Doug LaValley can reach 150 career coaching victories if his Guilderland baseball team defeats Ballston Spa today in a first-round game of the Section II Class AA tournament.
He’s had more significant wins, though, when his Dutchmen claimed area large-school champ­ionships in 2007 and again in 2010.

A year ago, only two teams from Schenectady County got to host a first-round game in the Section II softball tournament.
That number increased to five this season, with both Schenec­tady schools — Schenectady High School and Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons — among those not having to travel for their sectional openers.

Unseeded Justin Hsu and Russell Santos of Niskayuna upset the top-seeded doubles team of Nick DeLuke and Nick Mashuta of Bethlehem, 11-9, as the first three rounds of the Section II individual tennis sectionals were completed in Central Park in Schenectady Monday.

Brad Bettinger scored three goals and assisted on two more, and Bethlehem used a big second-half edge to beat Schenectady, 11-3, in the first round of the Section II Class A boys’ tournament.

Izaiah Brown showed just how special he can be, even without runners breathing down his neck. Brown ran away from the pack in winning his second straight 400-meter title at Saturday’s 73rd William F. Eddy Jr. Memorial Track and Field Meet, while John Hardies gutted through a pair of closing relays to help the Rams clinch the boys’ team championship.

This time, Devon Willis didn’t need any final-jump heroics. The multi-talented Schalmont High School junior won his second straight triple jump crown at the 73rd annual William F. Eddy Jr. Memorial Track & Field Meet Saturday at Schenectady High School’s Larry Mulvaney Field.

Jesse Winters went 4-for-4 and drove in five runs Saturday as Saratoga Central Catholic beat Glens Falls, 12-9, in the championship game of the Phil Waring Memorial Tournament.

Rachel Gamache and Erika Kenney both had three hits and drove in a run as Duanesburg beat Deposit, 10-4, in the first of two non-league games at the Mudville Complex in Herkimer.

Schenectady will be among the six lacrosse teams in action today when the Section II tournament opens with first-round games.

Erika Daigle pitched a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts, and Katie O’Gorman homered to lift Shenendehowa over Niskayuna, 5-0, in a Suburban Council game Friday.

Guilderland put together a pair of five-run innings and beat Colonie in a Suburban Council baseball game, 13-3, Friday, to clinch a spot in the Section II Class AA tournament.

Dave Slattery won two events and ran a leg on a winning relay Thursday as host Queensnbury edged Scotia-Glenville, 170 1⁄2-170 for the boys’ team title at the Foothills Council championships.

Jesse Bush cracked a three-run home run, and Ballston Spa qual­ified for the Class AA tournament Thursday with a 10-5 win over Sar­atoga Springs.

Erika Daigle threw a three-hitter, and Shenendehowa used an eight-run sixth inning to close out a 17-2 win over Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake in a Suburban Council softball game Thursday,

Scotia-Glenville pulled away with a second-half burst and clinched a share of the Foothills Council boys’ lacrosse championship Thursday with a 16-2 win over Johnstown.