Join us for the first podcast of the season where we’ll dive into the weekend results, take a look at the upcoming schedule in the Wasaren and announce our “Top Ten” and Player of the Week recipients.

Stillwater 4   Waverly 0

Stillwater used a three-goal first half to take control on their way to the nonleague win over Waverly.

A pair of Brooke Coon unassisted tallies and a Peyton Perretta finish off a Brooke Hodgson find staked the home squad the 3-0 halftime lead.

Early in the second half Stillwater’s Callen Baisley connected for the final score of the match.

Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero saved six shots and combined with the Stillwater “D” for the shutout.

Mechanicville 2   Broadalbin 0

Mechanicville built a 2-0 advantage by the break and made it stand holding off Broadalbin and battling Mother Nature on a rain-soaked Saturday in Mechanicville.

Graham Murphy and Evan Zupan connected on scoring strikes off feeds from Alex Shakow and Aidan Fitzgerald for all the offense that the home team would need in a match that was played in a downpour after the break.

Brady O’Connor saved eight shots and with the Mechanicville defense, earned the shutout while Broadalbin keeper Taylor saved seven shots in the loss.

Waterford 4   Schuylerville 1

Leading 1-0 at the break, the Fordians pulled away with three second-half tallies to notch the win in their season-opener on Saturday under the lights at Fordian Stadium. 

Waterford’s Blake Guertin cleaned up a misplayed goal kick by Schuylerville for the lone score of the first half.

The Fordians carried the lead for the first ten minutes of the second half before the visitors evened things at 1-1 on a low rocket by Tyler.

But Waterford finished the match with three unanswered.

The Fordains regained the lead on a free kick when Jake Catanzarita finished off a gorgeous pass from Logan Sheehan.

Four minutes later it was Payton Galuski’s turn taking a Connor Belonga pass and connecting from just outside the 18-box for the two-goal advantage.

Late in the half Sheehan wrapped the scoring on the night putting a PK into the back of the net for the 4-1 final.

Waterford keeper Philo saved nine shots in the victory.

Edmeston-Morris 2   Hoosic Valley 0

Edmeston took a 1-0 lead in the early in the match and the two squads battled evenly for the remainder until a second tally came with just one minute remaining in the game giving Edmeston the win.

Hoosic Valley keeper Lili Ruepp saved seven shots in the match.

Lisbon 4   Waterford 3   Girls Soccer   No other info provided

Cambridge 5   Tamarac 0

Luke MacDougal showed the way with the low round of 34 in Cambridge’s shutout of Tamarac on Friday at the Hoosick Falls Country Club.

Joining MacDougal in the winner’s circle were teammates James Beagle, Corbin Hall, Connor Genevick and Brigid Toleman.

Cambridge moves to 3-2 win the win while Tamarac slips to 1-5.

Cambridge/Salem 38   Hoosick Falls/Tamarac 21

Abe Cushing and Preston Peabody combined for 295 rushing yards and 5 touchdowns to lead Cambridge/Salem past HF/Tam on Friday night.

Cushing scored on runs of 72, 8 and 6-yards while Peabody added a 2-yard TD and a 44-yard tote for six. 

C/S led 26-14 at halftime and maintained a double digit lead the rest of the way in earning the season-opening victory. 

Mechanicville 29   Stillwater/Spa Catholic 21

In a tight game throughout that was knotted at 21-21 with just over three minutes remaining, Mechanicville quarterback Stephen Doty found Carson Beattie on a 25-yard scoring strike and with the two-point conversion Mechanicville held a 29-21 advantage.

On the ensuing possession Stillwater/Spa Catholic drove to the Mechanicville one-yard line and were poised to punch it in with 1:15 on the clock.  But the home squad put the ball on the ground, fumbling the snap and Mechanicville recovered and ran out the clock for the “W” in the season-opener for both squads.

Senior running back Jordan Barnes led a Mechanicville ground game that ran for more than 200 yards, with 162 yards on 20 carries.  Sophomore fullback Jonathon Harris added 35 yards on 12 totes and two touchdowns, while Doty finished with 25 rushing yards and a touchdown to go with the game-winning aerial strike.  

Greenwich 2   Chatham 1  OT

In first round action at the Mayfield Tournament, Greenwich needed extra sessions before notching the narrow victory over Chatham.

After a scoreless first half the Witches struck first on an unassisted tally by Noah Speanburg with 33 minutes left in regulation.

