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Girls: Saratoga Springs take home their 17th Federation title as they edge out Suburban Council rival Shenendehowa 63-67. Queensbury made it a 1-2-3- sweep for Section 2 with their 3rd place finish with 148 and without Carly Wynn. Shenendehowa had their first two runners, Lizzie Predmore (3rd, 18:21.2) and Nicole Irving (8th,18:38.3) before Saratoga's first runner, Keelin Hollowood (11th,18:49.2) and had their third runner, Danika Simonson (16th,19:01.5) ahead of Saratoga's second runner, Madison Carr (18th,19:07.9), but Saratoga used their depth with Brianne Bellon (27th,19:16.2), Amanda Burroughs (40th,19:35.4), and Brianna Freestone (46th,19:39.7) to take the title. Queensbury was led by Brittany Winslow (5th,18:22.9), Danielle Winslow (6th,18:27.5), and Morgan Mueller (30th,19:18.9). Cornwall's Aisling Cuffe easily took the individual title in 17:38.9, beating Pittsford Mendon's Shaylyn Tuete by forty seconds.

Boys: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake was led by a runner up finish by Otis Ubriaco to take 2nd place to Class AA runner ups North Rockland 132-169. Ubriaco (16:03.7) was beaten by Chenango Valley's Max Straneva by four seconds. The Spartans were also led by Scott Maughan (13th,16:30.7), Sean Pezzulo (52nd,17:04.9), Chris Fernandez (85th,17:21.3), and Dan Fernandez (117th,17:35.6). Shaker placed a strong 4th with 194 pts., just two points behind Warwick Valley. The Bison were led by Mike Libruk (30th,16:49.8), Ryan Egan (51st,17:03.7), and Casey Gilboy (53rd,17:05.0). Shenendehowa placed in 6th with 208 points, one point ahead of Section three's Liverpool (three teams ahead of Liverpool, just sayin'). The Plainsmen were led by Dan Harris (28th,16:48.8), Ian Dorset (41st,16:58.7), and Mitch Todorov (49th,17:02.3). Individuals from Section 2 were Sam Place (12th,16:27.5), Kyle Wegner (29th,16:49.6), and Max Groves (44th,16:59.8).

Class AA: Saratoga edges Shenendehowa 27-31 for their 10th straight sectional championship. Saratoga's Keelin Hollowood takes the individual title in 17:13.1, twelve seconds ahead of Shen's Lizzie Predmore.

Class A: Queensbury goes 1-2-3 to beat out 3-time sectional champions Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 28-34. Queensbury's Brittany Winslow wins in 17:09.5 for the fastest time of the day, over her sister, Danielle, by two seconds.

Class B: Scotia-Glenville beats two time sectional champions Broadalbin-Perth 42-71 for their first ever sectional championships. Scotia-Glenville's Becky Celorio takes the individual title in 18:41.2, nineteen seconds over Broadalbin-Perth's Opal Jessica Bogdan.

Class C: Voorheesville takes seconds straight section title, beating out Schuylerville 42-90. Schuylerville's Samantha Watson takes her second straight sectional title winning in 18:50.5 beating out Fonda-Fultonville's Kim Geniti by thirty-one seconds.

Class D: Greenwich scores a perfect 15 for the second straight year and winning their sixth straight title beating out Berlin 15-91. Greenwich's Roxanne Henningson takes her second straight individual title, finishing in 17:58.4

Class AA: Shenendehowa edges out Shaker 59-63 for their fourth straight sectional title. Shenendehowa's Dan Harris takes the individual title in 15:16.6, six seconds ahead of Saratoga Springs' Sam Place.

Class A: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake take the first four places to beat our Queensbury 17-44 for their second straight sectional title. Burnt Hills' Ballston Lake's Scott Maughan and Otis Ubriaco basically finished together in 15:38 but Maughan was given the win.

Class B: Broadalbin-Perth beats out Lansingburgh 50-111 for their second straight sectional title. Cobleskill-Richmondville's David Richards takes the individual title in 15:33.0, twenty-two seconds over Scotia-Glenville's Ben Kraines.

Class C: Fonda-Fultonville edges out Voorheesville by one point, 45-46. Voorheesville's Conor Cashin repeats as individual champion in 15:48.4, thirty-eight seconds ahead of Fonda-Fultonville's Zak Godfrey.

Class D: Berne-Knox-Westerlo beats out Berlin 65-79 for their second straight sectional title. Greenwich's Austin Lane and Lake George's Steve Petramale were neck and neck down the finish with Lane taking the win in 15:45.9.

-Saratoga Springs was led by individual champion Keelin Hollowood and took five out of the first eight places to easily take the girls title over runner up Shenendehowa 21-48. Frosh Hollowood took the individual title in 17:27.4 to beat out runner up Nicole Irving (17:54.1) of Shenendehowa by twenty-seven seconds. Also scoring for the Streaks were senior Brianne Bellon (18:03.5), junior Sydney King (18:03.7), and senior Cassie Goutos (18:04.0) taking the third through fifth places respectively, and freshmen Madison Carr (8th,18:18.1) closing out the scoring. Behind Irving, Shenendehowa was led by senior Danika Simonson (6th,18:06.6), senior Cara Janeczko (11th,18:48.5), sophomore Gina Stalica (14th,18:51.0), and senior Jordan Westcott (15th,18:59.1). Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake was thirs with fifty-eight points and were led by top ten finishes by junior Molly Pezzulo (7th,18:11.9), and senior Kiersten Anderson (9th,18:19.9).

-Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake placed three in the top ten led by a two-three finish by Otis Ubriaco and Scott Maughan to take a surprisingly large twenty-three point win over Shenendehowa 46-69. Ubriaco (15:21.8) and Maughan (15:25.6) led the Spartans and were bolstered by top fifteen finishes by Sean Pezzulo (7th,15:51.8) and Chris Fernandez (11th,16:00.1). Dan Fernandez (23rd,16:31.1) completed the scoring. Shenendehowa was led by individual champion Dan Harris, who took the title in 15:19.6, two seconds ahead of Ubriaco. The Plainsmen also got top ten finishes by Mitch Todorov (9th,15:58.4), Ian Dorset (10th,15:59.0) to edge out Shaker by nine points for second place. Shaker was led by top ten finishes from Ryan Egan (4th,15:32.5) and Dave Marthy (8th,15:54.7).

-Queensbury sweeps team titles in Division 1 races. Queensbury's Brittany Winslow and LaSalle's Denis Hurley takes individual titles.

-Fonda-Fultonville sweeps team titles in Division 2 races. Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons' Talya Williams and Fonda-Fultonville's Zak Godfrey take individual titles.

Holy Names girls and Lansingburgh boys win team titles. Holy Names' Catherine Maloy and Lansingburgh;s Alney Tobias win individual titles.

North Warren girls and Lake George boys take team titles. Lake George's Kacey O'Brien and Steven Petramale take individual titles.

Greenwich girls and Schuylerville boys win team titles. Greenwich's Roxanne Henningson and Austin Lane win individual titles.

Amsterdam girls and Albany boys win team titles, Amsterdam's Rebekah Johnson and LaSalle's Denis Hurley take individual titles.

Greenville's Patrick Ostoyich and Ichabod Crane's Jen Receveur take individual titles.

Fonda-Fultonville sweeps the team titles. Berne-Knox-Westerlo's Courtney Tedeschi and Connor Devine take individual titles.

Queensbury's Brittany Winslow and Jon Flint take individual titles and lead their teams to the team titles

Schuylerville's Samantha Watson takes girls individual title, Cobleskill-Rich. takes team title over Mt.Anthony 45-67

Greenwich's Austin Lane takes boys individual title, Fonda-Fultonville takes team title over Kingston 43-68

Columbia's Kaylee Scott takes the individual championships and leads her team to an easy win over Averill Park 16-58

Lansingburgh's Alney Tobias edges out LaSalle's Denis Hurley for the individual title and leads his team over LaSalle 31-39

-Queensbury girls went 1-2-3 but it was not enough as Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake edged them out for the girls Division III title 45-49. Burnt Hills was led by a 4-5 finish by Riley Wilk (18:22) and Molly Pezzulo (18:23) and another top ten finish by Kiersten Anderson (9th,18:34) for the win. Queensbury, who was running without Carly Wynn, was led by individual champion Brittany Winslow (17:24.4), 2nd place finisher Danielle Winslow (17:24.7), and 3rd place finisher Morgan Mueller (18:09).

-Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake was led by individual champion, Otis Ubriaco and two others in the top ten to easily take the boys Division III title over Rush-Henrietta 57-103. Ubriaco took the individual title in 15:15 to take the win over Lake George's Steve Petramale (15:22) by seven seconds. Also in the top ten for the Spartans were Scott Maughan (4th,15:32), and Dan Fernandez (10th,15:45). Rush-Henrietta was led by Brian Hotchkiss (11th,15:46).

-Broadalbin-Perth places two in the top ten and used their depth to take the girls Division II title over Geneva 53-82. Geneva has individual champion Christine Driscoll (17:43) and two others in the top five but Broadalbin-Perth put in their next six runners before Geneva's fourth. The Patriots were led by Opal Jessica Bogdan (8th,19:13) and Emily Baker (9th,19:16). Albany Academy's Morgan Wojtusik was the top Section 2 runners finishing in 2nd with a time of 18:47.

-The Broadalbin-Perth boys followed the girls by placing three in the top ten to take the boys Division II title over Beekmantown 48-66. The Patriots were led by Justin Ferguson (7th,16:13), Austin Becker (9th,16:24), and Adam Rasefske (10th,16:28). Lansingburgh's Alney Tobias takes his second straight Burnt Hills title in 15:42, edging out Cobleskill-Richmondville's David Richards (15:43) by one second.

-Mt Greylock, Vt. placed three in the top ten to easily take the girls Division I title over Tri-Valley 42-79. The Greys (I made that nickname up) were led by a runner-up finish by Mackenzie Hitchcock (18:58). She was beaten by Millbrook's Mallory Peterson who finished in 18:23. North Warren's Megan Erickson was the top Section 2 runner finishing in 11th place in 20:26.

-Fonda-Fultonville was led by individual winner Zak Godfrey and their top five all in the top 15 to easily win the boys Division I title over Berlin 41-108. Godfrey finished in 16:25 to take the title after passing Mt. Greylock's Matt Cheung (16:28) late in the race. The Braves were also got a top ten finish from Michael Scott (9th,16:56). Berlin was led by an eigth place finish by Alex French (16:53).

I still have to updates league standings and results from the Glover (Maple Hill) Invitational

-Shenendehowa boys take Varsity B race, led by Dan Harris in 4th place (12:58, best time from a section 2 runner). Shaker boys take Varsity G race led by Ryan Egan in 6th and Michael Libruk in 7th place.

-Saratoga Springs take 2nd in the girls Eastern States Championships with Queensbury placing 3rd. Saratoga was led by Brianne Bellon in 7th and Keelin Hollowood in 9th. Queensbury was led by Brittany Winslow in 6th place (14:43.3, fastest section 2 time). Shenendehowa takes Varsity C race led by Nicole Irving in 2nd place. 2nd place finishes by Greenwich (Varsity C race) and Guilderland (Varsity B race).

-Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake boys and girls both place second. The boys lost a close one to Liverpool 78-85 and beat Saugus,CA by a point. The Spartans were led by Scott Maughan (9th,15:21), Otis Ubriaco (10th,15:32), and Chris Fernandez (11th,15:38). The girls placed second to Canandaigua 49-55. They were led by Kiersten Anderson (7th,18:24) and then Riley Wilk (18:48), Meagan Roecker (18:50), Alyssa Drapeau (18:51), and Molly Pezzulo (18:51) taking the 14th through 17th spots respectively. Results here

-Saratoga girls win their seventh Great American race of champions with a 50 point win over Balcksburg, VA. 66-116. Saratoga was led by Keelin Hollowood (7th,18:06), Sydney King (9th,18:17), Cassie Goutos (13th,18:33), Amanda Burroughs (15th,18:38), and Brianne Bellon (17th,18:41). Saratoga also won both J.V. Girls and Frosh girls races. The boys placed in 15th led by a 20th place finish by Sam Place (15:59). Results from dyestat.com

-North Rockland, led by a fourth place finish by Alexis Hatcher (16:19.), places four in the top ten to double up runner-up Tappan Zee 31-62 to win the Division 1 girls race. Tappan Zee was led by individual winner Jacqueline Pollack, who ran in 15:55.2 and outkicked runner-up Lauren Hehit (15:56.8) of Washingtonville, for the win.

