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Hoosic Valley Football Preview

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The winds of change have blown through the Hoosic Valley football program this off season as a new head coach takes over and the Indians step up in class.

Last season the Valley played in the D classification, and fought their way to a class D Super Bowl appearance.  This fall the Indians move up to class C and will compete in the  C North with Cambridge-Salem, Granville, Greenwich, Hoosick Falls and Lake George.

Leading the Valley into the 2019 campaign will be first year head coach Eric Baker, a Florida native who brings 15 years of experience in the sport as a player and coach, most recently as Wide Receiver/Defensive Back coach at Watervliet.

The new coach has been quite pleased with what he’s seen in the preseason thus far.  “The kids have been very receptive to the new schemes that we’ve been putting into action” said Baker.  Those schemes are part of the new identity being put into place on both sides of the ball that Baker describes as, ” A smash mouth spread and a bend but don’t break defense.” Continue reading →

Friday Roundup

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While the Wasaren golf season wraps up it’s second week of play, the leagues soccer squads have begun their 2019 campaign with the girls and boys of Stillwater opening in impressive fashion.

Stillwater 2  Queensbury 1 OT:  A remarkable sidebar from the 2018 championship season for the Stillwater girls was the fact that never once trailed.  Yesterday in the championship match of the Meehan Invitational in Stillwater, a Brigid Duffy goal for the Spartans in the 56th minute put the Warriors on the wrong side of a 1-0 game.

Stillwater responded in kind, drawing even in the 65th minute on a PK by Teya Staie, and notching the win on a Paige Brinsko header in the second overtime, to turn back the Class A Spartans and win their season-opening tournament.

The Warriors move to 2-0 on the year and push their unbeaten streak to 25 games, a streak that will be tested the next time out when Stillwater will face AA opponent Colonie.

 

Stillwater 3  Doane Stuart 0:  A pair of goals from Grant Baker and a single strike by Issac Curtis led the Warriors to the “W” in the championship game of the Meehan Invitational on Thursday.

Tim Buchal with four saves combined with the Stillwater defense to earn the shutout as the Warriors improve to 2-0 on the young season.

 

Greenwich 8  Glen Falls 1: The Witches jumped out to a 5-1 lead at the break and cruised to the season-opening victory at Greenwich on Thursday.

The Witches Tess Merrill and Faith Ingber both tallied hat tricks with Cate Abate and Kiara Vasquez finding the range as well to lead the impressive Greenwich attack.

Golf

Hoosic Valley 5  Mechanicville 0:  Oliver Eckler fired the low round of 44 to lead the Indians to the sweep of Mechanicville in action at the Mechanicville Golf Club on Thursday.

The Valley’s Nolan Rafferty, Mitchel Jones, Brandon Watkins, and Brett Pruso all posted wins in their one on one matchups.

 

Hoosick Falls 5  Waterford 0:  In a match played at the Hoosick Falls Country Club, Ryan Bloomer torched the course, carding a 31 and showing the way in the Panthers shutout victory over the Fordians.

Mat Smith, Miles Smith, Alison Hathaway and Brady Hathaway all joined Bloomer in the winner’s circle for the Falls who improve to 5-0 with the “W”.

 

Cambridge 3  Stillwater 1:  Ben Epler, James Toleman and Lydia Fronhofer all notched wins for the Indians with Epler’s 43 claiming medalist honors, in action at the Saratoga Lake Golf Club on Thursday.

Logan Pickett won the Stillwater point with a victory in flight three.

Wasaren Golf Results

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Tamarac 5  Waterford 0:  Will Ashley’s low round of 42 led the Bengals to the sweep in action at Fairways of Waterford on Wednesday.

Zack Krill, Michael Jacques, Colby Phillips and Nate Krill all posted individual wins for Tamarac who moves to 3-2 on the year with the win.

 

Saratoga Catholic 3 1/2  Cambridge 1 1/2:  The Indians Ben Epler fired a two-under par 36 to lead the field, but Spa Catholic won flights 3-5 and split in flight two to notch the match “W”.

Dillion Mulholland, Ronan Loftus-Graney and Ryan McCarroll all won matches for the Saints while Cambridge’s James Toleman and Spa’s Will Fizer split the point in the second flight.

Hoosick Falls 4 1/2  Hoosic Valley 1/2:  The Falls posted wins in the first four flights led by Mat Smith’s round of 37, as the Panthers earned the victory over the Valley at the Battenkill Country Club on Wednesday.

Ryan Bloomer, Miles Smith and Allison Hathaway all joined Mat Smith in the winner’s circle for the Falls with Brady Hathaway and the Valley’s Brett Pruso playing to a tie in the fifth flight.

