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Falcons drop a
heartbreaker to Saratoga Springs
in Section II
Class AA baseball quarterfinals
The Albany High baseball team rallied
once to force extra innings in its
Section II Class AA quarterfinal matchup with
Saratoga Springs on May 30, and nearly came from behind to win
it in the ninth inning.
But the Falcons second rally fell
just short, and Saratoga escaped with a wild 6-5
victory at crowded Bleecker Stadium that ended
Albany High's finest season in 20 years.
Jevonte Osterhout's dramatic two-out,
three-run homer in the seventh tied it 4-4 and sent
the game into extra innings.
After the Blue Streaks
took a 6-4 lead in the top of the ninth, Osterhout
nearly won it with a three-run blast in the ninth.
But the ball just missed clearing the fence in deep
left-center field and bounced off for an RBI double,
and the Falcons, co-champions of the Big 10, could
not push the tying run across.
The Falcons (14-11) advanced to the
quarterfinals with the first playoff victory in
school history.
Michael Hughes pitched a three-hitter
with 11 strikeouts May 28 and Patrick Landers and Osterhout provided clutch hits to lead Albany High
to a 3-1 win over Guilderland at Bleecker Stadium.
After surrendering a solo home run in
the first inning, Hughes did not allow another
runner past second base. Bound for Coastal Carolina
next year as Albany High's first Division I baseball
scholarship recipient, Hughes recorded the final two
outs on strikeouts to send the Big 10 co-champion Falcons
into the second round following their first conference
title since 1989
Tied 1-1 in the fourth, Landers put
the Falcons ahead to stay with a solo homer to
right-center field. Osterhout lined an RBI double to
right-center in the fifth to make it 3-1.
Read more about the game in the
May 29 Times Union.
The City School
District of Albany serves approximately 8,300 students in 18
elementary, middle and high schools. In addition to neighborhood
schools, the district includes several
magnet schools and programs, as well as other innovative academic
opportunities for students. The
district is nearing completion of its comprehensive facilities
project to newly
build or renovate nearly all of its elementary
and middle
schools. The ultimate goal of the facilities project is
to provide schools with the resources to help students
succeed in the 21st century.
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