HVCC soccer earns shutout
TROY, N. Y. » Ryan Euell had two goals to lead the Hudson Valley Community College men’s soccer teamto a 4- 0 win over Corning.
Maple Hill grad Garrett Axtmann and Carl Kernochan also scored for the Vikings in a home win. Kevin Granados made five saves to earn the shutout in goal.
Golf
CBA246, COLONIE288 » The Brothers beat the Garnet Raiders in a Suburban Council match. First names of medalists were not provided.
Judo
JMJC ATHLETES WIN 9 MEDALS AT STATES » Athletes from the Jason Morris Judo Center in Glenville won nine medals at the New York State Championships, Saturday at West Poin tMilitary Academy. JMJC newcomer Devin Acton, 18, led the way picking up golds in the 81 kilo gramunder 21 division as well as the 81 kg Senior Brown Belt category. Acton is originally from Honolulu, Hawaii. Pete Stanley, 33, was also a double medalist after winning a gold in the Masters ( over 30) + 100 kg weight class and a silver in themen’s + 100 kg division. Kell Berliner, 23, was the third double medalist for the JMJC as he won a silver in 90 kg and then picked up a bronze in 81 kg. Solomon Choran, 17, turned in his best performance to date, winning a silver in themen’s 81kg division. Zach Judy, 24, had to fight up a weight class fromhis normal 60 kg but still won a silver in 66 kg. Nate Torres, 18, placed second in the 81 kg Brown Belt division and Burnt Hills High School graduate, Quentin Cook , 19, claimed a bronze in 73 kg to close out the JMJC medal count.
College football
HATAL SKY WINS WEEKLY AWARD » University at Albany senior linebacker Nate Hatalsky was named Colonial Athletic Association De--
fensive Player of the Week on Monday, two days after he led the Great Danes with 15 tackles in a 28- 14 win over Monmouth.
Hatalsky had eight solo tackles and seven assisted tackles for a defense that limited the Hawks to just 217 total yards. Monmouth tailback Pete Guerriero, the fourth- leading rusher
in the Football Championship Subdivision entering the game, was limited to 26 yards on 13 carries.
A former walk- on who earned a full scholarship before this season, Hatalsky won the starting linebacker middle linebacker job during training camp. The former basketball and football player atMechanicville High School now leads the CAA with 36 tackles. He’s been the Great Danes’ leading tackler in all three games this season. FOXBOROUGH, MASS. » Rob Gronkowski says the groin injury he suffered in New Orleans is not serious and pronounced himself as “day to day” regarding this week’s game against the Houston Texans.
“The reports say out there that it was my groin and, yes, it ismy groin,” the oft- injured New England star tight end saidMonday of the injury that caused him to leave Sunday’s 3620 Patriots victory over the Saints. “It’s nothing serious and I’m just day to day.”
Gronkowski, who missed most of the second half of last season and the Super Bowl because of back surgery, caught six passes for 116 yards and a touchdown before leaving after a thirdquarter hit. He did not return and was seen on the sidelines riding the stationary bike.
“Super relieved, “he said of the injury. “I mean, I knew there was nothing really wrong. So I’mgood.”
Asked if expects to play Sunday, Gronkowski said, “I’mday to day. I feel good. Nothing serious.”
Gronkowsk i a l so dropped a likely touchdown pass, the second straight game he had a near- miss in the end zone. But that doesn’t take away from what the team did, with TomBrady carving up the shaky New Orleans defense with precision passing.
“As an offense we started clicking out there,” Gronk said. “We were clicking first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, fourth quarter and we were working well together. The ball was getting spread out or spread out to many different players and everyone was doing their job, communicating well, and it went well.”
And the quick start, including three TD passes by Brady in the first quarter for the first time in his career?
“The fast start’s always important,” he said. “It was just good to get it, and what’s good is we went all the way through the game to finish the game as an offense to close out the game.”