Malone, Salmon River, Tupper Lake, Chateaugay Fall in States

Malone’s Jessi Lawrence (10) shields the ball away from Massena’s Erin Francis (12) near the sideline. Malone's Kylie Disotelle settled a pass from Morgan Fountain that deflected off a defender and found the back of the Massena net for a 1-0 lead at 16:24 of the first half.  for a 2-0 Huskies win in the Section X Class A Girls Soccer Championship. 

SALMON RIVER GIRLS FALL TO BEEKMANTOWN IN STATE PLAY

Salmon River’s Karley Cree (7) and Beekmantown’s Shanae Jodoin (2) battle for the loose ball near the sideline during Tuesday's New York State Class B Regional Semifinal at SUNY Potsdam.  Beekmantown scored a pair of goals in each half to defeat the Shamrocks 4-0.  (Eric Foote photo)  Game Gallery

Salmon River’s Zoe Thompson (13) makes a pass along the sideline past Beekmantown’s Rebecca LaPier (6).  Salon River applied pressure for about ten minutes of the opening half, but then the Eagles took command and dominated the rest of the day.  The unbeaten Eagles (14-0-1) advance to play Schalmont from Section II in the next round of the state playoffs.  freshman Kallie Villemaire scored two goals for the winners. Salmon River finished its season at 14-4-1.  Amanda Reyome had 20 saves.

PLAY-IN THRILLER: BLUE DEVILS WIN SHOOTOUT TO NIP CATS

Gouverneur goalie Nictoria Bates comes out of her net in a scramble for the ball, but collides with one of her defenders and an Ogdensburg player. In the razor-close Section X Class B Girls Soccer play-in game, fourth-seeded Ogdensburg and fifth-seeded Gouverneur buried three goals each through regulation and overtime to forge a 3-3 tie.  O.F.A. won the shootout 4-2 to advance to the Class B semifinals against Salmon River. 
(Eric Foote photo)  Game Gallery

Gouverneur’s Kayla Merkley clears the ball out of the defensive box after an Ogdensburg cross. Ogdensburg outshot Gouverneur 12-10, but the game ended in a 3-3 tie through regulation and overtime. Alicia Sharpe, Mackenzie Stevenson and Shannon Tooley struck goals for the Blue Devils, who outlasted the Wildcats 4-2 in the penalty-kick shootout as the last strains of sunlight were fading. Tooley delivered the game-winning kick to propel Ogdensburg into Class B semifinals against top-seeded Salmon River at SUNY Potsdam on Saturday. Gouverneur finished its season at 4-8-1.



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MORE DETAILS OF POTSDAM VS. CANTON OVERTIME

Potsdam’s Bonnie Smyth (4) battles for a loose ball against a Canton defender. Lia Davis scored the game-winner in the second overtime to propel the #2-seeded Sandstoners past the third seed Canton 2-1 in the Section X Class B semifinals. Potsdam will face Salmon River for the championship.  Canton opened the scoring on one of 19 corner kicks for the Bears.  Sherri Peck lifted the corner to Alisha Jones, who crossed the ball to Kali Frank for the goal.  Potsdam netminder Breanne Sapp made eight saves, including two game-savers in the final two minute rush by the Bears.  Canton's Kara Locey had 9 saves.

TUPPER WINS SHOOTOUT FOR 1ST TRIP TO STATES SINCE '96

Brushton-Moira's Jessica Jacques (white) tips the ball up between Tupper Lake defenders, Sam Sanford (22) and Lizzy Zurek (17).  After a scoreless first half, which included a missed penalty kick, Tupper Lake's Carley Aldridge scored her eighth goal of the season when she redirected a cross from Katie Stuart just 1:31 into the second half.  Brushton-Moira answered nine minutes later when Megan Follett angled a pass from Kenzie Traynor into the lower right corner of the net, just off the finger tips of sprawling goalie Kelsie St. Louis.  Tupper took a 3-0 lead in the round-of-five penalty kicks, before claiming a 4-2 victory in the shootout to advance to states.  Lapage made seven saves, while St. Louis stopped 14 shots.
(Bob LaRue photo)  Game Gallery

brushton-Moira holds off st. lawrence in "c" semifinal

St. Lawrence Central’s Tayla Durant (11) tries to settle the ball while being pressured by Brushton-Moira’s Kenzie Traynor (7).  The top-seeded Panthers took a 1-0 lead on an own goal off a shot from  Traynor that was inadvertently kicked into the net by a Flyers' fullback.  Jessica Jock netted a second goal just three minutes later and Meghan Follett scored a second-half goal as the Panthers beat the Larries 3-1 in the Class C semifinals.
(Eric Foote photo)  Game Gallery  NCSN Game Broadcast

