Wasaren Golf

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Spa Catholic 3  Mechanicville 2:  The Red Raiders Anthony Fiacco fired the low round of 41 but Spa Catholic prevailed in flights 2,3 and 4 to post the narrow victory in action at the Mechanicville Golf Course.

Will Fizer, Dylan Mulholland and Ronan Loftus-Graney all post individual wins for the Saints, while Jack Salvadore in flight five earned a point for Mechanicville.

 

Hoosick Falls 5  Stillwater 0:  Ryan Bloomer carded a 39 to lead the field as the Panthers swept past Stillwater in a match played at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Friday.

Matt Smith, Myles Smith, Alison Hathaway and Brady Hathaway with individual wins completed the sweep for the Falls who with the victory move to 7-0 on the year.

 

Hoosic Valley 3 1/2  Tamarac 1 1/2:  The Bengals Will Ashley and Zack Krill shared medalist honors with rounds of 43 but the Valley handled their business in the remaining flights to post the “W” at the Battenkill Country Club on Friday.

Nolan Rafferty, and Brett Russo won individual matches for the Indians while The Valleys Brandon Watkins and the Bengals Colby Phelps tied in flight three.

With the win Hoosic Valley improves to 7-1 on the season, and Tamarac, saddled with the loss, slips to 3-4.

Canajoharie Tops Red Raiders

mechanicville-nyTalk to any football coach long enough and at some point when discussing keys to success they’ll reference limiting turnovers and playing well in all three phases of the game.  More times than not teams will need to do both to earn a victory and on Friday night in Mechanicville turnovers and special teams played a big part in Canajoharie/Ft. Plains 28-20 “W” over Mechanicville.

After a three and out by Canajoharie to start the game, the Red Raiders put points on the board in their initial drive when senior kicker Jake LaFountain connected on a 27 yard field goal at the 5:45 mark, capping a series highlighted by a 40-yard run from junior quarterback Luciano D’Ambro.

After the Mechanicville defense held the Cougars to another three and out, the Raiders took over on their own 46 yard line and immediately went to work.  Rolling right, D’Ambro found Mason Angiano for a 46 yard throw and catch down to the Cougar eight. Continue reading

Wasaren Soccer, Golf Results

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The Waterford girls soccer team opened the 2019 season in dominant fashion with a 9-0 shutout of Corinth on Thursday.

Sophia Belonga and Cassidy McClement with a pair of goals each led the Fordians attack.

Izzy Vecchio, Mackenzie Koniszewski, Addy Galuski, Ellis Trubridge and Madison Roy all added scoring strikes for Waterford who held a 6-0 advantage at the break.

 

Mechanicville 5  Waterford 0:  In action at Fairways of Halfmoon on Thursday, Mechanicville’s Anthony Fiacco found the course to his liking, firing the low round of 40 in leading the Red Raiders to the sweep of Waterford. Continue reading

Schuylerville Tops Mechanicville

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The Red Raiders of Mechanicville hosted Schuylerville on Friday in the boys soccer, season-opener for both schools that ended with the Black Horses prevailing 1-0 in a close match throughout.

The two squads battled through a scoreless first half  with the deciding goal coming at the 9:45 mark of the second on an Ian Winchell tally off a Zach Saddlemore find, giving Schuylerville all the offense they would need to notch the road victory.

Black Horse keeper Brady Eugair saved 12 shots and combined with the Schuylerville defense to post the shutout.

Keeper Zach White turned back ten shots for the Red Raiders.

Friday Roundup

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.

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.

 

Bengals Top Mechanicville

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Tamarac 4  Mechanicville 1:  In  match played at the Mechanicville Golf Course on Friday the visitors from Clum’s Corners found the nine hole layout to their liking. Led by Will Ashley’s medalist round of 41, the Bengals swept the top four flights and notched their first win of the young season.

Michael Jacques, Zach Krill and Colby Phelps all won their individual matches, while Mechanicville’s Jack Salvadore earned the Raider point with a “W” in the flight five.

Just two days into the golf season both teams own identical 1-1 marks.

Wasaren Golf

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The high school golf season got underway on Thursday, with six league squads teeing off to start their 2019 campaign.

Greenwich 4  Cambridge 1:  Jake Owens fired the low round of 37 to earn medalist honors and lead the Witches to the victory over Cambridge in a match played at the Hoosick Falls Country Club.

Darren Pemrick, Bradley Brophy and Clyde VanPelt all added wins for the Greenwich in the season-opener for both schools,

James Toleman notched a victory in the number two flight for Cambridge.

 

Hoosick Falls 4  Tamarac 1:  In a match played at Frear Park in Troy, Matt Smith carded the low score of 33 on the day as the Falls posted the comfortable win over the Bengals of Tamarac.

Ryan Bloomer and Ethan Yoconosh joined Smith in the winner’s circle for the Panthers, while the two teams split points in a pair of flights.

Tamarac’s Zach Krill tied the Falls’ Miles Smith in flight three, and in flight four the Bengals Colby Phelps and the Panthers Aiden Fleming also played to a deadlock.

 

Mechanicville 5  Stillwater 0:  Anthony Fiacco  posted a round of 42, claiming medalist honors and leading the Red Raiders to the sweep over Stillwater in action at the Saratoga Lake Golf Club.

Zach Hartz, Joey Mezner, John Breen and Andrew Sgambati all earned individual “W’s” in the season opening match for both teams.

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