Greenwich 1   Schuylerville 0

 The season-opener for both squads saw an even match throughout with few scoring opportunities for either team as both defensive units limited quality looks to put points on the board.

After a scoreless first half of play, that theme continued until late in the second when the Witches Noah Speanburg slotted a through ball to Mason Foster, and to prevent an easy put away, a Schuylerville defender took Foster to the ground setting up a penalty kick that Jonathon Morency lasered to the back of the net for the 1-0 Greenwich lead.

The Witches defense did the rest, holding off late pressure by Schuylerville to close the Black Horses out and post the non-league win.

Greenwich keeper Jack Scieszka saved four shots and combined with the Greenwich defense for the shutout.   

Schuylerville keeper Ethan Spodnick turned back six shots in the loss.   

Stillwater 4    Maple Hill 0

Stillwater girls opened their season in style, scoring a pair of goals in each half while defensively pitching a shutout in the 4-0 victory over Maple Hill.

Emersyn Patenaude got the scoring started splitting the posts off a Brooke Coon find and later in the half it was Bridget Coon finishing a Brooke Hodgson feed staking Stillwater to a 2-0 advantage heading into the break.

In the second half Bridget Hodgson joined the scoring parade connecting on an unassisted tally and Patenaude wrapped up the day with her second goal of the match, again coming off a Brooke Coon assist.

Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero saved six shots and combined with the Stillwater defense for the clean sheet.

Cambridge 3   Waterford 2

Cambridge’s Luke MacDougal fired a three-over round of 37 to lead Cambridge to the narrow victory over the Fordians in action at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Wednesday.

Jonny Atwood earned a point for Waterford with a match win in flight three, and Cambridge’s Corbin Hall notched a point for the home squad with a win in flight four.

In flight two Waterford’s James Beagle and Cambridge’s Landon Pitcher split the point as did Waterford’s Tanner Machia and Cambridge’s Connor Genevick in flight five.

With the win Cambridge moves to 1-2 on the year and Waterford suffers their first loss of the year and goes to 3-1 on the season.   

Waterford 3.5   Tamarac 1.5

Waterford freshman Tanner Machia carded the low round of 42 in leading the Fordians past Tamarac in a match played at Fairways of Halfmoon on Tuesday.

Four Waterford golfers finished just one stroke behind Machia with rounds of 43 including Dylan Day, Billy Scunziano, Landon Pitcher and Jonny Atwood with Bradley O’Connor firing a round of 48 for the Fordians.

Top Tamarac scores included Adam Quackenbush 42, Jacob Bieg 43, Jack Becker 45 while Nate Smith and Troy Karz posted rounds of 47.

With the win Waterford improves to 3-0 on the year while Tamarac slips to 0-3 to start the season.

Mechanicville 4   Hoosick Falls 1

In a match played Tuesday morning at the Mechanicville Golf Club, Matt Salvadore found his home course much to his liking carded a 1-over par 37, claiming medalist honors and leading Mechanicville to the win over Hoosick Falls. 

Joining Salvadore with match wines were teammates Ben Amato, Kolton Renaldi and Vinny Taylor.

Spencer Tate with a win in flight three earned the Panthers point in the match.

With the win Mechanicville improves to 3-0 on the season while the Falls suffers its first setback of the year and goes to 2-1. 

John Rooney, a 2015 graduate from Hoosic Valley, received two important calls on Sunday in his baseball journey, the first being a call to the big leagues by the parent club Houston Astros, the second a wave of the left hand by Astros manager Joe Espada signaling to bring Rooney into the game in the sixth inning at Camden Yards in Baltimore.

The big left-hander walked the first batter he faced before ending the frame by striking out Dylan Beavers. In the seventh Rooney retired the first two batters he faced the allowed a solo homerun before ending the inning with a punchout of Colton Cowser.

Rooney, wearing number 67, threw 23 pitches, 14 for strikes in his 1.1 innings of work.

Houston dropped a 3-2 decision to Baltimore on Sunday but currently lead the American League Western Division by a game and a half with a season mark of 72-59.

Let’s hope the former Hoosic Valley star can be a key contributor for Houston as they battle for a play-off spot with 30 games remaining in the regular season.

