It's hard to imagine after a 16-5 boys varsity lacrosse contest that BOTH coaches would be steaming...

Saratoga Springs coach Jon Coons had plenty of reason to be seeing red, well not the red of the Niskayuna Silver Warriors, but at the disappointing play of his Blue Streaks. The squad just couldn't connect with one another, lost the ground ball battles and were schooled by Niskayuna, 16-5.

So what about the other side? Niskayuna coach Mike Vorgang also lit into his squad after the contest and probably with good reason. Fellow sportswriter from the Gazette, Jim Schiltz, who agreed that the Silver Warriors didn't look as sharp as they did the last game he covered him.

Wow!

If there is any positive it's that the Blue Streaks won't see Niskayuna until May 20 and have a lot of time to get their timing together and with the Silver Warriors in Class B for classification, the Section II Class A title remains in the air.

Field notes: Monday's contest was held at Gavin Park in Wilton, moved from the Blue Streak's former home at East Side Rec. According to Saratoga Springs Athletic Director Peter Sheehan the demolition of the grandstands adjacent to the football/lacrosse field and timing of it was too close to the scheduled contest.

Saratoga will host Guilderland Friday afternoon once again at Gavin Park before moving the remainder of its games to the high school and under the lights on the football field.

Also the Blue Streaks game versus Shenendehowa on April 30th will now be on the road, under the lights on the Shen turf. In turn, the May 18 contest versus Shen will be at home under the lights at 7 p.m.

The May 18 date is the Suburban Council track championships at Shen and the chances of that finishing prior to a night lacrosse game was too close for anyone's comfort.

-- Stan Hudy

Sunday brought sunny skies, winds, a few flurries along with lots of Section II boys lacrosse action at RPI for the Suburban Council scrimmages.

Shenendehowa, Shaker, Niskayuna and Ballston Spa each squared off on the RPI turf to work the kinks out of their games and get a chance to play at full speed against an opponent in a different color jersey.

Shenendehowa coach Chuck Holohan refuses to call this a "rebuilding year" after losing such a large and talented graduating class and is hoping his underclassmen can mature quick enough to be ready for the post season.

There were more cheers than jeers for Niskayuna as the Silver Warriors move down to Class B competition due to class size and are expected to dominante in each contest and roll through the Section II tournament vying for a state title.

Section II upstart from last year Shaker looked skilled, but wasn't at Class A final skill level yet, making this week a long one for the Bison.

Ballston Spa had moments of greatness and then, well, just moments.

Coach Kevin Dayton is again working with a short bench, 21 players, and will also rely on his youth as the Scotties are hoping to not only make the Section II playoffs, but win their first Class A post-season game in school history.

Scrimmages continue this week with league action beginning next week.

-- Stan Hudy