Baseball
Mechanicville 11 Stillwater 1
Winning Pitcher: Jacob LaFountain 4.1 IP 0 Runs 0 Hits 8 K’s
Leading Hitters: Red Raiders Jacob LaFountain 2-4, 3 RBI’s Jacob Popiel 2-4, 2 RBI’s Matthew Wertman 1-4, 3 RBI’s
LaFountain and three relievers held the Warriors hitless on the afternoon as the Raiders improve to 8-2 in league play with the “W”. Continue reading
Softball
Hoosic Valley 15 Cambridge 3
Winning Pitcher: Shannon Brown
Hitting Stars: Valley – Alex Rifenburg 2 1B’s, Grand Slam, 6 RBI’s Shannon Brown 3 1B’s, 2 RBI’s Emma Scofield 3 1B’s, 2 RBI’s Indians – Rhiannon Darling 1B, 2B Victoria Vellucci 2B
Seventeen hits and fifteen runs for the Valley who are playing well and move to 6-3 in Wasaren play with the “W”.
Tamarac 19 Stillwater 5
Winning Pitcher: Gianna Bucciero 5 IP 8 Hits 2 Runs 8 K’s
Hitting Stars: Bengals – Abby Becker 3-3 Nicole Madigan 2 1B’s, 2B McKenna Ryan 2-3 Gia Bucciero 1B, 2B Gabby Castiglione 2B Warriors – Gianna Moraci 1B, 2B Rylee Biasiucci 1B, 2B
The Bengals scored seven times in the first frame and cruised to the easy victory, their 6th in seven league outings. Continue reading
Softball
Hoosic Valley 13 Stillwater 0
Winning Pitcher: Emma Scofield 7 IP 6 Hits 1 BB 7 K’s
Hitting Stars: Indians – Sam Finkle 2 1B’s, 3B, 5 RBI’s Elizabeth Reiter 1B, 2B, RBI Alex Rifenburg 2B Warriors – Rylee Biasiucci 1B, 2B
The Valley led 9-0 after three and cruised to the easy win, lifting their league mark to 5-3.
Greenwich 16 Cambridge 1 Continue reading
Softball
Tamarac 21 Waterford 0
Winning Pitcher: Maggie Kelley
Hitting Stars: Bengals – Jess Heinrich 4-4, 2B Maggie Kelley 2B, 3B Gabby Castiglione 1B, HR Fordians Kiley Pennick 1B
The Bengals scored eight runs in the top of the first, setting the tone for the easy “W” over the Fordians.
Saratoga Catholic 13 Stillwater 1
Winning Pitcher: Molly O’Reilly
Hitting Stars: Saints – Caleigh Sisk 2-3, RBI Emily Wenke 1-2, 2 RBI’s
The Saints plated four runs in each of the first three frames to take control and post the comfortable victory over the Warriors. Continue reading
Mechanicville 2 Hoosic Valley 1
Winning Pitcher: Jacob Popiel IP 5.1 Hits 3 BB’s 3 K’s 10 Jake LaFountain IP 1.2 K’s 5 Save
Hitting Stars: Red Raiders – Chris Ciccarelli 2-3, Matthew Wertman 2-4 Indians – Isaac Carlo 2B
The Red Raiders earn the one-run decision behind Popiel and LaFountain who combined to allow just three Valley hits, while fanning 15.
Congratulations to Mechanicville baseball player Jacob Popiel on being named Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week.
On Monday against Waterford, Popiel threw a no-hitter leading the Red Raiders to an 8-0 decision over the Fordians.
The Mechanicville right-hander struck out 13 and allowed three walks in pitching his first career gem.
Congratulations to Jacob, our first Wasaren Sportsnet Player of the Week for the spring season.
Softball
Mechanicville 4 Spa Catholic 1
Winning Pitcher: Wood
Hitting Stars: Red Raiders – Nadler 1-2, RBI Saints – Molly O’Reilly 2-4, 2B Ava Diaz 2-3
The Saints outhit Mechanicville, but committed three costly errors defensively as the Raiders secured the “W”.
