Sectional Soccer: Stillwater Girls, Greenwich and Waterford Boys Advance

Stillwater 5   Mayfield 0

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

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