Girls
Mechanicville 46 Hoosic Valley 33
Leading Scorers: Red Raiders – Charli Goverski 18 Indians – Alex Rifenburg 10
Key Stat: After an even first period the Raiders win each of the remaining three quarters in pulling away for the “W”, avenging a loss to the Valley just a week ago. Continue reading
A full slate of boys action played out on Wednesday night with a pair of one-sided affairs and two games that were decided late.
Hoosick Falls 56 Mechanicville 52
Leading Scorers: Panthers – Tristan Williams 20 Jon Kempf 13 Brennan Andrew 11 Red Raiders – Josh Germain 19
Key Stat: The Panthers outscored Mechanicville 35-19 over the middle two periods and survived a fourth quarter comeback by the Raiders to earn the “W”. Continue reading
Two Wasaren squads played non league affairs on Monday night with the Hoosic Valley boys posting a “W” while the Lady Saints of Saratoga Catholic fell.
Hoosic Valley 63 Galway 44
Leading Scorers: Indians – Derek Eddy 16 CJ Bassett 14 Matt Rowe 11 Isaac Carlo 11 Galway – Ryan Lovelass 12 Erik Malanowski 10
Key Stat: Hoosic Valley started with a 17-3 first period and backed that with a 14-7 advantage in the second quarter to take control early.
Take Away: A nice non league win for the Valley, putting four players in doubles which has to please Coach Lilac. Next up for the Indians is a road game at Cambridge, Wednesday night.
Corinth 38 Saratoga Catholic 34
Leading Scorers: Tomahawks – Miranda Dockum 10 Saints – Ryleigh O’Connell 9
Key Stat: The Saints led 24 -18 at the break but Corinth rallied over the final two periods to earn the victory.
Take Away: The Saints go to 0-5 on the season but will have an opportunity tonight for that elusive first win, when they host the Mountaineers of Berlin.
Friday night saw the Wasaren in full swing with a full schedule of boys and girls action where close contests were few and far between.
Girls
Hoosick Falls 67 Berlin 13
Leading Scorers: Panthers – Logan Thayne 15 Lillian Hickey 13 Mountaineers – Kaley Culberston 5
Key Stat: Eleven Panthers score in the one-sided victory as the Falls moves to 3-0 with the win.
Mechanicville 75 Saratoga Catholic 21 Continue reading
Hoosick Falls 4 Saratoga Catholic 0
Hoosick Falls (3852)
James Hyde 204, 266, 200 – 670
Meghan Backus 170, 235, 255 – 660
Evan Webster 218, 178, 246 – 642
Chris Snyder 153, 264, 224 – 641
Saratoga Catholic (2860)
Micaela Barbolt 216, 206, 202 – 624
Hayden Day 216, 190, 202 – 608
Tim Barrett 173, 190, 149 – 512
Zac Niles 161, 148, 191 – 500
Hoosic Valley 2 Stillwater 2
Hoosic Valley (2913)
Leigha Henkel 226, 220, 168 – 614
Jen Acker 163, 169, 174 – 526
Doug Wickman 225, 136, 150 – 512
Shane Yando 174, 133, 129 – 436
Saratoga Catholic (2991)
Connor Julian 235, 175, 174 – 584
Brandon Dyer 203, 200, 163 – 566
Kody Brundage 166, 212, 150 – 528
Cody Julian 176, 192, 157 – 525
A trio of Wasaren girls squads played in non-league runs on Thursday night with the Witches of Greenwich opening their season in impressive fashion.
Greenwich 72 Galway 27
Leading Scorers: Witches – Molly Brophy 34 Marquita Gutasy 13 Tess Merrill 10 Galway – Beth Rapapi 9
Key Stat: Greenwich backed a 15-3 first period with a 16-6 advantage in the second, taking a 22 point cushion into the break and coasted to the season-opening win from there.
Take Away: Brophy hands Galway 34 leading a Witches attack that puts 72 points on the board their first time out. While Wasaren competition will be stronger, Greenwich will be a handful for anyone. Continue reading
Three league squads were in action Saturday night with Hoosic Valley and Stillwater meeting in the Cohoes girls tournament, while the Saratoga Catholic boys faced Argyle in the championship game of the Mike Beson Memorial Tourney.
Hoosic Valley 41 Stillwater 24
Leading Scorers: Indians – Emaleigh Peckham 14 Sami Dickinson 14 Warriors – Marley Mueller 7 Kelly Moran 7 Amiya Jennings 7
Key Stat: The Valley won each of the first three quarters, building a 35-15 cushion before closing it out in the fourth. Continue reading
A handful of Wasaren squads stepped on the floor Friday night as the new season got underway with non-league runs that saw the Mechanicville girls and the Saratoga Catholic boys post season opening “W’s”.
Girls
Mechanicville 64 Watervliet 53
Leading Scorers: Red Raiders – Charli Goverski 29 Jada Brown 8 Cannoneers – Madison Soroka 15
Key Stat: The Raiders built a 47-32 lead through three quarters and closed things out over the final eight minutes to notch the comfortable victory.
Take Away: Goverski hands the Cannoneers 29 and Mechanicville hangs 64 on the board, a lot of points for the Raiders on a rare night when they didn’t connect one time from deep. Continue reading
Offensive Player of the Year
Brooke Pickett Stillwater Forward Sophomore
Defensive Player of the Year
Ryleigh Hopeck Mechanicville Defense Sophomore
First Team Continue reading
Three Wasaren soccer teams were in action on Wednesday as the Section II tournament ramps up. In Class B boys, Tamarac and Mechanicville moved on with round one victories, while on the girls side Saratoga Catholic fell in a Class D match to Whitehall.
Tamarac 1 Coxsackie-Athens 0 OT: In an intensely played match throughout, the Bengals Dylan Briccetti finished a Max Ali cross ten minutes into the first overtime giving Tamarac the round one “W”.
Bengal keeper Tyler Nemjo saved seven shots and combined with the Tamarac defense for the shutout.
Mechanicville 3 Catskill 1: No other details at this time.
Whitehall 4 Saratoga Catholic o: The Railroaders scored three first half goals, on their way to the comfortable victory over the Saints in Class D action.
Zoe Eggleston scored a pair, and Jessica Moore and Madison Gould connected for single strikes to lead the Whitehall attack.
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