Stillwater took the lead less than three minutes in and never looked back in posting the comfortable semifinal win over OESJ in Class C.
At the 2:37 mark Bridget Coon, off a feed from her sister Brooke, gave Stillwater the 1-0 advantage and that score stood until late in the half when Brooke Hodgson and Kamryn VanPelt connected on scoring strikes, both set up by Bridget Coon, giving Stillwater a commanding 3-0 lead at the break.
Late in the match VanPelt added her second tally of the game off a Lucy Rubenstein find to cap the scoring.
Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero stopped three shots and with the Stillwater defense earned the shutout.
Top-seeded Stillwater moves to the C championship game on Saturday taking on #2 Lake George. It will be the second meeting of the year between the two squads with Stillwater notching a 2-0 decision over Lake George in mid-September.
Top-seeded Mechanicville wasted little time taking control, running out to a 4-0 lead by the break and cruised from there to the semifinal win in Class B.
Tanner Eiseman led the way with a four-goal match, while teammates Gianna Pitts and Ella Manning added single scoring strikes.
Mechanicville keeper Christina Bornt saved four shots in the win.
Mechanicville moves to the championship game on Saturday in Lansingburgh where they’ll face the second-seeded Black Horses of Schuylerville.
Maple Hill 1 Waterford 0
Late in the first half off a long free kick, Tyler Gibson cleaned up a loose ball in the box for the only goal of the night sending Maple Hill to the Class C championship game on Saturday.
Waterford ends a great fall season with a 15-3-1 record and Co-Champions of the Wasaren.
Berne-Knox Westerlo 2 Greenwich 1
In a game knotted 1-1 at the half, BKW scored the game winner late in regulation to earn the win and advance to the C final this weekend.
BKW took a 1-0 just nine minutes in before Greenwich tied the score late in the half on a Mason Foster tally.
Greenwich completes an outstanding soccer season at 16-1-2 and Co-Champions of the Wasaren.
Mechanicville entered sectional play dropping three of their last four regular season matches, the squads worst four-game stretch since seemingly the Bush administration. But through three rounds of the Section II Tournament the Raiders are competing more like the teams that put together a 100-game unbeaten streak in Wasaren play.
With a pair of 2-1 wins over Watervliet and Voorheesville in rounds one and two, #3 Mechanicville entered the Class B semifinal against #7 Broadalbin-Perth playing with the confidence of a championship program that has enjoyed extended play-off runs for most seasons in recent memory.
On Tuesday in Waterford, Mechanicville extended this post season streak using goals in each half and a lockdown defensive effort to post the 2-0 victory over B-P.
Graham Murphy connected on scoring strikes before and after the halftime break, and the Mechanicville defense, anchored by keeper Brady O’Connor, kept B-P off the board throughout.
O’Connor had an outstanding game between the posts turning away 12 shots in the match for the clean sheet.
With the win Mechanicville improves to 13-5-1 and moves to the Class B title game on Saturday in Queensbury and a matchup with top-seeded Greenville who sports a 17-2 mark including a 5-0 win over Mechanicville in late September.
Stillwater took control with three, first-half tallies and cruised from there to the quarterfinal victory over Mayfield in Class C.
Brooke Hodgson led the way with a hat trick while Bridget Coon and Kennedie VanPelt added single scoring strikes for Stillwater.
Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero saved four shots and with the Stillwater defense posted the shutout.
Top-seeded advances to the semifinals and a matchup with #5 OESJ.
OESJ 3 Waterford 2 OT
Trailing 2-1 at the break, Waterford knotted the score with a second half strike sending the game into overtime where OESJ connected on the game-winner in a Girls Class C quarterfinal match.
The Fordians wrap an excellent season finishing with a 12-6 mark.
Lake George 3 Greenwich 2 No other info at this time
Waterford 4 Loudonville Christian 0
The Fordians used a pair of scores in each half and a lockdown defensive effort in notching the quarterfinal win over LC in Class C action.
The match remained scoreless through the first 30-plus minutes, before Waterford connected on two scores one minute apart.
In the 34th minute the Fordians were awarded a penalty kick that Payton Galuski cashed in for the 1-0 lead and seconds later Galuski finished a Conner Belonga find for the 2-0 Fordian advantage that Waterford took to the break.
Just three minutes into the second half Jake Catanzarita found Belonga who found the back of the net giving Waterford a three-goal cushion, and Galuski capped the scoring in the waning minutes, ringing the bell from 25 yards out for her third goal of the match.
Fordian keeper Tristan Philo stopped seven shots and with the Waterford “D” earned the clean sheet.
