Join us for a look at Wasaren teams and their matchups in soccer and football sectional play.

Stillwater 5   Mayfield 0

Stillwater took control with three, first-half tallies and cruised from there to the quarterfinal victory over Mayfield in Class C.

Brooke Hodgson led the way with a hat trick while Bridget Coon and Kennedie VanPelt added single scoring strikes for Stillwater.

Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero saved four shots and with the Stillwater defense posted the shutout.

Top-seeded advances to the semifinals and a matchup with #5 OESJ. 

OESJ 3   Waterford 2    OT

Trailing 2-1 at the break, Waterford knotted the score with a second half strike sending the game into overtime where OESJ connected on the game-winner in a Girls Class C quarterfinal match.  

The Fordians wrap an excellent season finishing with a 12-6 mark.  

Lake George 3   Greenwich 2 No other info at this time

Waterford 4   Loudonville Christian 0

The Fordians used a pair of scores in each half and a lockdown defensive effort in notching the quarterfinal win over LC in Class C action.

The match remained scoreless through the first 30-plus minutes, before Waterford connected on two scores one minute apart.

In the 34th minute the Fordians were awarded a penalty kick that Payton Galuski cashed in for the 1-0 lead and seconds later Galuski finished a Conner Belonga find for the 2-0 Fordian advantage that Waterford took to the break.

Just three minutes into the second half Jake Catanzarita found Belonga who found the back of the net giving Waterford a three-goal cushion, and Galuski capped the scoring in the waning minutes, ringing the bell from 25 yards out for her third goal of the match.

Fordian keeper Tristan Philo stopped seven shots and with the Waterford “D” earned the clean sheet.

#4 Waterford moves on to face #1 Maple Hill on Wednesday in a semifinal match at Columbia High School. 

Greenwich 3   Lake George 1

The Witches built a 2-0 lead by halftime and rode that cushion to the quarterfinal win over the Lakers in Boys Class C play.

Less than one minute into the match Greenwich was on the board when Christian Morency found Owen Shannon at the top of the box who split the posts for the 1-0 lead.

In the 33rd minute Greenwich extended their advantage when Noah Ives sent a cross, back post, to a cutting Hudson Logan for the put away and a 2-0 cushion.

Lake George answered with five minutes left in the half when James Richards connected from the corner of the box trimming the deficit to 2-1.

The two teams battled through a scoreless second half until two minutes remained when Ives slipped past the LG defense and beat the Laker keeper to seal the “W”.

#2 Greenwich advances to the C semi’s and a matchup with #6 BKW/D on Wednesday at Columbia High. 

Maple Hill 3   Cambridge-Salem 0

Top-seeded Maple Hill ran out to a 2-0 halftime lead, added an insurance goal after the break and closed out the quarterfinal win in Class C.  

Cambridge-Salem ends a fine fall campaign at 11-5-1

Mechanicville 2   Voorheesville 1

Mechanicville led 1-0 at the break, extended their lead after intermission to 2-0 and held off the Blackbirds late to post the win in Class B.

Mechanicville keeper Brady O’Connor came up with a big save on a penalty kick in the first half and the home squad fed off of that, soon after striking for their first score on an Aiden Fitzgerald finish off a nice find by Graham Murphy.

Murphy gave Mechanicville a two-score cushion taking an Alex Shakow feed and splitting the posts for a second-half tally.

Voorheesville got on the board Angelo Filho connected, but the Mechanicville defense shut down the visitors attack the rest of the way to secure the “W”.

#3 Mechanicville moves to the semifinals and a matchup with #7 Broadalbin-Perth in Waterford on Tuesday at 5p.m. 

Mechanicville 3    LaSalle 0

Mechanicville ran out to a 3-0 lead by halftime and cruised from there to the quarterfinal win in Class B.

Tanner Eiseman, Gianna Pits and Emma Andrews all found the range with scoring strikes to lead the Mechanicville attack.

Mechanicville keeper Christina Bornt saved three shots and combined with the defense to post the shutout.

