A fast start and a strong finish enabled Mechanicville to hold off Hoosick Falls for the Section II Class C-D bowling championship Monday at Boulevard Bowl.

Sectional tournament time is just around the corner, and Mohonasen girls’ basketball coach Paul Brosious is fine-tuning his Mighty Warriors in an attempt to successfully defend their Class A championship.

The Schenectady High School varsity boys’ basketball team will press on without its two leading scorers.

Saturday’s Section II Class A wrestling tourn­ament went about as well as it could for host Shenendehowa.

Christian Brothers Academy junior Max Weaver swished a 70-foot heave to close out the first half of Friday night’s basketball game against Schenectady. That was just part of an impressive long distance assault that carried the Brothers to another championship.

Paula Egelston scored 15 points, and Amanda Baker and Alyssa Nowak combined for 23 more Friday as Fonda-Fultonville beat Northville, 68-30, to clinch its seventh straight Western Athletic Conference Northern Division title.

The Scotia-Glenville boys’ basketball team ran away from Glens Falls in the second half, winning Friday’s Foothills Council matchup, 69-53, and moving into a tie for first place.

Schalmont sent retiring coach Hugo McGroty out in style. The Sabres captured their second Section II Class B boys’ bowling championship Friday on challenging conditions, knocking down 5,954 pins to hold off Scotia-Glenville by 41 pins at Boulevard Bowl.

Shenendehowa looks like it has the horses to repeat as Class A wrestling champion, this time on its home green mats.

Forty-six points won’t get it done against Christian Brothers Academy tonight. That’s all Schenectady managed in Tuesday night’s Big 10 loss at Troy, marking a season low for a team that’s built a reputation for scoring big.

Queensbury High School has a strong chance of skiing off with three team titles — boys’ and girls’ cross country and boys’ Alpine, when the Section II skiing championships are held next week.

Returning champs Nick Kelley (119) and John Belanger (135) are among the top seeds in Class A drawn Thursday night for defending champion Shenendehowa. Mike Almaviva (215) also got a No.1 for the Plainsmen, who will host Saturday’s tournament.

Brandon Mercado scored 18 points, and Fonda-Fultonville clinched no less than a share of the Western Athletic Conference Northern Division championship with a 69-35 win at St. Johnsville Wednesday night.

Queensbury sophomore Peter Gryga and Johnsburg senior Kelly Blackhurst were the individual winners at the Albany Academy Invitational Ski Meet at West Mountain Wednesday night. Queensbury won both the boys’ and girls’ team titles titles.

The Scotia-Glenville boys’ basketball team got down to business Tuesday night after watching a big lead get away. With long shots, layups and defense, the Tartans answered a good Johnstown run with one of their own and prevailed, 55-45, in a physical Foothills Council game on the Sir Bills court.