Hoosick Falls improves to 4-0 with the win while Hoosic Valley absorbs their first loss of the season and moving to 4-1.

Hoosick Falls, Mechanicville Notch Golf Wins

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Mechanicville 3 1/2  Cambridge 1 1/2:  In action at the Mechanicville Golf Course on Tuesday, Cambridge’s Ben Epler carded the low round of 41 but the Red Raiders posted wins in flights 3, 4 and 5 to earn the match “W”.

Andrew Sgambati, John Breen and Jack Salvadore all won individual matches for the Raiders, while in flight three Mechanicville’s Joey Manzer and Cambridge’s James Toleman split the point.

 

Hoosick Falls 4  Greenwich 1:  Matt Smith made things look easy, putting together a round of 32 in leading the Panthers past Greenwich on Tuesday at the Hoosick Falls Country Club.

Ryan Bloomer Miles Smith and Alison Hardaway all added wins for the Falls, while Bradley Brophy claimed the Greenwich point with a win in flight five.

 

Tamarac 4  Stillwater 0:  Will Ashley, Zack Krill, Colby Phelps and Nate Krill all posted wins for the Bengals in the sweep over Stillwater.

Ashley’s round of 42 was the low score on the day as Tamarac with the win even’s their mark at 2-2 on the season.

 

Hoosic Valley 3 1/2  Greenwich 2 1/2:  The Valley’s Mitchel Jones and Brett Pruso earned wins in flights two and five, while the Witches countered with flight one and four victories by Jake Owens and Bradley Brophy in a close match at the Battenkill.

In flight three the Witches Patrick McFee and the Indians Nolan Rafferty split the point, with the low score of the morning belonging to Owens and his round of 39.

 

Wasaren Golf

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Hoosic Valley 4  Cambridge 1:  Cambridge’s Ben Epler fired a 41 for the low round of the match, but that was the only point the Indians from the north would get as the Valley swept flights 2-5 to earn the match win.

Oliver Eckler, Mitchel Jones, Brandon Watkins and Nick Marpe all notched points for Hoosic Valley who with the win improve to 2-0 on the young season.

 

Waterford 4  Stillwater 1:  In a match played at Fairways of Halfmoon, Dominick Pontore carded a 53 to capture medalist honors and lead the Fordians to the win.

Aaron Lyons and Christian Weatherby also added points helping Waterford gain the “W” in their season-opener.

 

Hoosick Falls 5  Cambridge 0:  Ryan Bloomers round of 36 led the way for the Panthers as they swept the Indians in action at the Hoosick Falls Country Club.

Matt Smith, Miles Smith, Alison Hathaway and Brady Hathaway all found their way to the winners circle with individual wins as the Falls moves to 2-0 on the year.

 

Spa Catholic 3 1/2  Tamarac 2 1/2:  Despite the Bengals winning flights one and two including Will Ashley’s low score of 39, Saratoga Catholic prevailed in a close match played at Frear Park in Troy.

Dylan Murphy and Ryan McCarroll posted wins for the Saints and in flight three the Bengals Nate Krill and the Saints Ronan Graney split the point as Spa Catholic improves to 2-1 with the “W”, while Tamarac with the loss goes to 1-2 on the year.

Golf Results

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Hoosic Valley 3 1/2  Saratoga Catholic 1 1/2:  Saratoga Catholic’s Dylan Mulholland claimed medalist honors but Hoosic Valley with wins in flights one, four and five earned the match “W”.

Nolan Rafferty, Mitchel Jones and Nick Marpe won individual matches for the Valley, while Will Fizer prevailed in the second flight for the Saints.

 

Saratoga Catholic 5  Stillwater 0:  Dylan Mulholland fired the low round of 48, leading the Saints to the sweep of Stillwater in a match played at Saratoga State Park.

Jack Constanino, Will Fizer, Ronan Loftus -Graney and Ryan McCarroll all joined Mulholland in the winner’s circle for Spa Catholic who evens their mark at 1-1 with the win.

High School Football Webcast Schedule

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Here is our tentative Wasaren Sportsnet high school football webcast schedule for the 2019 season.  With the first football weekend seven weeks away the schedule may be tweaked before the fall campaign kicks off, but here’s what we’re looking at right now.

