When is a story not a story?
On Friday, we reported that Troy High senior RB/KR/LB Joey Ward sat out the Flying Horses' 25-7 win over CBA due to disciplinary issues. However, it appears that the issue is being handled in-house, and has been deemed not worthy of being disclosed to the local press.
The Record? Fuhgeddaboutit! The ongoing embargo prohibiting Troy players & coaches talking to the hometown paper ensured that this wouldn't be covered at all. Ye scribe schlepped to the Troy Public Library prior to closing time Saturday afternoon to scope out the other local dailies. Unfortunately, the Daily Gazette treated the game as a total afterthought, not even bothering to offer a description. Their text read, and this is almost exactly how it read, "In another game, Troy High defeated CBA, 25-7.". Pathetic. That tells me they're also dealing with financial constraints like everyone else. The Albany Times-Union had a brief description of the game, but, as with the other papers, no box score.
It seems as though Troy wanted the focus, perhaps rightfully, to be on their other senior star, WR/KR/DB Dev Holmes, who scored 3 TD's and nearly had a 4th had his interception turned into a pick-six instead of being knocked out of bounds at the CBA 5 yard line. That sounds like they wanted to control the narrative, but when one of your best players is on the bench, in a jersey and street clothes, and you're not offering any sort of explanation, then there's potentially something wrong.
We'll know for sure if Ward is in the lineup for the semi-final vs. Shenendehowa this coming Friday.
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Meanwhile, girls' soccer coach Justin Haviland has a reason to be happy after all, despite the Lady Horses' 2-15 record.
Haviland is also a biology teacher at THS, and, according to today's Record, was named a master teacher by Governor Cuomo on October 18. Because this had to do with academics, and not athletics, Haviland was interviewed by the paper. Haviland has been a teacher at THS before becoming a coach, and is in his 13th season at THS. Congratulations on the honor are certainly in order.
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Albany Academy For Boys, because they're playing in the New England Prep School Athletic Council (NEPSAC), is getting the Rodney Dangerfield treatment from the local press. To my knowledge, only one game has gotten any sort of feature coverage since the season started on September 16. The Cadets blew away Westminster on Homecoming Day, 44-0, in a game that was originally meant to be a road game, but switched at the last minute, according to a parent of one of the Cadet players. Albany Academy is now 3-2 on the season with 3 games left.
Had the Cadets not decided to go to NEPSAC, maybe they're major players in Section II, based on what we've seen so far.......
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The area's other Cadets, LaSalle, have finished their football and soccer seasons.
Due to injuries, football coach Gary Lauver opted against two crossover games to finish the season, and so LaSalle finishes at 1-6, leaving Lauver at 3-13 in 2 seasons at the school. The soccer team, which finished second in their division in the Colonial Council, behind Ichabod Crane, was eliminated from the AA sectionals on Saturday, dropping a 1-0 overtime heartbreaker to Saratoga. Hockey season is right around the corner, and I'd be willing to bet that when the home schedule begins December 13 vs. Shen at Hudson Valley Community College, the house'll be rockin'. Just sayin'.
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