Top-seeded Mechanicville moves on to face #4 Greenville in the semifinal round.

Cambridge-Salem 49   Canajoharie 6

C/S quarterback Stephen Yakubec threw for 184 yards and three touchdowns to lead C/S to the easy victory over Canjo.  

Jackson Rowland led a dominant ground game for C/S, rushing for 98 yards and a score.  

With the win Cambridge/Salem moves to 7-1 on the season.

Stillwater 5   Holy Names 1

Stillwater built a 3-0 lead by the break, on their way to the comfortable first-round win in Class C sectional play.

A pair of Brooke Hodgson goals sandwiched around a Bridget Coon tally staked Stillwater to the three-score halftime cushion.

After intermission Hodgson connected for her second goal of the match before Holy Names got on the board with a Grace Crosby strike.

Top-seeded Stillwater wrapped up the scoring when Brooke Coon split the posts off a Bridget Coon find, Bridget’s third assist of the game.  

Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero saved one shot in the win, while Holy Names goaltender Sophia Schenk turned away 12 shots in defeat.

Waterford 8   Berne-Knox Westerlo/Duanesburg 1

The Fordians rang the bell eight times with four different players doing damage in posting the one-sided decision over BKW/D in Class C.

Mia O’Brien led the scoring assault with four scoring strikes while Riley Noto netted a pair and Sophia Ledtke and Rylan Charbonneau added single tallies for Waterford.

#3 Waterford will host a quarterfinal matchup on Monday with #5 OESJ.

Lake George 5   Cambridge 0

Lake George broke open a 1-0 game at the break with four second-half hits, pulling away for the win in Class C action.

Mayfield 2   Hoosic Valley 1

Mayfield led 1-0 at halftime and held off the Valley to earn the win in Class C.  

Ava VanNostrand and Riley Roth connected for goals to lead Mayfield.

Greenwich 2   Bolton 0

The Witches struck for a pair of second-half goals to notch the victory in Class C 

Stillwater/Spa Catholic 47    Lake George/Warrensburg 21    No other stats at this time

Hoosick Falls/Tamarac 20   Mechanicville 8

Wildcat quarterback Owen Hart threw for a score and ran for another to lead HF/T to the victory over Mechanicville in Hoosick Falls Friday night.

Hart found Gabe Toomijian in the first quarter for a three-yard touchdown pass and a 6-0 lead.

Mechanicville edged in front on a second period one-yard plunge and with the two-point conversion held an 8-6 advantage.

HF/T regained the lead on a two-yard TD run by Hart taking a 12-6 cushion into the break.

After a scoreless third frame HF/T put the game away when August Lee ran it in from eight yards out and with the two-point conversion the 20-8 final.

Lee anchored the Wildcat attack, rushing for 192 yards on 38 carries, while Hart finished with 68 passing yards connecting on 5 of 10 attempts.   

Waterford 8   Schoharie 1

Four different Fordians tallied in Waterford’s comfortable 8-1 victory over Schoharie in round one of the Class C Boys Soccer Section II Tournament.

Conner Belonga led the Waterford scoring parade with a hat trick, Payton Galuski and Logan Sheehan both connected twice while Blake Guertin added a single scoring strike in the win.  

Schoharie avoided the shutout when Logan Schrader tallied late.

Waterford keepers Tristan Philo and Henry Chapin combined to save six shots in the win while Schoharie goaltender Alex Ray stopped five shots in the match.

#4 Waterford advance to the quarterfinals and a matchup with #5 Loudonville Christian on Monday in Waterford.

Greenwich 6   Stillwater 0

Greenwich built a 4-0 lead by the break and cruised to a shutout “W” over Stillwater in Class C.

The Witches scored a pair of goals in the first six minutes of the match, the first coming on a Christian Morency to Noah Ives connection and minutes later an Owen Shannon corner kick found Morency at the near post for the 2-0 lead.

At the 20-minute mark Wyatt Skiff fed Shannon who finished, extending the Greenwich advantage to 3-0 and the Witches closed the half with their fourth tally when Jonathan Morency found Skiff who found the back of the net.