Chatham connected on the equalizer at the 15:00 mark, when Oliver Carroll finished a corner kick with a bicycle kick that found the back of the net.

In overtime Greenwich’s Noah Ives carried the ball towards the right corner and delivered a cross that found a streaking Speanburg for the put away and the hard fought “W”.  

Greenwich keeper Jack Scienszka saved 4 shots in the match while Chatham keeper Mason Hutchinson saved 10.

Granville 5   Spa Catholic 2

Granville ran out to a 3-0 lead by the break and held off the Saints to post the road victory in Saratoga.

Five different Golden Horde players tallied with Cameron Rathbun, Matthew Ruigrok, Carter Lehoisky, David Bailey and Alex Rozell all connecting on scoring strikes for Granville.

Zachary Streicher and David Redgrave scored second half goals for the Saints.

Stillwater 4   Hoosick Falls 1

Stillwater’s Nick Rose carded the low round of 40 leading the way to the win over the Panthers at Saratoga Lake Golf Club on Friday,

Other top scores for Stillwater included Tye Morris and Daniel DeGrasse-Izzo with rounds of 41, Julian Peluso and Vincent Festa with 45’s, Logan Surkan 52, and Jack Luskin with a round of 54.

Top scores for Hoosick Falls were Dylan Callahan, Zach Houghton, Spencer Tate and Aidyn DeGraff all with rounds of 43, Jack Shea 45, Memphis Hathaway 50 and Quinn Haynes with a nine-hole score of 55.

Football

Cambridge/Salem 38   Hoosick Falls/Tamarac 20     No other information provided

Greenwich 34   Moriah 0      No other information provided

Stillwater 5   South Glens Falls 1    (Wednesday)

Stillwater took control with three first half strikes and cruised from there to the nonleague win over South High on Wednesday.

Brooke Hodgson led the Stillwater attack with a hat trick while Brooke Coon and L. Rubenstein added single tallies.  

Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero saved three shots in the win.  

Cambridge/Salem 2   Hoosic Valley 0

Cambridge/Salem used goals from Luke LeBlanc and Alex Olson and a strong defensive effort to post the shutout victory over the Valley in boys’ soccer on Wednesday. 

Hoosick Falls 3 Argyle 1

Trailing 1-0 in the early going Hoosick Falls scored three unanswered to post the come-from -behind “W” over Argyle.

Luke Nicholas, Max Salvesvold and Aiden Eckert all found the back of the net for the Falls while Kaden Bush tallied twice for Argyle.  

Greenwich 1   Northville 0

Greenwich’s Penny Allen scored with 7:53 left in the first half and the Witches made it stand, posting the narrow victory at home over Northville on Wednesday.

Greenwich keeper Oliveah Reiszel saved 11 shots and combined with the Witches defense for the clean sheet.

Northville keeper Zoie Crow turned away 15 shots in the loss.

Mechanicville 2   Schuylerville 2

Mechanicville built a 2-0 lead by the break, but the Black Horses responded with a pair of second half strikes of their own and the two squads settled for the tie in this nonleague matchup.

David DiSiena and Graham Murphy found the range with first half tallies for Mechanicville.

Dean Barraclough and Hayden Peck rang the bell with second half scores for the home squad.

Mechanicville goal tender Brady O’Connor saved eight shots in the match.  

Lake George 3   Hoosick Falls 1

Lake George ran out to a 3-0 lead by halftime and held off the visitors from Hoosick Falls for the non-league win.

Midway through the first half Mykah Collier-Fischer got Lake George on the board, finishing a cross from Piper Brown for the 1-0 lead.

At the 31:00 mark it was Collier-Fischer again, this time on an unassisted strike to give the home squad a 2-0 advantage.

With 6:00 left in the half Clara Palladine scored on a one-timer off a Collier-Fischer find giving Lake George a three-goal cushion.

Early in the second half the Panthers trimmed the deficit when Kaydence Kellen connected on a direct kick from 30 yards out, but Lake George held the Falls at bay for the remainder to seal the “W”.

Lake George keeper Addison Reinhold saved two shots in the match while Hoosick Falls goal tender Chayla Rhoden saved three.  

Whitehall 2 Cambridge 0

After a scoreless first half of play Aurora and Ariya Eggleston connected on second half tallies to lead the Railroaders past Cambridge in a nonleague match on Wednesday.

Railroader keeper Khole Paddock with nine saves earned the shutout for Whitehall, while Lexie Pedersen saved 18 shots for Cambridge.

Stillwater 3 Hoosic Valley 2

Daniel Degrasse-Izzo fired the low round of 37 to lead Stillwater past the Valley in a Wednesday match.

Stillwater’s Jack Luskin earned a point with a match win as did Hoosic Valley’s Jackson Shrom in flight five.

Stillwater’s Julian Peluso and Hoosic Valley’s Owen Harder split the point in flight two and in flight three Stillwater’s Nick Rose and the Valley’s Keigan Antolick halved the point as well.

Stillwater moves to 2-1 on the year with the win.

Bolton 6 Hoosic Valley 1

Leading 2-1 at the break, Bolton scored four unanswered goals in the second half to pull away from the Valley.

Hannah Coffin connected on a first half strike for the Hoosic Valley score, while Goodspeed led the Bolton attack with a hat trick in the match.

Stillwater 3   Mechanicville 2

In action at the Saratoga Lake Golf Course on Tuesday Stillwater’s Tye Morris carded a 1-under round of 35 to lead Stillwater to the narrow “W” over Mechanicville. 

Daniel Degrasse-Izzo and Julian Peluso won their individual matches to earn points for Stillwater.

Mechanicville’s Brody Landy and Vinny Taylor posted match wins in flights four and five for the visitors points in the match.

With the win Stillwater evens their mark at 1-1 while Mechanicville (5-1), suffers their first loss of the year ending a winning streak that spanned 44 matches.   

Cambridge/Salem 2   Corinth 0

Cambridge/Salem used a pair of Luke LeBlanc goals and stout defensive play throughout to post the nonleague win over Corinth.

Leblanc put C/S on the board with 0:36 remaining in the first half, finishing a through ball from Nolan Thomas for the 1-0 advantage.  

With seven minutes left in the match LeBlanc capped the scoring with an unassisted tally and the C/S defense closed things out for the victory.

C/S keeper Juan Espinosa saved two shots and combined with the C/S defense for his first career shutout.

Corinth keeper Phillip Richardson turned back eight shots in defeat.

Boys Soccer   

Lake George 9   Stillwater 0    No other info provided

Hartford 3   Hoosick Falls 0     No other info provided 

Greenwich 1   Bolton 0

Throughout a scoreless first half and much of the second half defense took center stage in this nonleague matchup.   With 20 minutes remaining Greenwich connected off their fifth corner kick of the match when Wyatt Skiff sent a rocket that seemed online for a score but Colin Traver crashing hard made sure and the Witches came away with the 1-0 victory.

Jack Scieszka saved 4 shots for Greenwich while Bolton keeper Maris Martin turned back five shots in defeat.

Stillwater 2   Schuylerville 1

Stillwater used a goal early, and another late to post the narrow “W” over Schuylerville in Stillwater on Friday.

Brooke Hodgson started the scoring just 2:30 into the first half finishing a Brooke Coon find for the 1-0 Stillwater lead.

The visitors knotted things at the 48:40 mark on an Alexandrea Hill tally, but 20 seconds later Stillwater regained the lead on Hodgson’s second strike of the match, again coming off a Coon feed and Stillwater closed things out from there to secure the win.

Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero turned back 11 shots in the victory and Black Horse keeper Theresa Allen saved five in the loss.

Mechanicville 5   Waterford 37

Matt Salvadore continued the heater he’s been on firing the low round of 37 in Mechanicville’s shutout “W” over Waterford in action at the Mechanicville Golf Club on Friday.

Joining Salvadore in the winner’s circle were teammates Ben Amato, Colton Rinaldi, Brody Landy and Vinnie Taylor all posting individual match wins.

Mechanicville stays perfect on the year moving to 5-0 with the victory, while Waterford slips to 3-2 on the season.

Hoosick Falls 4   Hoosic Valley 1

Dylan Callahan earned medalist honors carding a one-over 35 leading the Panthers past the Valley at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Thursday.

Top scores for the Falls included Spencer Tate 39, Jack Shea 40, Quinn Haynes 43, Zach Houghton 44, Memphis Hathaway and Lincoln Colvin with rounds of 58.

Top Valley scores included Keegan Antolick 37, Craig D’Avella and Ryan Morrisey with rounds of 45, Jackson Schram 46, and Owen Harder and Reid Ricciardone with nine-hole scores of 47. 

