Cadets rally past Sabres, 20-16

ALBANY — Zay Richardson scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns Saturday, and Albany Academy rallied to win in head coach Tony Fruscio’s debut, 20-16, over Class B foe Schalmont.

Richardson’s 46-yard touchdown dash erased a 16-14 deficit. Richardson also scored on a five-yard scamper, and finished with 147 yards on 15 carries.

Academy senior Jimmer Bennett caught five passes for 60 yards, and increased both of his Section II records for career catches (127) and career yards (2,140). The Gazette first-team all-star also sealed the victory on a late interception with Schalmont driving for the go-ahead score, and ran for a two-point conversion.

Madison DeCerce’s 39-yard touchdown run, and Vince Gallo’s two-point conversion run gave Schalmont its 16-14 lead in the final quarter. Gallo rushed for 127 yards on 20 carries.

Schalmont 0 8 0 8 — 16

Albany Academy 0 8 0 12 — 20

S — McKelvey 20 interception return (Banks run).

A — Fields 11 pass from McCarthy (Bennett run).

A — Richardson 5 run (run failed).

S — DeCerce 39 run (Gallo run).

A — Richardson 46 run (pass failed).

class a

troy 40, queensbury 13

TROY — Bryon Chattoo and Fred Fitch both produced two touchdowns, and Troy won the battle of Class A newcomers.

Chattoo’s 69-yard run gave the Flying Hores a 19-7 halftime lead, and Troy extended it on third-quarter scores by Zach Dolan and Fitch, and a fourth-quarter touchdown by Maurice Parker.

Peyton McKinney and Matt Varney delivered the Queensbury touchdowns. Both teams previously played at the Class AA level.

Queensbury 0 7 0 6 — 13

Troy 7 12 14 7 — 40

T — Chattoo 5 run (Chattoo kick).

T — Fitch 29 run (kick failed).

Q — McKinney 44 run (Hughes kick).

T — Chattoo 69 run (pass failed).

T — Dolan 1 run (Chattoo kick).

T — Fitch 40 run (Chattoo kick).

T — Parker 2 run (Chattoo kick).

Q — Varney 1 run (kick blocked).

CLASS C

granville 28,

stillwater 22

GRANVILLE — Nick Dunbar struck for two of his four touchdowns in the fourth quarter as the Golden Horde rallied for a win.

Dunbar rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown, caught a trio of scoring passes from Andrew Dirga, and teammate Jordan Osborne ran for 115 yards.

Stillwater built a 22-12 lead on Andrew Bolton’s 24-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

Stillwater 10 0 6 6 — 22

Granville 6 6 0 16 — 28

G — Dunbar 11 pass from Dirga (run failed).

S — Byer 47 run (Tanner kick).

S — Tanner 29 FG.

G — Dunbar 28 pass from Dirga (pass failed).

S — Grayson 14 pass from Bolton (pass failed).

S — Bolton 24 run (kick blocked).

G — Dunbar 3 run (Dunbar run).

G — Dunbar 9 run (Dunbar run).

tamarac 7,

voorheesville 0

VOORHEESVILLE — David Fox hit Brent Matazinsky with a

14-yard touchdown pass in the opening quarter, and Tamarac made it stand up.

Tamarac’s Nick Knauer rushed for 130 yards on 25 attempts. Fox ended a Voorheesville drive with an interception, completed nine of 10 passes and booted an extra point in a steady rain.

Tamarac 7 0 0 0 — 7

Voorheesville 0 0 0 0 — 0

T — Matazinsky 14 pass from Fox (Fox kixk).

coxsackie-athens 10,

hoosic valley 7

COXSACKIE — Kyle Humphrey returned a fumble 80 yards for a touchdown with 6:32 left, and Jim Stevens followed with a two-point run as Coxsackie-Athens prevailed.

Humphrey finished with 15 tackles and an interception, one of four turnovers forced by the Indians.

Hoosic Valley 0 0 7 0 — 7

Coxsackie-Athens 0 0 2 8 — 10

HV — Claus 2 run (Smith kick).

CA — Safety (Dagnen tackle in end zone).

CA — Humphrey 80 fumble return (Stevens run).

fonda-fultonville 65,

catholic central 7

TROY — Senior quarterback Josh Nethaway threw four touchdown passes and ran for three scores, and the Braves limited the Crusaders to 30 yards of offense Friday night in their return to Class C play.

Pat Sperow and Kevin Hanson scored two touchdowns apiece for the Braves, who dropped down (based on enrollment) after playing Class B ball since 2003. Sperow rushed for 198 yards on 12 carries.

Fonda 26 19 20 0 — 65

CCHS 7 0 0 0 — 7

F — Hall 20 pas from Nethaway (kick good).

F — Sperow 15 run (kick good).

F — Nethaway 8 run (run failed).

C — McMahon 45 fumble return (kick good).

F — Hanson 35 pass from Nethaway (kick failed).

F — Nethaway 22 run (kick good).

F — Jenkins 8 run (kick failed).

