Waterford 7   Greenwich 3

Payton Galuski’s hat trick led a Fordian attack that scored seven times in Waterford’s comfortable road “W” over Greenwich.

Joining Galuski in the scoring parade was her sister Addyson with two goal and a pair of assists, while R. Charbonneau and Imani Bloomfield added single scoring strikes.  The Fordians Cassidy McClement dropped off a trio of assists in the match.

Taylor Poovey, Molly Abate and Brooke Kuzmich all tallied for the Witches.

Cambridge 2   Hoosic Valley 1

Cambridge scored a pair of first-half goals and made them stand in notching the narrow victory over the Valley in Schaghticoke.

Mia Alpy connected for both Cambridge scores, one coming off a nice feed from Sam Crandall.

After the break an unassisted strike from Hannah Coffin put the Hawks on the board but they could draw no closer with Cambridge closing out the “W”.  

Cambridge keeper Lexi Pedersen saved three shots in the win, while Valley keeper Sophia Svec turned back 10 for the Hawks.  

Tamarac 1   Berlin/New Lebanon 0

Abby Maloney found the back of the net off an Abby Ackner find giving the Bengals the 1-0 road win over the Mountaineers on Thursday.

Mechanicville 5   Stillwater 0

Mechanicville scored three times before the break and cruised from there to the shutout over Stillwater.

Maddie Hopeck and Marissa Krosky led the Mechanicville attack with two goals and two assists each, while Isabella Raucci added a single scoring strike for the home squad.  

Mechanicville keeper Ava Grimmick saved two shots and combined with the Mechanicville defense for the clean sheet.  

Stillwater keepers Charisma Salecker and Miranda Price combined to save eight shots in the match. 

Mechanicville 4.5   Stillwater .5

Stillwater’s Carter Wincheins carded the low round of 39 in the match, but Mechanicville swept flights 2-5 in posting the win at the Mechanicville Golf Course on Thursday.  

While Mechanicville’s Nate Salvadore and Wincheins finished all square in flight one, splitting the point, Matthew Salvadore, Jack Salvadore, Connor Dion, Jacob Pickett and Ben Amado all won matches to secure Mechanicville’s eighth win in as many outings this season.  

Waterford 3   Mechanicville 3

In an excellent match between to quality squads Mechanicville and the Waterford battled through regulation and extra sessions that ended in a 3-3 deadlock.

Mechanicville took control early on a pair of Tom Wendel goals with both coming in the first 15 minutes of play.

Waterford answered before the half when Matt Soden found Josh Catanzarita who finished, trimming the Fordian deficit to 2-1 heading into the break.

Just two minutes into the second half Waterford benefitted when Mechanicville put in an own goal, tying the score at 2-2.

In the 61st minute Waterford took the lead when Catanzarita fired a shot past the diving Joe Devito and the Fordians held the slim 3-2 advantage.  

Waterford nearly closed things out, but with 0:02 remaining the visitors tied the game when Scotty Lynch curled in a corner kick sending the two squads into extra minutes where the defensive units refused to yield.  

Mechanicville keeper Joe Devito finished with 10 saves on the night, while Fordian keeper Logan Kelly turned back 12 shots for Waterford.

Berlin/New Lebanon 4   Saratoga Catholic 2

The Mountaineers traveled to Saratoga and started fast, grabbing an early 2-0 advantage on scoring strikes from Logan Healy and Robert Beckelman.

Spa Catholic got on the board just before the half when Bobby Cousineau rang the bell sending the teams into halftime with the visitors holding a 2-1 lead.

Soon after the break Healy connected on a pair of tallies giving him a hat trick and the Mountaineers control at 4-1.

The Saints immediately got one back when Cousineau found the back of the net for his second goal of the match, but Spa Catholic would draw no closer as the B/NL defense stiffened to close out the road “W”.

Saratoga Catholic keeper Sal Ciero and B/NL keeper Tyler Shuhart saved eight shots apiece with both making some big saves down the stretch.

Hoosick Falls 2   Tamarac 1    (Tuesday)

Jaid Kaminski scored both Panther goals off feeds from Grace Houghton and Kaydence Keelen, leading the Falls past Tamarac in action on Tuesday.

Abby Ackner tallied for Tamarac.

Greenwich 3   Cambridge 2             Greenwich 4   Waterford 1

In a Tri match played at the Battenkill Country Club, Greenwich earned a pair of match wins getting past Cambridge and the Fordians of Waterford.

In the match with Cambridge Luke MacDonald claimed medalist honors with a round of 39, and Mason MacDonald also picked up a point for the visitors from Cambridge, but Greenwich swept flights three, four and five with Kiernan Haskell, Josh Pratt and Brigid Tolman all earning match “W’s”.

In the Waterford match-up the Witches Erik Wade’s 43 was top score, and Sam Ziehm, Omar DeJesus, and Brayden Stutzman all joined Wade in the winner’s circle for Greenwich.

