After a scoreless first half of play, Mechanicville used a pair of Tanner Eiseman tallies and a lockdown defensive effort to post the win over Saranac in a Class B subregional match on Wednesday night in Beekmantown.
Early in the second half the Raiders took the lead when Eiseman arched a free kick from the right wing, over the Saranac keeper for the 1-0 advantage.
Later in the half Mechanicville keeper Christina Bornt came up big, snuffing out a scoring chance for Saranac, stopping an open look from point blank range to keep the Raiders in front.
Late in the half Eiseman added the insurance goal, firing a one-hopper from deep that skipped off the keeper’s hands, finding the back of the net.
Mechanicville (16-4), advances to the quarterfinal round on Saturday at Nottingham High School where they’ll face Marcellus (18-2), out of Section III in a 2 p.m. kick-off.
The Stillwater girls soccer team knows how to play on the defensive side of the ball. They’ve allowed just six goals this season, and fifteen times this year have kept opponents off the board including in nine of their last ten outings.
Last night in Lansingburgh, top-ranked Stillwater once again leaned on their defensive prowess holding Lake George at bay throughout and while Stillwater had several quality looks offensively none found the net in a scoreless regulation sending the Class C title game into sudden victory overtime.
And at the 87:35 mark it was just that for Stillwater when eight-grader Kameryn Van Pelt settled a rebounded shot by Bridget Coon and connected on the game-winner giving Stillwater their second straight Class C Soccer Championship.
Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero saved five shots in the match and combined with the Stillwater defense for yet another trademark shutout.
Lake George goaltender Addison Reinhold turned away 10 shots on the night for the Lakers.
Stillwater (19-1), who earned state titles in 2018 and 19 and were state runners-up last season, advances to face Ticonderoga of Section VII on Saturday in regional play.
Join us for a look at girls’ soccer matchups for Stillwater in the Class C title game and Mechanicville in a Class B regional, as well as sectional football games for Wasaren squads.
Gianna Pitts connected on three tallies leading the victorious Mechanicville squad to the Class B soccer title, their second in as many years.
Mechanicville took the lead just seven minutes in when Pitts connected on her first goal of the game, only to have Schuylerville answer 12 seconds later on a Vaugh Reilly tally knotting the score at 1-1, a score that stood into the halftime break.
At the 7:11 mark of the second half Mechanicville regained the lead when a Pitts header found the net.
With 18:00 left Pitts split the posts for her third scoring strike of the match giving Mechanicville the two-goal advantage that lasted just one minute as Schuylerville quickly responded when Mia Oshal connected.
But the Mechanicville defense held the Black Horses at bay the rest of the match to seal the “W” and send Mechanicville onto the state regionals on Wednesday where they’ll face Section VII champion Saranac (9-6-2) in regional play.
Greenville 4 Mechanicville 0 Saturday
Top-seeded Greenville used a pair of goals in each half and a lockdown defensive effort in posting the win over Mechanicville to earn the Class B soccer championship.
A pair of Chris Hughes scoring strikes sandwiched around tallies from Beckett Kusich and Alex Ingalls provided more than enough offensively for the Greenville victory.
Mechanicville completes an excellent season finishing with a 13-6-1 mark.
Cambridge-Salem 27 Bethlehem 26 Saturday
C/S quarterback Stephen Yakubec threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for another in the cross-over victory over Bethlehem.
Yakubec connected in scoring strikes to Colin Rowland and Myles Mattson, to go with a one-yard touchdown run and Preston Peabody added an interception return for six in the narrow “W” for Cambridge-Salem.
HF/T built a 14-2 lead entering the final frame and put the game away with a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns, earning the Class C quarterfinal win on Friday.
August Lee and Owen Hart with rushing scores staked the Wildcats to a 14-0 lead at the break.
After C/R got on the board with a safety in the third period, HF/T opened the fourth with a 19-yard scoring strike from Hart to Gabe Toomijian and so after Glenn Milliman added an eight-yard rushing score to seal the victory.
Lee led a strong Wildcat ground game gaining 128 yards on 31 carries while Milliman added 56 yards on 14 totes.
HF/Tam advances to the Class C semifinal round and a matchup with the top-seeded Black Horses of Schuylerville.
Mechanicville 28 Canajoharie/Ft. Plain 12
With the two squads tied 12-12 entering the fourth period, Mechanicville scored the final 16 points of the night to post the win over Canjo/Ft. Plain in a Class C crossover game.
Mechanicville running back Jordan Barnes led the way with 186 yards on 20 carries and two scores with Ayden Ellis adding a 25-yard touchdown run and quarterback Stephen Doty hooking up on a 68-yard scoring strike with Caine Ray for Mechanicville.
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.
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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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