Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Upset City - Monday Night

Cambridge's Abraham Andrew (3) attempts to strip the ball from Mechanicville's Pat Marra. (Jeff Couch — The Record).

Glens Falls was upset city Monday night - the lower seeded team won all three games.

Joe Loudis' No. 3 Red Raiders of Mechanicville knocked off the Shea Bromirski-led Cambridge Indians 48-46 and advance to Saturday's class CC final against No. 4 Voorheesville, who bested No. 1 seed Schenectady Christian 54-44. Tip off is set for 5:30 pm on Saturday.

The Raiders and the Blackbirds met twice in Colonial Council play - Mechanicville won the first meeting at home by two and then lost at Voorheesville Jan. 29 55-48.

In class D, Northville beat second seed Argyle 60-52.

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North Warren and St. Johnsville play in the other half of the D semis today at 5 pm.
Both class C semis will follow - Hadley-Luzerne vs. Germantown at 6:30 and Rensselaer vs. Maple Hill at 8.

Maple Hill and Rensselaer split their regular season series - each team winning on the road. The Wildcats are riding a 5-game winning streak, but the Rams are the No. 1 seed, thanks to the play of point guard Justin Wilkinson, guard Shane Brozowski and center Keith Britt.
I think it's a toss-up. Rensselaer has the talent, but they stumbled down the stretch in the regular season. The Rams looked pretty good against Duanesburg at SEFCU in the quarters, but they will need to step up their game even more to stop Patroon foe Maple Hill.

Assuming Ichabod Crane beat Broadalbin in the Bs, the Patroon Conference will send two teams to sectional finals.

-- Will Montgomery

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