Evan Cavosie claimed the Waterford point with a win in flight five.

Mechanicville 8   Cambridge o

Mechanicville opened with a five-goal first half and rolled to the road win over Cambridge.

Marissa Krosky with a pair of scores led the Mechanicville attack that included single strikes from Emma Andrews, Madison Daley, Evie Dowd, Maddie Hopeck, Anna Izzo, and Isabella Raucci.

Mechanicville keeper Ava Grimmick combined with the Mechanicville defense for the clean sheet.  

Stillwater 0   Greenwich 0

In a Tuesday night match played at Stillwater the defensive units for both teams took center stage, pitching shutouts in the scoreless tie.

Stillwater keepers Miranda Price and Charisma Salecker combined for four saves to keep the Witches off the board, and Greenwich keeper Olivia Rieszel turned back four shots for the Witches.  

Golf

Hoosick Falls 4.5   Tamarac .5

Hoosick Falls Aiden Fleming fired the low round of 37 leading the Panthers past Tamarac in action at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Tuesday.

Other scores for Hoosick Falls included Jack Shea 42, Dylan Callahan 42, Brady Mann 45 and Michael Plusch with 45’s, and Devin Gauthier with a score of 49.  

Top scores for Tamarac were Adam Quackenbush 42, Nate Rice 47, Adam Rice 50, Morgan Hayden 51, Owen Glenn 59 and Tommy Kane with a round of 62.  

With the win the Falls improves to 4-2 on the season while the Bengals slip to 0-4 on the year.  

Mechanicville 4   Saratoga Catholic 1

Mechanicville’s Matthew Salvadore carded a 42 to claim medalist honors in the visitors win over the Saints in Saratoga.  

Nate Salvador, Connor Dion, Jacob Pickett, and Ben Amato all won their individual matches for Mechanicville.

Mark Mahay earned the Spa Catholic point with a win in flight two.

With the “W” Mechanicville remains unbeaten at 7-0 on the season.  

Hoosick Falls/Tamarac 34   Taconic Hills 0

Hoosick Falls/ Tamarac opened with a 20-point first quarter and cruised from there to the victory over Taconic Hills at Clum’s Corners on Monday night.

The home squad held a 310-118 advantage in total yards in the contest.

Quarterback Sam Fauler threw for 88 yards and three touchdowns connecting with Richie Stifter on a 10-yard strike, Carson Glover from 27 yards out and Jack Cavanaugh on a 29 -yard connection for six.

Andrew Sparks led the ground attack with 115 yards on 11 carries and a touchdown, while Cavanaugh added 78 yards and a score.  

Mechanicville 5   Stillwater 1

Mechanicville took control with four, first-half goals and posted the win over Stillwater to retain The Cup in the two teams’ annual match.

Rece Dyer tallied twice for Mechanicville with Ethan Raucci, Tom Wendel and Logan Starks all adding single scoring strikes.

Hodgson connected for the Stillwater goal in the second half.

Hoosic Valley 6   Cambridge -Salem 0

The Hawks scored three times in each half, and controlled the action in notching the “W” in their home-opener.

Isaac Wiley started the scoring when he connected on a corner for the 1-0 lead, minutes later it was Evan Maloney finding the net and quickly the  Valley held a two-goal cushion.

Just before the half Wiley, on a long cross found Gabe Coffin who went top-side with a header for the 3-0 advantage.

Midway through the second half the Hawks used another Wiley to Coffin combo to pad their lead, and two minutes later Coffin returned the favor on a nice thru ball to Wiley for the finish.

Hoosic Valley’s final goal came when midfielder Andy Thompson made a great steal and found Coffin who split the posts for his third tally of the game.

Tamarac 3   Berlin New Lebanon 2

The Bengals built an early 2-0 lead and held off the Mountaineers to post the road win Monday night.

Tamarac’s first goal came off an Owen Blakesley corner that was deflected into the net by a Mountaineer defender.

Minutes later Tamarac took a 2-0 lead on a Mike Plante scoring strike from 20 yards out.

B/NL got on the board before the break on a transition tally from Logan Healey cutting the Bengal lead in half at 2-1.

In the second half Tamarac regained a two-goal cushion when Jack Roseberger split the posts for the 3-1 advantage.

The Mountaineers pulled to within one on Healey’s second goal of the game but would draw no closer as Bengal keeper Jacob Smith preserved the victory with some keys saves down the stretch.

Cambridge 2   Fort Ann 1

In a game knotted at 1-1 at halftime, Nicole Robinson connected off a Sam Crandall find with a second-half strike for the game-winner in action at Cambridge on Monday.

Cambridge’s Kelly Sweet and the Cardinals Olivia Winchell both found the net with first half scores.

Cambridge keeper Lixi Pedersen saved seven shots in the win, while Fort Ann goalie Bailee Wright turned back 10 shots for the Cardinals. 

