Seth Roberts connected on the only goal of the match, lifting the Hilltoppers of Maple Hill over Stillwater in a boys Class C semifinal on Thursday at Mohonasen.
Stillwater posted wins in the opening two rounds of the Section II tournament to earn their way into the semi’s, and finish an excellent fall season at 12-5-1.
Week eight in the 2018 high school football season brought with it sectional play for the areas elite squads. In a loaded C classification the Indians of Cambridge-Salem played host to Helderberg Valley on Saturday in a quarterfinal contest with the question on everyone’s mind, can anyone stop the Indians? Answer? Not on this day as Cambridge-Salem scored 35 first quarter points in cruising to a 59-6 victory. Continue reading
A big Saturday in Sectional soccer action saw Wasaren teams fare well led by Mechanicville who posted wins in both girls and boys matches.
Girls
Mechanicville 1 Catskill 0: After a scoreless first half, Nevaeh D’Alioa, off a Jada Brown find, found the back of the net for the matches only goal lifting the Red Raiders to the win, and a Class B semifinal game on Tuesday against Holy Names in Lansingburgh.
Stillwater 9 Granville 0: Teya Staie and Brooke Pickett both scored hat tricks, and Keelyn Peacock, Devon Wagner and Gianna Moraci added single goals as the top seeded Class C team in the state moves on to host Maple Hill in a quarterfinal match on Tuesday. Continue reading
Five Wasaren schools played football Friday night with two squads facing opponents in Section II quarterfinals while three competed in crossover contests.
Hoosick Falls 18 Lake George/Hadley Luzerne 6: Trailing 6-0 after the first period, the Panthers shutout the Warriors the rest of the way and notched the come-from-behind win in a Class C quarterfinal.
Jeffrey Vincent ran for 210 yards and caught touchdowns passes of 18 and 38 yards from Panther quarterback Sam Richard, to lead the Falls attack.
With the win the Panthers move to 7-1 on the season and will play in a Class C semifinal next weekend. Continue reading
The Section II soccer tournament continued play on Thursday for both the girls and boys with seven Wasaren teams in action.
Girls
Mechanicville 1 Albany Academy 0: Jada Brown took a feed from Michalena DePasquale and found the back of the net for the matches only goal, as the Red Raiders advance to round two with the 1-0 “W”.
Savannah Bowie saved nine shots and combined with the Mechanicville defense for the shutout. Next up for the Raiders is a home match on Saturday with Catskill. Continue reading
Three Wasaren soccer teams were in action on Wednesday as the Section II tournament ramps up. In Class B boys, Tamarac and Mechanicville moved on with round one victories, while on the girls side Saratoga Catholic fell in a Class D match to Whitehall.
Tamarac 1 Coxsackie-Athens 0 OT: In an intensely played match throughout, the Bengals Dylan Briccetti finished a Max Ali cross ten minutes into the first overtime giving Tamarac the round one “W”.
Bengal keeper Tyler Nemjo saved seven shots and combined with the Tamarac defense for the shutout.
Mechanicville 3 Catskill 1: No other details at this time.
Whitehall 4 Saratoga Catholic o: The Railroaders scored three first half goals, on their way to the comfortable victory over the Saints in Class D action.
Zoe Eggleston scored a pair, and Jessica Moore and Madison Gould connected for single strikes to lead the Whitehall attack.
Four Wasaren boys soccer teams took the field on Tuesday in Class C play-in games and at day’s end three squads seasons came to an end while the Mountaineers of Berlin stayed alive, posting a 1-0 decision over Middleburgh.
Catholic Central 7 Saratoga Catholic 1: The Crusaders jumped out to a 3-0 lead at the half and cruised to the victory over Saratoga Catholic.
Lucas Kania scored a hat trick to lead Catholic Central, while the Saints Luke Apy scored the lone goal for Spa Catholic with a second half strike.
Meekel Christian Academy 3 Hoosick Falls 0: Lens Lima with two goals and Dan McCarty with a single strike led Meekel past the Panthers of Hoosick Falls.
Fort Plain 1 Hoosic Valley 0: No other info at this time
Berlin 1 Middleburgh 0: No other info at this time
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The Mechanicville Red Raiders had run the table in league play this year boasting a perfect 13-0 mark, but with the two division alignment in the Wasaren, needed one more “W” to be crowned league champions.
Saturday night in Stillwater the Red Raiders took on Waterford in the championship match, and in a game that was tight from start to finish, came away with a come-from-behind 2-1 decision over the Fordians to wear the Wasaren crown.
Waterford scored the only goal of the first half when Tyler Galarneau connected staking the Fordians to the 1-0 advantage.
With 25:00 remaining in the second half Mechanicville evened things when Chris Ciccarelli found Kevin Charette for the finish, knotting things at 1-1.
That score held until the 2:19 mark when the Raiders Jeff Luce chipped a ball over Waterford keeper Bobby Valigorsky for the game-winner.
Both teams saw strong play between the posts with Valigorsky saving 15 shots and Raider keeper Zach White turning back 10.
Waterford finishes the regular season at 10-4-2, and Mechanicville with the win wraps the campaign at 14-0, 15-1 with both squads looking to make extended runs in the upcoming Section II tournament.
Hoosick Falls 45 Corinth 8: Panther running backs Jeff Vincent and Josh Colegrove both ran for three scores as the Falls cruised past the Tomahawks.
Vincent scored on runs of 8, 74, and 45 yards highlighting a 212 yard effort, while Colegrove added 103 rushing yards for a Panther ground game that totaled 341 yards in the contest.
With the win Hoosick Falls improves to 6-1 and will enter sectional play next weekend. Continue reading
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