In a game shortening by pending storms Hoosic Valley connected for three scores in one half of action and posted the shutout over the Saints in action at Gavin Park in Saratoga.
Gabe Coffin put the Valley on the board early when he finished a long Isaac Wiley cross with a nice header for the 1-0 lead.
Minutes later defender Mason Speanburg, after an extended run up the middle, found Evan Maloney on a thru ball, and Maloney’s finish gave the Hawks the two-goal advantage.
Midway through the half Coffin, after a steal near midfield, carried it, and split the posts for his second tally of the match and the 3-0 lead which proved to be the final as officials, with weather approaching, called the game at halftime.
With the win the Hawks improve to 2-0 on the year and look towards their next game on Monday in Schaghticoke when they welcome in Cambridge-Salem.
Cambridge-Salem 3 Stillwater 2 (Wednesday)
Luke and Mason MacDougall shared medalist honors with a pair of 39’s, leading Cambridge-Salem to the narrow victory over Stillwater in action at the Hoosick Falls Country Club.
In flight three Cambridge-Salem’s Kiernan Haskell split the point with Stillwater’s Miles Marinellio and in flight five C-S’s Brigid Toleman and Stillwater’s Julian Peluso also halved the point.
The Warriors Dan DeGrasserio earned a point with his win in flight four.
C/S moves to 3-2 on the season with the “W” while Stillwater slips to 2-3 with the loss.
The Mechanicville boys’ soccer team has been a dominant program in Section II for years, currently riding an unbeaten streak in league play that seemingly dates back to the Bush administration. Last night, under the lights in Mechanicville the home squad was tested by the heat and humidity as well as a talented Greenville squad and came away with a well-earned 5-2 “W”.
Mechanicville opened the scoring at the 31:00 mark when Scotty Lynch lofted a free kick into the box from 60 yards out, that caromed off a Greenville defender, splitting the posts for a 1-0 advantage.
Six minutes before the break Greenville answered on a Harrison McAneny tally and the two squads were knotted at 1-1 heading into the intermission.
After the break Mechanicville wasted little time in regaining the lead when just 1:00 in, Lynch went top shelf off a free kick from 20 yards out for the 2-1 edge.
At the 26:00-mark Mechanicville’s Rece Dyer ripped a rocket off the left wing that the Greenville keeper got a hand on, but the ball found the net for the two-goal cushion at 3-1.
Greenville refused to go quietly on this tropical evening drawing closer when Joseph Davis found the range with 20:35 left in the match and the visitors trailed by one.
Three minutes later Logan Starks lofted a beautiful corner kick that found Mark Pingelski rising above the fray, and his header found the back of the net and Mechanicville held the comfortable 4-2 lead.
With under one-minute remaining Cruz Goverski closed out the scoring, connecting for Mechanicville’s fifth tally of the match, capping Mechanicville’s third victory in as many outings.
In a match played at Fairways of Halfmoon the two squads decided the outcome using the tie-breaker system which totals the top three golfers scores, and Waterford-Halfmoon edged Tamarac 149-150.
Waterford’s Derrick Pontore led all golfers firing a 46, with other Fordian scores including Jonny Atwood 51, Dylan Day 52, Werkie Hayes 56 and Evan Kavosie with a score of 60.
Tamarac scores included Adam Quackenbush 48, Adam Rice and Nate Smith 51’s, Owen Glenn 54, Morgan Hayden 55 and Tommy Kane with a round of 60.
With the win Waterford-Halfmoon improves to 2-4 on the year.
Greenwich 3.5 Hoosick Falls 2.5
In another match that went to the tie breaker the Witches prevailed in action at the Battenkill Country Club.
The Falls Aiden Fleming carded the low round of 36 in the match with other Panthers scores including Brady Mann 37, Dylan Callahan 41, Jack Shea 46, Michael Plusch 51 and Devin Gauthier 60.
Greenwich scores were Sam Ziehm 42, Colby McCauliffe and Erik Wade 43, with Brayden Stutzman, Omar DeJesus and Jordan Young all finishing with rounds of 56.
Loudonville 5 Waterford 4
Loudonville ran out to a 3-0 lead and hung on for the victory over the Fordians in soccer action Tuesday night in Waterford.
Trailing 3-0, Waterford got on the board just before the break on a PK by Josh Catanzarita cutting the advantage to 3-1 heading into the half.
