The Fordians traveled to Beekmantown High School to face Northern Adirondack in a Class C sub- regional and used a goal in each half along with stellar defensive play to earn the 2-1 win.

Midway through the first half Josh Catanzariti finished a Matt Soden cross giving the Fordians a 1-0 lead that they rode into the halftime break.

Seven minutes into the second half Waterford’s Logan Sheehan ripped a shot from 20 yards out that the Northern Adirondack keeper got hands on but couldn’t keep out of the net and Waterford held the 2-0 advantage.

With 24:00 remaining NA’s Kingston Tucker connected on a penalty kick off the hand of a diving Logan Kelly, trimming the lead to 2-1.  

But the Waterford defense shut the door, closing things out and sending the Fordians to a regional finals’ matchup with Section X Bushton-Moira, at LaSalle Institute on Saturday at 5 p.m.

Mechanicville 3   Northeastern Clinton 1

On a windy Wednesday night in the north country, Mechanicville used goals from three different players and their trademark defensive play to top Northeastern Clinton in a Class B sub-regional at Plattsburgh High School.

After a scoreless first half, Mechanicville broke through just four minutes after intermission when Rece Dyer found Logan Starks who finished for the 1-0 lead.

Minutes later it was Dyer’s turn, using a bicycle kick to find the back of the net, on a rebound off the post, giving Mechanicville the 2-0 cushion.  

A Northeastern Clinton tally with 14:00 remaining cut the lead in half, but the Mechanicville defense pitched a shutout the rest of the way, and Ethan Raucci sealed things on a breakaway score with 0:40 left, sending Mechanicville on to the Class B regional final.

Waterford 2   Stillwater 1

Mia O’Brien scored goals in each half on finds from Izzy Vecchio and Samara Roberts, which was just enough to earn the hard-fought, 2-1 victory over Stillwater in the Section II Class C championship game Wednesday night in Mechanicville.

Elle Patenaude connected on a second half scoring strike for Stillwater who finishes an outstanding season at 15-3-2. 

Waterford keeper Maddy Atwood saved eight shots in the win as the Fordians move to 17-1-2 on the year and advance to regional play.