Wasaren Golf

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Spa Catholic 3  Mechanicville 2:  The Red Raiders Anthony Fiacco fired the low round of 41 but Spa Catholic prevailed in flights 2,3 and 4 to post the narrow victory in action at the Mechanicville Golf Course.

Will Fizer, Dylan Mulholland and Ronan Loftus-Graney all post individual wins for the Saints, while Jack Salvadore in flight five earned a point for Mechanicville.

 

Hoosick Falls 5  Stillwater 0:  Ryan Bloomer carded a 39 to lead the field as the Panthers swept past Stillwater in a match played at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Friday.

Matt Smith, Myles Smith, Alison Hathaway and Brady Hathaway with individual wins completed the sweep for the Falls who with the victory move to 7-0 on the year.

 

Hoosic Valley 3 1/2  Tamarac 1 1/2:  The Bengals Will Ashley and Zack Krill shared medalist honors with rounds of 43 but the Valley handled their business in the remaining flights to post the “W” at the Battenkill Country Club on Friday.

Nolan Rafferty, and Brett Russo won individual matches for the Indians while The Valleys Brandon Watkins and the Bengals Colby Phelps tied in flight three.

With the win Hoosic Valley improves to 7-1 on the season, and Tamarac, saddled with the loss, slips to 3-4.

Friday Night Football

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Whitehall 35  Hoosic Valley 12:  Tyler Shattuck with a rushing and receiving touchdown and 137 yards on the ground led the Railroaders to the comfortable win over the Valley.

Whitehall led 23-0 at the half and extended their lead to 29-0 before the Indians got on the board in the third on a Gavin Giordano scoring run from 10 yards out.

Ethan Caiazza added a 75-yard kickoff return in the fourth period for Hoosic Valley’s second touchdown. Continue reading

Canajoharie Tops Red Raiders

mechanicville-nyTalk to any football coach long enough and at some point when discussing keys to success they’ll reference limiting turnovers and playing well in all three phases of the game.  More times than not teams will need to do both to earn a victory and on Friday night in Mechanicville turnovers and special teams played a big part in Canajoharie/Ft. Plains 28-20 “W” over Mechanicville.

After a three and out by Canajoharie to start the game, the Red Raiders put points on the board in their initial drive when senior kicker Jake LaFountain connected on a 27 yard field goal at the 5:45 mark, capping a series highlighted by a 40-yard run from junior quarterback Luciano D’Ambro.

After the Mechanicville defense held the Cougars to another three and out, the Raiders took over on their own 46 yard line and immediately went to work.  Rolling right, D’Ambro found Mason Angiano for a 46 yard throw and catch down to the Cougar eight. Continue reading

Wasaren Soccer, Golf Results

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The Waterford girls soccer team opened the 2019 season in dominant fashion with a 9-0 shutout of Corinth on Thursday.

Sophia Belonga and Cassidy McClement with a pair of goals each led the Fordians attack.

Izzy Vecchio, Mackenzie Koniszewski, Addy Galuski, Ellis Trubridge and Madison Roy all added scoring strikes for Waterford who held a 6-0 advantage at the break.

 

Mechanicville 5  Waterford 0:  In action at Fairways of Halfmoon on Thursday, Mechanicville’s Anthony Fiacco found the course to his liking, firing the low round of 40 in leading the Red Raiders to the sweep of Waterford. Continue reading

Friday Morning Roundup

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Greenwich 4  Doane Stuart 3:  AJ Rymph with two goals, and Charlie Gartner and Tommy Abate with single strikes led the Witches past Doane Stuart on Thursday.

Greenwich gained some breathing room when Gartner and Abate both found the range in the first ten minutes of the second half to open up a game that was tied 1-1 at the break. Continue reading

Hoosick Falls Football Preview

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In 2018 the Panthers of Hoosick Falls put together yet another winning season in their long history of football success.  The Falls went 4-1 in the Class C North and 7-2 overall and will look to do more of the same this year.

Longtime head coach Ron Jones highlighted four players as key returning starters for this year’s edition of Hoosick Falls.  Seniors Dmitri Rose OT/LB, Max Kipp QB/LB, Liam McGarvin HB/LB and junior Josh Colegrove will all provide two-way leadership for the Panthers this fall.

When Jones was asked what he’s liked about the preseason he said, ” Our young players are learning quickly.” Continue reading

Tamarac Football Preview

47_tamaracLast season the Bengals of Tamarac played to a 5-4 overall record while going 1-4 in the very competitive Class C Central.  This fall Tamarac will look to improve on their conference mark, a conference with the departure of Holy Trinity that will have five teams this year in Mechanicville, Stillwater, Fonda and Canajoharie/Ft. Plain along with Tamarac.

Four important two-way players return for the Bengals this year in RJ Doyal LT/NT, Jonah Rescott RB/DE, Sean Pusatere LG/DE, and Peyton Nealon RB/LB.  Doyal, Rescott and Pusatere are part of 14 seniors that will dress for head coach Eric Roadcap this season.

Another senior player has been the surprise of the preseason in Tamarac as Tristan Nemjo QB/K/P, will strap on the pads this year for the first time.  Nemjo, heading to Hobart College next year to play baseball, “Has shown us how much of a D1 athlete he is with the game of football”, said Roadcap. Continue reading

Stillwater Blanks Colonie

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Brooke Pickett with three goals and Keelyn Peacock with a goal and two assists led the Stillwater attack, as the Warriors posted the comfortable “W” over Class AA opponent Colonie on the Stillwater turf Tuesday night.

Peacock got things started for the Warriors, connecting on an unassisted strike just four minutes in, and six minutes later in was Pickett finding the range off a Peacock find giving Stillwater the 2-0 cushion which they took into intermission.

Pickett’s second goal came at the 58:00 mark, again off a Peacock feed, and she completed the hat trick on an unassisted tally with 15:00 remaining in the match.

The Stillwater defense and keeper Kiersten Conroy ( 6 saves ), combined for the shutout, as the Warriors notch their third straight victory to start the season.