section II

Another great night of Sectional action last night, I was at Joe Bruno Stadium for the Class B/BB baseball finals. Class D and C finals take place tonight. Here’s the Section II scoreboard. Baseball: Class B: Fonda 3, Voorhesville 2 Great game and great pitching matchup that came down to the last pitch...

Three more sectional champions were crowned on Tuesday as Class C, B, and A boys’ lacrosse took center stage at the University at Albany. Greenwich topped Glens Falls in the day’s opener with a 16-14 win. The two teams were tied at seven after the first half and were knotted at 11 after the third quarter before Greenwich outscored the Indians 5-3 in the fourth to win...

Three Section II champions were crowned in girls lacrosse on Wednesday and the girls continued to take center stage with a full slate of softball games on the schedule. In the Class A final, Shaker topped Guilderland 8-7 after scoring five goals in the second half...

Playoff action is heating up across all sports this week. Tuesday featured first round games in baseball, a full schedule in Class A and C boys' lacrosse, while softball and girls' lax are on the docket for today. Baseball AA: Guilderland 2, Saratoga 1 BB: Cairo Durham 6, Ravena 0 -- Catskill 7, Broadalbin-Perth 6 -- and Johnstown 2, Cohoes 1 C: Waterford 14, Schoharie 1 -- Maple Hill 6, Hadley-Lu

Sectional baseball seedings were announced yesterday. There are some really good matchups and really intriguing classes. The area as a whole has been really deep and competitive this season and it should make for a great next week and a half...

The road to Joe Bruno Stadium and a sectional championship starts today for Capital Region baseball teams. According to James Allen of the Times Union on Twitter, the sectional seedings for each class will be released today sometime between noon and 1 p...

Friday night will mark the final installment of the “Friday Night Lights” high school baseball series at Joe Bruno Stadium. La Salle will take on Troy at 4 p.m. while Guilderland and Columbia will battle at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 and proceeds from tonight’s games go to benefit Coaches vs...

New York State released its first set of baseball rankings yesterday. The rankings include games through April 21. Several Section II teams are represented in the poll including Shenendehowa (No. 2 Class AA) and Nisakayuna (No. 7 Class AA)...

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...

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...

This is the last weekend of the high school basketball season. And for Section II, it’s been an awesome run – three state championships for the boys representing the Capital Region. But now it’s Federation time as we welcome in the teams from New York City – and the independents --  to see who the true best team in the state is...

Six teams from Section II will have a chance to play for a coveted state championship next weekend. It was yet another great weekend of basketball that highlighted the best this area has to offer. Five of the eight teams in action got to play at Hudson Valley Community College on Saturday, and a great crowd came out all day to see the action...