It seems like just yesterday it was late August with it’s heat and humidity but in less than a week we’ll turn the calendar to October and with that our high school fall sports season enters it’s second half. A good time to take a look at what’s played out for the schools in the Wasaren, in the sports that they play. Which league school has enjoyed the best overall start regarding all it’s teams and how many teams are state ranked in the various sports? Continue reading
Mechanicville 9 Greenwich 2: The Mechanicville boys soccer team has shown the way in the Wasaren this year sporting a 7-0 league mark heading into Tuesday’s match in Greenwich. The Witches have forged a nice first half of the season as well coming into the contest at 5-2-2. On paper the matchup pointed towards a competitive get-together. Didn’t happen.
Mechanicville scored five times before the break and cruised to the “W” to stay perfect in league play.
Jeff Luce, Riley Duesler, and Zach Rapaccioulo all found the back of the net twice for the Raiders while Chris Ciccarelli, Jake Cavert and Andrew Micare added single strikes as Mechanicville moves to 8-0, 8-1 with the victory.
Charlie Gartner and AJ Rymph tallied for the Witches and their keeper Owen Keech under pressure all afternoon saved 20 shots in the match.
Waterford 5 Hoosick Falls 2: Hunter Guertin scored a hat trick to lead the Fordians past the Falls.
Tyler Galaneau and Will Soden added goals for Waterford who improves to 4-3-2 with the win, while the Panthers slip to 3-6 with the loss.
Stillwater 2 Hoosic Valley 0: The two squads battled through a scoreless first half but after the break the Warriors found the range with a pair of goals to secure the home victory over the Indians.
Paige Brinsko off a Teya Staie find put Stillwater on the board at the 45:04 mark and later in the half Keelyn Peacock found Staie who finished at the 76:08 mark, more than enough offense as the Stillwater “D” and keeper Kiersten Conroy ( 3 saves), combined to pitch the shutout. Continue reading
A full slate of action for girls soccer played out on the fields across the Wasaren Thursday afternoon as the regular season moves into it’s second half. The Warriors of Stillwater sit atop the league standings adding another “W” yesterday to remain unbeaten through nine outings.
Stillwater 11 Berlin 1: Seven different Warriors found the range as Stillwater coasted to the easy victory in Berlin.
Brooke Pickett with a hat trick, Keelyn Peacock with a pair of goals and three assists, and Devon Wagner with two scoring strikes led the Stillwater assault.
Teya Staie added a goal and assisted on three as the Warriors with the win go to 9-0 on the season. Continue reading
Boys Soccer
Stillwater 3 Tamarac 2 OT: Just a few minutes into the extra session Stillwater’s Scott Travis scored his third goal of the match leading the Warriors to the overtime win Monday night.
Tamarac’s Max Ali gave the Bengals the 1-0 lead scoring the only goal by either squad in the first half.
After the break Travis scored his first goal on a header off a Grant Baker corner to knot things at 1-1.
With 17:00 left in regulation it was Travis again this time finishing a Jake Zdonick cross for a 2-1 Warriors lead.
With just over 4:00 remaining in the half Ali tied things, scoring off a direct kick and sending the contest into overtime where Travis connected on the game-winner under the lights in Stillwater.
Mechanicville 3 Greenwich 1: The Red Raiders broke open a 1-1 game at the half with a pair of second half strikes in posting the win over Greenwich.
Just seven minutes in Mechanicville’s Jeff Luce found the back of the net giving the Raiders the early lead, but midway through the first Liam Kelleher tied things, scoring on a penalty kick as the teams went to intermission knotted at 1-1.
After the break Luce connected on his second goal of the match and Kevin Charette also found the range for Mechanicville who with the win stay perfect in league play at 5-0. Continue reading
Cambridge-Salem 57 Hoosick Falls 31: The matchup between a pair of unbeaten Class C teams saw Cambridge in control throughout as the Indians jumped out to a 24-6 lead early in the second period, extended their advantage to 28-18 at the half and cruised home with their third win of the season.
Tyler Linendoll rushed for 213 yards and five touchdowns and Tommy English added 157 yards with three scores to pace the Cambridge-Salem attack. Continue reading
A full slate of soccer action for the Wasaren boys highlighted by a battle of unbeaten squads with Mechanicville and Tamarac squaring off.
Mechanicville 3 Tamarac 2: Mechanicville’s Jake Cavert buried the game-winner from 25 yards out with 8:00 left in regulation leading the Red Raiders to the win.
Tamarac found the net first in the match on a Max Ali break away goal, but minutes later Jeff Luce tied things for the Raiders off a Kevin Charette cross.
Mechanicville took the lead on a Tamarac own goal, but Alex Bassey knotted things at 2-2 with a strike before the break leading to the difference-maker by Cavert late in the second half.
Berlin 1 Cambridge 0: In a defensive battle played in Berlin a first half goal by Cody Hunt was all the Mountaineers needed as they turned back the Indians of Cambridge.
Berlin keeper Malek Plouffe saved 17 shots for the shutout and Parker Robertson saved 14 for Cambridge.
Waterford 3 Hoosic Valley 0: Jason Cordts, Tyler Galarneau and Hunter Guertin all found the back of the net in the Fordians shutout of Hoosic Valley.
Guertin added a pair of assists and keeper Bobby Valigorsky turned away four shots to earn the shutout for Waterford.
Greenwich 9 Hoosick Falls 0: Greenwich scored seven times after intermission in cruising to the win over the Panthers.
Charlie Gartner scored three goals with Liam Kelleher and Christian O’Brien adding a pair of scores each to lead the Witches.
Sam Whiting made three saves for Greenwich in the shutout.
Stillwater 2 Saratoga Catholic 0: After a scoreless first half the Warriors tallied on a pair of headers after the break to secure the victory over the Saints.
Scott Travis finished off a Jake Zdonick cross to get Stillwater on the board and minutes later Cooper Monast scored off a feed from Grant Baker.
Tim Buchal and the Stillwater defense earned the shutout with Buchal saving two shots in the match.
Golf
Hoosick Falls 4 1/2 Mechanicville 1/2: Ryan Bloomer fired a 43 to earn medalist honors and lead the Panthers to the win over Mechanicville.
Miles Smith, Brady Hathaway and Alison Hathaway all posted individual wins for the Falls, while in flight two Mechanicville’s Jake Popiel and Hoosick Falls’s Matt Smith shared the point.
Girls soccer and golf highlighted a Wednesday afternoon in the league.
Soccer
Greenwich 2 Hoosick Falls 1 OT: Faith Ingber took a Cate Abate feed and found the back of the net in overtime to give Greenwich the victory over the Panthers.
Ingber had assisted Abate for the Witches first goal in the match giving the host squad a 1-0 lead at the half, but an Olivia Brownell tally for the Falls after the break tied things at 1-1 setting up the game-winner by Ingber. Continue reading
Boys Soccer:
Tamarac 5 Hoosick Falls 4 OT: The Bengals Max Ali scored four goals, his last coming early in the second overtime session, leading Tamarac the narrow “W” over Hoosick Falls.
Ali beat two defenders and found the back of the net in the second overtime capping a four goal outing, with Miles Ednie also finding the range for Tamarac.
Zach Cahill, Connor Jones, Matt LaPorte, Daniel Louis Charles and all tallied in the match for Hoosick Falls.
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Cambridge 1 Saratoga Catholic 0: Austin Hackman scored the games only goal at the 60:00 mark as the Indians posted the shutout victory over the Saints in Saratoga on Friday.
Cambridge keeper Parker Robertson with five saves combined with the Indians “D” to record the shutout. Continue reading
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