Anna Boughtwood, a senior at Columbia High School, won the Kiwanis Glover Cross Country Invitational Saturday morning at Maple Hill High School, turning in a time of 19:30 to edge out teammate Kaylee Scott, an eighth-grader, at the finish line. Columbia placed five runners in the top 10 to win the team title.
An honor roll student at Columbia, Boughtwood qualified for the New York State Indoor Track and Field championships in 2009 and 2010 and also ran at the New York State Outdoor Track and Field Meet in 2009. Boughtwood owns the Columbia school records in the indoor 400 and 600 meter runs. She also holds the meet records in the outdoor 200 and the 400 at the Queensbury Invitational, races she has won each of the last two years.
Name: Anna Boughtwood High school: Columbia High School Class in school: Senior Colleges I’m interested in attending: Undecided, but hopes running is part of the plan. Possible career/major: Psychology. "I’m not really sure what I want to do. I just think it’s really interesting and I like learning about the mind." What’s on TV: How I Met Your Mother. What’s in my iPod: World Party. Favorite flicks: Blades of Glory. "Anything with Will Ferrell." What I’m reading: Jane Eyre. Bookmarks: "I like to read the New York Times website." Talent I’d most like to have: "I wish I could swim better." Favorite meal: "I love rigatoni before a race." Favorite place to visit: England. Favorite sports teams: "No, not really." Favorite runner: Allyson Felix. Favorite physical attribute: Eyes. My motto: "Try your best, no matter what." Heroes: My grandma. My bucket list: "I want to travel. I want to go to college. That’s about it." Favorite restaurant: "I love to go to Hot Harry’s Burritos." X-C PR: "For a 5k, 18:51, maybe." Favorite X-C course: "I like our home course a lot." Least favorite X-C course: "I don’t really like the Saratoga course. I don’t like all the pebbles." Other sports played: Indoor and outdoor track. Races from 200 to 600 meters. Friday night, there isn’t a cross country race and I’m: "Usually homework, or I’m watching a movie at a friend’s house."
The target of The Record's Sunday Profile this week (put together by staff writer Andrew Santillo) is on C.J. Sohl, a pitcher with the Albany Dutchmen. Sohl, a rising junior at Siena College, formerly played with the South Troy Dodgers and Guilderland High School.
The text of his recent interview with Andrew Santillo is below.
C.J. Sohl
The Albany native is pitching this summer for the Albany Dutchmen of the New York Collegiate Baseball League. Sohl, who went to Guilderland High School, will be a junior at Siena College in the fall. The right-hander also pitched for the South Troy Dodgers.
Age: 20
What’s on TV: I don’t really watch TV. I used to watch Lost and shows like that, CSI. I watch ESPN and SportsCenter in the morning.
What’s in my IPod: Rap mostly. I listen to some country from teammates, as you know there’s a lot of country music associated with baseball.
Favorite Flicks: My favorite of all time was Bad Boys II. I saw Toy Story 3 a couple of days ago and that was pretty good.
Love to trade places for a day with: Cliff Lee. He strikes out a lot of people and I’d like that. It would be cool.
First Job: I worked in a nursing home in the kitchen making food.
Talent I’d most like to have: I’d like to be really good at math.
Favorite Meal: It’s definitely steak and mashed potatoes.
Favorite place to visit: The beaches in Florida.
Favorite sports teams: Mets & Jets.
Heroes: My dad (Chuck). He was a hard worker.
My Bucket List: I kind of want to go to Australia and see the other side of the world.
Favorite Restaurant: Outback Steakhouse.
Friday night I’m not playing baseball, I’m: Going out if it’s nice. I’m doing something with my friends.
Favorite baseball player: Griffey (Ken Griffey Jr.). Griffey was my guy.
Favorite baseball field: I’ve been to the Braves stadium (Turner Field). That was pretty nice.
