The regular season for boys soccer wrapped up on Wednesday and the Red Raiders of Mechanicville picked up win number 13 to finish undefeated in league play. Mechanicville sits atop the Hudson division in the Wasaren and will face off for the league title with the Battenkill division winner, Waterford, on Saturday.
Mechanicville 9 Tamarac 2: Jeff Luce and Chris Ciccarelli both scored hat tricks to lead the Raiders past Tamarac. Continue reading
Congratulations to Mechanicville soccer player Jeff Luce and Greenwich cross-country runner Nina Sgambelluri on being named Wasaren Sportsnet Players of the Week.
Sgambelluri won the 80th annual Everett T. Grout Memorial Invitational on Saturday in Schenectady leading the Witches to the win in the Division II race.
Nina covered the 2.75 mile course in 15:46 to pace the Witches who saw their top six runners finish in the first 12 across the line.
Luce scored seven goals and assisted on two more over a three game span last week.
Jeff scored a goal in a 3-1 win over Colonie on Monday, followed with a four goal, one assist effort in a 10-0 win over Berlin on Wednesday and finished the week with two goals and an assist in a 6-2 victory over Stillwater on Friday.
Congratulations to Nina and Jeff, our newest Wasaren Sportsnet Players of the Week.
The Greenwich girls cross country team headed to Schenectady Saturday morning to compete in the 80th annual Everett T. Grout Memorial Invitational. The top ranked Class C team in the state handled their business placing their first five runners in the top 11 to win the Division II race with 24 points, besting second place Washingtonville by 39 points.
The Witches Nina Sgambelluri won the race covering the 2-75 mile course in 15:46 with teammate Brynn Wright next to finish at 15:54. Rounding out the top five for the Witches were Teagan Wright (fourth), Emma Cronin (sixth), and Emily Skiff (11th).
Mechanicville 6 Stillwater 2: The Red Raiders improve to 11-0 in league play with the victory over Stillwater in the 8th annual Indian Cup match.
Jeff Luce and Chris Ciccarelli with two goals each, and Zach Rapaccioulo and Brandt St.Gelais with single strikes led the Mechanicville attack.
Jack Rubenstein and Nick Mincher connected with goals for Stillwater. Continue reading
Both ends of the spectrum played out Friday night for Wasaren football teams as Stillwater and Cambridge-Salem stay posted easy “W’s” to stay unbeaten, while the Witches of Greenwich, also in dominant fashion, notched their first win if the season.
Cambridge-Salem 54 Lake George Hadley Luzerne 0: The Indians scored 28 second quarter points to put away yet another game by halftime, in their win over the War Eagles. Continue reading
Stillwater 3 Mechanicville 3: The Warriors jumped out to a 2-0 advantage at the half but the Red Raiders stormed back after the break with three goals to force the tie.
Brooke Pickett connected on two first half strikes, and added a third goal after intermission to lead the Stillwater attack.
Ryleigh Hopeck tallied a pair of second half goals for Mechanicville with Jada Brown’s goal, late in the half knotting the match at 3-3.
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Mechanicville 10 Berlin 0: The Red Raiders rang the bell five times in each half to post the shutout victory over the Mountaineers.
Jeff Luce scored four goals, three coming in the first 3:30 of the match to lead the Mechanicville assault.
Chris Ciccarelli added a pair of goals and Marcus Tobin, John Pingelski, Kevin Charette and Riley Duesler found the back of the net as well for the Raiders.
Zach White and Glenn Prarie combined to make four saves between the posts for Mechanicville who with the win moves to 11-0-1 on the year.
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Cambridge-Salem and Stillwater football teams stay undefeated with dominant wins over the weekend. The Indians lead the Class C North while the Warriors sit atop the C Central. Stillwater finishes their regular season at Tamarac and home with Holy Trinity, while Cambridge-Salem travels to Lake George and Greenwich in weeks six and seven.
A nice touch at the senior recognition day in Cambridge on Saturday was having all Cambridge alumni attending, sign in under the decade in which they graduated, with all the names read at halftime. Continue reading
A busy Friday night for Wasaren teams in both football and soccer. Here’s a quick look at how things played out.
Football
Hoosick Falls 38 Lake George/Hadley Luzerne 14: Jeff Vincent ran for 129 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Falls to the “W”.
The Panthers led 19-6 at the half and put the game away with 13 unanswered in the third period.
Panther quarterback tossed a TD pass to Sam Richard and Max Kipp added a rushing touchdown for Hoosick Falls who moves to 4-1 on the season. Continue reading
Mechanicville 8 Hoosick Falls 0: The Red Raiders ran out to a 4-0 advantage at the half and coasted to the victory over the Falls.
Jeff Luce led the scoring parade for Mechanicville with a hat trick with Chris Ciccarelli adding a pair, and Jake Cavert, John Pingelski and Conor Keegan all scoring single goals for the 8-0, 8-1 Mechanicville squad.
Glenn Prarie and Zach White with two saves each combined for the Raider shutout.
Stillwater 3 Greenwich 0: Grant Baker scored goals in each half spearheading the Warriors to the win over Greenwich.
Baker took a feed from Brandon DeBacco five minutes into the match and found the back of the net giving Stillwater the 1-0 cushion.
Midway through the first, it was Isaac Cutler off a Baker find and a 2-0 Stillwater lead.
Baker found the range again, midway through the second half to secure the “W” that moves the Warriors to 7-2, 9-2 on the year.
Tim Buchal with eight saves and the Stillwater defense combined to earn the shutout.
Tamarac 3 Hoosic Valley 2: Tamarac’s Alex Bassey, Max Ali and Dylan Briccetti all connected for goals, with Ali’s and Briccetti’s of the PK variety as the Bengals got past the Indians of Hoosic Valley.
William Mansfield and Isaac Carlo both tallied in the match for the Valley.
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