Shen and Saratoga pick up varsity golf wins
Both Shenendehowa and Saratoga won early-season varsity golf matches on Thursday afternoon. Shen defeated Shaker, 236-256, while Saratoga beat Niskayuna, 251-270.
COLONIE » Tommy McPartlon, Mike Westfall and Angelo Caparo each shot a 38 to lead Shenendehowa varsity golf over Shaker, 236256, at the Town of Colonie Golf Course on Thursday. The trio shot only two over on the par 36 course. Noah Massry and Hannah Fitzgerald shot a 21 to lead Shaker.
SARATOGA 252, NISKAYUNA 270 » Saratoga Springs defeated Niskayuna at McGregor Links Country Club by a score of 252-270 on Thursday afternoon. The Blue Streaks were led by Nolan Crowley and Ethan Mania with a score of 40. The Silver Warriors were paced by Nick Rumsey with a score of 41. ICHABOD CRANE 170, LA SALLE 71 » Ichabod Crane narrowly defeated La Salle by one stroke on Thursday afternoon, 170-171, in a Colonial Council varsity goal match up. Medalist Trevor Wolfe led Ichabod Crane, shooting a 37. HOOSICK FALLS 4.5, TAMARAC 0.5 » Hoosick Falls defeated Tamarac, 4.5-0.5, in a Wasaren League varsity golf showdown on Thursday afternoon at Hoosick Falls Country Club. Ryan Bloomer and Mathew Smith medalled for the Panthers, both shooting 42. Medalist Bobby Simmons led Tamarac, finishing with a round-best 39.
NY-Penn League
TRI-CITY 5, AUBURN 4 » Despite giving up a three run lead in the ninth, the ValleyCats (33-31) were able to squeak out a 5-4 victory in 12 innings over the Doubledays (25-37) on Wednesday night at Falcon Park.
Trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the ninth, the first two Doubledays walked and Luis Vitoria doubled to left to make it a 3-1 ballgame.
A sacrifice fly then made it 3-2, and Alex DeGoti booted a routine grounder to second base that should have ended the ballgame. That knotted the score at three a piece and sent the ballgame into extra innings.
Neither team was able to push across a run until the 12th. With one out, DeGoti and Marcos Almonte both reached base on Auburn fielding errors, putting runners on first and second.
After Miguelangel Sierra was hit by pitch to load the bases, a wild pitch with Bryan De La Cruz at the plate gave the ‘Cats a 4-3 lead. Then the ‘Cats scored one more big insurance run on an RBI groundout by De La Cruz to make it 5-3.
Once again, the Doubledays wouldn’t go quietly. After a groundout to begin the bottom of the 12th inning, Andres Martinez singled and Nick Banks doubled to put runners on second and third with just one out.
David Kerian made it a one run ballgame with a sacrifice fly, as Banks advanced to third base to put the tying run just 90 feet away.
‘Cats pitcher Carlos Sanabria then induced a groundout to the shortstop Sierra to end the threat and the ballgame.
With the victory, the ValleyCats ended their five game losing streak to keep themselves within three and a half games of the playoff hunt.
ECHL
GLENS FALLS » The Adirondack Thunder, ECHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames, announced today that they have signed forward Ty Loney to a standard player contract.
Loney, 24, joins the Thunder for his second professional season after he spent the 2015-16 season in the Penguins organization, split between WilkesBarre/Scranton in the AHL and Wheeling in the ECHL. With the Penguins, Loney collected six points (0-6-6) in 31 games played. The Valencia, PA native also skated in 28 regular season games with the Nailers, where he amassed 18 points (7-11-18). Loney also skated in each of Wheeling’s 26 playoff contests and collected 18 points (7-11-18) on route to an appearance in the 2016 Kelly Cup Finals. Loney’s seven postseason tallies tied for third on the Wheeling roster and included goals in series clinching wins over Florida and South Carolina.
The 6-4 winger made his professional debut at the end of the 2014-15 season with the then AHL Norfolk Admirals, where he netted four points (2-2-4) in five games played. Loney collected three points in his professional debut on April 7, including his first career professional goal, the game winner, in a 7-4 win over Binghamton. Prior to turning professional, Loney played four seasons at the University of Denver, where he finished his career with 89 points (39-50-89) over 152 games played and appeared in the NCAA Tournament in each season.
The Thunder kick off their 2016-17 home schedule on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 7:00 p.m. against the Manchester Monarchs.
Women’s Soccer
ALBANY » College of Saint Rose forward Morgan Burchhardt (Burnt Hills, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) has been named to the HERO Sports 2016 Preseason Division II All-America Team. The junior is one of 33 student-athletes from throughout the country to be so recognized.
Burchhardt was the Northeast-10 Conference’s second-leading point producer behind a team high 30 points on nine goals and 12 assists last autumn. The latter was the fifth highest mark among all NCAA Division II players.
Burchhardt was also a first-team All-Conference pick and a National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-East honoree in 2015. She is furthermore a two-time NCAA Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association All-East honoree. Burchhardt already stands 19th in points (57) and is tied for eighth alltime in assists (23) at Saint Rose.
The Golden Knights, who have posted a 186-16-17 (.889) record throughout the previous nine seasons, will open their season at home versus Nyack next Thursday, September 1 at 6:00 pm.