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Raiders top College Select; Connie Mack World Series Qualifier: Day Three
Rain altered Saturday's schedule in the Connie Mack World Series Qualifier, but the South Colonie Raiders kept their hopes alive by defeating College Select, 6-3. The Raiders, however, failed to qualify for the double elimination portion of the tournament.
For Saturday's scoreboard and Sunday's schedule, scroll down.
South Colonie center fielder Nick Valletta throws to third base during the first inning of Saturday's game against College Select....
And Valletta caught College Select's Jake Deacon at third base for the final out of the inning. South Colonie's Brady Talbot, a Tamarac High product, applies the tag.
South Colonie starting pitcher Anthony LaValley throws a pitch during Saturday's game. He and Jake Mullen pitched three innings apiece (Mullen earned the win) to pitch the Raiders to victory. (All photos by J.S. Carras - The Record).
Third base coaches have a language of their own when it comes to relaying signs to batters and baserunners, tapping their faces, chest, arms and legs in complicated patterns.
Sometimes, Ed Kelly, head coach of the South Colonie Raiders Connie Mack team, likes to keep it simple. He sticks out his meaty index fingers, points to the corners of his mouth and gives a big goofy grin.
Smile.
That message worked for Justin Harris, who on the first pitch after seeing the sign, smacked an RBI double down the left field line in the fifth inning of Saturday’s Connie Mack World Series qualifier game against College Select, breaking a tie and putting the Raiders ahead for good.
"I had a talk with him. He was out in front of the pitches early on," Kelly said. "I had to settle him down. I said you’re alright. Settle down. Smile. Let the game come to you. Don’t try to press so much."
Colonie won the game, 6-3, at South Colonie High School, but it wasn’t enough for the Raiders to advance to the double elimination portion of the tournament. Team N.Y. Scout won Pool D, leaving the South Troy Dodgers, a wildcard selection from Pool B as the lone local team remaining. Today, the Dodgers play host to the Florida Legends, three-time defending champions of the tournament, at 10 a.m. at Geer Field.
South Colonie starter Anthony LaValley was lifted after three innings having allowed just one earned run on seven hits. Jake Mullen provided three innings of relief, earning the win. Jaime June used 15 pitches in the seventh inning to pick up the save.
"I thought that, with having so many games in a couple of days, you have to go to anyone that can really throw," Mullen said. "I thought I might get in today, I got the call and I try to keep it as close as I can. If we’re in the lead, I just want to maintain it."
Second baseman Chris Kalica led the way with two hits for the Raiders, adding a double and a stolen base. He and Chris Kearney pitched South Colonie to victories over the Jack Cust Diamondjacks and the Long Island Tigers on Friday.
Although the game featured six errors – three on both sides – Harris made the play of the day behind the plate in the bottom of the fifth.
With the bases loaded and one out, Mullen threw a pitch that bounced in the dirt in front of Harris. He reached out with his bare hand to grab it, but it skipped to the backstop, where it ricocheted off a post right back to Harris. He looked to flip the ball to Mullen, but the pitcher was not close enough to the plate, so Harris dove and tagged Matt Mastroianni out in the nick of time.
"To catch the ball and have the wherewithal to know that the pitcher was late in covering and take a dive at the plate, it’s just a great, heads-up play in my opinion," Kelly said. "I don’t know how many catchers would make that play."
The Upper New York State Connie Mack Tournament begins Wednesday in Schenectady’s Central Park and the Raiders are hoping their experience in the World Series Qualifier has prepared them for the Empire State’s finest.
"We want to kind of use this as a template to compare yourself with where you are with all the big teams," Mullen said. "And kind of use these games as momentum for the states and do very well there."
Jake Mullen (above) and Justin Harris (below) played well for the Raiders Saturday and will lead the team into the Upper New York State Connie Mack Tournament beginning Wednesday in Schenectady.
