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Witches Roll to Third Straight

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73_greenwichEvery high school football weekend a typical spectator takes in one, or possibly two games.  Obviously that pace limits the number of teams one can put their eyes on, so we all form opinions on teams we haven’t seen based on scores, matchups and common opponents.

For me Greenwich was one of the teams I had not seen this year, and I wasn’t sure what to think about the Witches.  Carrying a 2-1 record coming into Saturday’s gave at Hoosic Valley, Greenwich had lost to Cambridge – Salem and posted wins over Granville and Hoosick Falls putting 48 points on the Panthers in the win.

Yesterday in Schaghticoke, Greenwich won their third straight with an easy 38-6 victory over the Indians, showing to me and anyone else paying attention, that the Witches are a very good football team. Continue reading →

Mechanicville Tops Lansingburgh

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mechanicville-nyIt was Homecoming in Mechanicville Friday night and after the king, queen and their court were recognized, along with all senior players and cheerleaders with family members, it was on to the main event.

Unlike the pregame festivities the contest was neither smooth nor overly pretty, but in the end all that mattered was a 17-7 victory by the Red Raiders sending the majority of a large crowd home happy. Continue reading →

Thursday Results

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Girls Soccer

Stillwater 6  Tamarac 1:  The Warriors ran out to a 4-1 cushion after one half of play, and cruised to their 8th victory in nine outings.

Taya Staie and Brooke Pickett with hat tricks led the Warrior offense with Keelyn Peacock assisting on four of the Stillwater goals.

Abbie Yetto connected on a first half tally for the Bengals.

 

Saratoga Catholic 6  Berlin 6 OT:  After two halves of action, with both teams scoring in bunches, defense ruled in the overtime sessions as the Saints and the Mountaineers settled for the tie.

Lauren Maher scored five goals for Spa Catholic and Emileigh Murry connected as well for the Saints who held a 4-3 lead at the break.’

Rachel Bortnick scored all six goals for Berlin including the final three scores of regulation to pull the Mountaineers even, setting up the overtime periods.

 

Mechanicville 2  Cambridge 0:  First half scoring strikes by the Jada Brown and Hannah Garone led the Raiders to the home “W” over Cambridge.

Raider keeper Savannah Bowie turned back eight shots and combined with the Raider “D” for Mechanicville’s third shutout of the season.

 

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Saratoga Catholic 5  Waterford 0:  In action at Fairways of Halfmoon on Thursday, Jack Costantino carded the low round of 46 to lead the Saints to the shutout of Waterford.

Joining Costantino in the winner’s circle were teammates Will Fizer, Dylan Mulholland, Cody Burky and Ronan Loftus-Graney as the Saints with the win improve to 9-4 on the year.

Boys Soccer

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Mechanicville 5  Cambridge 1:  In a game Mechanicville led 1-0 at the break, the Raiders scored four goals over the first fifteen minutes of the second half to post the win going away.

Five different Raiders tallied in the match with Zach Rapaccioulo, Andrew Kraszewski, Jake LaFountain, Tyler Tesoriero, and Wyqui Agunda all finding the range for Mechanicville.

Jordan Brown scored the Cambridge goal late in the second half.

 

Tamarac 4  Stillwater 0:  Max Ali, Ethan Brown, Riley Hayner and Rocco DiCarlo all found the back of the net in the Bengals comfortable win over the Warriors.

Tamarac keeper Tyler Nemjo saved six shots for the shutout as the Bengals improve to 3-1, 6-1 on the year with the win.

 

Waterford 10  Hoosic Valley 1:  The Fordians rang the bell five times in each half rolling over the Indians of Hoosic Valley. Continue reading →

Girls Soccer

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Tamarac 9  Spa Catholic 0: Abby Buckley scored five goals to lead the Bengals to the one-sided decision over the Saints.

Bre Evertsen, Jenna Hunt, Taylor Smith and Vanessa Baldwin all added scores for Tamarac, and Bengal keepers Jenna Hunt and Ella Toomajian combined for the shutout.

