Scotia

As Armen and Levack broadcast live from UAlbany today for the #PurpleOut4JP, it seems appropriate that we award our ESPN Radio 104.5 Athlete of the Week to UAlbany-commit Joe Cremo of Scotia. Cremo, widely regarded as the area's best player, averaged 34 points a game last week...

The Scotia-Glenville basketball team hasn't lost a game in nearly two full years. After winning the sectional, state, and Federation titles a year ago, the Tartans earned the top seed in Class A once again. The Tartans boast a perfect record and the area's best player in Joe Cremo...

The Shenendehowa Boys basketball team just finished a perfect regular season at 19-0, winning the Suburban Council, and steamrolling much of the competition along the way. Shen boasts one of the deepest rotations in Section II and we spoke to head coach Tony Dzikas today about how he handles that rotation, what it's like to have the dynamic Huerter brothers on his roster and the atmosphere behind

I finally got the opportunity to go out and watch some high school hoops last night, and man, was I impressed. I went to Troy High to watch Guilderland take on the flying horses. Guilderland won the game 58-46 against an undermatched Troy team missing its two best players, but that doesn't mean the Dutchmen didn't come away looking very impressive...

Need something to do tonight? Look no further than a marquee boys' basketball matchup between Scotia and Schenectady. This border battle will decide the Hilliard Memorial Tournament (7:30, Schenectady High). Scotia (6-0) is the darlings of the Capital Region, having captured the 2013-14 Class A, Section, State, and Federation titles...

Steve Dagostino of @DagsBasketball joins Brady Farkas to talk about his upcoming events this summer, the rapid growth of his basketball training program, who he's working with, his thoughts on Scotia-Glenville, AAU and more.

After a phenomenal winter season, the recognition keeps rolling in for Section II's best basketball players. Joe Cremo (Scotia) was named the NYS Class A Player of the Year after helping lead the Tartans to the Section II, Regional, State and Federation championships...

Do you know what some of the best players in the Capital Region have in common? Did you watch Section II basketball this season and wonder how some of these players got so good? Chances are, they are working out with Steve Dagostino. Dagostino spent five years playing professionally in Europe after a stellar career at St...

In the days where some people just use high school athletics as a venue to get to college athletics, it’s sometimes hard to remember what is so great about high school sports. It’s the camaraderie of playing with the kids you grew up with...

Tonight marks the beginning of the New York State Federation Tournament of Champions, and thus ends our team previews. But perhaps we saved the best for last. Albany Academy is the reigning Federation champ in Class A and they’ll look to repeat this weekend. The Cadets open up with the No. 1 team in New York State, Scotia, tonight at 8:30 at the Times Union Center.

Today it’s part two of our three-day series to preview the New York State Federation Tournament of Champions. We kick off our Class A preview by looking at the Scotia-Glenville Tartans, who will take on reigning federation champion Albany Academy on Friday, 8:30 p...

The schedule keeps saying that spring is coming and basketball season is winding down, but it really feels like this season just keeps on going. And for Section II, it does. Three Capital Region teams captured New York State Championships this past weekend at the Glens Falls Civic Center including Green Tech (AA), Scotia (A) and Hoosic Valley (C)...