Saturday's Connie Mack World Series Qualifier Tournament Scoreboard
Pool A (At St. Rose’s Bob Bellizzi Field, Albany) Kalamazoo Maroons vs. World Yacht Clippers - forfeited South Troy Dodgers 17s vs. Florida Legends - forfeited
Pool B (At Geer Field, Troy) Cincy Flames 2, Devilcats baseball (East Greenbush) 0 South Troy Dodgers vs. Team N.Y. Nationals - forfeited
Pool C (At Clifton Common, Clifton Park) Frozen Ropes Titans 4, Richmond County Baseball Club 3 Upstate Vipers vs. Clifton Park Yankees, Noon - forfeited
Pool D (At South Colonie High School) South Colonie Raiders 6, College Select 3 Team N.Y. Scout 4, Jack Cust Diamondjacks 3
Sunday's double elimination round schedule First round games at 10 a.m.
Frozen Ropes Titans vs. Cincy Flames at the College of Saint Rose's Bob Bellizzi Field, Albany Florida Legends vs. South Troy Dodgers at Geer Field, Troy Team N.Y. Scout vs. Richmond County Baseball Club at South Colonie High School, Colonie
Note: Second round games to be determined based on first round results
-- We also have a Sunday Profile on former South Troy Dodgers player Greg Holle in Sunday's edition. Holle was recently signed by the Milwaukee Brewers and will learn his minor league fate sometime next week.
We're also featuring the CCHS modified baseball team, Joe Mahoney and Jimmer Fredette in our weekly Faces in the Crowd section. To see those faces, click here. If you have news you'd like to see in this feature, please send it to sports (AT) troyrecord (DOT) com.
The Don of CCHS basketball; Faces in the Crowd and Sunday Profile nominees
Former Catholic Central High School boys basketball coach Don Bassett coached the Crusaders from 1968 to 1984. (File photo by J.S. Carras - The Record).
The Record's sports editor, Kevin Moran, wrote a comprehensive story on the legendary career of former Catholic Central basketball coach Don Bassett that appeared in Sunday's edition of The Record.
Bassett won 304 games in 22 seasons as a high school basketball coach — he won more than 250 at CCHS, where he won 80 percent of his games.
Sunday, Bassett will be inducted into the Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held at the Crown Plaza in Albany. The induction is open to the public. Tickets are priced at $70. Two of Bassett’s former players, Tom Bacher and Rod Owens, will also be part of the Hall of Fame Class of 2010.
We'll have more on this year's Hall of Fame class all this week in The Record.
-- We're also featuring two new pieces of our retooled Sunday section.
First is Faces in the Crowd. Click here to see last week's nominees. Do you know of a local team (at any level) or person that deserves to be recognized as one of our Faces in the Crowd? Please send us your information and a picture. (Follow the directions in the above link).
We're also looking for individuals to describe in our Sunday Profile. Here is one on John Hudson, the head groundskeeper at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium.
Please send us your nominees!
(Update, 12:01 a.m.): Let me throw Monday's local baseball roundup on this post as well.
Local baseball Sandy Koufax 13-and-under Lansingburgh 15, Queensbury 14: Connor McDonough went 5-for-5 to lift the Lansingburgh Royals over the Queensbury T’Wolves in a Sandy Koufax game Monday evening. Greg Howard added a double and a single for Lansingburgh. Jarred Jarose was the Royals’ winning pitcher. Queensbury’s Kyle Chambers collected three singles. Mickey Mantle Hoosick Falls 11, Albany 9: Josh Mulready hit an RBI triple and scored three runs to lead Hoosick Falls to a Mickey Mantle victory over Albany Monday evening. Randy Tutunjian chipped in with a two-run triple, Steve Colvin hit an RBI double that broke a tie in the sixth inning and Alex Lilac provided three innings of scoreless relief for Hoosick Falls (4-6). Albany’s Terrell Bickley hit a pair of singles and drove in a run for Albany (6-4). HOOSICK FALLS 11, ALBANY 9 Albany (6-4) 210 600 0 - 9 5 1 Hoosick Falls (4-6) 102 413 x - 11 8 1 Bickley, Worden (6) and Berghela J.Brogue, Mosso (2), Lilac (4) and L.Brogue. Twilight League Athletics win doubleheader: Jim Shook hurled a complete game, 7-hitter and added to his league lead in strikeouts by fanning 11 batters as the Albany Athletics posted a 10-1 victory over the Blue State Bluehawks. In the nightcap, John Marcella hit a grand slam to lift the A’s to a 14-3 victory over the Albany Senators. The Athletics, 15-3 overall, took sole control of first place with a 10-2 mark in Twilight League action.