Ives and Shannon added their second goals of the match after the break to close out the scoring.

#2 Greenwich will host #7 Lake George in a quarterfinal match on Monday in Greenwich.  

Coxsackie 3   Hoosick Falls 0

In Class B girls soccer D. Deering with a hat trick led the way in Coxsackie-Athens’ first-round win over the Panthers of Hoosick Falls.

Mechanicville 2   Watervliet/Heatly 0

Mechanicville used goals from Lawton Bronson and Aiden Fitzgerald along with a big defensive effort, to post the first-round win in Class B over Watervliet/Heatly on Wednesday night in Mechanicville.

Mechanicville keeper Brady O’Connor needed just two saves to earn the shutout as #3 Mechanicville advances to the quarterfinal round, hosting a matchup with #6 Voorheesville on Friday.  

Cambridge/Salem 1   Mayfield 0

With 20 minutes left in the first half C/S’s Rowan Ossont took a throw-in from Luke LeBlanc, beat a pair of defenders and found the far post for the only tally of the match sending C/S to the opening round win in Class C.

Brady Brownell and Josh LaFountain led the C/S defense in shutting down the Mayfield attack.

C/S moves on to the quarterfinals on Monday, facing the winner of Granville/Maple Hill.

Coxsackie Athens 3   Tamarac 0

After a scoreless first half, C/A used a pair of scoring strikes in the first seven minutes of the second half to take control, on their way to the first-round win in Class B.

Ben Hoglund and Asa Perino connected early in the half while Joe Perino closed the scoring with a late tally sending C/A to a quarterfinal matchup with Cobleskill/Richmondville on Friday.

Broadalbin-Perth 4   Hoosick Falls 0

B/P broke open a 1-0 game at the break with three second-half goals to notch the win in the opening round of Class B action on Wednesday.

Granville 1   Hoosic Valley 0

After a scoreless first half, Granville connected on the only score of the match 10 minutes after the break when Matt Ruigrok, taking a corner kick, played a short pass to Noah Bernard who fanned it back to Ruigrok who found the upper corner, far side for the eventual game-winner in first round action in Class C.  

Golden Horde keeper Ryan Shaw saved 10 shots in the win, while Hoosic Valley goaltender Travis Bleakly stopped six shots in defeat.

Granville will travel to face top-seeded Maple Hill on Thursday.

Germantown 1   Spa Catholic 1  2 OT

In Class D action Germantown and Spa Catholic battled to 1-1 tie after regulation and a pair of overtime sessions and needed penalty kicks to decide things where Germantown prevailed 3-2, earning the first-round victory.

Trailing 1-0 at the break, Spa Catholic knotted the score with 26:00 left in regulation when David Regrave connected on a scoring strike for the Saints.

The two squads battled through the remainder of regulation and overtime and were still deadlocked 2-2 after four rounds of penalty kicks before Germantown came away with the “W”. 

Join us for a look at the Section II Soccer tournament seedings for Wasaren teams, a look at football results from the weekend and our Top Ten and Player of the week announcements.

Stillwater/Spa Catholic 55 Rensselaer 0

Stillwater/Spa Catholic ran out to a 28-0 lead after the first frame and coasted from there to the home win over the Rams on Friday.

In the first period, St/Spa quarterback Aidan Callanan threw a touchdown pass to Bryce Petersen and twice connected with John Williams for six, while defensively the home squad added a 21-yard fumble return by Ryan Brown and a safety for points.

In the second quarter Callanan scored on a nine-yard run, and Erick Naze joined the scoring parade with a 47-yard TD romp extending the lead to 42-0 at the break.

In the third Callanan and Brown both ran for touchdowns to close out the scoring.

Callanan finished 4-4 for 55 yards through the air while running for 64 yards on five carries.

Brown led the ground attack with 112 yards gained on 12 totes.

Granville Whitehall 22 Hoosick Falls/Tamarac 20

HF/Tam led 20-16 entering the final period but G/Wh scored the lone touchdown in the fourth quarter to post the road win on Friday.

