Hoosick Falls 5 Cambridge 0: The Panthers Matt Smith fired the low round of 34, leading Hoosick Falls to the sweep of Cambridge in a match played at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Wednesday.
Joining Smith in the victory parade were Ryan Bloomer, Miles Smith, Brady Hathaway and Alison Hathaway as the Falls improve to 6-0 on the year with the “W”. Continue reading
Tuesday’s girls soccer match at Stillwater between the Warriors and the visitors from Waterford was moved to a 10:00 start in an effort to beat the oppressive heat and humidity. In the game, on the beautiful turf field in Stillwater, both the Warriors and Mother Nature claimed “W’s” as game officials suspended the second half of play due to the heat index and Stillwater came away with the 3-0 decision. Continue reading
Stillwater soccer teams couldn’t have drawn things up much better than how they played out the past two days in the Warrior Weekend Tournament.
In a four team tournament for both the girls and boys, the Warriors doubled down posting victories in both championship games last evening in Stillwater.
On Friday night the boys notched a 4-0 win over Galway scoring a pair of goals on each side of the break in a comfortable season-opening “W”.
Jack Rubenstein led the Warriors with a pair goals, with Grant Baker and Jake Zdonick adding a goal each.
In the championship match the Warriors and Doane Stuart were tied 1-1 at the break, but Stillwater tallied three time in the second half to earn the 4-2 victory.
Jake Zdonick found the back of the net three times, Cooper Monast added a score, and Grant Baker dropped a pair of assists to lead the Warriors.
On the girls side of things Stillwater rolled over Cohoes 8-1 in the opening round with both Brooke Pickett and Devon Wagner scoring hat tricks, and Teya Staie adding a pair of goals as the high powered Warrior attack was on full display. Pickett’s second goal in the contest was her 100th career varsity goal.
In the championship game Stillwater faced Voorheesville and jumped out to a 5-2 advantage at the half on their way to a 7-2 decision over the Blackbirds.
Five different players tallied for the Warriors in the first half as Kate McEvoy, Teya Staie, Devon Wagner, Keelyn Peacock, and Brooke Pickett all rang the the bell, with McEvoy and Pickett adding second strikes after the break to round out the scoring.
A nice start to the soccer season for both Warrior squads, priming for the Wasaren schedule which gets underway this week.
While it’s still early in the high school golf season, every match, whether played in August or late September, counts the same in the race for the league title. That being said, the Panthers of Hoosick Falls have enjoyed the best start to the Wasaren season sporting a perfect 4-0 mark with a win on Thursday over the Fordians of Waterford.
Here’s a closer look at how all the matches played out across the Wasaren.
Hoosick Falls 4.5 Waterford .5: The Falls Ryan Bloomer carded the low round of 38, and the Panthers posted wins in flights 1-4 in action at Fairways of Halfmoon on Thursday.
Matt Smith, Miles Smith and Brady Hathaway all joined Bloomer in the winner’s circle as Hoosick Falls improved to 4-0 on the year. Continue reading
It’s hard to believe with the start of school three weeks away, that the fall season for high school athletics in underway. The golf schedule as always leads us into the new year and over the past two days most of the league’s golf teams have competed in match play.
Here’s a look at how things played out as the 2018 edition of Wasaren athletics tees off.
Saratoga Catholic 3 Greenwich 2: Terel Tillman carded a 38 to take medalist honors and lead the Saints to the narrow victory over the Witches in a match played at the Battenkill Country Club. Continue reading
The Greenwich girls dominated the distance events and the Stillwater boys showed dominance across the boards as the Witches and Warriors captured titles in the Wasaren League championships on Wednesday in Stillwater.
Greenwich with 162 points, Stillwater with 149 points and Hoosic Valley with 104 points were the top three teams in the girls meet.
Double winners for the girls included Mechanicville’s Jada Brown, 100 and 200, Stillwater’s Madison Krochina, shot put and discus, Hoosic Valley’s Lauren Reed, long jump and triple jump, and the Stillwater relay teams in the 400 and 1600.
Stillwater with 149 points, Hoosic Valley with 89 points and Waterford with 65 points were the top three in the boys competition.
Multiple winners included Stillwater’s Joe Conti, 100 and 200, Greenwich’s Michael Gabriel shot put and discus, Stillwater’s Dylan Morin, long jump and triple jump, Greenwich’s Peyton Howard, 800 and 1600, and the Stillwater relay teams in the 400, 1600, and 3200.
Baseball
Greenwich 6 Mechanicville 4
Winning Pitcher: Christian O’Brien 6IP 6 K’s
Leading Hitters: Witches – Carson Mosher 2-2, 3B, 2 RBI’s Raiders – Jake LaFountain 2-3, 2B
O’Brien earns his sixth win of the year as the Witches move to 10-2. Continue reading
Softball
Cambridge 8 Waterford 2
Winning Pitcher: Gabbie Woods
Leading Hitters: Indians – Miranda Seacord 1B, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI’s Victoria Dupuis 1B, 2B, 3B, RBI Lexi Woodworth 3B
Woods allowed the Fordians just four hits and the Indians lineup produced more than enough run support as Cambridge evens it’s league mark at 5-5.
Baseball
Mechanicville 1 Hoosick Falls 0
Winning Pitcher: Jacob Popiel 5 1/3 IP 8 K’s Jacob LaFountain 1 2/3 4 K’s
Leading Hitters: Red Raiders – Rocco DeVito 4-4 Nick Billert 2-3, RBI
Popiel and LaFountain combine for the shutout and Billert delivers the game-winner. Continue reading
Softball
Hoosick Falls 11 Queensbury 9
Winning Pitcher: Abby Philpott
Leading Hitters: Panthers – Olivia Brownell 2 1B’s, 3 RBI’s Abby Philpott 2 1B’s, 2 RBI’s Abbott 2B, 2 RBI’s Spartans – Jasmin Pepe 3-5, 2 RBI’s Jordan Knapp 4-5
The Panthers top Queensbury in the first round of the Lake George Tournament. Continue reading
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