Two more second-half goals by Catanzarita and a single strike from Waterford’s Tristan Carutasu drew the Fordians closer but they fell just short of coming all the way back.
Waterford keeper Logan Kelly saved 10 shots in the match.
Stillwater pitched the shutout and scored an offensive and defensive touchdown, in the season opening victory over Mechanicville/HV.
Lukas Lilac put the Warriors on the board in the second quarter with a 24-yard touchdown run and a 6-0 lead.
In the third frame James Cocuzzo scooped up a fumble and ran it in from 10 yards out and with the point after the Warriors held a 13-0 advantage which proved more than enough for the “W”.
Lilac finished with 53 yards on 7 carries, Jaxon Mueller rumbled for 83 yards on 15 totes, and Aidan Callanan rushed for 73 yards carrying 12 times to lead the Stillwater attack.
Greenwich 32 AuSable Valley 0
The Witches rode a strong defensive effort and a solid ground attack in the shutout over AuSable Valley.
Greenwich held their hosts to -6 yards rushing and allowed just 27 passing yards on the afternoon.
Matt Conlin and Ryan Ingber both ran for two scores leading the Greenwich ground game. Conlin finished with 103 yards on 18 carries while Ingber ran for 82 yards on 7 carries.
Ingber completed 3 of 5 passes for 55 yards, with all throws going to Joe Skiff.
Delhi 44 Cambridge/Salem 33
Delhi gained 465 total yards and saw three players rush for 100-yards in the win over Cambridge/Salem.
The Bulldogs led 14-7 at the quarter break and 28-14 at halftime, riding the rushing trio of Sam Davis 176 yards, Adam Cook 129 yards and Noah Dungan 108 yards to the season opening victory.
Brayton Cary led Cambridge/Salem with 198 rushing yards on 16 carries and a touchdown.
C/S quarterback Stephen Yakubec completed 10 of 18 passes for 178 yards with scoring strikes to Brice Burr, Preston Peabody and Baxter Mattson.
Girls Soccer
Stillwater 3 Maple Hill 1
In a 1-1 game at the break, Stillwater connected on a pair of second-half goals to get past Maple Hill on Saturday in Stillwater.
The Warriors struck first when Brooke Cook finished off a Brooke Hodgson feed at the 14:48 mark for the 1-0 Stillwater lead.
Twenty minutes later Maple Hill’s Eva Hirschoff tallied to knot he match at 1-1.
After the break Hodgson found Elliot Patenaude who found the back of the net giving Stillwater the 2-1 advantage, and with 15 minutes remaining in the contest Karissa Mitchell split the posts giving the Warriors a two-goal cushion and Stillwater closed things out for their second win in as many outings.
Sam Fauler threw for 155 yards and four touchdowns leading Hoosick Falls/Tamarac past Cobleskill Friday night in the season-opener for both squads.
Fauler connected on scoring strikes of 40 yards to Elijah Daniels, 11 and 24 yards to Carson Glover and capped the aerial assault with a 52-yard connection to Stifler.
Andrew Sparks rushed for 143 yards on 18 carries with a 33-yard touchdown, while Daniels finished with 106 receiving yards, in a game where HF/Tam jumped out to a 12-0 lead early and were never headed.
Mechanicville 3 Ballston Spa 0
The Red Raiders built a 2-0 halftime advantage, added another tally after the break and rode a strong defensive effort to the win over Ballston Spa.
Tom Wendel rang the bell 10 minutes into the match for Mechanicville and Ethan Raucci followed with a scoring strike before intermission. A Logan Starks finish in the second half closed out the scoring for Mechanicville who saw keeper Joey Devito save eight shots in the shutout.
Ballston Spa keeper Justin Miller, under siege throughout the contest, turned back 28 shots on the night.
With the win Mechanicville moves to 2-0 on the young season.
Waterford 4 Corinth 1
Josh Catanzarita with two goals and a pair of assists led Waterford past Corinth under the lights Friday night at Fordian Stadium.
Waterford scored a pair of first-half goals minutes apart when Catanzarita drove a hard shot past the Tomahawk keeper, and soon after found Matt Soden who finished for the 2-0 Fordian advantage which Waterford took into halftime.
After the break Catanzarita found the range for his second tally of the match and Waterford closed out their scoring when Mason Noto split the posts for the 4-0 cushion.
Corinth got on the board with under 10 minutes remaining when Emerson Rigley converted off a corner kick.