9/6    Canajoharie/Ft. Plain  @  Mechanicville

9/7    Hoosic Valley  @  Whitehall

9/13  Hoosic Valley  @  Mechanicville

9/14  Lake George  @  Cambridge/Salem

9/20  Canajoharie  @  Stillwater

9/21  Cambridge/Salem  @  Hoosic Valley

9/27  Lansingburgh  @  Mechanicville

9/28  Greenwich  @  Hoosic Valley

10/5  Holy Trinity  @  Cambridge/Salem

10/11  Mechanicville  @  Stillwater

10/18  Fonda  @  Stillwater

 

 

 

Wasaren League Baseball All-Stars

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MVP  Terel Tillman     Sr.   Saratoga Catholic

First Team

John Walsh              Sr.        Greenwich

Nick Winslow          Jr.        Saratoga Catholic

Ethan Caiazza          Jr.        Hoosic Valley

Isaac Carlo                Sr.        Hoosic Valley

Evan Webster           Jr.         Hoosick Falls

Tristan Nemjo           Jr.         Tamarac

Jacob LaFountain     Jr.         Mechanicville

Jacob Popiel               Sr.        Mechanicville

Michael Talavera      Jr.         Waterford

 

Second Team

Christian O’Brien      Jr.         Greenwich

Carson Mosher          Sr.        Greenwich

Ross Garrow              Sr.        Saratoga Catholic

Dante Marin              Jr.         Saratoga Catholic

Jake Cavert                Jr.         Hoosic Valley

Justin Sawyer            Sr.         Hoosic Valley

Max Kipp                   Jr.          Hoosick Falls

Jake Sparks               8th         Hoosick Falls

Dalton Maxon           Jr.           Tamarac

Matthew Wertman  Jr.            Mechanicville

Michael Castracani  Sr.           Waterford

 

 

Wasaren League Softball All-Stars

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MVP  Maggie Kelley     Jr.   Pitcher     Tamarac

Section II All-Stars

Lily McCauliffe      Fr.     Pitcher     Greenwich

Courtney Fraher    Sr.     Catcher    Greenwich

Gabby Castiglione    Sr.   Catcher    Tamarac

 

First Team

Mikayla Nadler       Sr.     1B      Mechanicville

Taylor Lescault       Sr.     2B       Mechanicville

Alivia Wood            Sr.      P        Mechanicville

McKenna Ryan        Sr.     SS       Tamarac

Cassidy Galipeau     Sr.     3B      Tamarac

Lauren Maines        Jr.      OF      Greenwich

Abby Philpott          Jr.        P        Hoosick Falls

Emma Scofield        So        P        Hoosic Valley

Molly O’Reilly          So        P        Saratoga  Catholic

Bailey Catlin            Fr        P        New Lebanon/Berlin

 

Second Team

Adrianna Patenaude       Sr    3B     Mechanicville

Erin Salvadore                Jr      P       Mechanicville

Destiny Farr                    Sr     C       Mechanicville

Gianna Bucciero              So    OF     Tamarac

Haley Spiezio                   Jr      3B     Greenwich

Mackenzie Ellis                So      C       Hoosick Falls

Alex Rifenburg                 Sr      C       Hoosic Valley

Shannon Brown               Jr      OF     Hoosic Valley

Caleigh Sisk                     7th     C       Saratoga Catholic

Mikayla Corsey                So      SS      Saratoga Catholic

 

Honorable Mention

Sarah Williams              Jr        Util     New Lebanon/Berlin

Rhiannon Darling          Sr        SS      Cambridge

Carrissa Wardwell        Sr         OF     Greenwich

Hollis Guilianelle           Jr         SS      Hoosic Valley

Olivia Brownell              Sr        SS      Hoosick Falls

Savannah Bowie            Jr         OF     Mechanicville

Megan Cornell               So        OF      Saratoga Catholic

Gianna Moraci              Fr          OF     Stillwater

Jess Heinrichs               So         Util     Tamarac

Kiley Pennick                8th         P        Waterford

Softball Sectionals; Wasaren Teams Fall

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Schuylerville 9  Mechanicville 3

Winning Pitcher:  Teagan Andrews  7 IP  7 Hits  8 K’s

Leading Hitters:  Black Horses – Teagan Andrews 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI’s       Anya Vautrin 3-4, RBI      Molly Vianese HR              Red Raiders – Wood 2B

Schuylerville scored six times over the final three frames to pull away from the Raiders in a Class B semifinal.

 

Ichabod Crane 1  Tamarac 0    Class B Semifinal

 

Lake George 5  Greenwich 4

Winning Pitcher:  Rebecca Jaeger 7 IP  5 Hits  5 K’s

Leading Hitters:  Warriors – Ava Pushor – game winning RBI single        Olivia Gates 1B, 2B         Tyler Bergman 2-run HR           Witches – Lily McCauliffe HR, 2 RBI’s        Courtney Fraher 2B, RBI

Trailing 4-2, the Warriors plated three in the bottom of the seventh with Pushor’s RBI single scoring Jaeger from second, as the Warriors walked off in a Class C semifinal.

 

Chatham 4  Hoosic Valley 0       Class C Semifinal