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Page 26 April 17, 2008 Spotlight
Niskayuna’s Colin Foster (9), Steve D’Amario (39) and Zach Frohne (33)
get caught in a pileup with a Saratoga player after pursuing a ground
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■ Warriors
(From Page 28)
Niskayuna’s shots),” said Coons.
“You have to play as a defensive
unit against Niskayuna ... and
we struggled to do that in the
beginning of the game.”
Saratoga (1-1, 3-1) tried to
cut into Niskayuna’s lead, but it
was diffi cult for the Blue Streaks
to get close in the fi rst half as
they suffered through a series
of dropped passes and failed
clearing attempts. They did get
one goal back when Ryan Quinn
scored with three seconds left in
the fi rst quarter, but they failed
to get any closer as Franze tallied
midway through the second
■ Hockey
(From Page 28)
As for “Pounding,” the opening
instrumental part can get any
crowd going.
“Plowed” by alternative
rock band Sponge. It’s got all the
elements of a great rock song
for a hockey game – a pounding
beat, loud guitars and lyrics
about getting hit hard, even if
the object doing the hitting is
only something you usually hear,
not feel per se (“I’m plowed into
the sound”). This song should be
played at all hockey arenas.
“You Wreck Me” and “Runnin’
Down a Dream” by Tom Petty.
“You Wreck Me” sounds like the
title of a good hockey song, and
what American Hockey League
player isn’t “Runnin’ Down a
Dream?” I swear, Tom Petty is a
hockey fan.
“I’m the Man” by Joe Jackson.
Culled from his early days when
he was a post-punk-popster, this
song from the late 1970s has
the same elements as “Plowed,”
except that the song isn’t about
being hit hard. It’s about being
the man (which Rats goaltender
Michael Leighton has been for 95
percent of the season).
“C’mon” and “Walk Like
quarter to give Niskayuna a 6-1
halftime lead.
Saratoga looked like it had
resolved its problems at the
beginning of the third quarter.
Christopher Adams scored eight
seconds into the period, and
Quinn tallied by picking up a
rebound off a missed shot and
fl ipped the ball behind his back
past Niskayuna goaltender James
Manchester to make the score 6-3
with 10:28 left.
That was one of the fi nal shots
that Manchester allowed to get
by him. The senior made several
big saves in the second half to
help Niskayuna hold on for the
victory.
“In the last two games, he’s
really bailed us out,” Vorgang
You Don’t Mind” by Blue Rodeo.
You’re going to have to take my
word on these two songs, but
they both rock. And besides, the
guy who wrote both songs, Jim
Cuddy, is a hockey player. You
have to play rock songs written
by a hockey player at a hockey
game, don’t you?
And for a little regional fl avor,
I offer these two songs:
“Silver Bullets” by the Sense
Offenders. Contrary to the band’s
name, this song is not offensive
to the senses. In fact, it’s a really
good rock song with great hooks
and a sing-along chorus. It also
has a great verse for any hockey
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said of Manchester, who fi nished
with 16 saves. “We rely on him to
make big saves when we have a
defensive breakdown, and he did
today.”
Franze added a goal late in
the second quarter to become
the third Silver Warrior with
two goals on the day along with
Berggren and D’Amario. Andy
Morris had the Blue Streaks’ fi nal
tally midway through the fourth
quarter off a feed from Adams.
Niskayuna returned to action
Wednesday when it traveled to
East Greenbush to face Columbia.
The Silver Warriors hit the road
again Saturday to play Massachusetts
power Duxbury before
returning home next Tuesday to
play undefeated Guilderland.
team – “Nothing’s gonna stop me
now/you can do what you like/
you can call the cops/nothing’s
gonna stop me tonight/not even
silver bullets.”
“Blast the Message” by
Super 400. Again, it has a powerful
guitar riff, which all great hockey
songs should have. And what’s
more inspiring than to be asked
to blast the message?
Add any or all of these songs
to the Rats’ in-game play list, and
I’ll promise you that you’ll have a
good time. So good, in fact, that
you might not miss “YMCA.”
That is, if you’re not one of the
6,500 people who like “YMCA.”
Union hosts football camps
Union College is hosting a series of football camps this
summer.
There will be youth and modifi ed level camps the week of
July 21-25, and a high school camp the week of Aug. 4-8.
All the camps will be held on the college’s turf fi eld, and the
sessions run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The youth camp is open to children entering grades three
through fi ve, while the modifi ed camp is for children entering
grades six through eight.
The high school camp is for children entering grades nine
through 12.
The cost of the youth and modifi ed camps are $150 per child,
and the cost of the high school camp is $175.
Applications can be found online at www.union.edu under
athletics and summer camps.
For information, contact Union College football coach John
Audino at 388-6152 or 470-2602, or e-mail audinoj@union.edu.
For information about membership,
upcoming programs or adoption,
please call Joyce 464-9283 or visit
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