Join us for a look around the Wasaren League including our Game of the Week, Divine Nine and Player of the Week announcement as well as our opening take and scheduled games on this Wednesday.
Monthly Archives: September 2024
Tuesday Results From the League

Mechanicville 8 Cambridge 0
Mechanicville scored four times in both halves in posting the one-sided victory over Cambridge on Tuesday.
Gianna Pitts led the Mechanicville attack with four goals while teammates Emma Andrews, Tanner Eiseman, Arianna Scherl and Ava Gaspie all tallied one time.
With the win Mechanicville improves to 3-0-1 on the season.
Tamarac 4 Hoosick Falls 0
Tamarac built a 2-0 lead by the break and added a pair of goals after intermission to earn the road win over the Panthers.
Zelia Fanfa, Kendall Bulson, Kameron Stemp and Kylie Gross all connected on scoring strikes for the Bengals.
Tamarac keepers Lily Onorato and Emily Roadcap combined for five saves and with the Bengals defense to record the shutout.
Panther keepers Lucy Haynes and Chaya Rhoden combined to stop 17 shots for the Falls.
Mechanicville 5 Hoosic Valley 0
Matt Salvadore led all golfers with a round of 36 in Mechanicville’s shutout “W” over the Valley at the Mechanicville Golf Club on Tuesday.
Along with Salvadore, teammates Logan Starks, Jack and Nate Salvadore, Jacob Pickett and Ben Amato all earned individual match wins for the undefeated Mechanicville squad who see their mark improve to 9-0 with the victory.
Hoosick Falls 3 Spa Catholic 2
Led by Aidan Fleming’s round of 35 the Panthers slipped past the Saints of Spa Catholic in action at the Saratoga Spa Golf Course on Tuesday.
Other scores for the Falls included Dylan Callahan 38, Spencer Tate 42, Brady Mann 44, and Jack Shea, Quinn Haynes and Memphis Hathaway all carding rounds of 47.
Saratoga Catholic scores included Cole Cefalu 41, Tyler Hicks and Landon Lockrow with 43’s, Mark Mahay 44 and Jason Pescetti with a round of 47.
With the narrow win Hoosick Falls moves to 5-1 on the year
Stillwater 2 Greenwich 1 OT
After a scoreless first half of play Stillwater’s Brooke Hodgson broke the deadlock with an unassisted tally just seven minutes into the second half giving the visitors a 1-0 lead.
The Witches pulled even with 16 minutes remaining in regulation when McKenna Lyndaker converted on a penalty kick which would send the match into overtime.
Stillwater secured the road “W” with nine seconds left when a corner kick, caromed off a Greenwich defender and found the net for the victory.
Monday Roundup: Mechanicville Golf, Soccer Post Shutouts, Valley Wins in OT

Mechanicville 5 Waterford 0
Mechanicville built a 2-0 lead before the break, and pulled away with three, second half scores downing the Fordians of Waterford under the lights in Mechanicville.
Declan Charette and Graham Murphy connected on first half tallies, while Scotty Lynch with a single strike and Ethan Raucci with a pair of goals rounded out the home squad’s attack.
Mechanicville keeper Mark Pingelski saved five shots and combined with the Mechanicville defense for the clean sheet.
Logan Kelley turned back four shots four the Fordians in the loss.
Cambridge/Salem 4 Hoosick Falls 0
C/S’s Luke Leblanc scored a hat trick to lead the way to the road win over the Panthers.
Ethan Eldred added a single tally for C/S and keeper Quinn Keegan and the C/S defense combined for a third straight shutout.
Corinth 2 Greenwich 0
In a scoreless battle through most of the match, Corinth broke through with a pair of goals in the final eight minutes to earn the road win over the Witches on Monday night.
The Tomahawks Tyler Smolinski, off a Luca Giaculli find, broke the scoreless deadlock, and with two minutes remaining, Smolinski’s second tally of the match put the game away.
Corinth keeper Owen Baker saved three shots on the night, while Greenwich keeper Jack Scieszka turned back 11 shots for the Witches.
