Boys Soccer Results from Thursday

Thursday saw 8 of the 9 Patroon Conference boys teams in action, minus Maple Hill. None of the match ups were looked upon to be super close, Cairo looks strong early while Catskill is a lower half team. ICC a top notch squad against Hudson who's looking to get into the top half. Taconic Hills who is down against C-A who are looking to remain in the upper half and Chatham looking to bounce back from a Day 1 loss and take out Greenville who is trying to re-load. Now onto the results.

Cairo Durham v. Catskill

C-D notched it's second win on the season defeating Catskill 3-0. All three goals came in the second half, with the first being an own goal by Catskill. Peter Zoellner added his second goal of the season as Cairo pulled away.

Catskill has some talent but overall not enough skills to match up with the top teams. This game featured a pairing of two of the leagues top two keepers in Cairo's Cory Gransbury who made 3 saves in the win and Ricky Meyers who made 5 in the loss.

ICC v. Hudson

I made the trip to Hudson and came away very impressed with ICC. The Riders talent level looked very high all over the field. Their keeper wasn't tested much by Hudson so I didn't get a great feel there, but the rest of the group seems very good. Mitchell Niemeyer scored 2 goals for ICC and Kyle Kline scored the third en route to a 3-0 win.

Hudson has some speed which could be good and a bit of skill but needs to put it all together. The Riders looked very sharp and could be the team to beat this year. Saturday's match up at 11 am in Cairo should be big time for both squads.

Taconic Hills v. Coxsackie Athens

C-A scored 3 of their 4 goals in the first half as they won 4-0. Not a good sign for the Titans as Coxsackie is solid but by no means a top tier team. Could be a very long season for the Titans.

Good bounce back for the Indians picking up this win and gaining some momentum.

Greenville v. Chatham

Chatham got back on track after their loss to Cairo and scored a 3-0 home victory over the Spartans. Steve Oleynek made 5 saves for Chatham, and should be one of the better young keepers in the league.

Willie McEachran, Cody Clifford and Charlie Hughes each netted goals for Chatham. Clifford who saw limited time last year is strong and skilled and should provide a nice boost for the Panthers. The three players picking up assists on the goals are also big pieces for Chatham. Todd Van Alstyne should take over the playmaker role vacated by Andrew Knight while Tyler Mashaw is a part of a very good defensive core. Francesico Tine a freshman is moving to varsity after a year on JV. He's undersized right now but fast and blessed with a ton of skill. Certainly a name to watch out for.


Some big games on tap for Saturday, the biggest clearly being ICC heading to Cairo. We'll take a look at those games later on this weekend.