Mechanicville 4   Spa Catholic 1

Matthew Salvadore carded the low round of the match firing a 37 to lead Mechanicville past the Saints of Saratoga Catholic in action at the Mechanicville Golf Course on Monday morning.

Joining Salvadore with match wins for Mechanicville were Koltan Rinaldi, Vinny Tayler and Brody Landy.

Cole Cefalu, with a win in flight two earned the point for Spa Catholic.

With the victory Mechanicville moves to 2-0 on the year, while the Saints mark goes to 1-1 on the young season.

Hoosick Falls 4   Cambridge 1

In a match played at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Tuesday, Cambridge’s Luke MacDougal claimed medalist honors carding a 1-under round of 33, but the home squad swept the remaining four flights to post the “W”.

Scores for the Falls included Dylan Callahan 37, Ayden DeGraaf 41, Jack Shea, Zach Houghton and Quinn Haynes all with rounds of 43, Spencer Tate and Memphis Hathaway with 47’s and Carter Stratton with a round of 61.

Scores for Cambridge included Connor Genevick 46, Corbin Hall 48, James Beagle and Cody Donisthrope, with 50’s, and Brigid Toleman with a nine-hole score of 52.

Hoosick Falls improves to 2-0 with the victory.

Waterford 4 Stillwater 1

The Fordians Billy Scunziano fired the low round of 41 in Waterford win in a match played at Fairways of Halfmoon.

Other scores for Waterford included Jonny Atwood 42, Landon Pitcher 43, Dylan Day 44, Tanner Machia 46 and Bradley O’Connor with a round of 48.

Top scores for Stillwater included Tye Morris 21, Julian Peluso 43, Daniel DeGrasse 44, Nick Rose 45, and Vincent Festa’s round of 48.

Waterford goes to 2-0 on the season, and Stillwater drops to 0-1 on the year.

Mechanicville 3.5 Cambridge 1.5

In a match at Hoosick Falls Country Club that saw three flights finish tied, the visitors from Mechanicville prevailed in the season-opener for both squads.

Mechanicville’s Matt Salvadore and Cambridge’s Luke MacDougall shared medalist honors with rounds of 39, splitting the point in flight one. Cambridge’s James Beagle and Mechanicville’s Ben Amato finished deadlocked in flight two as did Corbin Hall (C) and Vinny Taylor (M) in flight four.

Mechanicville’s Kolton Renaldi and Brody Landy won their individual matches to earn points and secure the road “W”.

Hoosick Falls 3.5 Tamarac 2.5

In action at Frear Park in Troy, the match was tied at 2.5-2.5 through five flights and went to the tie-breaking sixth flight where Hoosick Falls picked up the win to claim the victory.

Hoosick Falls senior Dylan Callahan carded the low round of the day firing a 4-over par 39 to notch medalist honors.

Other top scores for the Falls included Spencer Tate 40, Quinn Haynes 43, Zach Houghton 45, Aidyn DeGraaf 46, Jack Shea 49, Memphis Hathaway 54 and Carter Stratton with a round of 57.

Top scores for the Bengals included Graham Painter 40, Adam Quackenbush, Jack Becker and Troy Karz all with rounds of 41, Jake Bieg and Nate Smith with 45’s and Ben Hernick and Jake Gardy with nine-hole scores of 48.

In a match played at Fairways of Halfmoon on Thursday Fordians sophomore Johnny Atwood fired the low round of 40 to claim medalist honors and lead Waterford past the Valley 4.5-.5 in the season-opener for both teams

Other top scores for Waterford included Landon Pitcher with a round of 42, Tanner Machia 44, Dylan Day and Bradley O’Connor with rounds of 45 and Billy Scunziano’s round of 46.

Top scores for Hoosic Valley included Ryan Morrisey who carded a 45, while Keegan Antolick and Jackson Schram finished with rounds of 46.

Next up for Waterford is a Monday match with Stillwater at Fairways of Halfmoon.

Former Hoosic Valley standout John Rooney since his trade to Houston two weeks ago has thrown well for the Astros triple A affiliate the Sugarland Space Cowboys.

In five relief appearances Rooney has a 1-0 record with one hold while pitching to a 3.18 ERA. The big left-hander in 5.2 innings of work has allowed three hits, two earned runs and has issued just one free pass while striking out ten batters.

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