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• Friday, October 24 – Boys varsity soccer sectional game at home at 3 pm.
• Saturday, October 25 – Girls varsity soccer sectional game at home vs Hoosic Valley at 3 pm.
• Monday, October 27 – Boys varsity soccer sectional at Lake George at 3 pm with a Friday win and a Lake George win.
• Tuesday, October 28 – Girls varsity soccer at Oppeheim at 3 pm with a win Saturday.
• Friday, October 31 – Cross country sectionals at Saratoga at 11 am.
by Art Schmich
Trailing 1 to 0 at halftime, Zach Spaniol scored on a penalty kick to knot the game at 1 and Ryan Shumway scored late in the second half to put the boys varsity soccer team ahead to stay. Zach Spaniol iced the game with another penalty kick with 6 minutes left in the game for a 3 to 1 win over Loudonville Christian.
Jackson Burhans made 13 saves, and the defense of Matt Rokjer, Calvin Mars, Seiji Akera and Dan Bentley preserved the win. With the win the Berlin boys soccer team is the CHVL League champion having gone undefeated for the season with 13 wins and 2 ties.
by Steve Bradley
The boys Panther soccer team played the Granville Golden Horde last Thursday. The game took place under the lights on the HFCS field after officials moved the scheduled afternoon game due to rain. It was Senior Night, and it couldn’t have worked out better for the seniors.
[Read more…] about Panther Boys Soccer Seeded #7 In Sectionals
by Steve Bradley
The Panther girls soccer team defeated Granville 8 – 0 last Friday when Jordyn Haynes scored three first half goals. Haynes was assisted by Angela Gonzalez, Taylor Mann and Rachel Pine. Gonzales, Pine and Heidi Bossoni also scored first half goals unassisted. Bossoni’s goal was her first varsity score.
This year’s PTA Fall Festival will be on Saturday, October 25, from 9 am to 3 pm at HFCS. Fall Festival has fun activities and games for kids including an old fashioned cake walk, the popular Animaland, Haunted Hall, and fabulous door prizes and raffle items. Back by popular demand is the clever and creative display of pumpkins decorated by HFCS teachers, where you vote for your favorite.
The HFCS Jazz Band will perform at 11 am and 1 pm. A Halloween theme movie for children will be screened in the elementary school cafeteria at 1 pm. In addition, the Lions Club is sponsoring free vision screening for children under the age of four and will have food on hand for sale.
submitted by Erin Clary, Communications Specialist, Berlin Central School District
The community is invited to attend the Grand Reopening of the Berlin Central School District on Wednesday, October 22, to showcase the myriad renovations and upgrades completed since June 2013. A ribbon cutting will take place at 5 pm at the main entrance of the Berlin Elementary School (BES) with remarks from Superintendent Dr. Stephen Young and Board of Education President Frank Zwack, Jr.
[Read more…] about New And Improved Berlin Elementary School To Be Unveiled
by Steve Bradley
The HFCS Panther football team traveled to Greenwich last Friday evening to take on the Witches. At stake was first place in the northern division of Class C. If the Panthers lost there would be a first place tie between Hoosick Falls, Greenwich and Corinth. Each team would have one loss.
[Read more…] about HFCS Panthers Win Battle For First, 45 – 6
by Steve Bradley
The Panthers had 17 corners. The Greenwich Witches had none. The Panthers took eight shots. Greenwich took one. Theirs counted.
[Read more…] about Arch-Rival Greenwich Halts The Panthers’ Win Streak In Double OT
by Steve Bradley
The Lady Panthers soccer team played the Stillwater Warriors last Friday at Stillwater. Four different players scored unassisted goals, but it wasn’t enough as the teams played to a 4 – 4 double overtime tie. [Read more…] about A Sister Act – Rachel And Kelly Pine
by Jen Burhans
On Friday October 10 Berlin Central School honored its boys senior soccer players. Thirteen seniors played this year at the JV and Varsity level. Some have been playing soccer since kindergarten, some were returning after some time off and others decided to just be a part of a fun, tight knit group of athletes.
