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Maple Hill Girls Basketball had a winning streak in the Patroon Conference that went from 2006-2015. Hoosick Falls football had a 59-game Section II win streak snapped earlier this season. Those streaks are incredibly impressive, and now we find ourselves in the middle of another great streak in Section II...

Tim Stauffer, one of the players who has helped blaze the trail for Capital Region natives in professional baseball, has been released by the Minnesota Twins. The Spa Catholic grad was designated for assignment on June 10th. Stauffer spent nine years with the Padres before signing a 1 yr/$2...

It's been mostly good news this week on the local baseball scene, as we saw three Section II products get drafted in Garrett Whitley of Niskayuna, John Stewart of Greenwich, and CBA graduate Trevor Lacosse. But with all the good news, comes some bad...

Yesterday on the field in Appleton, Wisc., the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons captured the 2015 NCAA Division III National Championship in baseball. The Red Dragons topped the University of Wisconson - La Crosse by a score of 6-2. Cortland went 5-0 at the World Series after capturing the New York Regional which also featured New York teams RPI, Oswego, and Old Westbury...

Saratoga's Tim Stauffer continued his recent losing ways on Monday against the San Francisco Giants. The Padres starting pitcher lost his 3rd straight start as the Giants defeated San Diego, 7-2.

There are currently 3 players in Major League Baseball with Albany area ties.  Two of them played for Section II high schools while another went to a local college. Here's an update on each with about a month left in the regular season.

It was a night to forget for Saratoga native Tim Stauffer. The San Diego starting pitcher allowed five homeruns in the first three innings. The Cincinnati Reds hit seven in all — matching an MLB record — in a 13-1 victory over the Padres.

San Diego starting pitcher Tim Stauffer hung around for seven innings after serving up three early homers but didn't factor in the decision as the Padres lost to the Mets on Monday night, 9-8.

Tim Stauffer has been one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball over the past month. On Wednesday night, the Saratoga native shutout the Dodgers as the San Diego Padres avoided a three-game sweep with a 3-0 win.

Tim Stauffer has been the Padres most consistent starting pitcher this year. But on Sunday, the Saratoga native struggled for one of the few times this season and the result was a 5-3 Philadelphia win in front of 45,241 at Citizens Bank Park.

Tim Stauffer continued his hot streak on Tuesday night.  The Saratoga native pitched 6 shutout innings as four relievers completed a six-hitter to help the San Diego Padres beat the Florida Marlins, 4-0.

Congrats to Saratoga's Tim Stauffer and Schenectady's Casper Wells.  Both Capital Region natives are on Major League Baseball rosters for the 2011 season.