Mechanicville 5 Hoosick Falls 1
Mechanicville scored five times before intermission with four goals coming in the first 10 minutes, in the Raiders opening round win over the Panthers in Class B.
Dylan Andrews with a pair of scoring strikes and Graham Murphy, Mason Krosky and Evan Zupan with single tallies led the Raider attack.
Cambridge/Salem 5 Hoosic Valley 1
In a game tied at 1-1 at the break, C/S scored four unanswered goals in the second half to post the win over the Valley in Class C sectional play.
C/S got on the board first when Alex Olsen finished a Kieren Carroll find for the 1-0 lead.
But the Valley soon answered when Carter Simpson found Colton Schram who found the back of the net sending the squads to intermission knotted at 1-1.
After the break C/S wasted little time in taking control with Rowan Ossant scoring on the first possession of the half quickly followed by Olsen’s second scoring strike this one coming on a corner quick, giving C/S the two goal cushion at 3-1.
Later in the half Olsen took a Chase Baylor feed and slipped it by the keeper for his third hit of the day and Cooper Petell capped the scoring in the match netting a nice find from Landon Sullivan for the 5-1 final.
C/S advances to play the winner of Stillwater/Berne Knox Westerlo on Saturday.
Maple Hill 4 Berlin/New Lebanon 0
Micah Bueno, Max Miller, Owen Leahon and Albert White all connected for scoring strikes in top-seeded Maple Hill’s first round “W” over B/NL in Class C action.
B/NL keeper Jack Healy played well recording 16 saves in the match.
Greenwich 3 OESJ 1
The Witches built a 2-0 lead by halftime and held off OESJ for the opening round win in Class C.
Greenwich got on the board when Max Jones cleaned up a loose ball in front off a corner kick, giving the host squad the 1-0 advantage.
Minutes later in was Wyatt Skiff in similar fashion slamming home a loose ball in the box for a 2-0 lead.
After the break OESJ got on the board when Tyler Mussmacher sent an arching shot up and over the Greenwich keeper trimming the deficit to 2-1 with plenty of time remaining.
With 16 minutes left in regulation the Witches added an insurance goal when Noah Speanburg found Owen Shannon who went far post for the two-score cushion that Greenwich rode to the “W”.
Chatham 2 Waterford 0
In an 8-9 matchup Chatham scored once in each half, the first coming just seconds into the match, and earned the win in Class C sectional play over the Fordians of Waterford.
Chatham scored on the opening kickoff when Augustin Sanchez Jr. connected from the top of the 18 giving Chatham a 1-0 lead just 10 seconds in.
Chatham nursed the one goal lead until the final minute of regulation when Ezra Wood iced the game on a PK sending Chatham to a second-round match versus top-seeded Maple Hill on Saturday.
Watervliet 3 Tamarac 0
Watervliet held a 1-0 lead at the half and pulled away with a pair of second half strikes in posting the win over the Bengals in Class B on Wednesday.