-Queensbury was led by a one-two finish by sisters Danielle Winslow (15:34.2) and Brittany Winslow (15:38.0) to easily take the Division 2 girls race over Columbia 29-94. Columbia was led by Kaylee Scott (5th,16:22.2) and Natalie Cullings (6th,16:26.9).

-Rhinebeck was led by individual winner Annabel Clark and took the Division C girls race over Sauquoit Valley 37-60. Sauquoit Valley was led Susan Pridehart in 8th place and Kellie Bell in 9th place. Clark beat out Schuylerville's Samantha Watson for the win.

-Chaminade placed three in the top ten to take the Division 1 boys race over Shenendehowa 49-62. The Flyers were led by William Slattery (13:44.2) and Thomas Awad (13:52.2). The Plainsmen were led by individual winner Dan Harris (13:28.0) who beat out Isaiah Miller of Middletown (13:36.3) for the win.

-Shaker was led by a 7th place finish by Ryan Egan (13:56.4) and a 13th place finish by Mike Libruk (14:07.4) to take the Division 2 boys race over Washingtonville 82-101. The Wizards were led by a runner-up finish by Martin Hehir (13:29.1), who was just outkicked by individual winner Manu Kumar of Yorktown (13:27). Kumar's time was the best time of the day.

-Rhinebeck were led by a one-two finish by Dylan Nowik (14:12.1) and Zak Willis (14:25.0) but it wasn't enough to win as Sauquoit Valley edged Rhinebeck to take the Division C boys race 52-54. Sauquoit Valley was led by a 3rd place finish by Tom Arcuri (14:29.1) and a 7th place by Taylor English (14:32.0)

Girls: Amsterdam and Fonda-Fultonville take team titles, Albany Academy's Morgan Wojtusik and Fonda's Kim Geniti are individual champs

Boys: Bethlehem and Fonda-Fultonville are team champions, Albany Academy's Zach Nelson and Fonda's Zak Godfrey take individual titles.

Girls: Monroe-Woodbury took 4 out of the first 8 spots to take the large school race over Queensbury and Shenendehowa 38-50-59. Monroe-Woodbury was led by individual champion Megan Patrignelli, who took the title over Shenendehowa's Nicole Irving by six seconds. Also helping Monroe-Woodbury were Elizabeth O'Donnell (5th,18:35.5), Sabrina Brooks (7th,18:51:9), and Meaghan Ventarola (8th,18:56.5). Queensbury was led by a third-fourth finish by Brittany and Danielle Winslow (18:15.5 and 18:35.5), and a sixth place by Carly Wynn (18:48.1). Lizzie Predmore did not run for Shenendehowa.

-Broadalbin-Perth took five of out the top eight spots to easily take the team title over Voorheesville 24-62. The Patriots were led by a two-three finish by Opal Jessica Bogdan (20:04.9) and Emily Baker (20:09.6), Nicole Vainauskas (5th,20:39.9), Mackenzie Ottati (6th,20:49.3), and Sarah DePalma (8th,21:00.7). Voorheesville was led by top ten performances by Michelyn Little (4th,20:21.2) and Jolie Seigel (10th,21:08.0). Erika Kuhn of Glens Falls took the individual title in 19:59.5, five seconds of Bogdan.

Boys: Shaker placed in the in the top ten to beat out the hosts, Queensbury, 43-70. Shaker was led by top ten finishes by Eric Young (3rd,16:14.3), Ryan Egan (5th,16:22.7), and Mike Libruk (8th,16:30.4). Queensbury was led by Jon Flint (6th,16:23.0) and Gary Messina (10th,16:36.1). Lake George's Steve Petramale and Willie Underwood moved up to the large school race and took the top two spots. Petramale (16:06.5) took the title over Underwood (16:13.3) by seven seconds.