Stillwater 2 Hoosic Valley 1
In a game tied at the break, Stillwater connected on the game-winner late in the second half giving the visitors the road win in Schaghticoke. No other info
Hoosic Valley 2 Berlin/New Lebanon 1 OT
After first half strikes from B/NL’s Haley Jones and the Valley’s Hannah Coffin, the defensive units took control shutting down the opposition and sending the game into extra sessions.
In overtime it was Coffin with the game-winner, finding the back of the net on a PK, giving the Valley the hard-fought road “W”.
Valley keeper Lily Reupp saved 8 shots in the win while Emma Shorter and Charlie Young combined to stop four shots for B/NL.
Chatham 8 Waterford No other info
Mechanicville 5 Tamarac 0
Matt Salvadore fired the low round of 34 to lead Mechanicville past Tamarac in golf action at the Mechanicville Golf Club on Monday.
Joining Salvadore in the winner’s circle were teammates Logan Starks, Jack and Nate Salvadore, Jacob Pickett and Ben Amado.
With the win Mechanicville moves to 8-0 on the year while Tamarac falls to 2-3.
Waterford 5 Cambridge 0
The Fordians’ Jonny Atwood showed the way with the low round of 39 in the victory over Cambridge at Fairways of Halfmoon.
Along with Atwood, Dylan Day 41, Landon Pitcher 43, Billy Scunziano 47, Tanner Macia 48 and Evan Cavosie 51 all earned individual match wins.
Spa Catholic 3 Greenwich 2
The Witches Erik Wade claimed medalist honors with a round of 34, but the Saints posted wins in flights 3-6 to notch the victory at the Battenkill Country Club on Monday.
Spa’s Cole Sefealu, Landon Lockrow, JP, Galarneau and Jordan Young all picked up wins for the visitors, while Wade and Sam Ziehm earned points for Greenwich.
With the “W” Saratoga Catholic improves to 3-2 on the season while Greenwich slips to 3-4 on the year.
Saturday Results from the League

Stillwater 1 Schuylerville 0
Stillwater and Brooke Hodgson owned the only score in the match and it proved to be just enough to get past Schuylerville for the home win.
Hodgson connected on an unassisted tally in the 47th minute, and the Stillwater defense made it stand, shutting out the Black Horses with keeper Ally Liamero saving five shots in the victory.
Schuylerville keeper Theresa Allen turned back eight shots in defeat.
Berlin/ New Lebanon 2 Hudson 0
Sophia Hart and Hailee Jones both connected on scoring strikes to lead B/NL to the nonleague win over the Blue Hawks of Hudson.
B/NL keeper Emma Shorter needed just two saves in earning the shutout.
Tamarac 1 Canajoharie 1
A first half goal by Tamarac’s Kendall Bulson gave the Bengals a 1-0 lead that they carried to the final minute of regulation before Canjo’s Maddie Hayes split the posts with twenty-two seconds remaining, sending the game into overtime where the two squads battled to the tie.
Waterford 5 Cohoes 2
The Fordians used a pair of goals from Mia O’Brien and Rylan Charbonneau along with a single tally from Rylie Noto to notch the comfortable home, “W” over Cohoes.
Cambridge/Salem 3 Hoosic Valley 0
Cambridge/Salem built a 1-0 lead by the break and took control with two scores after intermission to post the road win over the Valley in boys’ soccer.
Goals by Carson Sartoris, Oliver Hickland and Josh LaFountain was more than enough offense as the C/S defense shut the door on the Valley attack in the shutout win.
Cambridge/Salem 35 Voorheesville
Friday Roundup: Mechanicville/Hoosic Valley, Stillwater Post “W’s”

Mechanicville/Hoosic Valley 35 Hoosick Falls/Tamarac 20
In a game tied at 14 all at the half, M/HV took control with 21 unanswered points after the break on their way to a big divisional win at home on Friday night.