In the first, HF/Tam quarterback Owen Hart sandwiched a four-yard TD run and a 17-yard scoring strike to Avery Whalen around a rushing score by Granville/Whitehall, staking the home team to a 13-8 lead after one.

After a scoreless second period, Hart opened the third frame finding Blake Baldwin from 16 yards out for six, but the visitors quickly responded with their second rushing touchdown of the night and with the two-point conversion trimmed the lead to 20-16.

Gr/Wh shut down the THF/Tam attack in the fourth while scoring the game-winner on a two-yard run to post the come-from-behind victory.

Hart finished the game 7 of 17 through the air for 128 yards while adding 50 rushing yards on nine carries.

Schuylerville 34 Mechanicville 6 No other info reported

Greenwich 52 Voorheesville 0 No other info reported

Cambridge/Salem 61 Warrensburg/Lake George 0

C/S sored 28, first quarter points and added 27 more in the second frame in rolling past W/LG on Saturday in Cambridge.

The home squad got on the board immediately when Jackson Rowland brought the opening kick-off back 80 yards for the score and the rout was on.

C/S quarterback Stephen Yakubec found Rowland, Preston Peabody and Myles Mattson with first-quarter touchdown strikes for the 29-0 cushion.

C/S added four more TD’s in the second stanza all coming on the ground with Franklin Ziehm scoring twice, Abraham Cushing adding a 39-yard scoring run, and Rowland with a 29-yard run for six.

Cambridge/Salem with the win improves to 6-1 on the year.

Waterford 3   Mechanicville 1

Leading 1-0 at the break, Waterford scored twice after intermission and held off Mechanicville for the home “W” under the lights on Thursday night.

The Fordians gained the lead just two minutes in on a Blake Guertin finish off a nice find from Conner Belonga and the 1-0 lead stood thru the remainder of the half.  

Waterford extended their cushion in the first minute of the second half, this time Belonga feeding Jake Catanzarita who split the posts for the 2-0 advantage.  

Mechanicville cut the deficit in half in the 56th minute when Aiden Fitzgerald cleaned up a rebound off the Fordian keeper but just five minutes later Waterford regained their two-goal margin, scoring on a Guertin to Belonga connection and the home squad closed things out from there.  

Waterford keeper Tristan Philo stopped 10 shots in the win while Mechanicville goaltender Brady O’Connor saved 14 in defeat.

With the win Waterford finishes the regular season as Co-Wasaren League Champions with Greenwich.  

Stillwater 4   Tamarac 0

Stillwater scored a pair of goals in each half in notching the comfortable road win over the Bengals of Tamarac.

Kamaryn VanPelt netted an unassisted tally to start the scoring for Stillwater followed by a Bridget Coon finish off a Maudie Gibeault find for the 2-0 halftime lead.

After the break Stillwater’s Bridget Coon and Emersyn Patenaude added scoring strikes off feeds from Brooke Hodgson and Brooke Coon.

Defensively, Stillwater finishes the regular season by posting their sixth consecutive shutout.   

Mechanicville 6   Hoosic Valley 0

Mechanicville ran out to a 5-0 lead by halftime in cruising to the home win over the Valley.

Tanner Eiseman led the Mechanicville attack with a hat trick, while Gianna Pitts added a pair of goals and Emma Andrews a single tally.

Mechanicville keeper Christina Bornt saved three shots in the shutout and Hoosic Valley goaltender Lily Ruepp stopped six shots in the loss.   

With the win Mechanicville clinches the Wasaren League title in Coach Dudas’ 300th career victory at Mechanicville.  

Cambridge 1   Hoosick Falls 0    2 OT

An extended afternoon of soccer ended in the second overtime when Natalie Wood found Nora Carroll who found the back of the net giving Cambridge the well-earned home win on Thursday.  

Cambridge keeper Lexie Pedersen, under siege throughout stopped 29 shots in the victory, while Hoosick Falls goaltender Chayah Rhoden turned away nine shots in the match.