Brushton-Moira’s Meghan Follett (21) speed dribbles past St. Lawrence Central’s Lindsey Thayer (3) en route to the Panthers' third goal.  The Larries has just scored to shave the deficit to 2-1 on a goal by Grace Lyon from Gabby Durant.  Emily LaPage made four saves to backstop the win.  Brushton-Moira will play Tupper Lake for the Class C Championship.  The Larries finished their season at 1-15-0.
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MORE TUPPER LAKE VS. NORWOOD-NORFOLK PLAYOFF

Tupper Lake’s Paige Luton (9) settles the ball with Norwood-Norfolk’s Alexis Sweet (11) charging in hard.  Tupper Lake scored on a cross from Katie Stuart that deflected off a Flyers fullback and into the net for an own goal with 2:35 remaining in the first half.  Stuart scored a direct goal at 11:44 of the second half on a 25-yard bender that sailed just under the crossbar and over the goaltender, on a setup from Carley Aldridge.  Tupper Lake beat the Flyers 2-0 in the Section X Class C semifinals.
(Eric Foote photo)  Game Gallery  NCSN Game Broadcast

CHAZY EDGES CHATEAUGAY 2-1 IN N.Y. STATE QUARTERFINAL

By Bob LaRue, North Country SportsNet
Chazy’s Rachel Pombrio broke a 1-1 second-half tie with a goal in the 62nd minute to lift the Section VII Champion Chazy Eagles to a 2-1 win over the Section X Champion Chateaugay Bulldogs in the New York State Class D Girls Soccer Quarterfinals at Plattsburgh High School. Chazy opened the scoring just over five minutes remaining in the half when Caitlin LaPier meshed her shot. Kelley Favaro tied the game one-all on a direct kick. The Bulldogs closed out their season at 17-2-1 overall.

 CHATEAUGAY THREE-PEATS AS CLASS D CHAMPS VS. P-H 2-1

Chateauguay's Alexis Beach (maroon) dribbles through three Parishville-Hopkinton defenders and buries the game's first goal at 37:54 of the first half.  Sarah Gardiner received an assist.  Also shown is P-H's Natalie Remington.  Beach made a successful run along the left sideline, crossing back in front of the Panthers’ net and, while fending off a defender drilled the ball past goalie Megan Evans for a 1-0 lead at 33:54 of the first half. Beach later broke a 1-1 tie with her second goal in the 18th minute of the second half, leading Chateaugay to a 2-1 win in the Section X Class D Girls Soccer Championship.  Beach ran onto a pass from Hannah Cook and drilled the ball low off goalie Evans. The ball trickled under the falling keeper allowing Beach to get a second tip.  (Eric Foote photo)  Game Gallery

Parishville-Hopkinton's Kodi Perkins (18) gets tangled with Chateaugay goaltender Mikayla Fleury who eventually dove and corralled the loose ball.  Perkins scored the Panthers' lone goal early in the second half from just inside the six-yard box at point-blank range on a cross from Emily Sloan.  The Panthers, who controlled most of the play to start each half, had two golden opportunities to break the ice in the first 20 minutes, but were unable to connect while the ball ricocheted around the crease. The Panthers finally connected at 7:17 of the second half when Michaela Cole directed a cross through the scrum in the crease and found Kodi Perkins, who turned delivered the equalizer from point-blank range.  The Panthers had one final flurry with just under two minutes remaining, but could not punch home a second equalizer for a 2-1 final. Chateaugay advances to play Section VII Champion Chazy on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Plattsburgh High School. Parishville-Hopkinton finished its best season in recent memory with a 16-2-1 record.

