Softball: Plainsmen beat Ballston Spa, wind
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Reporter CLIFTON PARK — Dealing with a forceful wind is nothing new for the Shenendehowa softball team when it plays on its home field. Still, the environment for Friday’s...
View ArticleSoftball: Shenendehowa advances to title game
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Reporter MALTA — The eighth swing was the thing for Shenendehowa junior Marissa Kirker. Deadlocked in a scoreless game, Kirker fouled off seven pitches from Colonie junior Jess...
View ArticleSoftball: Youth never an excuse for Shen
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Reporter CLIFTON PARK — All but one starting position belongs to a junior or sophomore for rookie head coach Chris Farquharson’s Shenendehowa softball team. But senior right...
View ArticleSuburban Council announces all-league teams for baseball, girls’ lacrosse,...
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Reporter CLIFTON PARK — All-league teams selections from the Suburban Council’s spring season are trickling out, and a variety of Shenendehowa athletes were honored in...
View ArticleShenendehowa softball’s Barkevich, Shields earn all-state honors
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Reporter Shenendehowa softball athlete Kelly Barkevich has been selected as a Class AA second-team all-state selection. The first baseman helped lead the Plainsmen to a Section...
View ArticleShenendehowa field hockey team ‘back for vengeance’ in 2015
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — Last year’s loss in the Section II Class A title game to Saratoga Springs does not sit well with the Shenendehowa field hockey team. The Plainsmen,...
View ArticleShenendehowa athletics rundown: Sept. 22
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — Here is what you need to know for today about Shenendehowa athletics. (Note: The next rundown will appear Friday, Sept. 25.) YESTERDAY’S SCORES...
View ArticleShenendehowa field hockey finishes off regular season sweep of Saratoga Springs
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — With frustration mounting from missed chances, and time winding down in a rivalry matchup with Saratoga Springs, Shenendehowa field hockey head...
View ArticleShenendehowa athletics report: Oct. 2
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — Our late-week report on everything Shenendehowa athletics, with recent scores and highlights for the Plainsmen teams. BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY The...
View ArticleShenendehowa athletics report: Oct. 13
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — Our early-week report on everything Shenendehowa athletics, with recent scores and highlights for the Plainsmen teams. BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY The...
View ArticleRedemption for Shenendehowa field hockey comes in 2015 Section II title game
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter SCHUYLERVILLE — Make no mistake about it, the Shenendehowa field hockey team enjoyed each of its first two wins earlier this season against archrival Saratoga...
View ArticleShenendehowa field hockey advances to state semifinals with 2-0 victory
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — A couple days before Shenendehowa field hockey headed to Cicero-North Syracuse High School to play in the Nov. 8 state quarterfinals, Plainsmen star...
View Article17 Shenendehowa standouts celebrate college athletics signing day
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — In recent years, Shenendehowa’s athletic teams have been on an incredible run of success, producing one championship-winning team after another at...
View ArticleShenendehowa field hockey ends season in state semifinals
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter ENDWELL — A dream season ended Saturday for the Shenendehowa field hockey team in the Class A state semifinals courtesy of a stout all-around effort from Ward...
View ArticleShenendehowa field hockey team cleans up all-league honors from Suburban Council
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — A host of Shenendehowa field hockey players earned honors Friday from the Suburban Council for their play during the 2015 season. Making the first...
View ArticleShenendehowa Spring Sports 2016
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — Welcome to Your Clifton Park & Halfmoon’s home for coverage of the Shenendehowa varsity spring sports teams for 2016. Check back each day for...
View ArticleShenendehowa softball is loaded for 2016
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — College-level talent up and down the lineup. A roster without holes. Experienced seniors at the ready. Shenendehowa softball, to put it mildly, is...
View ArticleUndefeated Shenendehowa softball is slugging away
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — Rounding third base with some speed, Shenendehowa senior Marissa Kirker slapped head coach Chris Farquharson an enthusiastic high-five to celebrate...
View ArticleShenendehowa star Kelly Barkevich named league MVP
BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter CLIFTON PARK — Shenendehowa senior Kelly Barkevich was named the Suburban Council Most Valuable Player for softball in a release Wednesday from the league....
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