 

Mechanicville 9  Berlin 1:  Mechanicville led 5-1 at the break in cruising to the easy “W” over the Mountaineers.

Hannah Garone and Ryleigh Hopeck with two goals each led the Raider assault.  Teammates Jada Brown, Nevaeh D’Aloia, Marissa Krosky, Brynn Murphy and Courtney Toher all added single scoring strikes for the 3-3 Raiders.

Rachel Bornick connected on a first half goal for Berlin. Continue reading →

Wasaren vs. Western Athletic Conference

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It was WAC vs. Wasaren Day at Afrim’s Sports Park on Saturday with boys soccer teams from the two conferences facing off.

Greenwich 3  St. Johnsville 2:  Al Rymph with two goals and Madigan Carner with a single tally led the Witches past St. Johnsville.

St. Johnsville avoided the shutout with a Mason Snell goal late in the second half.

With the win Greenwich improves to 7-1-1 on the year.

 

Mechanicville 3  Scotia 0:  A Wyqui Agunda goal gave Mechanicville a 1-0 lead at the break and T.J. Bisaillon and Zach Rapaccioulo found the range after intermission in the Red Raiders “W” over Scotia.

Mechanicville keeper Zach White, with five saves, and the Raider defense combined for the shutout as Mechanicville improves to 5-2 on the season with the victory. Continue reading →

Friday Night Football

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Greenwich 48  Hoosick Falls 13:  Greenwich built a 20-7 led by halftime and pulled away in the second half for the comfortable win over Hoosick Falls.

Greenwich held outgained the Falls 420 -200 in total yards on the night, in winning for the second time in three outings.

Chris Albrecht rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown, Jesse Kuzmich ran for two scores and threw for another and Luke Pemrick added a pair of rushing score to led the Witches.

Max Kipp led the Falls attack, running for 109 yards and a touchdown as the Panthers with the loss slip to 1-2 on the season.

 

Stillwater 48  Canajoharie/Ft. Plain 14:  The Warriors bolted to a 21-0 advantage after the first period and cruised to their third victory of the year in Stillwater Friday night.

Warrior running back Mason Seymour ran for 160 yards and four touchdowns, and quarterback James Galarneau rushed for 134 yards with two TD’s and threw for 80 yards and a score to lead the lethal Stillwater attack.

 

Fonda 18  Mechanicville 7:  Fonda used a pair of big plays in the third period to post the come-from-behind victory over the visiting Red Raiders.

Mechanicville jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first on a Luke Shirmacker 12-yard touchdown run.

In the second, Braves quarterback John Mancini  found Garrett Neff with an 18-yard scoring strike, and with a failed point after, the Raiders held the 7-6 advantage heading into halftime.

On the first play of the third quarter the Brave’s Jackson Atty returned the kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown and a 13-7 Fonda lead.

Later in the period, with Mechanicville driving, Mancini scooped up a Red Raider fumble and ran it back 85 yards for a score and an 18-7 cushion for Fonda on what would be the last points in the contest.

With the win Fonda improves to 3-0 on the season, while Mechanicville slips to 1-2 with the loss.

 

Cambridge-Salem 41  Hoosic Valley 7:  No other info available

 

 

 

Thursday Roundup

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Boys Soccer:  Greenwich 10  Hoosic Valley 1:  The Witches scored five times before and after the break in cruising to the home victory over the Valley.

Charlie Gartner connected three times while Connor Smith, Liam Niesz, Jeremy Zanella, Tom Haberland, Al Rymph, Tommy Abate and Ryan Hawrysz all added single goals for Greenwich.

Hoosic Valley avoided the shutout when James Robert tallied in the second half.

Greenwich moves to 2-0-1, 6-1-1 with the win, Hoosic Valley slips to 1-2, 2-5 with the loss.

 

Waterford 2  Stillwater 1:  The Fordians eased past Stillwater behind a pair of goals from Nate Powell.

Powell scored in each half for Waterford who moves to 2-0-1, 4-2-1 on the year.

Issac Cutler connected on a second half strike for the Warriors who go to 1-2, 4-2 on the season. Continue reading →