Greenwich 9 Hoosic Valley 0
Winning Pitcher: Lily McCauliffe Two-hit shutout with 11 K’s
Hitting Stars: Witches – Lauren Maines 2-4, 4 RBI’s Lily McCauliffe 2-4
Greenwich scored six times in the top of the seventh to open up a close contest and post the victory.
Baseball
Mechanicville 1 Spa Catholic 0
Winning Pitcher: Jacob LaFountain 5.1 IP 5 Hits 4 BB’s 8 K’s
Hitting Stars: Red Raiders – Jacob Popiel 1B – run scored
In a pitcher’s duel between LaFountain and the Saints Terel Tillman, Popiel singled and scored the game’s lone run in the second inning, advancing to second on a wild pitch and scoring on an infield error. Devin Garland picked up the save for the Raiders throwing two innings in relief as Mechanicville with the win moves to 2-0 on the young season.
Hoosic Valley 5 Greenwich 3
Winning Pitcher: Ethan Caiazza 7 IP 6 Hits 0 ER
Hitting Stars: Indians – Ethan Caiazza 2-3, 2B Kessler Waldron 2B Justin Sawyer 2B Witches – Christian O’Brien 1-3, 2B James Ostrowski 2-4
The Valley plated single runs in the first and fourth frames, and scored three times in the fifth to take control, posting their second win in as many outings.
Mechanicville 8 Waterford 0 (Monday)
Winning Pitcher: Jacob Popiel No-hitter with 13 K’s 3 BB’s
Hitting Stars: Red Raiders – Jacob LaFountain 3-4, 2 3B’s, 2 RBI’s Nick Billert 2-2, 2 RBI’s Matthew Wertman 2-4, 2 RBI’s
The Raiders Popiel throws his first career no-hitter and gets plenty of run support highlighted by a pair of long three-baggers from LaFountain.
Two Wasaren girls teams were still standing as regional finals got underway on Saturday in all classifications. Both Cambridge and Mechanicville after hours on the road stepped on the floor in Class C and B runs, one win away from the state final four next weekend.
Both squads were tested and played well with Cambridge taking the next step with a 60-47 win over Moriah in the C’s while Mechanicville lost a heart-breaker, 58-57 to Canton in Class B. Continue reading
I’m not sure if there’s any truth to the rumor that coaches Goverski and Phillips considered chartering airplanes for traveling to their regional finals on Saturday, but when directions to the venues for both Cambrdge and Mechanicville include, “If you reach the Canadian border you’ve gone a couple miles too far”, it would be a great way go.
Mechanicville faces the Canton Golden Bears Saturday at 2:45 in the Class B Regional Final at SUNY Potsdam while Cambridge meets Moriah in the Class C Regional Finale with a noon tip at Beekmantown High School with the winners advancing to their classification’s final four. Continue reading
Mechanicville 41 Northeastern Clinton 35
Leading Scorers: Red Raiders – AJ Joseph 12 Charli Goverski 11 Taylor Grayson 9 Jada Brown 6 Amy DiSiena 3 Clinton – Audi Hollister 12
Keys: Mechanicville used a 22-12 advantage over the middle two periods, including a third quarter where they didn’t allow a made field goal, to build a 34-27 lead heading to the final frame. Leading 38-35 with :11 remaining AJ Joseph calmly knocked down a pair of free throws to ice things and send the Red Raiders to the Class B regional final on Saturday at 2:45 at SUNY Potsdam where they’ll face Canton from Section X.
Playing before a sold out SUNY Plattsburgh Field House both squads had trouble making shots, but the Raiders showed that defense travels and their ability to guard, holding Clinton in the mid 30’s, showed that Mechanicville not only can win in a shootout, but also a defensive grind.
The Raiders head back to the north country on Saturday, one win away from the state final four.
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