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Photo Caption: Broadalbin-Perth's Sophia Rogers (6) blocks the ball as teammate Shelby Fenton, right, looks on during Class B pool play against Marcellus at the NYSPHSAA girls' volleyball championships on Saturday, Nov. 20 at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls. ADAM SHINDER/THE LEADER-HERALD GLENS FALLS — Saturday didn’t go the way Broadalbin-Perth coach Kayla Twardzik would’ve hoped, but there were no regrets when looking at the team’s season as a whole. Broadalbin-Perth had a tough…

Photo Caption: Gloversville's Giorgio Glionna runs into the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk defense during the Section II Class B Super Bowl at Christian Brothers Academy in Colonie Sunday. STAN HUDY/THE LEADER-HERALD COLONIE — The outcome of Sunday’s Section II Class B Super Bowl had not been in doubt for quite some time. That didn’t change the approach, though, of a Gloversville football program that worked so hard throughout its season to make sure it played with a championship-level…

TROY — Fonda-Fultonville coach Sean Thompson could feel the momentum turning.His Braves team had stuck around with Schuylerville throughout Friday’s Section II Class C Super Bowl at Lansingburgh High School, and trailed by just four points nearing the midway point of the fourth quarter.One stop could change anything.Then, Schuylerville quarterback Owen Sherman launched a deep pass over the middle. Receiver Ryan Dow came down with it 41 yards downfield in traffic at the Fonda-Fultonville 30-yard…

GLOVERSVILLE — Saturday afternoon, the Gloversville football team, led by coach Jim Robare, will head to Christian Brothers Academy in Colonie to face Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk in the Section II Class B Super Bowl.A few hours later, the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake football team, coached by Matt Shell, will play for the Class A championship against Queensbury at Shenendehowa High School.What connects the two? Robare and Shell were teammates in 1987, on Gloversville’s last football team to win…