Several local players were named to the New York State Sportswriters Association 2007-08 All-State teams.
Cambridge's Shea Bromirski earned the highest honors, making the class C second team.
In class B, Hoosic Valley's Pat Lanoue made the fourth team and Bishop Maginn's Taran Buie was a third team selection in the AA classification.

Congratulations to all of those that earned all-state honors.

Class AA
Taran Buie, Bishop Maginn, 3rd team
Shimeek Johnson, Maginn, 5th
Malcolm Austin, CBA, 6th
Brett Marfurt, Guilderland, 7th
Jordan Stevens, Saratoga, 8th
Devin Grimes, 10th

CCHS' Devin Grimes goes to the hoop against Ballston Spa in the Troy Holiday Tournament final on December 30th. Grimes was the only player that plays in the city of Troy to be named to the 2007-08 all-NYS team. (Photo - Jeff Couch, The Record)

Class A
Zach O'Brien, Bishop Gibbons, 4th
Jamel Fields, Albany Academy, 5th
Gerard O'Shea, Averill Park, 7th
Shavar Fields, Academy, 9th
Brian Hamor, Gibbons, 10th

Class B
Pat Lanoue, Hoosic Valley, 4th
Pat O'Rourke, Spa Catholic, 6th
Devin Rigney, Ichabod Crane, 6th
Dan Schultz, Broadalbin-Perth, 7th
Kevin Hanson, Fonda-Fultonville, 8th

Class C
Shea Bromirski, Cambridge, 2nd
Jake Bowman, Schenectady Christian, 3rd
Evan Christner, Voorheesville, 3rd
Cameron Herrington, Cambridge, 6th
Alex Quigan, Warrensburg, 6th
Nate Miller, Lake George, 7th
Blake Rizzi, Corinth, 7th
Dylan Miller, Salem, 8th

Class D
Ryan van Nostrand, Northville, 3rd
Brett Clatworthy, Argyle, 4th
Pete Aiken, North Warren, 4th
Jeff Reynolds, Indian Lake, 5th

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La Salle shorstop Jared Henkel forces CBA's Josh Lewyckj at second and throws to first to complete the double play. (Tom Killips — The Record)

Read Ryan's account of LSI's 13-5 victory here.

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In softball action this afternoon, the Lansingburgh Lady Knights very convincingly put away Colonial Council rival Cohoes, 11-2. Erin Glikes pitched a gem of a two-hit, 10 strikeout win and the offense exploded for nine runs in the third and fourth innings, making the most of five Tigers errors in the field. We're nearly halfway through the regular season ('Burgh travels to Voorheesville on Thursday) and the Knights are 7-0 in the league and 9-0 overall.
They've looked impressive so far (I've seen them three times now) because they have dominant pitching, timely hitting and a solid defense.
I know sectionals are a long ways away, but a 'Burgh-South Glens Falls matchup would be a heck of a game.

Big game in the Suburban Council Thursday when Guilderland travels to Columbia. Both teams are tied at 2-1 at the top of the Gold Division.

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Latest state rankings just hit my inbox and here is the list for week three. (This doesn't take into account Wednesday's games, so expext teams like 'Burgh and Mechanicville to move up next week. Mechanicville beat Holy Names 10-0 on Wednesday.)

Class AA
1. Colonie
4. Shenendehowa

Class A
2. South Glens Falls
13. Lansingburgh

Class B
3. Hoosic Valley
6. Cohoes

Class C
3. Duanesburg
4. Fort Plain
18. Mechanicville

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We recieved an email regarding tryouts for the Electric City Bombers, a 14U softball team. If interested, contact Babe Palleschi at (518) 788-1325 or Walt Ward at (518)-265-5807.

-- Will Montgomery