Mechanicville/HV 14   Stillwater 7

Mechanicville/Hoosic Valley rode a strong rushing attack to the win with both DiMaggio Ferrara and Jordan Barnes running for 100 yards, and the M/HV defense did the rest in their Week 0 victory over neighboring Stillwater.

The visitors got on the board first when quarterback Aidan Callanan threw a 60-yard scoring strike for a 7-0 lead.

M/HV answered with a 3-yard TD run by Ferrara and the two squads went into the half knotted at 7-7. 

The only scoring of the second half came on a one-yard QB sneak by AJ Messercola giving the hosts a 14-7 advantage.

Late in the game Barnes broke off a 55-yard run allowing M/HV to run out the clock.

Next up for M/HV is a home matchup with divisional rival Hoosick Falls/Tamarac. 

Hoosick Falls/Tamarac 21   Cohoes 3

Hoosick Falls/Tamarac eased out to a 13-3 halftime lead and shutout Cohoes over the second half to capture the “W” in the season-opener for both teams.

HF/T struck first on a 13-yard TD pass from Sam Fauler to Carson Glover and with the kick a 7-0 Wildcat lead.

After a Cohoes field goal early in the second period, it was Fauler again finding Glover from 25 yards out and after a failed two-point try HF/T took a 13-3 lead into the break.

The only points of the second half came on Fauler’s third touchdown strike of the night, this time connecting with Richie Stifter on a 54-yard TD throw and Trent Benedict ran in the two-point conversion giving the Wildcat’s a commanding 21-3 cushion.

Fauler finished the game 7 of 14 for 167 yards and three touchdowns, while R. McMahon paced the HF/T rushing attack gaining 76 yards on 21 carries.

Coxsackie-Athens 4   Hoosick Falls 0

Coxsackie ran out to a 3-0 halftime lead and cruised from there to the shutout win over Hoosick Falls in girls’ soccer action on Friday.

Danielle Deering scored a first half, hat trick and added a single tally after intermission to account for all the C-A offense.

C-A keeper Jasa Cruz saved seven shots in the match while Hoosick Falls keepers Lucy Haynes and Chaya Rhoden combined for nine saves in the loss.  

Cambridge-Salem 10   Hadley Luzerne 0

Luke Leblanc with a hat trick led the way to the one-sided victory in boys’ soccer for Cambridge-Salem.

Eight of Leblanc’s teammates added single scoring strikes in the road win for C-S.

Waterford 4   Hoosic Valley 1

Jonny Atwood fired the low round of 48 to lead the Fordians past the Valley in action at Fairways of Halfmoon.

Other top scores for Waterford included Dylan Day 50, Landon Pitcher 51, Tanner Machia 52 and Andrew O’Connor with a round of 59.

Top scores for Hoosic Valley were Jackson Schram and Keegan Antilock with rounds of 54, Ryan Morrissey 55 and Chris Tracy with a 56.  

With the win Waterford improves to 2-2 on the year while the Valley goes to 1-1 with the loss.

Mechanicville 5   Greenwich 0

Nate Salvadore and Logan Starks shared medalist honors firing rounds of 39 for Mechanicville in the shutout of Greenwich in golf action at the Battenkill CC on Friday.

Also earning match wins for the visitors were Matt and Jack Salvadore, Ben Amato and Jacob Pickett.  

With the “W” Mechanicville moves to 5-0 on the season while Greenwich goes to 1-1 on the year.