CHATEAUGAY TOPS HEUVELTON IN GIRLS "D" SEMIFINAL 3-0

Chateaugay goalie Mkayla Fleury comes up big as she leaps to block a potential header in a scrum with Heuvelton players in front of the net. Fleury recorded six saves. Chateaugay scored two goals just three minutes part in the final five minutes of the first half to gain the momentum and a 2-0 lead at intermission, en route to a 3-0 win over Heuvelton in the Section X Class D semifinals. (Taylor Caswell photo)  Game Gallery

Chateaugay’s Alexis Beach (2) gets deep inside the offensive zone before being defended from behind by Heuvelton's Abby Basford who takes the ball away from behind.  Beach scored the game's first goal after intercepting a clearing pass.  Three minutes later, Beach assisted with a throughball to Hannah Cook who crossed through the defense on the dribble and buried the shot into the back-left side of the net.  Chateaugay's Stephanie White closed out the scoring in the 64th minute on a shot just inside the 18-yard box, again assisted by Beach.  Both goalies, Chateaugay will face top-seeded Parishville-Hopkinton for the championship. Heuvelton closed the season at 14-4-1.

chateaugay ousts lisbon
1-0 on boyea's 1st half goal

Chateaugay’s Courtney Boyea (5) let a shot go that was saved by Lisbon netminder Jackie Sovie.  Boyea scored the game's lone goal, assisted by Alexis Beach at the 31:07 mark, to provide Chateaugay with a 1-0 win over the Golden Knights in the Class D quarterfinals.  (Eric Foote photo)  Game Gallery

Lisbon’s Holly Williams (10) fights through a tackle from Chateaugay’s Alexis Beach.  Beach assisted on the game's lone goal.  Chateaugay's Michaela Fleury turned out six shots for the shutout, while Lisbon goaltender Jackie Sovay was pummeled with 19 shots and saved 18.  Chateaugay rolls into the Class D semifinals against Heuvelton.  Lisbon finished at 10-8 overall.

h-d demons advance past harrisville on penalty kick

Hermon-DeKalb’s Sadie Smith (11) knocks the ball away before the Harrisville keeper Samantha Rounds could fall on it.  Jocelyn Moulton scored on a penalty kick for the game's only score to power Hermon-DeKalb in a 1-0 win over Harrisville in the Section X Class D quarterfinals. (E. Foote photo)  Game Gallery

Hermon-DeKalb’s Brianna Sayer clears the ball from the Demons end as Harrisville’s Amy Paro looks on.  Tanisha Scales made eight saves for the shutout that backstopped the Demons' win. Harrisville goalie Samantha Rounds also had eight saves.  Hermon-DeKalb advances to play top-seeded Parishville-Hopkinton in the semifinals.  Harrisville finished its season 11-6.

C-P COLTS ADVANCE PAST C-F EAGLES IN CLASS D SHOOTOUT

Colton-Pierrepont’s Jenna Paul (20) moves the ball up the field past Clifton-Fine defender Brianna Dolan (5). In a taut overtime thriller that ended regulation and four overtimes in a scoreless draw, the 8th-seeded host Colton-Pierrepont Colts outscored 9th-seeded Clifton-Fine 3-1 in penalty kicks to advance in the Section X Class D Girls Soccer playoffs.

Colton-Pierrepont defenders Tiffany Green (10) and Darrah Panzarella (6) double team Clifton-Fine’s Brittany Mall (9). Tara Hennessy, Andrea Aldous and Hunter Farr tucked the ball in the net during the shootout, just minutes before darkness at Swift Field in South Colton. Brianne Beaulieu stopped 10 shots in regulation to earn the shutout for the Colts who advance to play top-seeded Parishville-Hopkinton in the quarterfinal D-Arama at SUNY Canton on Saturday. Clifton-Fine closed its season at
3-13 overall.  (Scott Bartenstein photo)  Game Gallery

M-W JACKETS END ST. REGIS SEASON IN PLAYOFF OPENER

By Bob LaRue, North Country SportsNet
After a close 1-0 lead at the half, the #6-seeded Madrid-Waddington Yellow Jackets erupted for three second-half goals in collecting a 4-1 victory over St. Regis Falls in the opening round of the Section X Class D girls soccer playoffs. M-W’s Katie Marcellus posted the lone goal of the first half. Marcellus, Shelby Gausby and Bridget Beldock nailed second-half scores to kick open a 4-0 lead. For 11th-rated St. Regis Falls, Kaitlyn White popped in the lone goal. Madrid-Waddington moves to the Class D quarterfinals against third-seeded Heuvelton during the D-Arama on Saturday at SUNY Canton. St. Regis Falls compiled a 2-13-1 record in its season finale.