La Salle

Well, the season is not over just yet for La Salle High School graduate (and Cohoes native) Zach Remillard. His Coastal Carolina Chanticleers fell to the Arizona Wildcats in Game 1 of the College World Series Championship in Omaha on Monday night...

I think that La Salle High School graduate Zach Remillard has had maybe the best week in local sports history: He was drafted in the 10th round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Chicago White Sox and then helped Coastal Carolina advance to the College World Series by beating LSU in the Super Regional...

La Salle graduate JP Sportman was moved up to AA in the Oakland A's system earlier this week. He joined the Midland Rockhounds in time for the Texas League Championship Series, which Midland currently leads 2-0. Former Shen star Murphy Smith also played for the Rockhounds last season with the A's system, but he was with the Blue Jays this year...

It's been an interesting and challenging season at times for La Salle graduate JP Sportman, but it's going to end in great fashion. Sportman, who has played well in the Oakland A's system, but has battled injury on multiple occasions this year, will finish the season with a promotion to the AA Midland Rockhounds...

La Salle graduate JP Sportman continues to hit well for the Stockton Ports, California League affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. Sportman went 2-3 with a homer, double, and three RBIs in the Ports 11-2 win over Lancaster on Monday. He's now hitting ...

Several local baseball players are currently in the minor leagues, working their way up towards the majors. Maple Hill graduate Jaime Schultz (Rays) has been promoted to AA Montgomery. The hard-throwing RH can touch 97 MPH and can help the Rays as either a starter or a reliever in the future...

La Salle graduate J.P. Sportman continues to impress at Oakland Athletics spring training. The 2014 draft pick from Central Connecticut hit his second home run of the spring on Wednesday against the Angels. Sportman crushed this ball to deep left center, proving that the good OF also has some serious pop at the plate...

Another day, another highlight reel for La Salle graduate JP Sportman. I say another because just yesterday we had a video of him making a diving catch in CF in Friday's game against the Rockies. This time we see Sportman homering in the 9th inning of an Athletics' loss to the Cleveland Indians...

La Salle graduate J.P. Sportman, a farmhand with the Oakland Athletics, made an immediate impact on a major league spring training game on Friday afternoon against the Colorado Rockies. Sportman entered the game as a pinch-runner and then played CF...

All week at 1045theteam.com we are helping to welcome back baseball season! We are talking with our Capital Region products who are at -- or about to report to -- spring training. Today we talked with La Salle graduate and Central Connecticut product, J...

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...

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...