Softball finals postponed to today
MALTA, N.Y. » All Section II softball semifinals scheduled for Friday were postponed to the Saturday.
Section officials noted the desire to have the best conditions possible for the championships.
The times and locations for all five games remain the same: Ballston Spa vs. Shaker, Class AA final at Malta Luther Forest field 3: 5p.m. Averill Park vs. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, Class A final at Malta Luther Forest field 1: 5p.m. Cohoes vs. Ichabod Crane, Class B final at Malta Luther Forest field 2: 5p.m. Greenville vs. Lake George, Class C final at Moreau Rec: 5p.m. Salem vs. Fort Ann, Class D final at Moreau Rec: 5p.m.
WASAREN LEAGUE ALL- STARS » Rachel Hall, a senior pitcher for league- champion Greenwich, was named the MVP of the 2017 Wasaren League softball season. Witches teammate Sabrina Whitehouse earned a selection to the Section II all-star team along with Hoosic Valley’s Camille Coyne and Mechanicville’s Madison Harrington.
The following are the Wasaren League all-star selections:
MVP: Rachel Hall (Greenwich) First Team: Camille Coyne (Hoosic Valley), Madison Harrington (Mechanicville), Gabby Wiss (Greenwich), Amanda Kenyon (Mechanicville), Lizza Ryan (Hoosick Falls), Ashley Madigan (Hoosic Valley), Leah Hickey (Mechanicville), Victoria Alvord (Saratoga Catholic), Sabrina Whitehouse (Greenwich), Miranda Seacord (Cambridge), Courtney Fraher (Greenwich).
Second Team: Alivia Wood (Mechanicville), Victoria DuPuis (Cambridge), Emily Ford (Mechanicville), Danika Svendsen (Stillwater), Kaylee Ciccarone (Greenwich), Taylor Lescault (Stillwater), Renee Parry (Hoosic Valley), Eliza Jordan (Greenwich), Maddie Atherton (Hoosick Falls), Makayla Nadler (Mechanicville), Sabrina Johnson (Saratoga Catholic). Honorable Mention: Mattie Clifton (Cambridge), Brittany Dionne (Greenwich), Bridget Ryan (Hoosic Valley), Mackenzie Ellis (Hoosick Falls), Kiera Lyons (Mechanicville), Cassidy Hayner (Saratoga Catholic), Sara Brennan (Stillwater), McKenna Ryan (Tamarac), Sam (Castracani Waterford).
Boys lacrosse
CAMBRIDGE 15, SCHUYLERVILLE 7 » Maxwell Hoffer scored two goals and added two assists and teammates Zack Rowland, Jonas Butz
and Jamie Olvera recorded hat tricks as Cambridge advanced to the Class D final. Justin Carte had a hat trick and two assists for the Black Horses while Tyler Bown, Andrew Phillips, Brandon Craft and Mike Barcia each tallied goals.
Track and field
SECTION II GROUP 4 >> Greenwich won the girls Group 4 championships 95-76.5 over Fonda- Fultonville. Hoosic Valley, Canajoharie and Voorheesville rounded out the top five finishers in the girls standings. Canajoharie topped Rensselaer for the boys championship 112-72. Voorheesville took third followed by Hoosic Valley and Watervliet.
College field hockey
SAGE HIRES MCDONALD AS 1ST FIELD HOCKEY COACH >> The Sage Colleges has selected Gillian McDonald as the inaugural head coach of the Gators’ new field hockey program. McDonald will coach her first game for Sage in the fall of 2018 when the team competes as a member of the Empire 8. McDonald arrives at Sage having spent the last 12 years as the head field hockey coach at Hamilton College.
This past fall her team went 12-5 with an impres- sive 7-3 record in the highly competitive New England Small Colleges Athletic Conference (NESCAC), where the team advanced to the semifinals of the league’s tournament before falling to No. 4 nationally ranked Middlebury College.
The Hudson, Quebec native received her bachelor’s degree in 2004 and earned her master’s from SUNY Cortland. She attended the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass.