High School Sports

Maple Hill graduate Jaime Schultz is on the verge of a Major League call-up, hopefully when rosters expand in September. The hard-throwing right-hander is 5-4 this season with a 3.16 ERA in 108 innings. He continues to strike batters out at a blistering pace, fanning 128 in those 108 innings...

Four starts, four gems in professional baseball for Shenendehowa graduate Ian Anderson. Anderson, the No. 3 pick in the MLB Draft this past June, went four innings on Saturday for the Gulf Coast League Braves. He allowed no runs and now has a 0...

Maryland shortstop and Columbia High School graduate Kevin Smith is having a very productive summer in the Cape Cod League. Smith was hitting .294 at last check and earned a spot in the league all-star game. The Cape is the most prestigious of summer collegiate leagues and often leads to a professional career...

Shen graduate Kevin Huerter is fresh off winning the U-18 FIBA America's Gold Medal in Chile and he joined 'Big Board Sports' with Rodger Wyland on Friday to talk about the experience and much more. Huerter spoke about what the feeling was like having a gold medal placed around his neck, what the international competition was like, his own play, and what it was like having his future college coach

Niskayuna native Andre Davis has a very unique and interesting story. The nine-year NFL veteran didn't start playing football until his junior year in high school and he only started playing as a way to stay in shape for the track season. Davis, the electrifying wide receiver and return specialist, ended up playing football at Virginia Tech and played for the Brows, Texans, Patriots and Bills in t

While all the attention goes to the Capital Region baseball players who are in professional baseball (Jaime Schultz, Jeff Hoffman, Ian Anderson, Garrett Whitley, etc.), lets not forget about the guys in college, like Shen grad Justin Yurchak...

A big summer continued this weekend for Shen graduate Kevin Huerter, who helped lead the Team USA U-18 national team to the gold medal at the FIBA America Championships in Chile. The US team took down Canada in the final (99-84) after disposing of Brazil in the semifinals by a score of 88-48...

With the verbal commitment of former Guilderland star Andrew Platek to North Carolina and Kevin Huerter's inclusion on the Under-18 National Team, it's been a good stretch here for local basketball trainer Steve Dagostino. Dagostino, who started the "Dags Basketball" empire, has been working with Platek, Huerter and other local stars including Scotia grad and UAlbany standout Joe Cremo,

We are just three days away from the start of the meet at the Saratoga Race Track. One of the names to watch this season, as always, is Mechanicville native and trainer Chad Brown. Brown, fresh off 38 wins and the training title at Belmont, is looking to win the training title at Saratoga this year as well...

Yesterday, the big news broke that Guilderland native and former Dutchmen star Andrew Platek was going to play his college basketball at the University of North Carolina. Platek left the Capital Region after his junior season to attend prep school at Northfield Mount Hermon...

It didn't take long after signing for La Salle High School graduate Zach Remillard to start doing damage in professional baseball. Last week Remillard, who just won the College World Series title with Coastal Carolina, had his first pro hit...

The Albany High football team made a big splash on Friday, hiring former UAlbany defensive coordinator Mike Simpson as its newest defensive coordinator. It's not often you get to bring in a guy with 28 years of experience at the college level...