#4 Waterford moves on to face #1 Maple Hill on Wednesday in a semifinal match at Columbia High School.
Greenwich 3 Lake George 1
The Witches built a 2-0 lead by halftime and rode that cushion to the quarterfinal win over the Lakers in Boys Class C play.
Less than one minute into the match Greenwich was on the board when Christian Morency found Owen Shannon at the top of the box who split the posts for the 1-0 lead.
In the 33rd minute Greenwich extended their advantage when Noah Ives sent a cross, back post, to a cutting Hudson Logan for the put away and a 2-0 cushion.
Lake George answered with five minutes left in the half when James Richards connected from the corner of the box trimming the deficit to 2-1.
The two teams battled through a scoreless second half until two minutes remained when Ives slipped past the LG defense and beat the Laker keeper to seal the “W”.
#2 Greenwich advances to the C semi’s and a matchup with #6 BKW/D on Wednesday at Columbia High.
Maple Hill 3 Cambridge-Salem 0
Top-seeded Maple Hill ran out to a 2-0 halftime lead, added an insurance goal after the break and closed out the quarterfinal win in Class C.
Cambridge-Salem ends a fine fall campaign at 11-5-1
Mechanicville led 1-0 at the break, extended their lead after intermission to 2-0 and held off the Blackbirds late to post the win in Class B.
Mechanicville keeper Brady O’Connor came up with a big save on a penalty kick in the first half and the home squad fed off of that, soon after striking for their first score on an Aiden Fitzgerald finish off a nice find by Graham Murphy.
Murphy gave Mechanicville a two-score cushion taking an Alex Shakow feed and splitting the posts for a second-half tally.
Voorheesville got on the board Angelo Filho connected, but the Mechanicville defense shut down the visitors attack the rest of the way to secure the “W”.
#3 Mechanicville moves to the semifinals and a matchup with #7 Broadalbin-Perth in Waterford on Tuesday at 5p.m.
Mechanicville 3 LaSalle 0
Mechanicville ran out to a 3-0 lead by halftime and cruised from there to the quarterfinal win in Class B.
Tanner Eiseman, Gianna Pits and Emma Andrews all found the range with scoring strikes to lead the Mechanicville attack.
Mechanicville keeper Christina Bornt saved three shots and combined with the defense to post the shutout.
Top-seeded Mechanicville moves on to face #4 Greenville in the semifinal round.
Cambridge-Salem 49 Canajoharie 6
C/S quarterback Stephen Yakubec threw for 184 yards and three touchdowns to lead C/S to the easy victory over Canjo.
Jackson Rowland led a dominant ground game for C/S, rushing for 98 yards and a score.
With the win Cambridge/Salem moves to 7-1 on the season.
Stillwater built a 3-0 lead by the break, on their way to the comfortable first-round win in Class C sectional play.
A pair of Brooke Hodgson goals sandwiched around a Bridget Coon tally staked Stillwater to the three-score halftime cushion.
After intermission Hodgson connected for her second goal of the match before Holy Names got on the board with a Grace Crosby strike.
Top-seeded Stillwater wrapped up the scoring when Brooke Coon split the posts off a Bridget Coon find, Bridget’s third assist of the game.
Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero saved one shot in the win, while Holy Names goaltender Sophia Schenk turned away 12 shots in defeat.
Waterford 8 Berne-Knox Westerlo/Duanesburg 1
The Fordians rang the bell eight times with four different players doing damage in posting the one-sided decision over BKW/D in Class C.
Mia O’Brien led the scoring assault with four scoring strikes while Riley Noto netted a pair and Sophia Ledtke and Rylan Charbonneau added single tallies for Waterford.
#3 Waterford will host a quarterfinal matchup on Monday with #5 OESJ.
Lake George 5 Cambridge 0
Lake George broke open a 1-0 game at the break with four second-half hits, pulling away for the win in Class C action.
Mayfield 2 Hoosic Valley 1
Mayfield led 1-0 at halftime and held off the Valley to earn the win in Class C.
Ava VanNostrand and Riley Roth connected for goals to lead Mayfield.
Greenwich 2 Bolton 0
The Witches struck for a pair of second-half goals to notch the victory in Class C
Stillwater/Spa Catholic 47 Lake George/Warrensburg 21 No other stats at this time
Hoosick Falls/Tamarac 20 Mechanicville 8
Wildcat quarterback Owen Hart threw for a score and ran for another to lead HF/T to the victory over Mechanicville in Hoosick Falls Friday night.
