Greenwich Girls Win the Grout

73_greenwichThe Greenwich girls cross country team headed to Schenectady Saturday morning to compete in the 80th annual Everett T. Grout Memorial Invitational.  The top ranked Class C team in the state handled their business placing their first five runners in the top 11 to win the Division II race with 24 points, besting second place Washingtonville by 39 points.

The Witches Nina Sgambelluri won the race covering the 2-75 mile course in 15:46 with teammate Brynn Wright next to finish at 15:54.  Rounding out the top five for the Witches were Teagan Wright (fourth), Emma Cronin (sixth), and Emily Skiff (11th).

Football; Panthers Run Past Horde, Red Raiders Fall

hoosick-falls-ny2Hoosick Falls held a slim 20-16 advantage heading into halftime Saturday afternoon in Granville but after the break the visitors took control scoring 27 unanswered and posted the 47-16 victory over the Golden Horde.

Panther running back Jeffrey Vincent rushed for 196 yards and a pair of third quarter scores, and Falls quarterback Sam Richard passed for 173 yards with three touchdowns, two going to Isaac Friel on scoring strikes of 9 and 23 yards.

A TJ Wilson one-yard touchdown run late in the second period for Granville made it a one score game, but the visitors scored four touchdowns over the final two periods, including a 55 yard fumble return by Richard, to put this one in the win column.

With the win Hoosick Falls improves to 3-1, 5-1 on the year while Granville goes to 2-2, 3-3 with the loss.   Continue reading

Boys Soccer

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Mechanicville 6  Stillwater 2:  The Red Raiders improve to 11-0 in league play with the victory over Stillwater in the 8th annual Indian Cup match.

Jeff Luce and Chris Ciccarelli with two goals each, and Zach Rapaccioulo and Brandt St.Gelais with single strikes led the Mechanicville attack.

Jack Rubenstein and Nick Mincher connected with goals for Stillwater. Continue reading

Friday Night Football; Witches Win, Cambridge-Salem, Stillwater Stay Perfect

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Both ends of the spectrum played out Friday night for Wasaren football teams as Stillwater and Cambridge-Salem stay posted easy “W’s” to stay unbeaten, while the Witches of Greenwich, also in dominant fashion, notched their first win if the season.

Cambridge-Salem 54  Lake George Hadley Luzerne 0:  The Indians scored 28 second quarter points to put away yet another game by halftime, in their win over the War Eagles. Continue reading

Girls Soccer

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Stillwater 3  Mechanicville 3:  The Warriors jumped out to a 2-0 advantage at the half but the Red Raiders stormed back after the break with three goals to force the tie.

Brooke Pickett connected on two first half strikes, and added a third goal after intermission to lead the Stillwater attack.

Ryleigh Hopeck tallied a pair of second half goals for Mechanicville with Jada Brown’s goal, late in the half knotting the match at 3-3.
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Soccer Roundup

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Mechanicville 10  Berlin 0:  The Red Raiders rang the bell five times in each half to post the shutout victory over the Mountaineers.

Jeff Luce scored four goals, three coming in the first 3:30 of the match to lead the Mechanicville assault.

Chris Ciccarelli added a pair of goals and Marcus Tobin, John Pingelski, Kevin Charette and Riley Duesler found the back of the net as well for the Raiders.

Zach White and Glenn Prarie combined to make four saves between the posts for Mechanicville who with the win moves to 11-0-1 on the year.
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Wasaren Roundup

 

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Cambridge-Salem and Stillwater football teams stay undefeated with dominant wins over the weekend.  The Indians lead the Class C North while the Warriors sit atop the C Central.  Stillwater finishes their regular season at Tamarac and home with Holy Trinity, while Cambridge-Salem travels to Lake George and Greenwich in weeks six and seven.

A nice touch at the senior recognition day in Cambridge on Saturday was having all Cambridge alumni attending, sign in under the decade in which they graduated, with all the names read at halftime.  Continue reading