Monday Results; Warriors Top Red Raiders

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Girls Soccer

Stillwater 5  Mechanicville 1:  In a 1-1 game at the break, Stillwater scored four unanswered in the second half to secure the victory over Mechanicville.

The Red Raiders got on the board first when Bryn Murphy connected for the 1-0 Mechanicville lead.

Brooke Pickett’s tally tied things before intermission, after which Stillwater dominated the match.

Pickett added two more scoring strikes, and Teya Staie also found the back of the net twice for the 1-0, 5-0-1 Warriors.

Mechanicville, with the loss slips to 0-1, 1-3 on the season.

 

Cambridge 1  Greenwich 0:   A second half goal by Cambridge’s Vanesa Evans, proved the difference in the Indians in over Greenwich in Cambridge on Monday.

Evans took a feed from Sydney Benson and chipped the ball over the Greenwich keeper for the game winner and the Indians moved to 1-0, 1-2  in the early season.

Greenwich goes to 0-1, 2-2-1 with the defeat.

 

Golf

Mechanicville 5  Waterford 0:  In match played at Mechanicville Golf Course on Monday, Zach Hartz with a round of 42 led the way in the Red Raiders sweep of Waterford.

Anthony Fiacco, Joey Manzer, Andrew Sgambati, and Jack Salvadore all earned points for the Red Raider squad who improve to 4-5 on the year.

 

Tamarac 4  Stillwater 1:  Michael Jacques carded the low round of 44, leading the Bengals past the Warriors in a match played at Saratoga Lake Golf Club.

Zach Krill, Colby Phelps and Nate Krill all notched wins for Tamarac, while Aaron Lyons picked up the Stillwater point in flight five.

Tamarac with the win goes to 4-5, while Waterford at 0-9 continues to search for their first win of the year.

 

Friday Night Football

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Stillwater 46  Tamarac 6:  Stillwater quarterback James Galarneau threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, leading the Warriors to the easy victory over the Bengals of Tamarac, Friday night in Stillwater.

Galarneau connected on scoring strikes of 40 and 20 yards to Luc Lescault, added a two yard toss to Ryan Greene, and scored on a 71 yard scoring run to round out his four touchdown night. Continue reading

Thursday Roundup: Raiders Win Indian Cup

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Boys Soccer

Mechanicville 2  Stillwater 1 OT:  In the ninth annual Indian Cup game in Stillwater Thursday night, the two teams needed extra time to decide things, and that decision came when Andrew Kraszewski found the back of the net in the first overtime, giving Mechanicville the victory in the match between neighboring rivals.

The Raiders broke on top when Tyler Tesoriero found Kraszewski for a first half score, with his shot deflecting off a Stillwater defenseman and splitting the posts.

After the break the Warriors’ Grant Baker found the range off a Harry Rubenstein find, to tie the match with 25:00 remaining.

In the first overtime Kraszewski took a feed from Zac Rapaccioulo and finished the game-winner, giving the Raiders the exciting “W”.

With the win Mechanicville moves to 1-0, 2-1, while Stillwater goes to 0-1, 3-1 on the young season. Continue reading

Wednesday Roundup

Girls Soccer

Greenwich 4  Emma Willard 2 (Tuesday):  The Witches trailed twice in the match but scored the final three goals to lead when in mattered, topping Emma Willard in Greenwich on Tuesday.

Trailing 1-0 midway through the first half the Witches Faith Ingber found the range to even the score at 1-1.

After the break Catherine Everett gave the Saints a 2-1 advantage with a scoring strike, but a pair of Cate Abate goals put the Witches in front, and Tess Merrill added the final tally to secure the non league “W”.

 

Hoosick Falls 2  Galway 0:  The Panthers scored two first half goals on strikes from Ally Hoag and Sophie Estes, and keeper Logan Thayne and the Panther “D” posted the shutout in the non league victory.

 

Golf

Greenwich 3  Spa Catholic 2:  Jake Owens carded a 41 to lead the field in the Witches narrow victory over the Saints in action at Saratoga State Park on Wednesday.

Grant Peck and Patrick McFee notched wins in flights four and five for Greenwich.

