Troy crushes Bethlehem to improve to 4-0
Sports Staff TROY, N.Y. » Troy High, the defending Class AA state champs and the current No. 1 ranked team in New York, celebrated homecoming with a 49-3 win over Bethlehem Friday night.
Dev Holmes opened the scoring on a 60-yard punt return for a touchdown then scored on a carry in the second quarter to make it 28-3 at half. Holmes completed his hat trick with a touchdown reception in the second half. Joey Ward ran for two touchdowns in the contest while Joe Casale threw touchdown passes to Matt Ashley and Holmes.
Xavier Leigh scored a late touchdown for the undefeated Flying Horses (4-0).
Bethlehem fell to 1-3 on the season. SARATOGA 14, CBA 0 » The Blue Streaks moved to 4-0 on the year and stand atop the Empire Division with a commanding 3-0 record after its defense shut out the Brothers Friday night on the road.
Saratoga caused three turnovers in the first half, recovering two fumbles and sacking the CBA punter after a bad snap controlling the fist half’s time of possession.
Senior quarterback Wes Eglintine his Lewi Clarke for an 11-yard TD pass on the opening possession and after the punt/sack he found Carter Steingraber in the corner of the end zone at the end of the half.
Eglintine finished with 54 yards on 20 tough carries and Cam Adams finished with 61 yards on nine carries in the first half, leaving after a being shaken up in the half. He returned in the second half to key the Blue Streaks defense. Clarke finished with four catches for 37 yards and junior running back Ashton Capone shine in relief with 52 second half yards on five carries. SHENENDEHOWA 63, NISKAYUNA 13 » The Plainsmen moved to 3-1 on the year with a rout on the road of Niskayuna Friday night as tailback Griffin Wallner ran for 116 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. He also hauled in two touchdown passes for 118 yards on just two receptions for a three touchdown night.
Plainsmen quarterback Brendan Belott was a racked up fantasy points in the Section II league with 269 yards on 7-for-9 passing and four touchdowns. Tailback Gabe Cruz tacked on 96 yards and a score during his three carries in the contest. GUILDERLAND 42, BALLSTON SPA 0 » Guilderland controlled possession of the football and the scoreboard Friday night, shutting out Ballston Spa.
Guilderland senior running back Joe Park ran for more 100 yards and a touchdown and caught two additional passes for scores for the Dutchmen. Ballston Spa running back Jason McCarthy led the Scotties with 102 yards rushing on 22 carries. SHAKER 48, LA SALLE 0 » Ravion Burt ran for three touchdowns, the first three touchdowns of the game and Shaker blanked La Salle 480. The Blue Bison scored six touchdowns on the ground and McHugh had one passing TD and completed 6-of-7 attempts in the air for 118. Shaker lead 28-0 at halftime and scored 20 points in the second half. COLUMBIA 20, SCHENECTADY 18» Columbia got another win under new head coach Bob Treacy, squeaking past Schenectady by two points. The loss was the fourth for Schenectady to start the season. Both teams have huge tests next week as Columbia plays Shenendehowa and Schenectady faces Troy. second half as the Bulldogs traveled to Bleecker Stadium and beat Green Tech 28-24.
Davis, Yando and Dylan Schrammel all scored on passes from Connor Bovair, and K.J. Mickel scored a touchdown and safety on a bad punt snap for South Glens Falls. BURNT HILLS 28, AVERILL PARK 27 » It was a late twopoint conversion that made the difference in a one-point win for Burnt Hills.
Averill Park missed the chance with just over two minutes to play as the two ground-heavy teams slugged it out until the last whistle. scored the first three touchdowns of the second half to push the lead to 33-8 before salting away the game for the last seven minutes of the fourth quarter.
The WarEagles dropped to 1-3 this season. STILLWATER 34, FONDA-FULTONVILLE 13 » Stillwater started the game slow, allowing Fonda-Fultonville to score two touchdowns and make it 13-2 heading into the second quarter.
Stillwater scored their first touchdown in the second making it 13-8 heading into halftime.
The Warriors scored three touchdowns with a two point conversion on one of them to get a 34-13 win.
Stillwater moves to 4-0 on the season.