Bethlehem's Eric Halek celebrates a goal - he scored four - in Saturday's 8-6 Section II Class A semifinal victory over Christian Brothers Academy. (Photos by Mike McMahon - The Record).
Competing in Bethlehem High’s first sectional semifinal in boys lacrosse, Erik Halek and his teammates had nothing to lose.
With the Eagles brimming with confidence which grew throughout the game, Halek, a senior attackman who played through an ankle injury, scored four goals as Bethlehem forged an early lead and held off a furious comeback bid to oust Christian Brothers Academy, 8-6 on Saturday in a Class A semifinal at CBA.
By reaching the first sectional final in the history of the program, the third-seeded Eagles (12-6) denied the second-seeded Brothers (13-5) a trip in what would have been their first title game.
"This is the furthest we’ve gone in school history," Halek said. "This is a huge step for our program."
The Eagles advance to face top-seeded Shenendehowa (17-1) in the Class A final on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the University at Albany.
Our Chris Fitz Gerald caught the CBA game, as well as Shen's 12-5 victory over Guilderland. Look for his full story on both games in Sunday's edition of The Record.
CBA's Jack Reilly navigates through the Bethlehem defense during Saturday's Section II Class A playoff game at CBA.
Every Sunday in The Record,we will be featuring a local athlete to give you a glimpse of their lives far away from the playing fields. This week, we featured Christian Brothers Academy senior Jack Reilly, who is headed to Johns Hopkins on a lacrosse scholarship. Here were Reilly's answers to our questions:
Class: Senior/2010 College I will attend: Johns Hopkins. What’s on TV: Sportscenter, espn2, ESPNU. What’s in my IPod: A lot of variety; rap, a lot of pre-game warmup songs and rock songs - all different kinds of music. Favorite Flicks: Remember The Titans. What’s I’m reading: Inside Lacrosse magazine, ESPN the Magazine. Love to trade places for a day with: Michael Jordan or Steve Forbes. Someone in his field who is very, very powerful. Talent I’d most like to have: I’d like to be able to do back flips. Favorite Meal: Spaghetti and meatballs. Favorite athletes I watch in different sports: Alfonso Soriano of the Chicago Cubs, even though I’m a Mets fan; Lebron James in basketball and (Landon) Donovan of U.S. soccer. Favorite place to visit: Probably home. When I’m not out playing sports and traveling a lot with lacrosse and stuff like that, I like to stay at home. Favorite sports teams: New York Mets, Boston Celtics and the New York Jets. Favorite physical attribute: Being able to jump into certain situations and do certain things to help the team out. Favorite subjects: Math and History. Favorite Restaurant: Mario’s in Niskayuna and Lombardo’s in Albany. Friday night, there isn’t a game and I’m: Get together with a few friends, get a slice of pizza or go see a movie, but mostly I’d be sleeping. I would be resting up because of all the running and everything I’m doing - I love to sleep. Heroes: For long time was hero was Tiger Woods before the incident happened. On the field, I’d have to say him. But off the field, I would say Jackie Robinson by far he’s somebody to look up to. Superstitions: A lot of people ask that, but I can’t say because they’ll be broken. I will say that my dad does cut my hair before every single game and I have to sit in the exact same chair. My Motto: It’s a motto my mom and I came up with that I have written up on the wall - ‘Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.’
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