Weekend Soccer Results

Two more days and a whole lot of interesting results from both the boys and girls side of soccer. On Friday there were 3 local girls soccer match ups and an astonishing 27 goals scored in those contest. In the Maple Hill-Greenville barn burner, 16 of those goals were scored.

On Saturday the Hudson girls earned their first win of the year while a trio of boys teams won thanks to putting 4 goals apiece on the board.

The biggest game of Saturday was expected to be ICC at Cairo boys game but if the game happened the result wasn't reported to any outlets as far as I can tell.

Now onto the results...

GIRLS SOCCER

Maple Hill v. Greenville

In either a really good sign for the offenses or a really really bad sign for the defenses the Wildcats and Spartans ended their battle on Friday in an 8-8 tie. Maple Hill jumped out to a 4-2 lead at the half before Greenville's Alex Van Auken pulled the Spartans within 1. Maple Hill roared back scoring 2 more to seemingly put the game out of reach. Van Auken again came up big for the Spartans scoring 3 goals to send the game to OT.

Goals by Maple Hills' Meeghan Arno and Sierra Legge and another by Van Auken put the Wildcats up 8-7 heading into the second overtime period but Van Auken netted her 6th goal of the game to end the contest in a fitting, hard fought draw.

Arno finished with 4 goals for the Wildcats. These two teams have potent offenses and their defenses aren't as bad as this score would lead some to believe. Along with ICC and possibly Chatham the top of the Patroon looks to provide some fantastic match ups this year.

Taconic Hills v. Chatham

As expected Chatham had no problem in topping the Titans in girls soccer action Friday. Despite some major losses all over the field the Panthers still showcase plenty of young talent and took this game 3-0. The Titans do have some talent but need to continue to put it all together in an attempt to move up the Patroon Conference ladder.

Mondays Chatham-Greenville showdown should give Chatham and excellent barometer as to where they stack up with the top teams in the league.

ICC v. Cairo Durham

Alex Armstrong and Shana Barry each netted 2 goals while Morgan Van Alstyne added 1 goal and 5 assists as the Riders easily defeated Cairo 8-0 on Friday.

So far the Riders have looked very good while facing bottom tier league teams. Can they keep up their torrid offensive pace and stifling defense against the other premier teams? We probably won't find out on Monday as the Riders should easily topple Hudson under the lights at ICC.

Hudson v. Catskill

The Bluehawks got their first win of the year beating up on Catskill 6-1. Four differant Hudson players netted goals while Hailey Hollenbeck added 2, one in each half.

The win is a good one for a young Hudson team looking to add more and more confidence. They can take a major step in the right direction by keeping the ICC game close or even pulling the major upset Monday night.


BOYS SOCCER

Hudson v. Catskill

The Cats earned their first win of the season Saturday while keeping Hudson winless in a 4-0 game. Matel Anasta scored a goal and dished an assist while Brian Larnson netted a pair of goals.

The win doesn't give a huge boost to the Cats but a win is a win and they will try to keep it going. Hudson is struggling to find an offensive weapon and until they find one will continue to lose ball games.

Chatham v. Taconic Hills

After that opening game loss the Panthers continued their good play with a 4-o win. Will Gauthier netted two goals while Cody Clifford added a goal and an assist. As I mentioned in an earlier blog both Gauthier and Clifford will be important pieces to the varsity squad while Todd Van Alstyne gathered another assist and freshman Francisco Tine added another goal in his early varsity career.

Tuesday's showdown under the lights between Chatham and ICC should be a big time game as the teams jockey for position in their first go around against their league opponents.

Greenville v. Maple Hill

Maple Hill scored 2 goals in the first and 2 more in the second en route to beating the Spartans 4-1. Mike Sanchez continues to be the only real sorce of offense for Greenville as he scored his teams lone goal.

David Briggs, Chris Depart, Corey Legge and Jake Yager each scored for the Wildcats as they remained unbeaten.

This game went as expected, although the Wildcats continue to show holes in their defense by giving up goals to lesser teams.