Top seeds for the upcoming Section II boys’ volleyball tournaments are Shenendehowa and Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake. Brackets for the tournaments were unveiled…
Shenendehowa grad Jesse Porter comes up short of Olympic qualification in Greco-Roman wrestling | The Daily Gazette
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May 8, 2021
Shenendehowa High grad Jesse Porter fell three wins shy of qualifying for the Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling during competition at the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Sofia, Bulgaria on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Jesse Porter GoFundMe)
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Jesse Porter’s dreams of reaching this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo fell three wins shy of becoming reality.
Porter, a 2015 Shenendehowa High School graduate and winner of the U.S. Olympic Trials in Greco-Roman wrestling’s 77-kilogram weight class, needed to reach the finals Saturday at the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Sofia, Bulgaria in order to lock up his spot in Tokyo.
HERE FOR GOOD: Guyanese student-athletes make an impact up and down rosters | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY The influence that Guyanese student-athletes have had on Schenectady High School sports teams over the past two decades is undeniable.
“Probably every program has been impacted in some way,” high school athletic director Steve Boynton said. “Schenectady welcomed them. The high school welcomed them. They have definitely been an asset to the athletic department.”
Many Guyanese student-athletes have helped fill out high school team rosters and provided needed depth, and some have played key starting roles. Others have stepped ahead to lead their respective teams, and a select few, such as distance runner Shazim Permaul, have left a lasting mark.
Shenendehowa freshman Wilson making his mark with boys’ volleyball team | The Daily Gazette
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CLIFTON PARK Bennett Wilson was right in the middle of a Shenendehowa hitting display Thursday which included a kill to finish off the second set in what would be a Suburban Council boys’ volleyball sweep of Niskayuna.
Wilson is unlike the others on Shenendehowa’s front-line cast, though, and different from the rest of the Plainsmen, too.
“The running joke is how I skipped the ladder and took the stairs instead,” Wilson said of his status as Shenendehowa’s only freshman.
He’s not just the lone ninth-grader on this season’s “Fall II” varsity team, but the first ninth-grader to play for 10-year Plainsmen coach John Coletta.
Shaker wrestling earns victory with last-match win over Niskayuna | The Daily Gazette
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NISKAYUNA Knowing that Shaker heavyweight star Ryan Stein was looming as his team’s final opponent of the night, Niskayuna wrestling coach Shaun Neely needed his grapplers to scratch out every point possible in a desperately close Suburban Council dual meet.
“Knowing we had Stein there at the end wasn’t necessarily a good feeling for us,” Neely said. “But, just getting to experience this kind of action is a breath of fresh air.”
Niskayuna came close, and headed into the night’s final match with a two-point lead, but, 54 seconds later, Stein who won the Section II Division 1 220-pound championship as a sophomore in 2020 delivered a pin of Austin Priddle to give Shaker a 34-30 victory.