game reports

(Troy)

North Warren used a strong fourth quarter to edge Maple Hill 54-49 in a hard-fought Class C sectional matchup at Hudson Valley Community College. The Cougars advance to face the top seed Berne Knox at Cool Insuring Arena on 3/3 at 6:30 pm.

The game remained tight throughout with a margin no bigger than six points either way the whole game. The opening quarter ended with both teams locked at 11. North Warren took a slight 25-23 advantage into halftime and held off a late push from Maple Hill by outscoring them 19-15 in the final period.

North Warren's Semaj Cuyler was the difference-maker, delivering a game-high 29 points, Brodie Rooker contributed 11 points, while Coleman Swartz added eight.

Maple Hill was led by Nick Novak with 15 points, followed by Austin Prest with 13. Dean Chevrier added 10 points in the loss.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

	BOYS'					Class	C
	OFFICIAL SECTION 2 BOX SCORE				Date 2-28-25			Site	HVCC

	Visitors	Total FG		3 point
No.	Maple Hill	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FT	FTA	PF	Points
5	Nick Novak	6		1		2	6	4	15
12	Dean Chevrier	3				4	7	4	10
13	Avery Morse	1						0	2
20	Brendan Brodzinski					1	2	1	1
21	Will Reutzel							1	0
22	Tyler Gibson	3						1	6
24	Austin Prest	6				1	2	2	13
33	Zach Manning	1							2




	Total	20	0	1	0	8	17	13	49



	Home	Total FG		3 point
No.	North Warren	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FT	FTA	PF	Points
1	Semaj Cuyler	11		2		5	7		29
5	Tyler Hitchock	0						1	0
10	Coleman Swartz	2	2	2		2	2	4	8
2	Elijah Horde	2						1	4
33	Wyatt Jennings	0						3	0
42	AJ Masiello	0							0
12	Brodie Rooker	4	2			1	2	1	11
24	Chase Scheidegger	1						3	2







	Total	20	4	4	0	8	11	13	54


		1	2	3	4	OT	Final
	Maple Hill	11	12	11	15		49
	North Warren	11	14	10	19		54

(Averill Park)

Averill Park held off a fourth quarter rally from Shenendehowa to grab a 66-59 win in Suburban Council action. Arianna Verardi led the Warriors with 20 points.

Averill Park used an impressive first eight minutes and took hold of the ball game on their way to a nice first quarter lead 15-8.

Shenendehowa closed the gap late in the first half thanks to back to back three pointers from Gabby Stuart and Abby Stuart as the teams went to the first half breather with Averill Park nudging ahead 32-27.

Averill Park played with purpose in the third quarter and outscored Shenendehowa by 6 points. They took their biggest lead of the night 52-40 late in the third period.

Shenendehowa opened the fourth quarter on a 13-1 run to tie the game at 53 with just under four minutes left in the contest. The Warriors responded by scoring the next seven points to give them them some breathing room at 60-53. Bailee Lange made a tough hoop in transition to break the deadlock at 53. Tatiana Tune grabbed a rebound, scored, and was fouled to complete a three point play. Taylor Holohan finished the run with a steal and the basket.

The Warriors led at all quarter buzzers by separations of 7, 5, 11, & 7.

Averill Park had a quartet of players in double figure scoring. Arianna Verardi paced the Warriors with 20 points. Taylor Holohan chipped in 16 points. Tatiana Tune bagged 11 points. Kayleigh Ahern finished with 10 points. Bailee Lange chalked up 9 points.
The Warriors shot with exceptional form at the line as they achieved 66.7%, 12 of 18.

Shenendehowa had a triplet in double figure scoring. Gabby Stuart led the Plainsmen with 19 points. Bri Carey splashed in 13 points. Kaleigh Montanez poured in 11 points. Grace Cozzens scored 7 points.
The Plainsmen drilled 10 hoops from deep.
Gabby Stuart nailed 3 three-pointers. Kaleigh Montanez with 3.
Shenendehowa shot with sterling accuracy from the charity stripe as they prospered at 78.6%, 11 of 14.

