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By: Aidan Joly Continuing a season trend, Saratoga had to hold off a team in a close game, and they did it again. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Albany Falcons on Tuesday night at Saratoga High School in a close one with a final score of 66-60. Heading into halftime up by just seven […]

By: Aidan Joly Coming off the holiday break, Saratoga was looking to start off the calendar year with a victory, and they did that. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Spartans of Queensbury on Tuesday evening at Saratoga Springs High School by a final of 61-45 in a non-league matchup. Saratoga grabbed an early lead

By: Aidan Joly A trio of high-flying scorers and strong defensive play helped lead Saratoga to a victory. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Columbia Blue Devils on Tuesday night at Saratoga Springs High School by a score of 76-44. Three scorers, Adam Anderson, Brian Hart and AJ Lawton became the premier scoring group for

By: Aidan Joly In only their first game together, Saratoga’s new line carried them to victory. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the CBA Brothers on Wednesday night at Weibel Avenue Ice Rink by a score of 5-2 in Saratoga’s inaugural league game of the season. The new line of Matt Shamberger, Jake Fauler and Jonathan

By: Aidan Joly Two first period goals helped out by a very strong defensive effort led to a win. The Mamaroneck Tigers defeated the Saratoga Blue Streaks on Saturday afternoon at Weibel Avenue Ice Rink by a score of 3-0 as part of the 2016 Don Kauth Memorial Tournament. Going in, the defending state champions

By: Aidan Joly Behind a two-man wrecking crew of Adam Anderson and Brian Hart, Saratoga was able to cruise to a blowout victory. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Ballston Spa Scotties on Friday night at Saratoga Springs High School by a score of 74-42. After being disappointed with their season opener on Tuesday, the

By: Aidan Joly A fatal overtime error led to the ending of a season. The Bethlehem Eagles defeated the Saratoga Blue Streaks in the boy’s Class AA semifinals on Friday night at Colonie High School by a final of 1-0 in overtime. After the 80 minutes of regulation, the teams were deadlocked at zeroes. The

By: Aidan Joly After struggling in the first half, Saratoga picked it up for a big second half. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Albany Falcons on Saturday afternoon at Saratoga Springs High School in the first round of boys sectional soccer by a score of 5-0. Things started out slowly for both sides with

By: Aidan Joly A major change on both sides led to a different outcome this time for Shaker. The Shaker Blue Bison defeated the Saratoga Blue Streaks football on Friday night at Saratoga High School by a score of 35-7, in a rematch of the 2015 Section 2, Class AA final and Saratoga’s 2016 Senior

By: Aidan Joly A dominant all-around performance led to a blowout victory. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Niskayuna Silver Warriors on Friday night at Saratoga Springs High School by a score of 49-6 in Saratoga’s first victory of the season in their 2016 Homecoming Game. Saratoga started early, scoring their first touchdown of an

Saturday, May 21, 2016 Story and photos by Aidan Joly An early start and never slowing down proved to be the way for Saratoga being able to pull off the upset. The #6-seeded Saratoga Blue Streaks varsity baseball defeated the #3-seeded Ballston Spa Scotties on Thursday afternoon at Ballston Spa High School in the Section

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Story and photos by Aidan Joly Heading into sectional playoffs, Saratoga looked to continue their hot play. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Niskayuna Silver Warriors on Tuesday afternoon at East Side Recreation field by a score of 5-0 in the opening round of sectional play, advancing to the quarterfinals. Danny

Saturday, May 7, 2016 by Aidan Joly Saratoga’s 21 runs on offense proved to be more than enough to take a win. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Schenectady Patriots on Thursday night at East Side Recreation Park by a blowout score of 21-4. Saratoga had already held a 7-1 lead heading into the fourth

Sunday, May 1, 2016 by Aidan Joly Heading into the week 2-5, Saratoga tried to get back to their winning ways, and they did just that. Saratoga had five games this week, winning four of them. They took the field on Monday for a doubleheader, taking on the BH-BL Spartans in game one of the