section II

Last week's Section II Super Bowls provided five great matchups and crowned five new champions. Perhaps no greater game was played than the Class AA final between Shen and CBA at UAlbany's Bob Ford Field. I was at that game and saw the Plainsmen beat the Brothers, 25-20...

Hopefully you were able to get out and enjoy a very busy weekend of local sports. If you weren't able to catch local HS or college action, here's what you missed. Division 1 Hockey RPI is now 4-6 on the season after splitting two games this weekend...

Looking for something to do locally on this Novemeber weekend? There is lots going on, take a look at which games you want to attend. HS Football Class AA Super Bowl: CBA vs. Shenendehowa, Friday at 7 pm, UAlbany Class A Super Bowl: Burnt Hills vs...

As we come towards the finish line of the fall season in Section II, we get our first representative from the fairways for our ESPN Radio 104.5 Athlete of the Week. Albany Academy junior Sean Puleo won his third consecutive Colonial Council Individual Title in addition to being a Class A medalist at Ballston Spa...

Last night, more Sectional championships were decided as Bethlehem captured the Class AA girls' soccer title by beating Saratoga, 2-1. The 6th-seeded Eagles defeated the Blue Streaks after getting goals from Holly Moore and Shannon Russo...

The Shenendehowa boys' soccer team captured its first Section II title since 2011 by beating Niskayuna, 1-0, on Monday night at Colonie High School. James Homan netted the game-winner with 29:42 left in the game and sent the Plainsmen to the regional final against either Fayettville-Manlius or Baldwinsville of Section III...

It's Super Bowl time in Section II and that means we have a SUPER edition of our High School Football Social Media Fan Battle! This time it's CBA vs. Shen in Class AA! How it works: Two times a day (8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.), we will tweet out the game of the week on twitter @1045theteam...

According to a report from the Glens Falls Post Star, former Whitehall football coach Justin Culligan, who was fired on Oct. 20, was terminated for the use of foul language. Culligan was let go after a controversial Oct. 18 game between Whitehall and Rennselaer turned ugly...

Another great local story comes to us this week from our friends at CBS 6 Sports. Phillip-Michael Williams is a senior at Michigan State. He didn't play football for his first three years in East Lansing. Now, as a senior, the Ballston Spa graduate has gotten carries for the No...

Football is not the only sport that we have playoffs starting in this week. Soccer playoffs also begin. We have put up a list of the play-in/preliminary/opening round games for each class in both boys' and girls' brackets. Matchups come courtesy of our friends at the Times Union, Jess Koehler and James Allen...

After a series of ugly skirmishes forced the cancellation of Rennselaer and Whitehall in the third quarter on Saturday, it isn't clear whether or not Whitehall head coach Justin Culligan still has a job. Rennselaer head coach Joel Preston reported after the game that a Whitehall assistant choked a Rennselaer senior running back during the hotly-contested game...

A great regular season has ended and we now head toward playoff time for Section II teams. You can see the full brackets right here. Class AA: Shenendehowa and Shaker earn the top seeds. Shen is 7-0 and looks very good. At No. 5 in the state, they are big and physical and are capable of running the ball with two-headed monster of Matt Taft and Oliver Robinson...