Box Score with full play by play HERE:

FULL GAME VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

Game flow chart:

By Ed Bemiss

SCORE BY QUARTER	1	2	3	4	OT	FINAL
Shenendehowa	8	19	14	18	0	59
Averill Park	15	17	20	14	0	66


			Shenendehowa	Averill Park

		FGM -	19	26
		FTM -	11	12
		FTA -	14	18
		FT% -	78.6%	66.7%
		3PtM -	10	2

Shenendehowa

Name	FGM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PTS
Gianna Winter	0	0	0	0	0
Kate Milham	0	0	0	0	0
Kaleigh Montanez	4	3	0	0	11
Maya Carpenter	0	0	0	0	0
Bri Carey	3	2	5	6	13
Cam Wilders	1	0	0	0	2
Syd Delisle	0	0	0	0	0
Abby Stuart	2	2	0	0	6
Gabby Stuart	6	3	4	4	19
Miranda Demura	0	0	1	2	1
Grace Almeida	0	0	0	0	0
Grace Cozzens	3	0	1	2	7

Averill Park

Name	FGM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PTS
Bailee Lange	3	0	3	6	9
Kayleigh Ahern	4	2	0	0	10
Elizabeth Hansen	0	0	0	0	0
Addison Alvey	0	0	0	0	0
Arianna Verardi	6	0	8	11	20
Taylor Holohan	8	0	0	0	16
Ciara Pogue	0	0	0	0	0
Abigail Colwill	0	0	0	0	0
Tatiana Tune	5	0	1	1	11
Elizabeth Aiossa	0	0	0	0	0
Hannah Stewart	0	0	0	0	0
Lillian Wohlleber	0	0	0	0	0

(Colonie)

Albany Academy withstood a late charge from Shaker to grab a 52-46 victory in a non-league tilt. After a slow start in the opening frame, the Cadets used a suffocating defense to gain control of the contest outscoring the Blue Bison 29-11 in the middle two frames.

Shaker jumped all over the Cadets at the start racing out to a 9-0 lead after an Andrew Church three pointer. The Blue Bison led after one period 13-8.

Defense reigned supreme in the 2nd quarter as the teams scored a scant 14 points. Albany Academy outscored Shaker 12-2 to grab the halftime lead, 20-15 after trailing by nine points early in the game. They didn't allow a Shaker shot attempt until there was 2:50 left in the second quarter. Their pressure defense wouldn't allow the Blue Bison to set up the offense.

Albany Academy finally got some offense going in the third quarter, scoring 17 points, and grabbed a 37-24 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Shaker clawed back in the final quarter, as they outscored the Cadets 22-15, but they ran out of time.

Bobby Chandler paced the Cadets with 14 points. Jack Louridas racked up 11 points. Cyrus Matia finished with 9 points. Liam Hayes scored 6 points. Mallachy Ings notched 6 points.
Albany Academy made 4 baskets from behind the three point line.

Zacharie Matulu guided Shaker with 23 points. Drew Ronovech contributed 8 points. Sean Hurley tallied 8 points.
The Blue Bison shot exquisite from the charity line as they attained 86.7%, 13 of 15.

FULL GAME VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

By Ed Bemiss

SCORE BY QUARTER	1	2	3	4	OT	FINAL
Albany Academy	8	12	17	15	0	52
Shaker	13	2	9	22	0	46


			Albany Academy	Shaker

		FGM -	20	15
		FTM -	8	13
		FTA -	15	15
		FT% -	53.3%	86.7%
		3PtM -	4	3

Albany Academy

Name	FGM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PTS
Gerard Conway III	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Chandler	5	1	3	3	14
Xavier Lopez	0	0	1	5	1
Gianni DiCerbo	1	1	0	0	3
Mallachy Ings	3	0	0	1	6
John Mahoney	0	0	0	0	0
Ras Godbolt	1	0	0	0	2
Arthur Foster	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Camoin	0	0	0	0	0
Cyrus Matia	4	0	1	2	9
Jack Louridas	4	2	1	2	11
Liam Hayes	2	0	2	2	6
Elijah Taylor	0	0	0	0	0
Brooks Brennan	0	0	0	0	0
Payton Dott	0	0	0	0	0