-Broadalbin-Perth places five in the top seven to take the small schools title by 30 points, 22-52 over Voorheesville. Broadalbin-Perth was led by Justin Ferguson (16:51.2), Adam Rasefske (17:00.8), Austin Becker (17:18.5) who went 2-3-4 respectively, Andrew Bogdan (6th,17:21.8), and James Vainauskas (7th,17:25.1). Voorheesville was led by individual winner Conor Cashin (16:44.0) and Taylor Treadgold (5th,17:20.8).

Teams: Saratoga girls and Holy Names girls take titles, Saratoga boys and Bishop Gibbons girls 2nd, Colonie and Bishop Gibbons boys 3rd

Individuals: Keelin Hollowood and David Richards take titles, Talya Williams, Catherine Maloy, Sydney King, and Sam Place take 2nd

-Ballston Spa's Max Groves, Jake Flynt, and Devin Bennett took the fourth through sixth positions to lead the Scotties to the large school title over runner-up LaSalle 52-66. Ballston Spa was also helped by Adam Custer (18th,15:50) and Shane Constantine (22nd,16:07) closing out their top five. LaSalle was led by a runner-up finish by Denis Hurley (14:34) and the third place by James Doran (14:51). Lansingburgh's Alney Tobias defended his individual title finishing in 14:30.

-Ballston Spa places three in the top ten to edge out Suburban Council mate Colonie 52-56 for the large school title. The Scotties were led by Becky Martin (4th,17:58), Bailey Kowalczyk (5th,18:16), and Alexandra Finnocchio (8th,18:43) finishing in the top ten. Colonie had top ten finishes by Jackie Malecki (7th,18:38), Mackenzie Malone (9th,18:50), and Moira Hilt (10th, 18:57). Scotia-Glenville's Becky Celorio took the individual title over Schenectady's Erin MacBeth with a time of 17:44.

-Fonda-Fultonville placed three in the top twenty to beat out Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 78-89 for the small school title. The Braves were led by a fourth place finish by Zak Godfrey (15:23), Michael Scott (12th, 15:57), and Matt Hoffman (18th,16:13). The Golden Knights has top ten finished by Jordan Pantalone (5th,15:30), and Matt Lange (15:36). Berne-Knox-Westerlo's Connor Devine outkicked Voorheesville's Conor Cashin to take the individual title in a time of 14:56.

-Voorheesville took five out the first nine places to easily take the small school title over runner-up Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons 31-85. The Blackbirds showed great depth with Michelyn Little (4th,18:45), Sawyer Cresap (5th,19:18), Karen Obertubbesing (6th,19:22), Jolie Seigel (7th,19:24), and Zoe Edmunds (9th,20:14) leading the team. The Golden Knight were lead by Talya Williams (3rd,18:29) and Angelique Cain (12th,20:18). Berne-Knox-Westerlo's Courtney Tedeschi defending her individual title over Fonda-Fultonville's Kim Geniti in a time of 17:51.

-Burnt Hills' Scott Maughan outkicks Shen's Dan Harris for the large school title but Shen takes the team title 44-62. Burnt Hills was missing Otis Ubriaco and Sean Pezzulo. Cobleskill-Richmondville's David Richards takes the small school race. Hopkington, MA takes the team title over Berne-Knox-Westerlo 43-52.

-Shenendehowa girls easily takes the large school title over 1000 Islands Canada 16-73. Shenendehowa's Nicole Irving outkicks team mate Lizzy Predmore for individual title. Berne-Knox-Westerlo's Courtney Tedeschi takes the individual small school title as Cobleskill-Richmondville beats out Hopkington, MA for the team title 22-33.

-Lansingburgh's Alney Tobias takes his second win in two weeks. Fonda-Fultonville takes the boys title over Voorheesville 59-78

-Albany Academy's Morgan Wojutsik takes girls individual title. Voorheesville repeats as girls team champions over Lansingburgh 28-84.

I am still working on previews bur I've had other commitments that has slowed them down