M/HV quarterback AJ Messercola scored on a 53-yard run on a fourth down play call to cap the 21-point run that sealed it for the home squad.
Dimaggio Ferrara led a strong rushing attack for M/HV gaining 156 yards on 25 carries with three touchdowns, with Jordan Barnes adding 81 yards on nine rushes and a TD, and Marcus Robinson picked up 53 yards on 18 totes.
Tamarac/Hoosick Falls QB Sam Fauler threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns, finding Richie Stifter for all three scores, with Stifter finishing the night with seven catches and 168 receiving yards to lead the T/HF attack.
With the win M/HV moves to 2-0 on the season and T/HF slips to 1-1 with the loss.
Stillwater 56 Watervliet-Heatly 12
Stillwater scored the first 28 points of the contest on their way to the comfortable victory over Watervliet on Friday night in Stillwater.
Stillwater QB Aidan Callanan ran for four scores and threw for another, finding Matt Lutz on a 34-yard scoring strike, while running back Nehamiah Costine scored on runs of 48, 18 and 6-yards to round out the Stillwater attack.
Stillwater evens their season mark at 1-1 with the win.
Waterford 3 Maple Hill 1
Trailing 1-0 early, the Fordians tied things before the break and put the game away with two second half tallies to post the “W” under the lights in Waterford.
Just five minutes in, a Tyler Gibson score gave the visitors a 1-0 lead, but the Fordians answered quickly when Payton Galuski found Connor Belonga for the equalizer knotting the match at 1-all that stood into the break.
After intermission at the 32nd minute mark it was Belonga again, this time finishing a Jake Catanzarita for the 2-1 Waterford advantage.
The Fordians put the game away in the 68th minute when Galuski arched a perfect corner kick to the back post where Sam Caulkins put away the header and the win for Waterford.
Cambridge/Salem 2 Stillwater 0
C/S scored a goal in each half and the C/S defense did the rest in the shutout victory in Cambridge.
Midway through the first half C/S’s Luke Leblanc scored when his corner kick found the net giving the home squad a 1-0 lead that they carried into the break.
Late in the second half Alex Olson capped the scoring, finishing a Josh LaFountain feed and the C/S defense closed out the match for the home “W”.
Emma Willard 3 Johnstown 0
Aurora Debye-Saxinger with a pair of goals and freshman Sally Hill with a single tally led the Jesters past the Sir Bills in girls’ soccer on Friday.
Cambridge 5 Rensselaer 0
Cambridge ran out to a 4-0 lead by halftime and cruised to the nonleague win over the Rams of Rensselaer.
Ashley Moses led the scoring parade with a pair of goals, while teammates Emily DeSouza, Jessica Cofresi and Laynie Wilkins all added single scoring strikes.
Cambridge keeper Lexie Pedersen saved three shots and combined with the Cambridge defense for the shutout.
Whitehall 2 Hoosick Falls 1 OT
With Hoosick Falls trailing 1-0 in the second half a Lany Kasulinous tally in the 49th minute tied the match which needed extra sessions to decide.
Whitehall earned the win when Mia Waters connected on a penalty kick in the second overtime giving the Railroaders the nonleague victory.
Hoosick Falls keepers Lucy Haynes and Chaya Rhoden combined to save seven shots while Whitehall keeper Khloe Paddock turned back eight shots for the Railroaders.
Stillwater 5 Cambridge/Salem 0
Ty Morris carded the low round of 49 leading Stillwater to the shutout victory over C/S in golf action at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Friday.
Logan Pickett, Myles Marrillio, Dan Degrasso-Izzo and Nick Rose along with Morris all picked up match wins for Stillwater.
Mechanicville Moves to 7-0, Stillwater Tops Glens Falls


Mechanicville 4.5 Greenwich .5
Jack Salvadore carded the low round of 39 leading Mechanicville past Greenwich at the Mechanicville Golf Club on Thursday.
Joining Salvadore in the winner’s circle were teammates Logan Starks, Nate Salvadore, Jacob Pickett and Ben Amato.
