The Fordians built a 3-0 halftime advantage and rode that cushion to the win in the championship game of the Waterford Columbus Day Tournament on Monday.
Blake Guertin led the Fordian attack with a hat trick with Logan Sheehan adding a single tally in the victory.
Waterford keeper Tristan Philo saved nine shots and combined with the Fordian defense for the shutout.
Chatham goaltender Mason Hutchinson stopped 13 shots in defeat.
Bolton/Warrensburg 5 Cambridge 1
Leding 2-1 at the break B/W took control with three second-half goals to post the nonleague win over Cambridge.
Mailie Kelley connected three times and Olivia Bennett twice to pace the B/W offense.
Natalie Wood and Vanessa Robinson with single scoring strikes led Cambridge.
B/W keeper Ella Hens saved nine shots in the victory, while Cambridge goaltender Lexie Pedersen turned back 14 shots in the loss.
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Waterford scored three times after the break to get past Lake George in the first round of the Waterford Columbus Day Tournament on Saturday.
After a scoreless first half Blake Guertin, at the 56:00 went far post from the top of the 18 for the 1-0 Fordian lead.
Eight minutes later Payton Galuski cashed in on a PK, and Connor Belonga wrapped up the scoring in the 75th minutes, finishing off a corner kick for the 3-0 decision.
Waterford keeper Tristan Philo saved eight shots in earning the shutout, while Lake George goaltender Marty Farrell turned back 19 shots in defeat.
Hoosick Falls 1 Granville 0 OT
The two squads needed overtime to decide things and the Falls did just that when Aiden Eckert found Luke Nicholas who found the back of the net giving the Panthers the home victory over the Golden Horde.
Hoosick Falls freshman keeper Richie Bartholomew combined with the Falls defense to post the shutout.
Saranac 2 Mechanicville 1
Saranac used a pair of second half strikes to get past Mechanicville on Saturday.
Tanner Eiseman scored Mechanicville’s goal in after the break, connecting off a feed from Ella Manning.
Saranac goaltender Addison Castine saved four shots in the win, and Mechanicville keeper Christina Bornt stopped six shots in the loss.
Leading 20-6 at the break, Greenwich steadily pulled away for the road win in Stillwater Friday night.
In a quiet first period the Witches Keegan Clayton put the only points on the board, scoring on an 8-yard run for a 6-0 Greenwich lead.
Greenwich quarterback Ryan Ingber ran for scores of one and two yards in the second frame, while the Stillwater squad hit on a John Williams to Caleb Vacula 71-yard scoring strike and the two squads went to intermission with Greenwich holding the 20-6 advantage.
The Witches extended their lead to 27-6 on a third quarter touchdown run by Will Weber, and Ingber added a 15-yrd TD pass to Clayton in the final period before Weber closed out the scoring with his second touchdown run of the night.
Weber finished with 219 rushing yards on 21 carries while Ingber ran for 85 yards and threw for 101 yards on 9 of 15 attempts.
Kayden Bentley led all Greenwich receivers with five receptions for 74 yards.
With the win Greenwich moves to 6-0 on the season while Stillwater/Spa Catholic’s mark with the loss, evens at 3-3.
Granville/Whitehall 52 Mechanicville 12
G/W ran out to a 28-0 lead after one quarter and rolled to the road victory under the lights in Mechanicville.
G/W running back Chad Monty with four rushing scores before the break led the visitors to a 40-12 halftime cushion.
Mechanicville got on the board in the second period on a Jordan Barnes eight-yard TD run, but G/W’s Nathan Barber returned the ensuing kickoff 82 yards for six, followed by Monte’s third score of the night extending the lead to 40-6.
Mechanicville added points at the end of the half when freshman quarterback Blake Geraghty found Dominic Vannucci on a 30-yard touchdown strike.
G/W tacked on a pair of touchdowns in the third frame and kept Mechanicville out of the end zone the remainder of the night.
Granville/Whitehall moves to 3-2 on the season with the win while Mechanicville slips to 2-4 on the year.
Whitehall 2 Hoosic Valley 1
Whitehall scored a goal in each half and kept the Valley off the board under the final seconds in notching the home win over the Hawks.
Arriya Eggleston led the Railroader attack with a pair of tallies, her second with five minutes left in the match.
The visitors avoided the shutout when Sophia Akin connected off a Kaylee Smith feed with two ticks left on the clock.
