There will be a different Section II Class AA boys’ soccer champion for the fourth straight year. Saratoga Springs knocked off 2006 winner Bethlehem, 2-1, in the opener of the “AA” semifinal double-header Thursday night at Colonie High School, and Shenendehowa followed with a 3-0 win over defending champion Guilderland, as senior David Clemens scored all three goals.
Saratoga Springs cashes is on its opportunities, taking advantage of favorable field position all night to defeat neighboring Ballston Spa, 31-7, in the Class AA Super Bowl at Colonie High School.
Maybe Mohonasen’s state semifinal run last year wasn’t a once-in-a-generation thing. One year after graduation gutted the Mighty Warriors, they’re back in a Section II boys’ soccer final, taking on Glens Falls in today’s 4 p.m. Class A championship game. That game wraps up a day of four title games at Colonie High School.
Lindsay Mayo scored twice as top-seeded Niskayuna beat No. 2 Saratoga Springs, 2-1, in the Section II Class A field hockey championship on the turf at Shenendehowa High School.
Schalmont did some positive things on both sides of the ball the last time it squared off with Lansingburgh. The Knights did a little more. Today, the
Sabres hope to reverse that.
Ballston Spa and Saratoga Springs are run-first, pass-second rivals meeting for the second time in four weeks tonight for the Class AA football championship.
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake has already withstood the challenge of the second-best Foothills Council team. The Spartans will try for their fifth straight Class A sectional title today against the top dogs from the Foothills when they meet South Glens Falls at 5 p.m. at Stillwater High School.
Top-seeded Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake got 13 kills and five blocks from all-stater Maria Allocco, and 19 assists and five aces from Natalie Ziskin in a 25-12, 25-13, 25-10 Section II Class A semifinal sweep of Amsterdam Thursday at Saratoga High School.
Solid in the back, dominant in the midfield and efficient up front, Broadalbin-Perth earned its first Section II boys’ soccer final since 1995 Wednesday with a smothering 4-0 win over Schalmont.
Sometime late Saturday afternoon, the hosts will find out if they have the most. Shenendehowa is hosting the Section II girls' swimming championships at its new aquatic facility, and first-year coach Chuck Dunham thinks his team has a shot at a Division 1 title repeat.
Victoria Wilson’s goal and a six-save performance by Meredith Farley lifted Saratoga Springs to a 1-0 Section II Class A semifinal win over Shenendehowa Wednesday.
Erin McAuliffe, Hunter Drews and Kelsey Hanson combined for 22 kills, and Shenendehowa swept Columbia Tuesday in a Section II Class AA quarterfinal match.
Scotia-Glenville had no trouble matching the speed and intensity of Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake in Tuesday night’s Section II Class A girls’ soccer semifinal on the turf at Stillwater High School. What the Tartans couldn’t match was the intangible that freshman Jillian Beatty gives the four-time reigning champions.
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