Hart found Gabe Toomijian in the first quarter for a three-yard touchdown pass and a 6-0 lead.
Mechanicville edged in front on a second period one-yard plunge and with the two-point conversion held an 8-6 advantage.
HF/T regained the lead on a two-yard TD run by Hart taking a 12-6 cushion into the break.
After a scoreless third frame HF/T put the game away when August Lee ran it in from eight yards out and with the two-point conversion the 20-8 final.
Lee anchored the Wildcat attack, rushing for 192 yards on 38 carries, while Hart finished with 68 passing yards connecting on 5 of 10 attempts.
Four different Fordians tallied in Waterford’s comfortable 8-1 victory over Schoharie in round one of the Class C Boys Soccer Section II Tournament.
Conner Belonga led the Waterford scoring parade with a hat trick, Payton Galuski and Logan Sheehan both connected twice while Blake Guertin added a single scoring strike in the win.
Schoharie avoided the shutout when Logan Schrader tallied late.
Waterford keepers Tristan Philo and Henry Chapin combined to save six shots in the win while Schoharie goaltender Alex Ray stopped five shots in the match.
#4 Waterford advance to the quarterfinals and a matchup with #5 Loudonville Christian on Monday in Waterford.
Greenwich 6 Stillwater 0
Greenwich built a 4-0 lead by the break and cruised to a shutout “W” over Stillwater in Class C.
The Witches scored a pair of goals in the first six minutes of the match, the first coming on a Christian Morency to Noah Ives connection and minutes later an Owen Shannon corner kick found Morency at the near post for the 2-0 lead.
At the 20-minute mark Wyatt Skiff fed Shannon who finished, extending the Greenwich advantage to 3-0 and the Witches closed the half with their fourth tally when Jonathan Morency found Skiff who found the back of the net.
Ives and Shannon added their second goals of the match after the break to close out the scoring.
#2 Greenwich will host #7 Lake George in a quarterfinal match on Monday in Greenwich.
Coxsackie 3 Hoosick Falls 0
In Class B girls soccer D. Deering with a hat trick led the way in Coxsackie-Athens’ first-round win over the Panthers of Hoosick Falls.
Mechanicville used goals from Lawton Bronson and Aiden Fitzgerald along with a big defensive effort, to post the first-round win in Class B over Watervliet/Heatly on Wednesday night in Mechanicville.
Mechanicville keeper Brady O’Connor needed just two saves to earn the shutout as #3 Mechanicville advances to the quarterfinal round, hosting a matchup with #6 Voorheesville on Friday.
Cambridge/Salem 1 Mayfield 0
With 20 minutes left in the first half C/S’s Rowan Ossont took a throw-in from Luke LeBlanc, beat a pair of defenders and found the far post for the only tally of the match sending C/S to the opening round win in Class C.
Brady Brownell and Josh LaFountain led the C/S defense in shutting down the Mayfield attack.
C/S moves on to the quarterfinals on Monday, facing the winner of Granville/Maple Hill.
Coxsackie Athens 3 Tamarac 0
After a scoreless first half, C/A used a pair of scoring strikes in the first seven minutes of the second half to take control, on their way to the first-round win in Class B.
Ben Hoglund and Asa Perino connected early in the half while Joe Perino closed the scoring with a late tally sending C/A to a quarterfinal matchup with Cobleskill/Richmondville on Friday.
Broadalbin-Perth 4 Hoosick Falls 0
B/P broke open a 1-0 game at the break with three second-half goals to notch the win in the opening round of Class B action on Wednesday.
After a scoreless first half, Granville connected on the only score of the match 10 minutes after the break when Matt Ruigrok, taking a corner kick, played a short pass to Noah Bernard who fanned it back to Ruigrok who found the upper corner, far side for the eventual game-winner in first round action in Class C.
Golden Horde keeper Ryan Shaw saved 10 shots in the win, while Hoosic Valley goaltender Travis Bleakly stopped six shots in defeat.
Granville will travel to face top-seeded Maple Hill on Thursday.
Germantown 1 Spa Catholic 1 2 OT
In Class D action Germantown and Spa Catholic battled to 1-1 tie after regulation and a pair of overtime sessions and needed penalty kicks to decide things where Germantown prevailed 3-2, earning the first-round victory.
Trailing 1-0 at the break, Spa Catholic knotted the score with 26:00 left in regulation when David Regrave connected on a scoring strike for the Saints.
The two squads battled through the remainder of regulation and overtime and were still deadlocked 2-2 after four rounds of penalty kicks before Germantown came away with the “W”.
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