Chatham 6   Berlin/New Lebanon 0

Mechanicville 3   Cambridge 2

In action at the Mechanicville Golf Course Matthew Salvadore carded the low round of 38 leading the home squad to the narrow “W” over Cambridge.

Luke MacDonald and Mason MacDonald picked up individual wins in flights one and two for the visitors, while Connor Dion and Ben Amato, along with Matthew Salvadore earned the three points for the 6-0 Mechanicville team.  

Mechanicville 4   Burnt Hills 2

Mechanicville used three second-half goals to get past Burnt Hills and post the non-league win.

Just before the half Logan Starks connected to give Mechanicville the 1-0 lead heading to the break.

After intermission Burnt Hills knotted things at 1-1 on a Cassidy tally, but Mechanicville regained the lead and control on scoring strikes from Declan Charette, Tom Wendel and Starks second goal of the game.

Mechanicville’s Ethan Raucci handed out a pair of assists and keeper Joe Devito saved five for the 4-0 Mechanicville squad.

Waterford 2   Maple Hill 1

Waterford scored the game-winner with 1:00 left in regulation, notching the well-earned victory over Maple Hill at Fordian Stadium on Saturday.

The Fordians drew first blood at the 6:00 mark when the Catanzarita brothers hooked up with Jake finding Josh whose header gave Waterford the 1-0 advantage.

That score held until the 51st minute when Maple Hill tied things on a rocket from Avery Morse.

With just under a minute remaining Waterford’s Tristan Carutasu fired a shot that Maple Hill keeper Kaedan Morse got a fingertip on, but the ball had enough left to roll in for the decider.

Tamarac 2   Troy 2

Tamarac sandwiched two goals around a pair of Troy tallies as the two squads battled to a 2-2 tie in a match played Saturday in Troy.

Owen Blakesley and Jack Roseberger connected for Tamarac goals while a pair of strikes by Luigi Chiera accounted for Troy’s scoring.  

Girls Soccer

Hoosic Valley 12   Moore Catholic 6

Six different players rang the bell for the Valley who hung a dozen on the board in securing the “W” over Moore Catholic in a Hall of Fame Tournament game played in Niskayuna.

Sophomore Hannah Coffin had a good month on a Saturday morning with five goals and two assists to lead Hoosic Valley. 

Sophomores Ashleigh Herrington and Kaylee Smith both connected twice while junior Loghan Hamilton, sophomore Kayleigh Knickerbocker and 8th grader Hayley Valsic all added single tallies. 

Stillwater 3   Poland 0

Bridget Coon scored twice, Karissa Mitchell added a single goal, and the Stillwater defense posted the shutout in the win over Poland in a Hall of Fame Tournament game at Stillwater.

 Keepers Mirand Price and Charisma Salecker combined for three saves and with the Stillwater defense for the clean sheet to help Stillwater capture their third straight win to start the season.

St. Mary’s 3   Waterford 1

Addyson Galuski connected off a feed from Payton Galuski for the Waterford goal, but scoring strikes from St. Mary’s Kristin Middaugh, Michaela Panell and Teddy Osiniski proved the difference in a Hall of Fame match played in Waterford.  

Football

Canajoharie/Fort Plain 35   Cambridge/Salem 12

Greenwich 44   Helderberg Valley 13

Stillwater 48   Chatham 14

Stillwater ran out to a 22-0 lead after one quarter of play and cruised from there to the road win over Chatham Friday night.

Lukas Lilac led the Stillwater attack with 250 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns, while quarterback Jaxon Mueller ran for a score and also connected with Brody Burdo on a 50-yard scoring strike for six.  

Jay Gannon and Gavin Carson added rushing touchdowns in the Stillwater victory, their second in as many outings.  

Girls Soccer 

Cambridge 5   Salem 1

Cambridge took control with four goals before the break and posted the comfortable win over Salem.

Emily DeSouza started the scoring finishing off a nice find from Samantha Crandall for the 1-0 lead early.

Emily Lathrop followed with an unassisted tally, and Crandall to Mia Alpy netted the third goal of the half with Nicole Robinson rounding out the first half onslaught for Cambridge with an unassisted scoring strike.

After the break Alpy connected on her second goal of the match off a feed from Kelly Sweet and Cambridge closed out the home “W”.  

Berlin/New Lebanon 3   Taconic Hills 0

Three Mountaineers found the back of the net and the B/NL defense shutout Taconic Hills in the road victory.

Vivienne Powers, Lizzy Hunt and Riley Robertson all connected on first half tallies and the Mountaineers defense did the rest with B/NL keeper Becca Madsen not needing to make a save in the shutout.  

Boys Soccer

Loudonville 2   Tamarac 1

In a weather shortened contest, Loudonville used goals from Shayne Paddock and Esiah Bodnaruk to get past Tamarac on Friday.

Jack Rosenberger scored for Tamarac just before the halftime break and then storms rolled through ending the action with both coaches agreeing to call the game.  

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