No. 7 Louisville rebounds with 88-68 win over Syracuse
Rensselaer Dragons seek rugby players:
The Rensselaer Dragons, a Rensselaer boys rugby club, is looking for players from 9th to 12th grade for the upcoming season. Head coach Rob Sliwinski can be contacted at 518-441-9937 or cdyrugby@nycap.rr.com for more information. You can also contact Anthony Cahill at 518573-2921 or scahill3@nycap. rr.com. The team’s home field is in Poestenkill on Route 355.
The Sage Colleges’ Girls and Boys Free Youth Soccer Clinic:
The Sage Colleges’ men’s and women’s soccer teams will be sponsoring a free clinic, open to boys and girls, ages 9-14 on Sunday, March 19. The clinic will take place the Armory at Sage and is open to the first 35 registered participants. All participants will be exposed to high level training that will allow them to work on all aspects of the game of soccer. Each player should bring their shin guards, a ball, and a water bottle with either turf shoes or sneakers. No cleats. The clinic will be staffed by men’s coach Keith Simons, women’s coach Garrett Cobb and members of the two teams.
Hudson Valley Community College Athletic Hall of Fame:
Hudson Valley Community College is seeking nominations for its 2017 Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony. Deadline for nominations is Friday, March 31. The 2017 Hall of Fame ceremony will take place in the fall of 2017 in conjunction with Homecoming, which will be announced at a later date. Members of the campus community are invited to submit nominations for former athletes, coaches, teams or an associate member, administrator or contributor who have made extraordinary contributions to Hudson Valley Community College through intercollegiate athletics. Visit http://www.hvcc.edu/ athletics/hof/nominations. html to fill out the nomination form or contact Justin Hoyt, interim director of athletics, at j.hoyt@hvcc.edu or (518) 6297898 with any questions.
Sage Gators’ Spring Break Boys Basketball Camp:
The Sage Gators will host a basketball camp April 17-21 for boys ages 7-15. Register online at Sagegators.com. Contact Brian Barnes at 518-2921969 or email barneb@sage. edu for more information. Free early drop off and late pick up available.
Rogue Lacrosse Winter Box and Skill Development:
On Sundays from Dec. 4-Feb. 26, Rogue Lacrosse will be hosting a Winter Box and Skill Development camp at the Wilton YMCA Turf facility. The camp is limited to only 40 players, and has sold out the past two years. Cost for the camp is $300. Goalies can save $25 using promo code: brickwall2017, while siblings can get $25 off using the promo code: bigbrother2017. Divisions are split between Grade 3-8 and 9-12. Grades 3-8 will practice from 9:00-10:30 a.m., while Grades 9-12 will run from 10:30 a.m,-noon. For more information, or to register, visit www.roguelacrosse.com.
Sage boys soccer ID clinic:
The Sage Men’s Soccer Team will host the program’s first Boys’ Soccer ID Clinic on Sunday, April 30. The clinic will take place at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Athletic Field, adjacent to the Sage campus in Albany from noon to 3 p.m. The Sage Colleges’ Men’s Soccer ID Clinic is open to boys, high school juniors and sophomore, graduating 2018 and 2019. All participants will be exposed to college level training that will allow them to work on footwork, distribution, 1v1’s, finishing, and tactical play. There will be a certified athletic trainer on duty throughout the clinic. Cost is $60 per camper with team rates available. For more information, contact Keith Simons, head men’s soccer coach at simonk5@sage.edu or phone 292-1822.
Shires Marathon 2017:
Bennington County hosted the first Shires Marathon in 2011 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of both Bennington (South Shire) and Manchester (North Shire), which are roughly 25 miles apart. Its course, which follows secondary roads, includes 8.5 unpaved, low traffic miles. The race, which will be on May 21, 2017, starts at Bennington College and ends 26.2 miles later at Riley Rink, Manchester’s Olympic sized ice skating facility. For more race details and early bird registration savings, go to the Batten Kill Valley Runners Club website at BKVR.net.
Donovan Mitchell made six 3-pointers for 25 points, Ray Spalding added 18 points with 11 rebounds and No. 7 Louisville shot 57 percent to pull away for an 88-68 victory over Syracuse on Sunday.
Seeking a second-place tie with Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Cardinals rode a 14-4 run entering the break for a 15-point lead that grew to 23 early in the second half. That provided a buffer against shaky play Syracuse used to get within 11 but never closer as Louisville (23-6, 11-5) rebounded from its loss at No. 8 North Carolina.
Mitchell shot 9 of 16 from the field to lead four Cardinals in double figures. A revamped starting frontcourt featuring Spalding helped as the sophomore forward tied a career high in points while posting his second career double-double.
Deng Adel had 17 points and Quentin Snider 12 for Louisville.
Tyus Battle had 20 points and Tyler Lydon 17 for Syracuse (17-13, 9-8), which had sought a follow-up to its buzzer-beating win over No. 10 Duke.
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Syracuse: Despite entering with a 3-2 record against Top 10 schools — including Wednesday’s nail-biter against the Blue Devils — the Orange’s tournament hopes had no room for error. They managed just 36 percent shooting, were outrebounded 39-28 and committed 10 of their 16 turnovers in the first half.
Louisville: The Cardinals had plenty of room for improvement after TAMPA, FLA. >> The head of the baseball players’ union says “that page has been turned” in the spat regarding New York Yankees President Randy Levine and what he said about reliever Dellin Betances’ agents.
Levine had called Betances a victim of “overthe-top demands based on very little sense of reality” by his representatives at an arbitration hearing on Feb 18. The Yankees beat Betances in the case, and he will be paid $3 million rather than his $5 million request.
“Dellin is focused in on the season, we’re focused in on the season and look forward to have him continue to do what he’s always done, which has been a tremendous contributor to his club and winning on the field,” union chief Tony Clark said Sunday.
Clark talked with Yankees players as part of his annual visit to spring training camps in Florida and Syracuse’s Tyler Lydon (20) works for position against Louisville’s Anas Mahmoud (14) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, in Louisville, Ky.
losing at North Carolina and emerged more active against the Orange. Their free throw shooting was better than the previous game as they made 13 of 23 after hitting 4 of 13 against the Tar Heels. Arizona.
Levine, one day after the decision was announced, said he felt bad that Betances “was used that way by his agents.”
Clark said he has not talked with Levine about the matter.
Betances figures to be primarily a setup man again following Aroldis
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Louisville’s win should be enough to keep the Cardinals in the Top 10.
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Clark said “it’s more likely now than it would have been in the past” that MLB will play games in London next year.
The Yankees and Boston are two teams that may get consideration if the games are finalized.
The WBC this season was a main reason that overseas games gained little traction.
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regular season finale. The Orange lost the previous meeting 71-65 on Feb. 19.
Louisville: Visits Wake Forest on Wednesday night before closing the regular season on Saturday against No. 21 Notre Dame.
Clark reiterated that the union is willing to talk with MLB about rule changes involving pace of game.
But the expected experiment to automatically place a runner on second base to start extra innings in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League and Arizona League this summer will have a tough time reaching the big leagues.
“So far the feedback that we have gotten is just that it will be a challenge to have it happen here,” Clark said. “The feedback that we have gotten is been pretty definitive with respect to that rule.”