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Warriors Earn Class C Title

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Wednesday in Mechanicville, it was just another day at the office for the Stillwater girls soccer team.  The Warriors, who have dominated opponents for the better part of three seasons posted a 6-2 “W” over Voorheesville in the Class C championship game and the decision was never in doubt.

Stillwater, on a pair of Brooke Pickett goals and a single tally from Keelyn Peacock, took a 3-0 advantage into the break.

The Warriors added the first two scores of the second half to their cushion, on scoring strikes from Devon Wagner and Lily Tanner and cruised from there.

Voorheesville avoided the shutout with second half  tallies from Jenny Bogart and Amanda Gillenwater, while Pickett added her third goal of the match to round out the scoring.

With the win Stillwater improves to 18-0-2 on the year, and the defending state champion Warriors move onto regional play, continuing their quest for back to back state titles.

Greenwich and Berlin Girls Earn Cross Country Titles

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In the Section II Cross Country Championships on Monday at Saratoga Spa State Park, a pair of Wasaren schools won titles with the Greenwich girls capturing the Class C crown and the Berlin girls winning in Class D.

The Witches Brynn Wright won her fifth straight individual title leading Greenwich to their 16th straight sectional championship.

Wright posted a time of 17:46 over the 3.04 mile course leading five Greenwich scorers that finished in the top seven for a team total of 20 points, well in front of second place Greenville with 84 points.

Quinn Collins ( 18:51),  Brooke Wright (18:57),  Teagan Wright (19:22), and Emily Skiff (19:38) rounded out the Greenwich top five as the as the defending state champion Witches advance to the state meet in Plattsburgh on November 16th where they’ll look to repeat in Class C.

In Class D Berlin with 60 points claimed the top spot, edging Mayfield with 67 points and Lake George with 90.

Elsie Corbett was the first Mountaineer to cross, running to a fifth place finish in a time of 19:51 in leading Berlin to the win.

Hoosic Valley’s Lily Czub qualified for the state meet finishing third in the Class D race with a time  of 19:07.

Stillwater Moves on to the Finals

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Stillwater took a slim 1-0 lead into halftime, but came out of the break with a pair of early scoring strikes to take control, on their way to the Class C semifinal victory over Lake George in Mechanicville on Monday night.

Eight minutes into the contest the Warriors Brooke Pickett found the back of the net with her 200th career goal giving Stillwater the 1-0 advantage which they took into the break.

Just 3:53 into the second half Devon Wagner found the range, finishing a Keelyn Peacock cross for the 2-0 lead, and five minutes later Pickett tallied for the second time and the 3-0 cushion, ending any thoughts of a Lake George upset on this day.

Peacock added a pair goals late, and the Stillwater “D” and Warrior keeper Kiersten Conroy (12 saves), combined for the shutout, just the second time this season that Lake George was kept off the board.

The win, for the defending state champions, sends Stillwater (18-0-2) to the Class C title game on Wednesday in Mechanicville where they’ll face Voorheesville in a 6:30 start.

Volleyball Sectionals

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With all Section II tournaments moving closer to crowning classification champions, the girls volleyball tournament will play it’s semifinal matches on Tuesday with the Bengals of Tamarac very much in the mix.

In the opening round of the Class C tournament, while #2 Tamarac received a bye, #12 Hoosic Valley and # 7 Mechanicville drew first round opponents, and both squads posted straight set”W’s” to advance, with the Valley eliminating #5 Greenville and the Raiders turning back #10 Chatham.

In the quarterfinals Hoosic Valley fell 3-2 to the Blackbirds of Voorheesville, and in an all-Wasaren match, Tamarac slipped past Mechanicville 3-2.

In a pair of semifinal matches on Tuesday, with the top four seeds having all advanced, it plays out in Gloversville with #1 Lake George vs. #4 Voorheesville at 5 p.m. and #2 Tamarac taking on #3 Fonda in the nightcap at 7 p.m.

The Class C championship match is scheduled for Friday at 5 p.m. at Saratoga High School.

Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week

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stillwater warriorCongratulations to Stillwater football player James Galarneau on being named the Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.