In flight one Mechanicville’s Matt Salvador and Greenwich’s Eric Wade finished all square, splitting the point.
With the win Mechanicville moves to 7-0 on the season.
Stillwater 2 Glens Falls 1
Stillwater tallied once in both halves and their defense kept Glens Falls off the board until late in the match, in notching the non-league victory under the lights in Stillwater.
Stillwater took the lead in the 39th minute when Brooke Hodgson found the range giving the hosts a 1-0 lead which they rode into the break.
Stillwater doubled down on the one score advantage in the 74th minute when Bridget Coon finished an Emersyn Patenaude find for the two-goal cushion.
Two minutes later the visitors got on the board when Parker Welch connected as the Falls pulled to within one, but Stillwater closed the door for the remainder and posted the home “W”.
With the victory Stillwater’s season mark improves to 3-0-1.
Wednesday Results: Mechanicville, Waterford, Cambridge/Salem Post Soccer “W’s”

Mechanicville 5 Stillwater 0
Five different players rang the scoring bell for Mechanicville and their defense did the rest in the shutout win over Stillwater.
Cruz Goverski, Scotty Lynch Ethan Raucci, Logan Starks and Alex Vogel, with his first varsity goal, all connected with scoring strikes.
Mechanicville keeper Mark Pingelski saved two shots and combined with the Mechanicville defense for the clean sheet.
With the win Mechanicville moves to 4-0 on the year.
Waterford 2 Greenwich 0
The Fordians connected with a goal in each half and the Waterford defense pitched the shutout for the home victory under the lights at Fordian Stadium Wednesday night.
Payton Galuski put Waterford on the board in the 29th minute when she buried a penalty kick into the corner of the net for a 1-0 Fordian lead.
That score would stand until midway through the second half when Galuski lofted a corner kick that Jake Catanzarita put away with a header and Waterford closed out the “W”.
Fordian keeper Logan Kelly saved four shots in the win while Greenwich keeper Jack Sciescka turned back 10 attempts in the loss.
Cambridge/Salem 4 Hoosic Valley 1
C/S ran out to a 3-0 halftime lead and notched the comfortable home victory over the Valley on Wednesday afternoon.
Early in the first half Tully Maher finished a Josh LaFountain through-ball and C/S took a 1-0 lead.
Minutes later it was Maher finding Luke Leblanc who found the back of the net for the 2-0 advantage and before the break, Rowan Ossant tallied off a LaFountain find as C/S took a 3-0 lead into intermission.
C/S capped the scoring early in the second half on a Maher header off an Alex Olsen cross.
Hoosic Valley avoided the shutout on a Landon Reilly tally late in the half.
Mount Anthony 10 Hoosick Falls 1
In a 3-1 game at the break, Mt. Anthony exploded for seven second have tallies in notching the home “W” over the visitors from Hoosick Falls.
Emily Tibbetts’ hat trick led the way for the Patriots, while teammates Abby and Sadi Secora both added a pair of scoring strikes.
The Falls’ Emily DaRosa tallied for the Panthers lone goal in the match.
Hoosick Falls 3 Greenwich 2
The Panthers Aidan Fleming fired a one-under round of 34 leading Hoosick Falls past Greenwich in a match played at the Battenkill Country Club on Wednesday.
Brady Mann in flight three and Jack Shea in flight four along with Fleming, earned match wins for the Falls, while Greenwich’s Sam Ziehm, flight two Cooper Skiff in flight five picked up wins for the Witches.
Hoosick Falls moves to 3-1 on the year with the “W”.
Wasaren Sportsnet Podcast 9-11-24
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Tuesday Roundup: Mechanicville Gets Past the Falls to Stay Perfect

Mechanicville 3.5 Hoosick Falls 2.5
In a Tuesday afternoon get together in Mechanicville between two Wasaren golf powers, the home squad came away with the narrow “W” in a highly competitive match.
Logan Starks fired the low round of the day carding a 37 at the Mechanicville Golf Club.
