They don’t take it for granted, but the players on the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake girls’ soccer team expect to play well into November each year.

Burnt Hills (10-0) is hoping to put another big-play package together tonight when it hosts Franklin Academy of Malone (7-2, Section X) in a state regional game at 7 at Shenendehowa’s Steuerwald Stad­ium.

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake flustered Queensbury with a bevy of floating serves and some line drives, too, and used its precision attack to string points in a three-game sweep at Lake George High School.

Anna Gray’s shot from the top left of the penalty area curled under the crossbar 1:22 into the first sudden-death overtime Wednesday, giving Bethlehem a 2-1 win over Shenendehowa and its second straight Section II Class AA girls’ soccer championship.

In the Class B regional semi, Broadalbin-Perth beat Section X champion Potsdam 2-0, scoring both goals in the final 14 minutes. In the Class C regional, Waterford-Halfmoon beat Section X champ Norwood-Norfolk 2-0, scoring both goals in the final 15 minutes.

Section I Class A champion Mamaroneck edged Section II champion Niskayuna in Wednesday's reg­ional semifinal round, 1-0, on a penalty corner at Shenendehowa High School.

Mohonasen’s second postseason boys’ soccer run in as many years ended Wednesday as the young Mighty Warriors fell to Section III champion New Hartford, 3-0, in a Class A regional semifinal.

Matt Shell, the coach of the undefeated Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake football team, is fighting battles on two fronts this week, one in Boston and one in Saratoga County.

On frame and hard. That was the key for Monica Wolf on her penalty kick, which found the net, despite Jamesville-DeWitt goalkeeper Sarah Gianni getting a glove on it.

Gary Bynon thinks it will take more than a decent performance for Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake to add to its seven consecutive titles and 14 going back to 1991. His No. 1-seeded Spartans (22-3) take on Queensbury (No. 2, 18-1) in today’s Class A final at 5 at Lake George.

Even without the services of a key offensive player each, Bethlehem and Shenendehowa should provide an entertaining Section II Class AA girls’ soccer final tonight when the teams meet at 6:30 at Stillwater High School.

The Niskayuna feld hockey team will make its second state-tourn­ament appearance today when it takes on Mamaroneck in a Class A regional semifinal game on the turf at Shenendehowa High School’s Steuerwald Stadium.

T.J. Izykowski wasn’t going to let go of the championship plaque he and his Shenendehowa teammates had earned with 80 minutes of hard work Tuesday night.

There was little to separate the Shenendehowa and Saratoga Springs boys’ soccer teams during their two Suburban Council matches this fall.

As youngsters, they dreamed about winning a state championship. As seniors, the core of the Broadalbin-Perth boys’ soccer team is three games away from that goal after beating Foothills Council
rival Johnstown, 1-0, Monday night in the Section II Class B title game at Colonie High School.