Waterford keeper Logan Kelly saved 10 shots in the match while Owen Baker made 12 saves for Corinth.
Waterford 6 Saranac 1
Addyson Galuski led the way for Waterford scoring four times in the Fordians one-sided decision over Saranac.
Cassidy McClement and Peyton Galuski added scoring strikes, with Galuski dropping three assists in the match as well.
Saranac avoided the shutout when Brenna Ducatte connected on a second-half tally.
Goalkeeper Grace Damiani saved six shots for Waterford in the win.
Mechanicville 5 Tamarac 0
Logan Starks earned medalist honors carding the low round of 39, as Red Raiders swept past Tamarac at the Mechanicville Golf Course on Friday morning.
Nate Salvador, Jack Salvador, Matthew Salvadore, Connor Dion and Jacob Pickett all posted individual wins for Mechanicville who is undefeated in five matches this season.
Greenwich 3.5 Hoosic Valley 1.5 (Thursday)
In action at the Battenkill Country Cub Greenwich’s Erik Wade carded the low round of 40 as the Witches got past Hoosic Valley in Wasaren golf.
Colby McCauliffe and Brayden Stutzman picked up points for Greenwich while in flight two the Witches Sam Ziehm and the Valley’s Matt Wager split the point, and in flight three Hoosic Valley’s Keegan Antler earned a point with a match win.
Greenwich improves to 2-1 on the year and Hoosic Valley slips to 0-3 with the loss.
Aiden Fleming continued his torrid play to open the season carding an even par round of 34 in the Panthers sweep of Waterford in a match played at Hoosick Falls Country Club on Thursday.
The crowded winner’s circle for the Falls included Brady Mann 37, Dylan Callahan 41, Michael Plusch 42, Jack Shea 45, and Devin Gauthier with a round of 50.
Top scores for Waterford included Derrick Pontore 48, Dylan Day 51, Billy Scunziano 53, Jonny Atwood 58, Werkie Hayes 58, and Evan Cavosie with a 63.
Hoosick Falls improves their season mark to 3-1 with the win, while Waterford drops to 0-4 on the year.
Stillwater 4 Tamarac 1
In action at Frear Park on Thursday, Stillwater’s Carter Wicheins fired the low round of 41 claiming medalist honors in the Warriors victory over the Bengals of Tamarac.
Logan Pickett, Dan Degrasse, and Joe Peluso all notched individual match wins for Stillwater.
Adam Quackenbush posted a win in flight three to earn the Tamarac point.
Stillwater took a 1-0 lead into the break and used three second-half goals to post the season-opening shutout over Bolton-Warrensburg.
Elliott Patenaude tallied midway through the first half giving the warriors a 1-0 advantage, before defensive units for both squads took control resulting in 50 minutes of scoreless soccer.
Stillwater however ended the dry spell in dominant fashion scoring three second-half goals in a nine-minute span.
Sofia Perniciaro started the onslaught, finding the range at the 70:29 mark, four minutes later Brooke Hodgson connected and Patenaude wrapped the scoring blitz with her second goal of the match at 79:03.
Warrior keepers Miranda Price with two saves and Charisma Salecker combined with the Stillwater defense for the shutout while Bolton-Warrensburg keeper Hope Sherman turned back 14 shots in the contest.
Mechanicville 6 Scotia-Glenville 1
Mechanicville took control with three first-half strikes and doubled down with three more after intermission to earn the comfortable win in their season-opener.
The Red Raiders were led in scoring by Tom Wedel and Scotty Lynch with two goals each while Alex Micare and Alex Sharrow both connected on their first varsity goals in the match.
Scotia -Glenville’s score came on a second-half PK by Matt Shraa.
Joe Devito saved six shots in the net for Mechanicville and Trevor Gerke turned back nine shots for the visitors.
Hoosick Falls 5 Stillwater 0
Aiden Fleming fired a two-under par to lead the Falls past Stillwater in action at the Saratoga Lake Golf Club.
Joining Fleming in the winner’s circle were teammates Dylan Callahan 40, Brady Mann 42, Michael Plusch 48, Jack Shea 52 and Devin Gauthier with a score of 55.
Stillwater scores included Carter Wicheins 39, Logan Pickett 49, Daniel Degrasse-Izzo 54, with Miles Marinello and Julian Peluso carding 55’s.
With the win Hoosick Falls improves to 2-1 on the season.