The Saints’ Will Fizer and Dylan Mulholland won their matchups, to earn points in flights two and three for Spa Catholic.

With the win Greenwich improves to 5-2 on the year while the Saints with the loss slip to 5-3.

 

Volleyball

Waterford 3  Stillwater 2:  14-25,  25-15,  28-26,  19-25,  25-14

Waterford:  Haley Russell 23 digs   Chelsea Plummer 19 service points, 6 kills  Kiley Pennick 20 service points, 17 assists  Ayden Richards 25 service points, 22 assists

Stillwater:  Kyleigh Frank 13 service points, 12 kills, 7 blocks   Emily Hauser 12 assists

Records:  Waterford 1-0     Stillwater 0-1

 

 

Girls Soccer

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Stillwater 2  Buffalo Nichols 2: In the Hall of Fame Tournament at Stillwater the hosts and their opponents from Buffalo ended the match deadlocked at 2-2.

Trailing 1-0 at the break Brooke Pickett’s first goal, off a Keelyn Peacock feed, knotted the game at 1-1 at the 49:06 mark.  Her second goal of the match in the 77th minute tied things at 2-2 as the Warriors go to 4-0-1 on the year.

 

Allegany Limestone 6  Greenwich 1:  In the Hall Of Fame Tournament in Niskyuna Allegany-Limestone  took control with four first half scoring strikes in the comfortable win over the Witches.

Lauren Marci tallied for Greenwich early in the first half to tie things at 1-1 but Allegany scored the final five goals on the day to post the victory.

Saturday Results

Football

Stillwater 35  Voorheesville 0:  The Warriors used a 28 point third period to break the game open, on their way to the convincing road win over the Blackbirds.

Stillwater held a 7-0 halftime lead, their points coming in the second period on a Hayden Brown 39-yard interception return for a touchdown.

The Warriors offense went to work after the break scoring four times in the third period. James Galarneau sandwiched touchdown runs of 65 and 10 yards, around a pair of Mason Seymour scoring totes giving the Warriors complete control. Both Seymour and Galarneau ran for over 100 yards on the afternoon.

The Stillwater defense played well throughout with three takeaways highlighting the Warriors’ shutdown of the Voorheesville attack..

 

Girls Soccer

Stillwater 5  Buffalo Nardin 1:  In the Hall of Fame Tournament at Stillwater, the Warriors scored twice in the first half, and three times after the break with four different players finding the range in the comfortable nonleague victory over Buffalo Nardin. Continue reading

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.

Friday Morning Roundup

Boys Soccer

Greenwich 4  Doane Stuart 3:  AJ Rymph with two goals, and Charlie Gartner and Tommy Abate with single strikes led the Witches past Doane Stuart on Thursday.

Greenwich gained some breathing room when Gartner and Abate both found the range in the first ten minutes of the second half to open up a game that was tied 1-1 at the break. Continue reading

Stillwater Blanks Colonie

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Brooke Pickett with three goals and Keelyn Peacock with a goal and two assists led the Stillwater attack, as the Warriors posted the comfortable “W” over Class AA opponent Colonie on the Stillwater turf Tuesday night.

Peacock got things started for the Warriors, connecting on an unassisted strike just four minutes in, and six minutes later in was Pickett finding the range off a Peacock find giving Stillwater the 2-0 cushion which they took into intermission.

Pickett’s second goal came at the 58:00 mark, again off a Peacock feed, and she completed the hat trick on an unassisted tally with 15:00 remaining in the match.

The Stillwater defense and keeper Kiersten Conroy ( 6 saves ), combined for the shutout, as the Warriors notch their third straight victory to start the season.

Stillwater Warriors Football Preview

stillwater warriorThe Stillwater Warriors coming off an excellent 2018 season where they compiled a 7-2 mark, will look to build on that this fall and will do so with a talented and experienced roster.

When head coach Ian Godfrey was asked about team leadership he responded simply, “The senior class.”  He does so with good reason.

Three of those seniors in quarterback James Galarneau, and running backs Mason Seymour and Luc Lescault lead an explosive, offensive attack that can score in bunches. Continue reading