Hoosick Falls 4.5   Spa Catholic .5

Spencer Tate with the low round of 41 led the way in the Panther victory on Friday at Saratoga Spa Golf Course.

Low scores for Hoosick Falls included Jack Shea 43, Dylan Callahan 44, Quinn Haynes 45, Aidyn Degraff 46 and Zach Houghton with a round of 47.

Top scores for the Saints were Mark Mahay and JP Galarneau with 43’s, Cole Cefalu and Jack Rosborough  with 49’s, and Jason Pescetti with a round of 54.

With the win the Falls moves to 4-1 on the season.

Cambridge/Salem 3.5   Hoosic Valley 1.5

Cambridge’s Luke MacDougal carded a one-over 35 claiming medalist honors in action at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Friday.

James Beagle and Corbin Hall earned points for Cambridge with match wins in flights 2 and 4, with Owen Harder picking up a point for the Valley in flight 3.

Cambridge’s Connor Genevick and Hoosic Valley’s Ryan Morrisey split the point in flight 5, as did Cambridge’s Cody Donisthrope and the Valley’s Reid Ricciardone in flight 6. 

Greenwich 3 Amsterdam 0

Greenwich opened their season in style posting a shutout of Class A Amsterdam in a match played in Greenwich on Thursday.

Eliza McQueen put the Witches on the board with an unassisted tally at the 30:58 mark of the first half and that score stood for the remainder of the half.

After the break Emily Gonzalez gave Greenwich a 2-0 advantage when she connected on a direct kick at the 34:05 mark.

With 3:21 remaining in the match McQueen closed out the scoring splitting the posts for her second goal of the afternoon.

Greenwich keeper Oliveah Reiszel saved two shots and combined with the Witches defense for the clean sheet.

Amsterdam keeper Gemmie Rivera, under constant pressure throughout, turned back 17 shots.

Mechanicville 3 Tamarac 2

In a match played at Frear Park on Wednesday Mechanicville’s Matt Salvadore led all golfers with a low round of 41, leading the visitors to the narrow “W” over the Bengals of Tamarac.

Ben Amado and Brody Landy earned points for Mechanicville with match wins, while Nate Smith and Jacob Bieg won their individual matches, notching points for Tamarac.

With the win Mechanicville moves to 4-0 on the season with Tamarac slipping to 0-4 with the loss.

Greenwich 1   Schuylerville 0

 The season-opener for both squads saw an even match throughout with few scoring opportunities for either team as both defensive units limited quality looks to put points on the board.

After a scoreless first half of play, that theme continued until late in the second when the Witches Noah Speanburg slotted a through ball to Mason Foster, and to prevent an easy put away, a Schuylerville defender took Foster to the ground setting up a penalty kick that Jonathon Morency lasered to the back of the net for the 1-0 Greenwich lead.

The Witches defense did the rest, holding off late pressure by Schuylerville to close the Black Horses out and post the non-league win.

Greenwich keeper Jack Scieszka saved four shots and combined with the Greenwich defense for the shutout.   

Schuylerville keeper Ethan Spodnick turned back six shots in the loss.   

Stillwater 4    Maple Hill 0

Stillwater girls opened their season in style, scoring a pair of goals in each half while defensively pitching a shutout in the 4-0 victory over Maple Hill.

Emersyn Patenaude got the scoring started splitting the posts off a Brooke Coon find and later in the half it was Bridget Coon finishing a Brooke Hodgson feed staking Stillwater to a 2-0 advantage heading into the break.

In the second half Bridget Hodgson joined the scoring parade connecting on an unassisted tally and Patenaude wrapped up the day with her second goal of the match, again coming off a Brooke Coon assist.

Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero saved six shots and combined with the Stillwater defense for the clean sheet.

Cambridge 3   Waterford 2

Cambridge’s Luke MacDougal fired a three-over round of 37 to lead Cambridge to the narrow victory over the Fordians in action at the Hoosick Falls Country Club on Wednesday.

Jonny Atwood earned a point for Waterford with a match win in flight three, and Cambridge’s Corbin Hall notched a point for the home squad with a win in flight four.

In flight two Waterford’s James Beagle and Cambridge’s Landon Pitcher split the point as did Waterford’s Tanner Machia and Cambridge’s Connor Genevick in flight five.

With the win Cambridge moves to 1-2 on the year and Waterford suffers their first loss of the year and goes to 3-1 on the season.