The ESG scholastic men’s and women’s field hockey teams completed a rare double play — with both taking gold medals.

Plain and simple, the Hudson Valley scholastic women’s field hockey team is the most dominant Hudson Valley program, male or female.

Hudson Valley’s scholastic men’s soccer team won its first gold medal since 1997 by beating Long Island 4-2 today at Binghamton University.

Hudson Valley became the first team in Empire State Games scholastic field hockey history to win four straight gold medals today by pulling away for a 2-0 win over Long Island.

Tony P. was on hand and will be back shortly with more.

Hudson Valley’s scholastic women’s basketball team defeated Central 69-62 in overtime moments ago at Binghamton High School to win the gold medal.

After its game last night ended around 10:30 p.m. following a long weather delay (an 8-7 loss to Central in the gold-medal play-in game), Hudson Valley got up bright and early today and beat Western 7-5 in a bronze-medal game that started at 9 a.m. It was the Valley’s second bronze in the last three years,

As we prepare for today’s big gold-medal games, let’s take a quick look back to some unusual scenarios took place yesterday at the Games. Because they are played over four days (some events get everything done in three), sometimes what is generally speaking a well-done event takes on a bit of a less-than-desired feel because of the crammed nature of the event.

This is it. t’s the final day of the Empire State Games. Lots of medals must be decided. Here’s a rundown:

Hudson Valley was awarded the gold medal tonight after a nasty storm, which dumped heavy rain and hail the size of golf balls, on Endicott. Adirondack was the silver medalist.

Hudson Valley led the game 2-0 entering the bottom of the second inning when the game was suspended.

Empire State Games baseball chairman Drew Marino met with the coaches and umpires to discuss options during the delay. He said the first option was to wait out the storm and attempt to continue the game tonight (Saturday) if the field was still playable.

Here are some highlights from the Masters division: