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 2023-24 Girls Adirondack League All-Star team selected by the coaches.

2023-24 Boys WAC All-Star team selected by the coaches.

By Aidan Joly

SARATOGA SPRINGS --

After an even first half, Shenendehowa girls’ basketball picked it up in the second half and it resulted in a 66-51 win against Saratoga on Wednesday night at Saratoga Springs High School.

 Holding a two-point lead at halftime, the Plainsmen turned on the jets in the third quarter, outscoring Saratoga 22-9 in the third stanza to open up a 15-point lead. 18 of those 22 points came from Jillian Huerter and Kaleigh Montanez, who scored 25 and 15 points respectively. Huerter added 10 rebounds and seven assists on the night as well.

“We stepped into the locker room and kind of composed ourselves, we said ‘hey, this is a good game, this is the kind of game we want.’ We all saw the first half and what went well and what didn’t go as well, so we took notes and we executed in the second half,” Huerter said.

Things were more of the same in the fourth quarter as Shen opened up as large as a 24-point lead in the waning minutes of the game. Bri Carey was the star in the fourth as 10 of her 16 points came in the final eight minutes.

“We put in a different press break at halftime, we got kids playing different positions because we have a couple kids out right now, so we were a little undermanned, but they stepped up and played well,” Shenendehowa head coach Joe Murphy said. “The biggest thing it came down to was we made some shots.”

The first half was a little bit leaning towards Saratoga as the Blue Streaks opened up a seven-point lead at one point during the second quarter. However, right after, it was Shenendehowa’s 19-2 run that encompassed the end of the second and beginning of the third that did Saratoga in.

“Our shooting percentage wasn’t great tonight as a team. So, when we had those open shots from the outside perimeter, we didn’t hit them and I think Shenendehowa did a very good job of passing the ball and getting it to the open person and unfortunately for us, they hit a lot of their outside shots,” Saratoga head coach Robin Chudy said.

The Blue Streaks were led by Tash Chudy, who had 29 points. Carly Wise had 16 points as well, with the pair scoring all but six of the team’s points. The Blue Streaks drop to 3-4 on the season.

Shenendehowa improves to 4-0 on the season with the victory.

“It’s definitely a good battle, I think it’s good for both teams to get better,” Huerter said. “This is an early game in the season so we can both get better and learn from it.”

By Aidan Joly

Albany --

CBA used two major runs and their size to their advantage in their 72-42 dismantling of La Salle on Monday night in Albany.

After a basket from La Salle’s Gianni Gabriel with just under six minutes left in the second quarter cut it to 18-16, the Brothers went on a 13-0 run for the rest of the quarter to give themselves a 15-point cushion at the break. That run was highlighted by a pair of three-pointers from Ayden Harrison, who finished with 17 points.

“I think we took care of the ball, we got the ball moving and we moved ourselves,” CBA head coach Dave Doemel said. “And, we brought in some guys from the bench who exuded a lot of energy and I thought that was a fantastic job of the whole team getting behind them.”

Harrison and David Clement, CBA’s two starting bigs, were the two-headed monster for CBA all night as Clement finished with a game-high 22 points. It was the third quarter when Clement took over, having scored 10 points in that frame. It gave CBA a 50-32 lead after three quarters using their inside-out brand of basketball, a mix of scoring inside and hitting threes. The Brothers hit five three-pointers on the night.

“Those two guys are pretty good and when they get the ball inside it’s not like it’s going into the black hole. They have no problem passing the ball back out,” Doemel said.

Clement added, “We know we have a size advantage on a lot of teams. That’s one thing that’s really good for us and it’s nice that we can get the ball inside and create shots.”

The Brothers put the icing on the cake in the fourth quarter by putting up 22 points in the final eight minutes, capped off by a pair of dunks from Clement and Harrison in the final few minutes.

“You can’t make little mistakes or continue to make mistakes and they force you into them with their length and athleticism and once that happened, the ball just kind of kept rolling. We tried to keep fighting to keep ourselves in it and do those little things, but it was just too much to overcome,” La Salle head coach Greg Davis said.

The Cadets were led by Adam Myers’ 17 points, the only player on the team in double figures.

CBA improves to 6-1 with the win, while La Salle falls to 5-2 following the game between the two natural rivals.

“We don’t get to play them as much as we did in the past, but it’s still a big game for the kids,” Doemel said. “I think with the La Salle family, it’s like playing against your brother. You have a lot of respect for your brother but you don’t want him to kick you around.”