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As Albany native Dion Lewis fights to make the Patriots roster in 2015, we do get some sad Capital Region news out of New England... Vellano, a CBA grad, spent two seasons in New England after being signed as a rookie free agent out of Maryland...

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...

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...

UAlbany men's basketball coach Will Brown joined #ArmenAndLevack Tuesday to discuss the upcoming Coaches vs Cancer -- and UAlbany's upcoming basketball season. The Great Danes are back-to-back America East champs. UAlbany is coming off its first NCAA tournament, a "First Four" game against Mt...

With the college season starting last week, and the the NFL season starting last night, it's time to take the final frontier. And that frontier is conquered tonight as the Section II high school season begins this evening. Reminder that you can get your team's schedules here...

Starting next academic year, the Big 10 Conference of Section II will cease to exist, as reported by James Allen of the Times Union. The move coincides with Amsterdam's official movement into the Foothills Conference for next year. This causes the Big 10 to have difficulty in some sports, especially on the girl's side, where only five schools have sports like soccer or softball...

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...

Wow. What a start to the first full day of action in the Section II playoffs… If the rest of the playoffs are as good as last night, sign me up. A top seed went down, a few other games were closer than expected and several came down to the wire...

The Hoosic Valley girls basketball team continues to enjoy a magical season.  Cassidy Chapko scored 17 points to lead Hoosic Valley past Randolph (Section VI), 43-42, in a thrilling New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class C championship game at Hudson Valley Community College on Sunday.

CBA of Albany and Troy met twice (and split) in two hotly-contested Big 10 games during the regular season.  So you wouldn't expect anything less playing for the Section II Class A boys basketball championship.

How about CBA of Albany and Troy meeting for the third time this season.  CBA outlasted Bishop Maginn, 57-49, in a Section II Class AA Boys Basketball Tournament semifinal game Thursday night.

It was expected to be a very close game so the finish didn't surprise anyone.  Chaz Lott scored with one second left to propel CBA of Albany past Shenendehowa, 52-49, in a Section II Class AA quarterfinal boys basketball game Saturday at Hudson Valley Community College.