Huskies, Sir Bills to meet for title

By The Leader-Herald
SCOTIA — Gloversville’s 6-1 lead in the third inning was threatened by a four-run rally in the bottom half, but the Huskies kept Scotia-Glenville at bay in a 10-7 win in the semifinals of the Foothills Council Tournament.

Eric Simek threw the complete game for Gloversville and got backup from Tyler Malagisi’s 3-for-5 performance and Gabe Wells’ 3-for-4 day. Malagisi drove in one run for the third-seeded Huskies and Wells doubled and drove in two.

For second-seeded Scotia-Glenville, Jared Swider went 4-for-5 and Nick Madcharo went 2-for-3 with an RBI.

At 7 p.m. Monday, Gloversville will host Johnstown, a 5-3 winner over top-seeded South Glens Falls, in the Foothills Council Tournament championship.



Gloversville 10, Scotia-Glenville 7

Gloversville 312 200 2 — 10 8 6

Scotia-Glenville 104 100 1 — 7 11 3

Simek and Murray; Piazza, Bonaparte (1), LeConte (6) and Myers.



Johnstown 5, South Glens Falls 3

SOUTH GLENS FALLS — Johnstown got out to an early lead and made it stick.

Jason Biron went the distance on the mound for the Sir Bills just a day after they used up four pitchers in a 15-14 win over Queensbury.

The win moves Johnstown into today’s Foothills Council Tournament championship game at 4:15 p.m. at Gloversville, a 10-7 winner over Scotia-Glenville.

In Thursday’s game, Craig Cook recorded three hits and drove in two RBIs for Johnstown (10-7 overall). Wes Clark had two hits, including a double, and an RBI. The other two runs were driven in by Ryan Brown.

For South Glens Falls, Jerry Powers had two hits, including a double, Shawn Lachapelle smacked a triple and Tyler Greene had a double and an RBI.

The Sir Bills won the tournament last year with a win over South High in the finals.



Johnstown 5, South Glens Falls 3

Johnstown 310 001 0 — 5 9 3

South Glens Falls 000 101 1 — 3 7 0

Biron and Cook; Garcia, Chapman (6) and Lachappelle.



Glens Falls 13, Broadalbin-Perth 12

QUEENSBURY — Jimmy Richards hit a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh giving Glens Falls a walk-off win over Broadalbin-Perth in the consolation round of the Foothills Council tournament.

Nico Butcher, Garrett Brower, Joey Wojcik and Corey Caswell all had two hits for the Patriots (3-17 overall), who host Hudson Falls today at 4:15 p.m.



Glens Falls 13, Broadalbin-Perth 12

Broadalbin-Perth 070 041 0 — 12 9 6

Glens Falls 313 040 2 — 13 10 3

Samples, Breyo (3), Smith 5), Rogers (7) and Caswell; Burgess, Richards (5) and Roswell.