Luke Nicholas scored three times before the break, leading the Falls past Stillwater Thursday afternoon in Hoosick Falls.
Aiden Eckert assisted on two of the strikes by Nicholas who staked the Panthers to a 3-0 lead, and after intermission Trevor Sheldon extended the home squads cushion with his first career varsity goal.
Stillwater avoided the shutout when Connor Gibson connected late in the second half.
Cambridge/Salem 2 Hoosic Valley 1
Hoosic Valley jumped on top with a Tyler Jones, unassisted tally before C/S pulled even on a Rowan Ossont cleanup off a ricochet setting up the game-winner.
It came with five minutes remaining when Luke LeBlanc found Oliver Hickland who finished, giving C/S the well-earned road win in Schaghticoke.
Mechanicville 5 Berlin/New Lebanon 0
Mechanicville built a 2-0 lead by intermission and pulled away with three, second half strikes in posting the home win on Senior Night in Mechanicville.
Alex Shakow and Graham Murphy with two goals apiece and Josh Smith with a single tally led the Mechanicville attack.
Mechanicville keepers Brady O’Connor and Logan Golden both saved one shot in the victory.
Greenwich 0 Waterford 0
In a high energy match between two teams with undefeated league records, the defensive units took center stage, pitching shutouts with the game ending in a scoreless draw.
Waterford keeper Tristan Philo and Greenwich goaltender Jack Scieszka were both outstanding between the posts with Philo rejecting seven shots and Scieszka turning away nine in the match.
Cambridge/Salem 57 Rensselaer 8
C/S ran out to a 27-0 lead after one quarter of play and never looked back in notching the one-sided decision over the Rams on Thursday in Rensselaer.
C/S quarterback Stephen Yakubec threw for 172 yards and a touchdown, while the Tigers spread the wealth in the ground game.
Abraham Cushing and Preston Peabody ran for two touchdowns each with Jackson Rowland and S. Saddlemire adding single rushing scores. for the visitors.
The C/S rushing attack totaled 242 yards in the win as the Tigers move to 5-1 on the year.
Six Mechanicville players scored while their defense pitched a shutout in posting the win under the lights in Mechanicville on Wednesday.
Gianna Pitts led the scoring parade with a hat trick, with Tanner Eiseman adding a pair of scoring strikes and Emma Andrews, Ella Manning, Adrianna Loiacono and Lily Beyer all ringing the bell one time.
Mechanicville’s defense did not allow Berlin/New Lebanon a shot on goal in the game.
B/NL’s keeper Charlie Young saved 10 shots in the loss.
Greenwich 3 Hoosick Falls 1
The Witches built a 2-0 lead by halftime on their way to the comfortable, home win over the Falls on Tuesday night.
Greenwich’s Emily Gonzalez opened the scoring just three minutes in, sending a high floater to the back of the net off an Olivia Warner find for the 1-0 lead.
With just five minutes left in the half Eliza McQueen extended the Witches advantage, splitting the posts off a Gonzalez feed.
Midway through the second half McQueen added her second tally of the match, giving the home squad a 3-0 cushion.
Hoosick Falls avoided the shutout when Alivia Criscione connected with four minutes remaining.
Greenwich keeper Oliveah Reiszel saved five shots in the victory, while Hoosick Falls keeper Chayah Rhoden stopped 13 shots in the loss.
Tamarac 5 Emma Willard 0
Kendall Bulson led the way with four scoring strikes in the Bengals shutout of the Jesters.
Becky Barbera added a single tally for the Tamarac offense while Kylie Gross distributed a pair of assists and Abby Acker and Gwen Boyce added helpers as well for the Bengals.
Waterford 5 Cambridge 0
Mia O’Brien with a pair of goals and Sophia Ledtke, Giselle D’Ambro and Rylan Charbonneau with single tallies led the Fordians attack while the Waterford “D” kept the visitors off the board in the home “W” over Cambridge on Wednesday.
Stillwater 6 Hoosic Valley 0
Holding a 2-0 lead at the break Stillwater added four second-half hits in posting the home victory over the Valley.
Bridget Coon paced the Stillwater attack with a hat trick and teammates Brooke Coon, Brooke Hodgson and Payton Perretta netted single strikes for the home squad.
Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero enjoyed a save-free night, while Hoosic Valley goaltender Lili Ruepp turned away 12 shots in the match.
