O’connor sparks Spartans to win

Burnt Hills star scores 20 points vs. Niskayuna in league victory

Bolstered by a huge secondquarter run, Burnt Hills-ballston Lake rallied from an early deficit and beat Niskayuna 54-41 on the road Thursday in a Suburban Council girls’ basketball game.

Olivia O’meally knocked down two 3-pointers to help give the Silver Warriors a 16-9 lead through eight minutes, but

Grace O’connor countered with three 3-pointers to spark a 20-5 second-quarter run that gave Burnt Hills the lead for good.

O’connor finished with a game-high 20 points. M.K. Lescault added 13 points in the win.

O’meally and Jackie Reffelt both had 10 for Niskayuna.

Boys’ swimming and diving: Joe Flood (50-yard and 100-yard freestyle) had two individual wins and anchored the winning 200 medley relay to lead Glens Falls to a 100-69 home win over Mohonasen-schalmont. Carson Rath swam on the winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays and won the 100 backstroke for the Indians (7-2). Evan

Krenav won the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly for Mohonasenschalmont.

Boys’ bowling: Colonie topped Albany 21-11 in Suburban Council action. Tyler Reardon paced the Garnet Raiders with a 279 high single and 728 series. Aiden Kelly (254-614) led the Falcons . ... Jeremy Shafer rolled a 713 triple with a 256 high game to lead Shenendehowa to a 6-2 win over Burnt Hills. Anthony Peabody led the Spartans with a 221 single and 632 series.

Wrestling: Connor Byers (215), Ben Riston (285), Landen Welcome (102), Jacob Hanlon (132), John Welcome (145), Cody Morgans (152) and Elias Goosmann (172) all pinned their opponents to lead Averill Park to a 56-15 win over Columbia.