-2, Joe Chiara 1-0, Stephen Rehfuss 1-0, Matt Woods 0-1.

Goaltenders: Saratoga, Zach Knight, 16 saves. Shaker, Aiden Snyder, 7 saves.

NON-LEAGUE

GLENS FALLS 8, SCHENECTADY 5

Schenectady scoring: Devon Patrick 1-2, Cody Schnepf 2-0, Jordan Zaman 2-2. Glens Falls scoring: Jake Dailey 2-0, Matt Girard 1-2, Tyler Mello 2-1, Matt Parsons 0-1, Carl Sopczyk 2-0, Nate Spilman 1-2.

Goaltenders: Schenectady, James Schnepf, 13 saves. Glens Falls, Matt Mender, 9 saves.

LASALLE 7, COLUMBIA 6 (OT)

LaSalle scoring: Alex Daversa-Russo 0-2, Nathan Degutis 1-1, Dan Facci 0-2, Joe Heffernan 1-0, Brian Schneider 2-1, Conor Shanahan 2-0, Mark Uhlig 1-0, Billy Wasserbach 0-1. Columbia scoring: Sean Kelly 3-0, Andy Bohl 1-1, Kevin Breen 1-2, Justin Feldman 1-0, Dylan Gladd 0-1.

Goaltenders: LaSalle, Zach Wojtusik, 9 saves. Columbia, Patrick Buono, 6 saves.

GIRLS

SUBURBAN COUNCIL

NISKAYUNA 14, BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE 10

Niskayuna 10 4 — 14

BH-BL 4 6 — 10

Niskayuna scoring: Kelly Schlansker 2-0, Catherine Sexton 4-3, Erin Down 2-1, Kayla Treanor 4-4, Carrie Hanks 0-1, Ritchie Assini 1-0, Emily Ryan 1-0. BH-BL scoring: Catherine Clark 2-1, Jordyn Godfrey 3-0, Nicole Beardsley 5-1, Amy LeBel 0-3.

Goaltenders: Niskayuna, Asa Goldstock, 6 saves. BH-BL, Lexie Ball, 9 saves.

SHENENDEHOWA 13, BALLSTON SPA 1

Ballston Spa 1 0 — 1

Shenendehowa 10 3 — 13

Ballston Spa scoring: Kassie Purcell 1-0, Hannah Curtis 0-1. Shenendehowa scoring: Kelly Wall, 3-2, Shannon McMillan 2-1, Sami Phillips 0-1, Paige Byrne 0-1, Kristen Connors 1-1, Kaitlyn Curley 0-1, Danielle DaCunha 1-0, Emily DePoy 2-0, Emma Dooley 1-0, Katie Kerwin 1-0, Lindsay Warning 1-0.

Goaltenders: Ballston Spa, Logan Wollaber, 13 saves. Shenendehowa, Makala Foley, 1 save.

SHAKER 17, SARATOGA SPRINGS 10

Saratoga 5 5 — 10

Shaker 9 8 — 17

Saratoga scoring: Emily Lange 4-1, Hannah Wisw 2-0, Emma Kern 0-3, Alex Parry 1-0, Bri Sirianni 2-0, Iszy Wager 1-1. Shaker scoring: Julia Lennon 4-1, Marissa Hart 1-0, Maddie Devine 3-1, Kaitlyn Cheney 2-3, Lauren Smith 5-1, Anne Rehfuss 2-0.

Goaltenders: Saratoga, Lauryn Huck, 5 saves. Shaker, Anne Morison, 3 saves.

AVERILL PARK 13, COLUMBIA 2

Columbia 2 0 — 2

Averill Park 6 7 — 13

Columbia scoring: Sarah Jaromin 1-0, Gabby Childrose 1-0. Averill Park scoring: Emily Halpin 2-0, Marianna Valente 2-0, Molly O’Bryan 3-0, Sarah Laranjo 1-1, Darrian Goyer 2-0, Krista Fitzgerald 1-1, Morgan Lionarons 2-1.

Goaltenders: Columbia, Sam Gladd, 14 saves. Averill Park, Jackie St. Pierre, 6 saves.

NON-LEAGUE

SCOTIA-GLENVILLE 12, SCHENECTADY 9

Schenectady 5 4 — 9

Scotia 7 5 — 12

Schenectady scoring: Kia Ference 4-0, Kristen St. Andrews 1-0, Gabbie Billsborrow 2-0, Marj Drohan 2-0. Scotia-Glenville scoring: Tiana McGuire 4-1, Cara Zanta 3-0, Katelyn Dwyer 2-4, Taylor Esperti 2-0, Megan Clune 1-0.

Goaltenders: Schenectady, Thanuja Singh, 3 saves. Scotia-Glenville scoring: Morgan Fonda, 6 saves.

Baseball

Spartans win

Cody Mooney threw five shutout innings, and Tom Moore drove in three runs, as Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake beat Schenectady, 11-1, in a non-league game.

Rob Knightes added three hits and knocked in two runs to help the Spartans, who also got two hits and two RBI from Jayson Sullivan in picking up their first win of the season.

