section II

It's hard to believe that we are rapidly approaching August. And with that, we begin to move back toward fall sports and the exciting beginning of the high school football season. We kick off the high school football season this Saturday night, Aug...

And just like that, the high school season is over for Section II. We've come a long way since the frigid November football games, and the basketball games in the middle of the long winter. This weekend, Section II crowned three more state champions in baseball and softball, rounding out a great year for Section II athletics...

With the rains that poured on the Capital Region this week, I wasn't even sure we'd have enough games played to get in a true "Athlete of the Week" selection. Well, all those doubts were countered in Thursday's Class A Girls' lacrosse final between Guilderland and Shenendehowa...

Maple Hill graduate Jaime Schultz is continuing to impress with the Montgomery Biscuits, the AA Southern League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. Schultz is 4-3 on the season with a 3.33 ERA. Though he had his worst start of the season last night (3...

The rain storms on Wednesday caused a number of delays and cancellations across the Section II playoff landscape. We take a look, by sport, at where the situations lie right now: Softball Games are on schedule for today around the Capital Region...

Attention Section II fans, coaches, players, and athletic directors! Know of a varsity athlete in Section II who is performing well on and off the field? If so, we want to know about it! Remember, we accept our "Athlete of the Week" Nominations at AthleteOfTheWeek@1045theteam...

Quite simply put: Friday's  baseball game at Shen between the Silver Warriors and Shen may be the biggest high school baseball game in the history of the Capital Region. Niskayuna has senior Garrett Whitley, who is widely considered to be a potential first round draft pick in this year's MLB draft...

He won the Class C state title and became the Section II all-time leading scorer this year, and on Thursday, Lake George senior basketball standout Joel Wincowski was named the New York State Class C Player of the Year. It's the second time that Wincowski has won the award...

With a 65+ degree day finally under out belt, it's finally starting to feel like spring sports weather. Today we spoke with Jess Koehler of the Albany Times Union to break down Section II lacrosse. Koehler broke down the teams and players to watch around Section Il...

The Shen boys' basketball team captured its first Section II title since 1996 on Tuesday when they topped Guilderland, 47-42 at the Times Union Center. The win was also the first Sectional title win for the Suburban Council since 2000. It had been a long run since that Colonie team won back in 2000, as the Suburban Council had to deal with the Schenectady/CBA/Bishop Maginn/Green Tech foursome that

Kevin Huerter had 20 points on Tuesday as he helped Shen win the Class AA title at the Times Union Center. Huerter, who led the team in scoring at 16.3 ppg, is one of the area's most promising players. The lanky junior has several Division 1 offers in hand and Steve Dagostino of Dags Basketball, the area's top trainer, says he thinks Huerter could be a "high major" player, potentially ev

Ahhhh, the Section II season is officially over after the completion of last night's Class AA finals at the Times Union Center. Congratulations to the Bethlehem Girls and the Shen boys on winning the Class AA championships and advancing on to the New York State Tournament...