Mike Collar

What a finish. Dan Barbero hit a two-out 3-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to propel the Albany Athletics past Tampa Elite Ray, 7-5, and win its first AABC National Championship in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

The Shenendehowa Board of Education unanimously approved the recommendation of Greg Christodulu as its next varsity baseball coach.

The Shenendehowa Athletic Department has announced the following individuals and one team have been selected for induction as the 2012 Class of the Shenendehowa Athletic Hall of Fame.

Shenendehowa's Alex Kinkaid (eClub Capital District) shot two rounds of 74 for 148 to finish in a fifth place tie in the New York State Junior Championship at Mark Twain Golf Course (Elmira).

The postseason honors continue in Section II as the Foothills Council Track and Field All-Stars were recently announced. The complete list follows.

Several Section II basketball players will be competing in the second annual BCANY (Basketball Coaches Association of New York) Summer Hoops Festival in Johnson City which runs Friday through Sunday at three schools.

Paul Brosious has decided to call it quits as Mohonasen High School girl's basketball coach after four seasons.

Chris Dedrick (Columbia), Miles Kelly (Shenendehowa) and David Hoffman (Niskayuna) earned top honors on the Suburban Council All-Star Baseball Team this season.

Robert J. Zayas is expected to take over as the new Executive Director of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA).

Kathleen Wylie will bring her basketball knowledge to Schenectady High School next season as the new girls varsity basketball coach replacing Carol Lupo who stepped down for personal reasons.

In the middle of summer, why not talk about high school wrestling? Shenendehowa High School junior wrestler Alexis Porter captured the ASICS/Vaughan Cadet and Junior National Championships' Cadet girls' 143-pound division title at Fargo, N.D. recently.

The Section II community lost a fine individual recently. Roger Seward of Amsterdam, one of the big supporters of student-athletes in Section II, passed away.