Mechanicville’s Matt Salvadore fired the low round of 72 to earn Co-Medalist honors in Class C/D at the Section II Golf Championships at Fairways of Halfmoon on Tuesday. Included in the round of 72 was a hole-in-one on the 17th by Salvadore.
Joining the Mechanicville junior in the top 30 from the Wasaren League were Cambridge’s Luke MacDougal 75, Tamarac’s Adam Quackenbush 83, Spa Catholic’s John Galarneau and Stillwater’s Tye Morris with rounds of 85, and Spa Catholic’s Mark Mahay and Hoosick Falls’ Jack Shea who carded rounds of 86.
In the team competition LaSalle led the way with the low team score of 234.
Wasaren team scores showed, Mechanicville in seventh place with 260, Hoosick Falls (11) 263, Stillwater (12) 268, Spa Catholic (13) 271, Waterford (16) 273, Tamarac (17) 274, Greenwich (18) 277 and Hoosic Valley (24) 318.
Six Wasaren League players will advance to next Tuesday’s ABCD play-offs.
The Witches used a goal in each half and a good defensive effort to post the narrow victory over Mechanicville stopping the visitors unbeaten streak in league play at 101 games.
Just eight minutes in, Greenwich got on the board when Mason Foster found Owen Shannon for the finish and a 1-0 lead, a lead the Witches took into the break.
With 10 minutes remaining in the match Mechanicville’s Aiden Fitzgerald cleaned up a loose ball in front knotting the score at 1-1.
With time winding down Greenwich’s Noah Speanburg connected on the game-winner who, after his initial shot by was deflected Mechanicville keeper Brady O’Connor, put away his second attempt and the Witches closed out the home “W”.
Greenwich keeper Kack Scieszka saved 13 shots in the victory while O’Connor turned away four attempts for Mechanicville.
Saratoga Catholic 2 Berlin/New Lebanon 1 OT
Trailing 1-0 at the break the Saints scored single goals in the second half and overtime to pull out the come-from-behind victory over B/NL on Tuesday in Saratoga.
Just two minutes into the match Owen Mendoza scored on a loose ball in front giving B/NL the early, 1-0 lead.
That score stood until midway through the second half when David Redgrave connected on a scoring strike pulling the Saints even, forcing an extra session to decide the outcome.
Five minutes into overtime Spa’s Zachary Streicher broke through the B/NL defense, carried it and netted the game-winner, giving the Saints their first win of the season.
Cambridge/Salem 2 Hoosick Falls 2
The two squads battled through regulation and two overtime sessions to the 2-2 draw in Hoosick Falls.
C/S’s scores came from Alex Olsen and Heyler Alejandro while Luke Nicholas and Aiden Eckert split the posts for the Falls.
C/S avoided the loss when their keeper Tyler Beadling made a great save on a PK with one minute left in the second overtime.
Waterford 7 Hoosic Valley 1
The Fordians holding a 3-1 advantage at the break and scored four, unanswered after intermission to pull away for the road win in Schaghticoke.
Kamryn VanPelt connected off a Brooke Hodgson feed at the 28:44 mark giving Stillwater the 1-0 lead and the Stillwater defense made it stand in posting the shutout over the Fordians Monday night in Stillwater.
Stillwater keeper Ally Liamero saved seven shots in the win and Waterford goaltender Isabella Ramundo turned away seven shots in the loss.
Hoosic Valley 1 Hoosick Falls 0
In a scoreless match with five minutes remaining, the Valley’s Hannah Coffin lofted a corner kick that Payton Gela headed to Kaylee Smith for the put away giving the home squad the “W” on a warm afternoon in Schaghticoke.
Valley keeper Lili Ruepp saved eight shots and combined with the Hoosic Valley defense for the clean sheet.
Mechanicville 2 Tamarac 1
After a scoreless first half, Mechanicville used a pair of Gianna Pitts strikes to slip past Tamarac for the road win at Clum’s Corners.
Emma Andrews set up both goals by Pitts, while Tamarac goal came on an unassisted tally from Abby Ackner.
Cambridge 1 Emma Willard 0
Vanessa Robinson hit on a second half, scoring strike for the lone goal in the match, giving Cambridge the home victory over the Jesters of Emma Willard.
Cambridge keeper Lexie Pedersen saved 15 shots in posting the shutout, while Jesters’ goaltender Lucy Neidl tuned away 25 attempts in the match.
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