Greg Dobies had two of Schen-ectady’s five hits.

Kevin VanValkenburg went 3-for-3 and drove in four runs, and Sean Thaxter had three hits and three RBI to power Cobleskill-Richmondville past Canajoharie, 8-4.

Joe Winsman had two hits for the Cougars, Zack Sweet drove in two runs and scored three, helping Fort Plain get past Dolgeville, 10-1.

Chris Hanifin, Jesse Heroth and Harold Dettmer combined on a four-hitter for the 2-1 Hilltoppers.

Ron Morello drove in six runs, and both Joe Rooney and J.T. Sawyer finished with four RBI, as 5-0 Hoosic Valley topped Mechanicville, 22-5.

Sam DeCelle had a double and triple, and knocked in two runs for the Red Raiders.

Kyle Derepentigny, Cody Cater and Tyler Becker all drove in a pair of runs to lead Cohoes past Coxsackie-Athens, 9-8.

Lucas Godlewski threw a two-hitter and struck out 12 as Little Falls beat St. Johnsville, 18-0.

Logan King and Jake Hill both drove in a run as Stillwater topped Galway, 5-3.

Shane Marshall hit a triple, and Adam Berlin had two hits for the Eagles.

Courtney Pensen and Dan Al-tieri both had two hits, scored two runs and drove in a pair as Mekeel Christian Academy got past Waterford-Halfmoon, 11-8.

Corie Vautrin hit a triple and scored two runs for the Fordians.

NON-LEAGUE

BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE 11, SCHENECTADY 1

Schenectady 000 001 0 — 1 5 0

Burnt Hills 201 503 x — 11 11 1

Gozalkowski, Mohr (3), Kent (4), Porto (6) and Patierne; Moody, Nuzzi (6), McDonnell (7) and Moore.

COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE 8, CANAJOHARIE 4

Canajoharie 040 000 0 — 4 6 3

Coble.-Rich. 110 330 x — 8 11 1

Winsman, Bowerman (5) and Horning; Himme and Thaxter.

FORT PLAIN 10, DOLGEVILLE 1

Dolgeville 000 100 0 — 1 4 2

Fort Plain 144 001 x — 10 7 0

Johnson and Levey; Hanifin, Heroth (6), Dettmer (7) and Sweet.

HOOSIC VALLEY 22, MECHANICVILLE 5

Hoosic Valley 435 223 3 — 22 19 1

Mechanicville 200 020 1 — 5 5 2

Sawyer, Kalbfleish (5), Murray (6) and VanPraag, Holbritter (6); Corcoran, Coreno (3, Dickinson (4), Dunn (7) and McCadden, Jones (7).

COHOES 9, COXSACKIE-ATHENS 8

Cohoes 101 403 0 — 9 9 3

Coxsackie 001 300 4 — 8 4 3

Shearn, Derepentigny (7) and Becker; Shellogg, Schmidt (5) and Cardinale, Palmateer (5).

LITTLE FALLS 18, ST. JOHNSVILLE 0

Little Falls 056 340 0 — 18 12 0

St. Johnsville 000 000 0 — 0 2 7

Godlewski and Vespi; Looman, Vicciarrelli (3), Campione (5) and Johnson.

STILLWATER 5, GALWAY 3

Stillwater 013 001 0 —5 6 0

Galway 100 020 0 — 3 8 5

McNeil and McCumber; C.Marshall and S. Marshall.

MEKEEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 11, WATERFORD-HALFMOON 8

Waterford 000 710 0 — 8 5 4

MCA 016 103 x — 11 5 3

Hotaling and Vautrin; Guido, DeMarco (4), Kelly (4), Pensen (6) and Zeronda.

Softball

Lady Bills win

Alyssa LaLonde fired a three-hitter and struck out 12, as Johnstown beat Albany, 12-3, for its first win of the season.

Morgan Colasanti had a three-run triple, and Mary Beth DeCuyke had two hits and drove in three runs for the 1-3 Lady Bills.

Gina Torres homered for Albany.

Meghan Heck had three simgles and drove in a pair of runs as Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake beat Schenectady, 5-0, to go to 3-0 on the season. Erica Colucci, Emily Rutkey and Courtney Haff combined on a two-hitter for the Lady Spartans.

Sam Mahoski doubled for one of Schenectady’s base hits.

Winning pitcher Kristi Burgess, Jeannine Rodriguez and Morgan Rumpf all drive in two runs as Saratoga Springs. topped Queensbury, 7-2.

Courtney Gumprecht had a single, double and triple, driving in four runs, and Maddie Dupuis had a double, three singles and five RBI as Cohoes blanked Waterford-Halfmoon, 21-0. Courtney Gardner had two of Waterford’s three hits.

Sarah Heimbach had four hits and four RBI, Dani DeGregory had five singles and three RBI, and Abby Dusha had four singles and knocked in two runs as Greenwich topped Lansingburgh, 17-2, in the second round of the Lady Knights’ tournament.