Boys Soccer; Raiders, Valley Notch Wins

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Mechanicville 8  Berlin 4:  Jeff Luce scored four goals to led the Red Raiders to the victory over Berlin on a hot, summer day in late September.

Connor Keegan, Zach Rapaccioulo, Chris Ciccarelli, and Mike Cavotta all found the back of the net in the match for Mechanicville who see their season mark improve to 9-0, 9-1. Continue reading

Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week

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Congratulations to Mechanicville’s Jeff Luce on being named this week’s Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.

The Mechanicville soccer team enjoyed a 3-0 week and Luce was a big reason why. In a 5-0 victory over Waterford on Thursday the junior went for a hat trick plus one, scoring four times in the shutout , and in a 4-2 win over Greenwich on Saturday Jeff found the back of the net for a pair of strikes as the Raiders won for the eighth time in nine outings.

Congratulations to Jeff as our newest Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.

Mechanicville Tops Greenwich

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Mechanicville 4  Greenwich 2:  The Raiders stayed hot with a home victory over Greenwich on Saturday.

The visitors got on the board first when Henry Hansen found the back of the net and the 1-0 Greenwich lead.  Later in the half Mechanicville tied things on a Marcus Tobin penalty kick, and three minutes later it was Tobin again giving the Red Raiders a 2-1 advantage heading into the half. Continue reading

Hoosic Valley Runs Over Cohoes

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Saturday in Schaghticoke a pair of 0-3 teams in Cohoes and Hoosic Valley took the field with each squad looking to put a number in the win column.  We said on the pregame broadcast not to be surprised in the Indians go on a run over the remaining five weeks in the regular season. Yesterday they took the first step in that journey rolling over the Tigers from Cohoes 67-22. Continue reading