Friday night in Stillwater the Warrior quarterback rushed for 158 yards on 28 carries, scored three touchdowns and threw for a two-point conversion in Stillwater’s 35-21 class C semifinal victory over Greenwich.

In three sectional games Galarneau has 542 rushing yards on 53 carries with nine touchdowns for the 9-0 Warriors.

Congratulations to James, our newest Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.

Weekend Sectional Results

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Stillwater 35  Greenwich 21:  In a game tied 21 all at the half, the Stillwater defense took center stage after the break, throwing a second half shutout, and a pair of third period touchdowns by the Warriors proved more than enough for the Stillwater victory in a Class C semifinal in Stillwater on Friday night.

Offense looked to be the theme of the night in the first period with the two teams combining for 27 points.

Greenwich needed just two plays to get on the board, a 50-yard run by sophomore quarterback Jesse Kuzmich, followed by a 14-yard touchdown run by Chris Albrecht gave the Witches a 6-0 lead while fans were still settling in.

Stillwater answered with scoring runs by running back Mason Seymour, and quarterback James Galarneau to jump in front at 14-6.

A Luke Pemrick touchdown run drew the Witches to within a point at 14-13 at the end of one.

Seymour opened the scoring in the second stanza with a 5-yard touchdown tote giving Stillwater a 21-13 lead, but before the break Kuzmich found Pemrick on a slant pass that went for a 62-yard touchdown and with a Kuzmich run for the two-point conversion the game was knotted at 21-21 with 1:57 remaining in the half.

In the third Galarneau scored on a pair of TD runs, the second coming at the end of an 11 play 71-yard scoring drive giving the Warriors a 35-21 advantage, and the Stillwater “D” closed things out sending the Warriors on to the championship game with Cambridge-Salem on Friday night in Lansingburgh.

 

Cambridge-Salem 41  Tamarac 21: In a one-score game at the halftime break, Cambridge-Salem used a pair of third quarter  scores to take control, on their way to the Class C semifinal “W” in Cambridge on Saturday afternoon.

The Indians held a 7-0 lead after the first on a Kaedin Ogilivie touchdown run, leading to a second period with plenty of points.

A 5-yard TD run by Jonah Rescott pulled Tamarac even at 7-7 early in the quarter.

The Indians responded with scoring runs by Hunter Day and Gabe Scambettera to take a 21-7 lead, before the Bengals trimmed the cushion to 21-14 when Tristan Nemjo found Jack Mayes with an 18-yard scoring strike.

Cambridge-Salem scored the only points of the third period, those coming on touchdown runs by Ogilvie and Day giving the Indians a 35-14 advantage after three.

In the fourth Tamarac drew closer in a 13-yard scoring connection from Nemjo to Rescott, but an 84-yard kickoff return by  Scambettera wrapped up the victory, punching the Indians ticket to the sectional final with Stillwater on Friday.

Crossover Games

Hoosic Valley 28  Canajoharie 18:  Holding a slim 14-12 lead after three periods the Valley used a pair of Gavin Giordano touchdown runs in the final quarter to post the victory over Canajoharie.

Giordano finished with 131 yards rushing on 21 carries and Connor Wilson added a 40-yard touchdown romp as the Indians finish the season with two straight victories and a 2-7 overall mark.

 

Hoosick Falls 48  Taconic Hills 0:  Panther quarterback Jake Sparks threw for 174 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score as well in leading the Falls to the easy “W” over Taconic Hills.

The Panthers Max Kipp added a pair of rushing scores and a touchdown reception as Hoosick Falls ends it’s season with their third straight victory to finish at 3-6 on the year.

Schuylerville Tops Red Raiders

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Sixth-seeded Schuylerville, behind goals from Liam Armstrong and Zach Saddlemire slipped past the second-seeded Red Raiders of Mechanicville in a Class C boys soccer semifinal at Mohonasen on Wednesday.

The Black Horses took a 1-0 lead about five minutes in on a deflected shot by Armstrong that found the side net for the only score of the first half.

Early in the second half the Raiders just missed on scoring opportunities, hitting the cross bar on a pair of shots and then misfiring on a penalty kick.

The game score stood until Saddlemire’s scoring strike late in the second half sending Schuylerville to the championship game where they’ll face top-seeded Ichabod Crane on Saturday at Colonie.

