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Wasaren Sportsnet Players of the Week

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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.

Football; Panthers Run Past Horde, Red Raiders Fall

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hoosick-falls-ny2Hoosick Falls held a slim 20-16 advantage heading into halftime Saturday afternoon in Granville but after the break the visitors took control scoring 27 unanswered and posted the 47-16 victory over the Golden Horde.

Panther running back Jeffrey Vincent rushed for 196 yards and a pair of third quarter scores, and Falls quarterback Sam Richard passed for 173 yards with three touchdowns, two going to Isaac Friel on scoring strikes of 9 and 23 yards.

A TJ Wilson one-yard touchdown run late in the second period for Granville made it a one score game, but the visitors scored four touchdowns over the final two periods, including a 55 yard fumble return by Richard, to put this one in the win column.

With the win Hoosick Falls improves to 3-1, 5-1 on the year while Granville goes to 2-2, 3-3 with the loss.   Continue reading →

Boys Soccer

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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 →

Girls Soccer

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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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Soccer Roundup

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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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Wasaren Roundup

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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 →

Saturday Morning Roundup

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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 →

Boys Soccer; Raiders, Warriors, Bengals Post Wins

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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.

The First Half of the Fall

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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 →