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NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Skidmore advances to Liberty League Semifinal with 46-43 win over Union
![SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — After earning the right to host a playoff game in their first season under new head coach David Bostick, the Skidmore College women’s basketball team made good use of the opportunity. Skidmore held on to defeat Union College, 46-43, in the first round of the Liberty League Tournament at the Williamson Sports Center on Tuesday evening. Skidmore (15-11) will play in its third consecutive league semifinal on Friday when it travels to second-seeded Vassar College. The Thoroughbreds are looking to make it to the conference title game for the third straight year. Union put up three […]](https://www.troyrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DSC_00431.jpg?w=578 "SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — After earning the right to host a playoff game in their first season under new head coach David Bostick, the Skidmore College women’s basketball team made good use of the opportunity. Skidmore held on to defeat Union College, 46-43, in the first round of the Liberty League Tournament at the Williamson Sports Center on Tuesday evening. Skidmore (15-11) will play in its third consecutive league semifinal on Friday when it travels to second-seeded Vassar College. The Thoroughbreds are looking to make it to the conference title game for the third straight year. Union put up three […]")
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — After earning the right to host a playoff game in their first season under new head coach David Bostick, the Skidmore College women’s basketball team made good use of the opportunity. Skidmore held on to defeat Union College, 46-43, in the first round of the Liberty League Tournament at the Williamson Sports Center on Tuesday evening....
![AVERILL PARK, N.Y. — Anarchy? No. It’s just playoff basketball. All signs were pointing toward another, first-round exit for the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake boys varsity basketball team on Tuesday night. After losing its last 16 games of the regular season, BHBL was picked as the No.11 seed for Section 2’s 12-team Class AA postseason field. With 35 percent of its offense coming from just one player, BHBL faced an uphill battle in the opening round of playoffs, on the road at No.6 Averill Park, which was playing some of the stingiest defense in the section. The Spartans picked a good […]](https://www.troyrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_02721.jpg?w=385 "AVERILL PARK, N.Y. — Anarchy? No. It’s just playoff basketball. All signs were pointing toward another, first-round exit for the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake boys varsity basketball team on Tuesday night. After losing its last 16 games of the regular season, BHBL was picked as the No.11 seed for Section 2’s 12-team Class AA postseason field. With 35 percent of its offense coming from just one player, BHBL faced an uphill battle in the opening round of playoffs, on the road at No.6 Averill Park, which was playing some of the stingiest defense in the section. The Spartans picked a good […]")
![BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — This week, Ballston Spa sophomore James ‘J.P’ Capasso is readying for his first-ever visit to the NYSPHSAA Division-I Championship Tournament. On Monday afternoon, his Scotties hosted several, of Section 2’s qualifying wrestlers for practice, ahead of the competition which runs Friday and Saturday, at MVP Arena, in downtown Albany. With the school’s basketball teams also putting on the finishing touches for their own, sectional playoff action, the wrestlers practiced inside the smaller gymnasium. The name ‘Tyler Barnes’ is printed across nearly all of the banners hanging inside the space. Take one step outside of the practice […]](https://www.troyrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_00781-1.jpg?w=420 "BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — This week, Ballston Spa sophomore James ‘J.P’ Capasso is readying for his first-ever visit to the NYSPHSAA Division-I Championship Tournament. On Monday afternoon, his Scotties hosted several, of Section 2’s qualifying wrestlers for practice, ahead of the competition which runs Friday and Saturday, at MVP Arena, in downtown Albany. With the school’s basketball teams also putting on the finishing touches for their own, sectional playoff action, the wrestlers practiced inside the smaller gymnasium. The name ‘Tyler Barnes’ is printed across nearly all of the banners hanging inside the space. Take one step outside of the practice […]")
![By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE ALBANY, N.Y. — A simmering feud between New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and her handpicked lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, has boiled over after months of discord between the two Democrats culminated in what looked like a big breakup. Delgado, who was appointed by Hochul in 2022 after her previous lieutenant governor was indicted, announced Monday that he would not run for reelection alongside Hochul in 2026, though he said in a post on X that he was “deeply committed” to finishing his current term. He didn’t give a specific reason for giving up the job, but he […]](https://www.troyrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25056638370522.jpg?w=398 "By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE ALBANY, N.Y. — A simmering feud between New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and her handpicked lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, has boiled over after months of discord between the two Democrats culminated in what looked like a big breakup. Delgado, who was appointed by Hochul in 2022 after her previous lieutenant governor was indicted, announced Monday that he would not run for reelection alongside Hochul in 2026, though he said in a post on X that he was “deeply committed” to finishing his current term. He didn’t give a specific reason for giving up the job, but he […]")
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