Cambridge-Salem 4 Hoosic Valley 1
Cambridge-Salem’s Luke MacDougall fired the low round 36 to claim medalist honors in the win over Hoosic Valley.
Mason MacDougall, Blaise Barrett and Brigid Toleman all earned points for Cambridge-Salem with individual match wins.
Hoosic Valley’s Liam Sherman won his match in flight three to claim the point for the visitors from Schaghticoke.
The Hoosic Valley Hawks scored twice in each half and opened their season in style, posting the comfortable road win over the Cardinals of Fort Ann on Tuesday.
The Hawks first goal came when Isaac Wiley found Gabe Coffin with a thru ball and Coffin beat the Cardinal keeper for the 1-0 lead.
Minutes later Coffin returned the favor to Wiley with the duo working a give and go for a Wiley tally and the 2-0 advantage.
With 12:00 remaining in the match Landon Reilly found the back of the net off a nice find from Connor King and just two minutes later the Valley connected on their final score of the contest when Wiley took a chip pass from Reilly and rang the bell for his second goal of the match.
Hoosic Valley keeper Dem Neary in his first game between the posts saved 10 and combined with the Valley defense for the clean sheet.
Next up for Hoosic Valley is a Friday home game with the Tigers of Hudson Falls in an 11 a.m. start.
Golf
Mechanicville 5 Waterford 0
Mechanicville’s Matthew Salvadore carded the low round of 40 leading the Red Raiders to the sweep of Waterford in action at the Mechanicville Golf Course on Tuesday morning.
Nate Salvadore, Logan Starks, Jack Salvador, Connor Dion and Jacob Pickett all notched individual match win for the 3-0 Red Raider squad.
Hoosick Falls 5 Cambridge-Salem 0
Ian Fleming fired an even-par 34 to capture medalist honors and his Panther teammates all secured match wins for the shutout over CS at the Hoosick Falls Country Club.
Earning points for Hoosick Falls were Brady Mann 39, Dylan Callahan 40, Jack Shea 42, and Michael Plusch 42, with Devin Gauthier 46 and Jack Shea 53 rounding out the Panther’s scoring.
Top scorers for Cambridge/Salem included Luke MacDougal 36, Blaise Barrett 59, Josh Pratt 60 and Kiernan Haskell 61.
With the win the Falls improves to 1-1 on the season while Cambridge/Salem with the loss goes to 2-1 on the year.
With a week one matchup against Mechanicville-Hoosic Valley just days away, there is great anticipation in Stillwater that the Warriors are poised for another successful fall campaign under head coach Ian Godfrey.
Coming off a 7-3 season a year ago, the Warriors return a stable of talented core players to the roster on both sides of the ball.
At the heart of the returning vets are six seniors including Jaxon Mueller (RB/OLB), Anthony Cocuzzo (OL/DL), Lukas Lilac (WR/DB), Brody Burdo (TE/OLB), Aidan Martel (OL/DL), and Robert David (OL/DL).
Three juniors in Steven Berry (OL/DL), Matt Lutz (WR/FS), and Raikeem Santana (OL/DL), sophomore Gavin Carson (RB/OLB), and freshmen James Cocozzo (OL/LB) and Joe Morris (OL/LB) round out an experienced group that provides skill and depth to Coach Godfrey and his staff.
Newcomers to watch this season for the Warriors are senior Thomas McDonough (WR/CB), juniors Landen Staie (RB/CB) and Lee Scoville (OL/DL) and sophomores Aidan Callanan (QB/CB) and John Williams (WR/FS).
Playing in a stacked Section II Class D that includes, among others, Greenwich, Lake Goerge-Warrensburg and Cambridge-Salem Stillwater will need all of its talented roster to navigate the scheduled gauntlet this fall.
Coach Godfrey offered these thoughts on the upcoming season.
“We need to stay healthy and continue to focus on each week without looking ahead.” He continued, ” We have the luxury of bringing back the core group from last season. With Mueller, Lilac and both Cocozzo’s returning we should be ultra-competitive. Replacing Colby Paffen at quarterback will be a challenge but sophomore Aidan Callanan has shown promise and has breakaway speed. Section II Class D will be one of the more competitive conferences with each week being a major test.”
When you combine the winning pedigree of the Warriors football program with this year’s depth of experienced talent it’s easy to see why hopes are running high for a special fall season in Stillwater.
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