The Berlin Boys Soccer team continues to prove they can play with the big boys. They began this past week in the Section 2 tournament by defeating the #8 seed Waterford, 5-4. Ranked #9, and as the lowest seed remaining in tournament play, they had to travel to #1 Mayfield for a match-up with the Panthers.
Berlin’s Ryan Willis scored early in the first half on an assist from Dan Basally and the spectacular play of the Mountaineers defense made the score stand up. Viktor Gerkman made several outstanding saves throughout the game, many times having to dive on the ball to keep it from going in the goal. He ended up with 17 saves overall. Anthony Santon blocked a wide open shot in the final minutes with his chest to prevent the ball from going in the goal. Connor Votra, Connor Douglas and Seiji Akera all contributed in the shutout win. Ryan Burdick came off the Berlin Bench and did a great job defensively as well.
They were scheduled to play #4 Cambridge on Tuesday, October 24, but the game was postponed one day. If they win, they advanced to the championship game, which will be held Friday, October 27, at 5 pm. The game will be played at Watervliet High School.
Other Boys Soccer
Class B: The Tamarac Bengals defeated Cobleskill 1-0 to advance out of the first round. In the next round, the Bengals fell to Schuylerville, 3-2.
Class CC: The #10 seeded Hoosick Falls boys soccer team was eliminated by #7 Corinth, 2-1.
They played #4 Cambridge on Tuesday, October 24. If they won, they advanced to the championship game, which will be held Thursday, October 26, at 7 pm. The game will be played at Stillwater High School.
The Class C – CC championship game will be held at Colonie High School on October 30, beginning at 5 pm.
Football
Class C sectional scores: (#1North) Holy Trinity defeated (#4 South) Voorheesville, 42-0; (#2N) Stillwater defeated (#3S) Tamarac, 56-7; (#2S) Chatham defeated (#3N) Mechanicville, 56-7. In Class D play, Cambridge stomped on Granville, 62-6 while Greenwich did the same to Helderberg Valley, 53-0.
This week the Hooosick Falls Panthers will face Stillwater at 7 pm on Friday, October 27 at Stillwater High School. Stillwater defeated Hoosick Falls 28-6 earlier in the season. Holy Trinity hosts Chatham on Saturday, October 28, at 1 pm.
The Class C sectional championship game will be Friday, November 3 at Lansingburgh High School in Troy beginning at 7 pm.
In Class D, both Greenwich and Cambridge games will be played at Schuylerville on Saturday, October 28. Greenwich plays Hoosic Valley at 1 pm, while Cambridge (7-1) plays Warrensburg (7-1) at 7 pm.
Field Hockey
Moving into the semifinals, the Lady Panthers face #6 Warrensburg on Friday, October 7, on the HFCS field. Game time is 3 pm. Warrensburg defeated Taconic Hills to advance to meet the Panthers. Taconic Hills created the “1” in the loss column of the Panthers record. The winner of that game will play the winner of the #1 Schuylerville vs. #4 Johnstown game that will also be played Thursday. Those two winners will meet in the championship game on October 29 at Schuylerville High School. Game time is 4 pm.
Girls Soccer
Number four seed Hoosick Falls defeated play-in team Middleburgh Saturday afternoon, 5-1. The Ladies defeated #5 Cairo-Durham Tuesday afternoon, 2-0. If the Panthers won that game, They face the winner of #1 Schoharie / #8 Cambridge on Saturday, October 28 at 5 pm. The championship game is scheduled to be played Wednesday, November 1 at 7 pm.