Boys Soccer Results from Friday & Standings

Four Patroon Conference boy's soccer games on Friday with only one game, the Maple Hill-Chatham game having major implications on the top part of the league.



Later on tonight or tomorrow we'll take a look at the weekend football results.



Taconic Hills v. Hudson



In a battle of two winless teams the Titans squeeked by the Bluehawks in Hudson 2-1 on Friday. Each team scored in the first half and the Titans then scored right out of haltime to take a lead they would never surrender.



Ian Rasweiler scored for TH in the first half before Luis Lopez responded for the Bluehawks. Matthew Hitchen then scored the game winner a minute out of halftime for the Titans. Jake Littman made 8 saves in goal for the Titans while Brett Delamter made 11.

Neither team has set the world on fire offensively this season and that is a major reason these two teams are at the bottom of the pile in the Patroon. After this game, the seventh for each team the Bluehawks had scored just 4 goals while the Titans had scored 6.

Both teams will have tough tests on Tuesday as Hudson will host Cairo and the Titans will host Maple Hill under the lights.

Catskill v. ICC

In a game I attended the Riders remained alone in first place after a 5-0 victory over Catskill. The Riders scored 3 goals in the first half and added 2 in the second including one on a penalty kick.

Kyle Kline powered his way to 2 goals for ICC while Will Poetzsch contributed with a goal and an assist. Steve Domino and Jeremy Shapiro added the other two goals while Phil Basile, Tyler Jablanski and Bernie Watt each added an assist in the win.

In goal Alex Mastrianni made 8 saves for the Riders while Ricky Meyers was forced to make 11 for the Cats.

Since I saw this game I'll shed a little more light on the players I saw that stood out. Kline reminds me a bit of Joe Van Allen from Chatham last year in the sense that the kid is just a grinder. He's not the pure scorer Van Allen was but Kline is always pressuring the defense and making plays happen with his hustle. I really like Poetzsch and Mitchell Niemeyer in the mid for ICC, they can really make things happen I just think both force the issue with their dribbling a little bit. Basile finally stood out to me, he looks quick again and fully recovered from that leg injury, good to see that for ICC. I hated the decision to bench Jablanski who I think is the only freshman on varsity. He's been starting all year round, he doesn't force things and sends some great crosses into the box. He should have had 3 assists in this game but only 1 was finished. He's going to be very good for the Riders eventually and an underrated crucial cog this year.

For the Cats I was really impressed at how they just kept battling. They put a lot of pressure on ICC towards the end of the game and that was with Matel Anasta on the bench. Great fight from the Cats and some of the players seemed to loosen up once the game was out of hand and show a lot more skill than I thought, now for the coach to just get them to play like that the whole time. Anasta showed some great speed and you can see why he gets so many goals for the Cats, he's a work horse. I like Meyers in goal, he's solid and kick and throw. He made all the saves he was supposed to but never came up with that big save on shot and prevented a "guaranteed goal".

Next up for both of these teams is Greenville. The Riders will host them on Tuesday and the Cats host them on Wednesday.

Coxsackie Athens v. Greenville

Two teams in the middle of the pack and the Indians made a serious statement with a 3-0 road victory over the Spartans. Nathan Barbour has played well for C-A this season and his two first half goals were more than enough to earn the win. Justin Bushey added an insurance goal for the Indians in the second.

Greenville heads to ICC on Tuesday then Catskill on Wednesday while the Indians have a big test on Tuesday when they host Chatham in a crucial midway point game.

Chatham v. Maple Hill

Coming into this showdown featuring the past two Patroon Conference champions both teams were on the verge of falling way behind in the race for this year's title with a loss. The Wildcats had already dropped 2 games this season while the Panthers had a loss and a tie.

There are varying reports on what happened after the Maple Hill goal. Although it looks like the Wildcats took control until the final minutes of the first half when the game evened out. According to the Times Union the Panthers struck for 2 goals within a span of 90 seconds at the end of the game while the Register Star says the Panthers scored right before half then again at the end of the game.

What is agreed upon is that Tyler Mashaw finished a Ryan Behrens corner and Will Gauthier then scored the game winner. The once mighty Wildcats seem to have fallen pretty far this year.

Maple Hill travels to Craryville to play Taconic Hills under the lights on Tuesday while Chatham will head to Coxsackie to face the Indians.

BOYS STANDINGS
1) Ichabod Crane (6-0-1)
2) Cairo Durham (5-1)
3) Chatham (5-1-1)
4) Maple Hill (4-3)
5) Coxsackie Athens (3-3)
6) Greenville (3-4)
7) Catskill (2-4)
8) Taconic Hills (1-6)
9) Hudson (0-7)