Girls Soccer

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Stillwater 3  Mechanicville 3:  The Warriors jumped out to a 2-0 advantage at the half but the Red Raiders stormed back after the break with three goals to force the tie.

Brooke Pickett connected on two first half strikes, and added a third goal after intermission to lead the Stillwater attack.

Ryleigh Hopeck tallied a pair of second half goals for Mechanicville with Jada Brown’s goal, late in the half knotting the match at 3-3.
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Soccer Roundup

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Mechanicville 10  Berlin 0:  The Red Raiders rang the bell five times in each half to post the shutout victory over the Mountaineers.

Jeff Luce scored four goals, three coming in the first 3:30 of the match to lead the Mechanicville assault.

Chris Ciccarelli added a pair of goals and Marcus Tobin, John Pingelski, Kevin Charette and Riley Duesler found the back of the net as well for the Raiders.

Zach White and Glenn Prarie combined to make four saves between the posts for Mechanicville who with the win moves to 11-0-1 on the year.
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Wasaren Roundup

 

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Cambridge-Salem and Stillwater football teams stay undefeated with dominant wins over the weekend.  The Indians lead the Class C North while the Warriors sit atop the C Central.  Stillwater finishes their regular season at Tamarac and home with Holy Trinity, while Cambridge-Salem travels to Lake George and Greenwich in weeks six and seven.

A nice touch at the senior recognition day in Cambridge on Saturday was having all Cambridge alumni attending, sign in under the decade in which they graduated, with all the names read at halftime.  Continue reading

Cambridge-Salem Rolls Past Corinth

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It was senior recognition day Saturday afternoon in Cambridge with appreciation shown to the football seniors in a nice pregame ceremony lasting about ten minutes.  The Indians needed about the same amount of time to decide the game’s outcome as Cambridge-Salem dominated from the start and rolled to a 62-6 decision over the Tomahawks of Corinth.

The Indians got on the board with some fans were still choosing their seats, when Tommy English took the opening kickoff to the house from 75 yards out and with the Austin Hackman point after Cambridge-Salem led 7-0 just :12 in. Continue reading

Saturday Morning Roundup

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A busy Friday night for Wasaren teams in both football and soccer.  Here’s a quick look at how things played out.

Football

Hoosick Falls 38  Lake George/Hadley Luzerne 14:  Jeff Vincent ran for 129 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Falls to the “W”.

The Panthers led 19-6 at the half and put the game away with 13 unanswered in the third period.

Panther quarterback tossed a TD pass to Sam Richard and Max Kipp added a rushing touchdown for Hoosick Falls who moves to 4-1 on the season. Continue reading

Boys Soccer; Raiders, Warriors, Bengals Post Wins

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Mechanicville 8  Hoosick Falls 0:  The Red Raiders ran out to a 4-0 advantage at the half and coasted to the victory over the Falls.

Jeff Luce led the scoring parade for Mechanicville with a hat trick with Chris Ciccarelli adding a pair, and Jake Cavert, John Pingelski and Conor Keegan all scoring single goals for the 8-0, 8-1 Mechanicville squad.

Glenn Prarie and Zach White with two saves each combined for the Raider shutout.

 

Stillwater 3  Greenwich 0:  Grant Baker scored goals in each half spearheading the Warriors to the win over Greenwich.

Baker took a feed from Brandon DeBacco five minutes into the match and found the back of the net giving Stillwater the 1-0 cushion.

Midway through the first, it was Isaac Cutler off a Baker find and a 2-0 Stillwater lead.

Baker found the range again, midway through the second half to secure the “W” that moves the Warriors to 7-2, 9-2 on the year.

Tim Buchal with eight saves and the Stillwater defense combined to earn the shutout.

 

Tamarac 3  Hoosic Valley 2:  Tamarac’s Alex Bassey, Max Ali and Dylan Briccetti all connected for goals, with Ali’s and Briccetti’s of the PK variety as the Bengals got past the Indians of Hoosic Valley.

William Mansfield and Isaac Carlo both tallied in the match for the Valley.

The First Half of the Fall

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It seems like just yesterday it was late August with it’s heat and humidity but in less than a week we’ll turn the calendar to October and with that our high school fall sports season enters it’s second half.  A good time to take a look at what’s played out for the schools in the Wasaren, in the sports that they play. Which league school has enjoyed the best overall start regarding all it’s teams and how many teams are state ranked in the various sports? Continue reading