In flight one Hoosick Falls’ Aiden Fleming and Mechanicville’s Matthew Salvadore finished all square, splitting the point.
The Falls picked up a point in flight two with Dylan Callahan topping Nate Salvadore 2 and 1, and in flight five where Spencer Tate prevailed over Ben Amato 4 and 2.
But Mechanicville posted individual wins in flight three, Jack Salvadore over Brady Mann 3 and 2, flight four where Logan Starks defeated Jack Shea 4 and 2, and in flight six with Jacob Pickett besting Devin Gauthier 3 and 2.
With the win Mechanicville improves to 6-0 on the season, while Hoosick Falls after the close loss moves to 2-1 on the year.
Cambridge 2 Hoosic Valley 1 OT
After a scoreless first half of action the Valley edged in front when Hannah Coffin finished a Sophia Akin feed giving the host squad a 1-0 advantage.
But Cambridge answered quickly knotting the score on an unassisted tally by Emily DeSouza and the match remaining deadlocked through regulation.
In overtime Cambridge walked it off when Kelly Sweet connected for the game-winner off an Avery Benson indirect kick.
Between the posts Cambridge keeper Lexie Pedersen saved three shots while Lilli Ruepp turned back seven attempts for the Valley.
Greenwich 1 Fonda 0
In a tight, defensive match throughout, the Witches connected on the game’s lone goal when Taylor Poovey found the back of the net off a direct kick from 20 yards out giving Greenwich the well-earned road “W”.
Witches’ keeper Oliveah Reisel combined with the Greenwich defense led by Luna Weib, Brooke Kuzmich and Isabelle Miller, for the clean sheet.
Tamarac 1 Scotia 1
Scotia broke on top just 10:24 into the match on a Madeline Vedder tally and the 1-0 lead that Scotia took into the break.
Tamarac pulled even early in the second half when Kylie Gross found Abby Acknee who finished with the final score of the match as both defensive units shut the door the rest of the way.
Mechanicville 5 Berlin/New Lebanon 0
Maddy Hopeck tallied twice with teammates Madison Daley, Gianna Pitts and Tanner Eiseman all adding single scoring strikes to lead Mechanicville past B/NL.
Boys Soccer; Mechanicville Rolls Past Cambridge-Salem

Mechanicville 7 Cambridge-Salem 0
Mechanicville connected on four goals before intermission and cruised to the shutout “W” over Cambridge-Salem in Mechanicville on Monday night.
Scotty Lynch and Cruz Goverski led the scoring parade for the home squad with two goals each, while teammates Alex Lacare, Declan Charette and Brady O’Connor all rang the bell with single scoring strikes.
Logan Starks and Rece Dyer assisted on two goals each for Mechanicville with Charlie Weiss and Graham Murphy assisting on singles tallies.
Mark Pingelski and Cam Morton combined for two saves and with the Mechanicville defense for the clean sheet.
Stillwater 0 Greenwich 0 OT
Defense took center stage as the two teams battled to a scoreless tie in Greenwich on Monday.
Greenwich held the advantage in shots on goal, 12-5 and corners 5-2.
The Witches keeper Jack Sciescza saved five shots in the match while Stillwater keeper Trystan O’Brien turned back nine attempts.
Hoosic Valley 8 Saratoga Catholic 1
Hoosic Valley scored five times before the break in posting the comfortable win over the Saints of Spa Catholic in soccer action on Monday.
Evan Maloney led the Valley attack with a hat trick while Owen Simpson added a pair of goals and Mason Speanburgh, Carter Simpson and Nate Durkin all connected for tallies as well.
Hoosic Valley keeper Travis Bleakley saves five shots in the win.
Girls Soccer
Mechanicville 7 Cooperstown 0
Maddy Hopeck connected on four scoring strikes in leading Mechanicville past Cooperstown in girls soccer on Sunday.
Anna Izzo, Gianna Pitts and Mia Beyer added single tallies for Mechanicville and keeper Ava Gimmick saved three shots and combined with the Mechanicville defense for the shutout.