Guilderland girls — five of them — have their own golf team for the first time this year since Section 2 of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association has recognized girls’ golf as a sport.

Going into every season, no matter the sport, each team looks to its senior players for leadership. The Class of 2019 did not disappoint as he athletes led their teams into sectional play or even into state competition.

The E=MC2 program ended their year long independent study at a June 13th presentation at Guilderland High School.

The first annual Girls Day in Sports held at Guilderland High School, offered girls in first through sixth grades learned how to play eight different sports, taught by coaches and high school players.

On Monday afternoon at Guilderland High School, high school senior Colette Cohen signed her letter of intent with teammates and family on hand to watch.

Guilderland and Voorheesville track-and-field athletes ran and jumped with the best at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association state competition at Middletown High School in Middletown last Friday and Saturday.

The track-and-field teams of Berne-Knox-Westerlo, Guilderland, and Voorheesville competed in a two-day Section II state-qualifier event at Shenendehowa High School last Thursday and Friday, hoping to qualify for the state competition this coming Friday and Saturday in Middletown.

Right off the bat, the Guilderland’s baseball team had momentum, scoring a run at the start of its Class AA sectional semifinal on Thursday evening at the Joe Bruno Stadium in Troy against top-seeded Niskayuna. But rain delayed the game till Friday afternoon, and the Dutch did not score again.

The Guilderland baseball and softball teams along with Voorheesville baseball took to their respective diamonds to battle for sectional titles this past week with mixed results.

The track-and-field athletes of Berne-Knox-Westerlo and Guilderland ran, jumped, and threw in hopes of winning sectional titles and also making it to the State Qualifiers on May 30 and 31 at Shenendehowa.