In Class B Mechanicville saw five players find the back of the net, cruising past Hudson in round one of the Section II soccer tournament.
Marissa Krosky scored a hat trick, Maddie Hopeck and Isabella Raucci both tallied twice and Ava Gaspie and Madison Daley scored single goals to lead the Mechanicville attack.
Keeper Ava Grimmick saved one shot for Mechanicville, combining with the defense for the shutout.
With the win Mechanicville advances to the quarterfinal round where they’ll host Cobleskill on Friday.
Cobleskill 4 Tamarac 2 No other info at this time
Hoosick Falls 9 Granville 1
Hoosick Falls built a 5-0 lead by halftime and rolled to the opening round win in Class C.
The Panthers will face OESJ on Friday in a 6 p.m. kick-off.
Schoharie 6 Hoosic Valley 0
Schoharie scored three times in each half and posted the comfortable opening round “W” over the Valley in Class C action.
Evelyn Messner led the way with a hat trick, while Lily Ballard, Alaina Martina and Kayla Hayes all tallied one time for Schoharie.
Join us for our conversation with Stillwater girls’ soccer coach Christine Ihnatolya where we discuss the outstanding year that Stillwater has had with a look toward sectional play.
Section II soccer brackets were released yesterday and the sixteen Wasaren teams competing in the tournament learned their seeding and first round opponent.
Highlighting the draw were the Waterford girls with a #1 seed in Class C, and the Mechanicville boys earning the top seed in Class B boys.
Other highly seeded league squads were the Stillwater girls at #2 in Class C, the Mechanicville girls at #3 in Class B, and the Waterford boys with the #3 seed in Class C.
Here are the first-round matchups for all Wasaren teams.
M/HV used a 27-point second frame to build a 34-6 halftime advantage and held off Cohoes late to earn the road win on Saturday.
The visitors QB Jordan Barnes threw for 140 yards with scoring strikes to Marcus Robinson, Colin Richardson and Nate Hernadez to lead the attack.
Robinson led the ground game for M/HV with 63 yards on seven carries while Hernadez and Barnes added rushing scores.
Lake George/Warrensburg/Bolton 50 Stillwater 7
Stillwater led briefly in the first period when Jay Gannon connected with Lukas Lilac on a 40-yard TD pass for a 7-6 Stillwater lead.
But the home squad quickly regained the lead and control building a 36-7 cushion by halftime and cruised to the win.
Ben Sheldon caught a touchdown pass and ran for two more, and quarterback Caden Allen had a running and throwing score to lead LG/W/B who with the victory move to 7-0 on the season.
Mechanicville 3 Voorheesville 1
Tom Wendel connected for a pair of goals, and Scotty Lynch added a single tally to lead Mechanicville past the Blackbirds of Voorheesville on Saturday.
Mechanicville keeper Joey Devito saved seven shots in the home “W” as Mechanicville finishes their regular season with a 14-1-1 mark.
Cohoes 3 Waterford 2 2 OT
In the third annual Mohawk Cup Match Cohoes earned the victory in extra sessions with a Joe Trudeau tally on a night where Josh Catanzarita broke the Waterford boys scoring record with his 102nd career goal.
Tristan Carutasu added a goal for Waterford in the match while John Bobeck and Luca Grestini added tallies for Cohoes.
Cambridge 4 Hoosic Valley 0
Samantha Crandall scored a hat trick to lead Cambridge past the Hawks of Hoosic Valley on Saturday in Cambridge.
Kelley Sweet added a goal along with a pair of assists for the home squad, and keeper Lexie Pedersen saved two shots in posting the clean sheet.
Trailing 7-6 at the half, HF/Tam scored 13 unanswered in the third frame and the Wildcats defense shut the door as the visitors handed the Black Horses their first loss of the season on the turf Friday night in Schuylerville.
The Wildcats took an early 6-0 lead when Sam Fauler found Richie Stifter on a 72-yard scoring strike, but Schuylerville quickly responded and took a 7-6 lead on a Martin Flanders Jr. 4-yard run.
Those would be the last points of the evening for the home squad as the Wildcats “D” took center stage.
But the Black Horses held that advantage into the third period when Fauler connected on his second throwing touchdown of the night, finding Carson Glover with a 28-yard throw and catch giving HF/Tam the lead at 12-7.
With seconds remaining in the period and Schuylerville driving, Stifter scooped a Black Horse fumble and took it to the house on a 93-yard gallop giving the Wildcats a 19-7 cushion and their defense closed things out for the “W”.
With the HF/Tam win both teams sit at 6-1 on the season.
Greenwich 48 Voorheesville 7 No other info at this time
Waterford 14 Spa Catholic 0
Eight Fordians rang the bell led by Josh Catanzarita’s six-goal afternoon in Waterford’s one-sided decision over the Saints.
Joining in the scoring onslaught were Logan Sheehan with two goals, and Chris Brown, Matt Soden, Jake Catanzarita, Christian Penk and Zach Kalinowski all connected with single strikes.
With the win Waterford secures a Co-Wasaren League championship with Mechanicville.
Waterford 7 Scotia 0
The Fordian defense pitched another shutout and eighth-grader Payton Galuski found the back of the net three times to lead Waterford to the home “W” on Friday.
Mia O’Brien scored twice and Cassidy McClement and Izzy Vecchio added single goals in the Fordian victory.
Waterford keeper Maddy Atwood saved 11 shots including a PK as the Fordians posted their eighth clean sheet in their last 10 outings.
Hoosick Falls’ Aiden Fleming fired a one-under 71, five shots better than his closest competitor, earning medalist honors in the Section II class C/D tourney at Fairways of Halfmoon on Tuesday. Aiden along with 13 other golfers from C/D with move on to the next round of the state qualifier on 10/17 against 10 golfers from Class B and the top 25% from Class A.
In team competition Schuylerville placed first with a score of 244 while Mechanicville and Hoosick Falls both scored 265, with Mechanicville winning the tie breaker to finish second with the Panthers in third. Team scores are determined by the top three golfers scores.
Mechanicville 6 Spa Catholic 0
Mechanicville rang the bell five times before the break in cruising to the one-sided decision over the Saints Wednesday night in Mechanicville.
Tom Wendel connected on a hat trick, with Cruz Goverski, Charlie Weiss and Raiden Westad all adding single tallies for Mechanicville.
Joey Devito, 2 saves, combined with the Mechanicville “D” for the clean sheet.
Hoosic Valley 5 Tamarac 0
In a tight game in Schaghticoke where the Valley held a slim 1-0 lead at the break, the home squad opened things up in the second half finding the range on four scoring strikes to notch the win over the visiting Bengals.
A Gabe Coffin goal off an Isaac Wiley find staked the Hawks to the 1-0 advantage heading into intermission.
But 15 minutes after the break the Valley started their four-goal run when Coffin found Wiley on a thru ball for the 2-0 lead.
Minutes later the tandem doubled down with Wiley splitting the posts and the Valley led 3-0.
With 15 minutes remaining it was Coffin’s turn, taking a nice feed from Austin Brown and finding the back of the net for the 4-0 cushion.
Finally, with 10:00 to play Wiley completed his hat trick off an Andy Thompson pass, sealing the Valley ‘W” in both teams’ final regulars season match.
Cambridge 2 Emma Willard 0
In Cambridge on Wednesday Samantha Crandall and Mia Alpy connected on scoring strikes and keeper Lexi Pedersen and the Cambridge defense made those stand in the 2-0 victory over Emma Willard.
Pedersen needed just one save in the Cambridge shutout who with the win evened their season mark at 7-7 overall.
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