Shaker

Name	FGM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PTS
Thomas Novotny	0	0	0	0	0
Preston Frazier	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Makoyi	0	0	0	0	0
Tye Mariano	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Ronovech	3	0	2	2	8
Sean Hurley	2	2	2	2	8
Zain Raza	0	0	0	0	0
Edward David	1	0	0	1	2
Collin Johnson	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Church	1	1	0	0	3
Colby Haver	1	0	0	0	2
Zacharie Matulu	7	0	9	10	23
Jackson Rueckert	0	0	0	0	0

(Troy)

Berne Knox used a second quarter explosion to pull away from Whitehall for an 80-38 victory. The top seeded Bulldogs advance to play North Warren at Cool Insuring Arena on 3/3 at 6:30 pm.

Berne Knox led 23-14 after one period. In the second period they turned their defense into offense and started playing downhill with sharp quick passes in transition as they outscored Whitehall 29-4 to lead 52-18 at the break.

Whitehall finishes an impressive season at 17-5.

(No stats have been reported yet at this time and will be added later).

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Berne-Knox-Westerlo Bulldogs
Coach: Andy Wright

Assistant Coaches: Chris Brown, Nate Krimsky, George Martin
Number Name Grade
0 Jayden Buie 11
1 Dayne Coates 11
3 Shake Kirker 11
5 Matt Dwyer 11
21 Ethan Simpson 11
23 George Wright 10
30 Dane Delorm 11
32 Arlan Wright 12
33 Blake Quay 11
44 Justin Murphy 12
50 Blake Terrell 10
55 Patrick Lendrum 11

Whitehall Railroaders
Coach: Keith Redmond
Assistant Coach: Neil Molinero

Number Name Grade
1 Latrell Evans 12
2 Gavin Kramer 12
4 Enzo Rehem 11
5 Layden Rozell 11
10 Ronin Gosselin 11
12 Brenden Groesbeck 11
14 Tommy Barber 12
20 Avery Sharpe 8
23 Anthony Towle 11
24 Aaron Pond 12

(Troy)

Bethlehem pulled off a dramatic comeback to secure a 62-60 victory over Amsterdam in a Section 2 Class AA playoff thriller at Hudson Valley Community College on Saturday.

Trailing 28-18 at halftime, Bethlehem surged back in the second half, outscoring Amsterdam 44-32 to claim the narrow win. Joe Whiting led the way with 23 points, Kiernan Barnes added 20 points. Jay Felio contributed 10 points. Joe Whiting and Brenan Martone added key baskets down the stretch.

Amsterdam controlled the game early, with Jude Flint and Caleb Miller each scoring 18 points each, for the game, to build a double-digit lead by halftime. The Rams led 50-39 after a Jude Flint three pointer with 6:36 left in the game. However, Bethlehem went on a 21-10 run to tie the game at 60 with under 0:10 left in regulation

After trading baskets in the last minute Brandon Wilcox went 2-2 from the line with seven seconds left for Bethlehem to secure the win.

The late-game effort, combined with timely free throws, lifted the Eagles to the next round of the playoffs. Bethlehem will next play Niskayuna at the Cool Insuring Arena on 3/5 at 8 pm.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

	BOYS'					Class	AA
	OFFICIAL SECTION 2 BOX SCORE				Date 3-1-25			Site	HVCC

	Visitors	Total FG		3 point
No.	Bethlehem	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FT	FTA	PF	Points
1	Jay Felio	3		1		3	4	3	10
4	Kiernan Barnes	6		3		5	6	5	20
14	Brenan Martone	2		1				4	5
23	Joe Whiting	1				2	2	2	23
24	Brandon Wilcox	1				2	2	1	4







	Total	13	0	5	0	12	14	15	62



	Home	Total FG		3 point
No.	Amsterdam	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FT	FTA	PF	Points
1	Jalen Green							2	0
2	Audray Fowler	2		2				4	6
3	Rocco Natale	2				1	2	2	5
4	Luis Tirado	2				2	2	5	6
11	Jude Flint	7		4				2	18
21	Dominick Agresta	3		1				1	7
32	Caleb Miller	6		1		5	6	5	18








	Total	22	0	8	0	8	10	21	60


		1	2	3	4	OT	Final
	Bethlehem	6	12	21	23		62
	Amsterdam	10	18	17	15		60

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