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Hoosick Falls Blanks Chatham 40-0 To Take Section II, Class C Title

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by Steve Bradley
The Hoosick Falls Central Panthers football team travelled down Route 67 to Stillwater High School to take on the Chatham Panthers last Friday night. The two unbeaten teams, both 9 – 0,  met for the Section II – Class C Super Bowl. Even though it was a chilly night, a big crowd was on hand to watch these teams duke it out. Chatham players and fans alike were all pumped up to avenge the championship game losses of the past few years.
It didn’t take long for Chatham to realize that this avenging stuff was not going to happen.
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Panther Girls Soccer Dominates Mechanicville; State Quarterfinals Next

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by Gail Delurey
The Lady Panthers dominated the Sectional Title game against Mechanicville Tuesday night scoring in 49 seconds and went on to win 6-0. Hoosick Falls will now face the winner of the Section VII/X regional playoff in the State quarterfinals on Saturday. The Panthers host the contest at Stillwater at 1:30 pm.
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Panther Boys Soccer Wins First Regional Match In Overtime

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by Ben Gaines
HFCS was all a buzz Tuesday morning when the students and Bands lined the walkway from the High School lobby to the Elementary School end of the parking lot giving the Boys Soccer Team a hardy send off for their first Regional soccer match. The Panthers boarded the Section II bus headed to play the Section VII Champion, Canton Bears (8-4-4), at SUNY Canton.
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Panther Girls Soccer Crushes Albany Academy 6-0 In Sectional Game

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by Gail Delurey
In the first few minutes of the Sectional game against Albany Academy last Friday, November 2, the game looked like it could go either way. But freshman forward Jordyn Haynes was first on the board after Grace Delurey passed the ball up to her for an assist. [Read more…] about Panther Girls Soccer Crushes Albany Academy 6-0 In Sectional Game

Panther Boys Soccer Wins The Sectional Title In Double Overtime

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by Ben Gaines
The seventh-seeded Hoosick Falls Boys Varsity Soccer Team loaded the bus this past Saturday to make the trek to Colonie for the Section II Class C Title Match against fifth-seeded Maple Hill. Hill had won matches against #12  Berne-Knox, #4 Mekeel Christian and #1 Lake George to qualify for the finals with a record of 12-7-0. HFCS won matches against #10 Voorheesville, #2 Galway and #14 Stillwater in the first round, quarter and semifinals, respectively to earn a record of 15-5-0.  Game time saw the mercury warm to 42° and a cross field wind of 10 mph.
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HFCS Field Hockey Loses Heartbreaker

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by Steve Bradley
The Panther field hockey team went up to Shenendehowa High School to take on arch rival Greenwich (18-1) on Sunday, November 4. The Greenwich Witches had beaten the Panthers twice this year by a total of two goals. It is very difficult to beat a good team three times in one season, and the Panthers were looking for a victory to advance into the State playoffs.
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BCS To Honor Veterans

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On November 16 at 9 am the Veterans of our local community will be honored at Berlin Middle/Senior High School. Veterans, together with a guest, are welcome to attend an assembly in their honor.
If you are a veteran and would like to attend, please call the school at 658-2515 x202 or x203 to reserve a seat in your honor.