Mechanicville wraps up a fine season earning the Wasaren title and finishing with a 14-5 overall mark.

 

Girls Soccer; Raiders, Warriors Advance

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The Section II soccer tournament continued to eliminate pretenders from contenders on Tuesday with quarterfinal action in Class C while semifinals were played in the B classification.

Class B

Mechanicville 2  Holy Names 1:  Trailing 1-0 at the break, Mechanicville connected on a pair of second half strikes to post the come-from -behind “W” over Holy Names and advance to the Class B championship match on Friday at Lansingburgh.

A first half tally by Ava Panto gave Holy Names the early 1-0 nothing advantage that they took to the half.

But after intermission the Raiders answered with Jada Brown connecting on the equalizer and a minute later finding the back of the net for the eventual game-winner.

Raider keeper Savannah Bowie (12 saves) and the Mechanicville defense pitched the second half shutout as the Raiders move on and will face to top-seeded Schalmont in the title match at the Burgh on Friday with a 4:30 kickoff.

 

Class C

Stillwater 7  Chatham 1:   The Warriors scored five times in the first half and rolled to the victory over Chatham in a Class C quarterfinal in Stillwater.

Brooke Pickett scored four goals, with Devon Wagner, Tyan Staie and Paige Brinsko all adding single strikes for the top-seeded Stillwater squad.

Caroline Paolucci tallied in the second half for Chatham.

With the win Stillwater advances to the semifinals on Monday at Mechanicville where they’ll take on the fourth-seeded Warriors of Lake George in a 6:30 kickoff.

 

Lake George 4  Cambridge 1:  Trailing 1-0 early, Lake George evened the match before the break and scored three unanswered after halftime in posting the quarterfinal victory over the Indians.

Lily Gates connected at the 17:20 mark of the first half giving Cambridge the early advantage.

A Gabby Marchello strike at the 32:28 mark pulled the Warriors even and the teams went to intermission tied 1-1.

Early in the second half Rachel Jaeger found the range to give Lake George the 2-1 lead and midway through, Kylie Mann connected for the 3-1 advantage.

At the 68:43 mark Marchello added her second tally of the match, and the Warriors closed things out, advancing to the semi’s and date with top-seeded Stillwater on Monday.

Cambridge ends a fine season at 7-2 in Wasaren play and 12-5 overall.

 

Jimmer Playing Well For Panathinaikos

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Jimmer Fredette is playing in a new league this year, and while the surroundings are different and the competition better than in the Chinese Basketball Association he played in the past few seasons, the Glens Falls native continues to do what he always has on a basketball court.  Score the ball.

Jimmer, playing for Panthinaikos in the EuroLeague, led his team to a 108-86 win over Aris this past weekend scoring 21 points on 4 of 5 shooting from the floor, including 4 of 4 from deep, and 9 of 10 from the free throw line.

In five games this year the former BYU All-American is averaging 18.4 points, shooting 62% from the floor, 73.9% from behind the arc and 86.4% from the line with 3.4 assists and 2.6 rebounds in 20:27 of playing time.

Watching a few highlights, obviously Jimmer’s shooting lights out from distance but is also getting into the paint and finishing at a high percentage.  His offensive efficiency is remarkable scoring nearly a point per minute on only nine field goal attempts per contest.

New league, same results.  Jimmer off the drive, or the pullup, continues to get buckets.

 

 

Saints Fall to New Lebanon

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In a game tied 1-1 at the break, a pair of second half scores led the top-seeded Tigers past Saratoga Catholic in a Class D girls soccer quarterfinal on Monday.

Sydney Smith connected on the first of her two goals at the 27:00 mark of the first half giving the Tigers the 1-0 advantage.

Nine minutes later the Saints answered when Lauren Maher took an Ella Blanchard feed and finished, knotting the game at 1-1.

The game remained deadlocked through much of the second half before Smith found the range with her second tally of the match at the 75:00 mark  giving the Tigers the 2-1 lead.

An own goal late in the half gave New Lebanon the two goal cushion and the Tigers closed things out, advancing to the D semi’s with the hard fought “W”.