F — Hanson 15 pass from Nethaway (kick failed).

F — Sperow 9 run (kick good).

F — Nethaway 32 run (kick failed).

F — Lillie 50 punt return (kick good).

CHATHAM 14, WATERVLIET 6

CHATHAM — Running back Josh Keyes threw a 20-yard option touchdown pass to Brian Gauthier in the second quarter, and Chatham held off Watervliet Friday night.

David Coon also scored a touchdown for Chatham in the first quarter. Tom Ebenhoch’s touchdown reception sliced Watervliet’s deficit to 14-6 in the final frame.

Watervliet 0 0 0 6 — 6

Chatham 7 7 0 0 — 14

C — Coon 1 run (Gilbert kick).

C — Gauthier 20 pass from Keyes (Gilbert kick).

W — Ebenhoch 16 pass from Gleason (kick failed).

CLASS D

rensselaer 24,

bishop gibbons 16

SCHENECTADY — Jasheem Hamilton scored three touchdowns in the second half, and Rensselaer overcame a 9-0 deficit to trim the upset-minded Golden Knights.

Derrick Pitts ran 61 yards for a Bishop Gibbons touchdown, passed 23 yards to Johnny Villanueva for another and recorded a quarterback sack for a safety. Pitts ran 15 times for 129 yards and was 7-for-10 pasing for 88 yards. Ryan Maxwell caught four balls for 50 yards.

“We felt pretty good with a

9-2 lead at halftime,” said ND-BG coach Joe Whipple. “In the second half they put a lot of pressure on us. They’re an athletic team.”

Rensselaer 0 2 14 8 — 24

ND-BG 7 2 0 7 — 16

BG — Pitts 61 run (Redman kick).

BG — Safety (Pitts tackle in end zone).

R — Safety (Dominy tackle in end zone).

R — Hamilton 32 pass from Brozowski (kick good).

R — Hamilton 6 run (kick good).

R — Hamilton 13 run (run good).

BG — Villanueva 23 pass from Pitts (Redman kick).

lake george 26,

greenwich 20 (OT)

LAKE GEORGE — Caleb Merkoski’s third touchdown of the game, a six-yard jaunt in overtime, lifted Lake George past Greenwich.

Colby Stout recovered a blocked punt in the end zone on the final play in regulation, enabling the Witches to tie the contest.

Greenwich 0 0 14 6 0 — 20

Lake George 0 20 0 0 6 — 26

LG — Kosz 12 pass from DeWaard (kick failed).

LG — Merkoski 25 run (DeWaard run).

LG — Merkoski 92 run (kick failed).

G — Walsh 45 run (Gryer kick).

G — Norton 3 run (Fryer kick).

G — Stout recovered blocked punt in end zone (kick blocked).

LG — Merkoski 6 run (no attempt).

fort edward 44,

warrensburg 8

WARRENSBURG — Bob Phillips ran for three touchdowns and passed for another as the defending Section II Class D champs rolled to a season-opening victory.

Tyler Carpenter rushed 125 yards on 20 carries and scored a pair of TDs for the Flying Forts.

Fort Edward 8 20 8 8 — 44

Warrensburg 0 0 0 8 — 8

FE — Phillips 6 run (Carpenter pass from Phillips).

FE — Phillips 4 run (Cummings run).

FE — Carpenter 11 run (run failed).

FE — Carpenter 4 run (run failed).

FE — White 40 pass from Phillips (Cummings run).

W — Perrone 7 pass from Holmgren (Curtis run).

FE — Phillips 12 run (Cummings run).

salem 32, whitehall 0

SALEM — Kyle McKeighan ran for two touchdowns and caught a pair of scoring passes covering 65 and 61 yards for the Generals.

Austin Eastman fired a trio of touchdown passes, his first going to Ryan Jameson.

Whitehall 0 0 0 0 — 0

Salem 6 8 8 0 — 32

S — McKeighan 1 run (pass failed).

S — Jameson 1 pass from Eastman (pass failed).

S — McKeighan 65 pass from Eastman (pass failed).

S — McKeighan 61 pass from Eastman (pass failed).

S — McKeighan 16 run (McKeighan run).

Boys’ soccer

eagles win

Danny Carillo scored a first-half goal, and Zack McMallen had a pair of second half assists as Bethlehem beat Colonie, 4-0, in a Suburban Council game.

Mike Mulhall, Harrison Lane and Tom Klim padded the Eagles lead in the second half, and Dan Maddock made six saves for the shutout.

Adam Symer scored on a header 15 minutes into the second half, and Jack Bouchard and Jeff Hajek followed with goals to lift South Glens Falls past Chittenango, 3-0, at the Hall of Fame Tournament in Oneonta.

Hajek and James Catillaz picked up assists for the Bulldogs (3-0), and Erik Curley stopped three shots.

Josh Krajcir finished a cross from Mike Capano seven minutes into the second sudden death overtime as Gloversville (3-0) edged Waterford-Halfmoon, 1-0, in the opening round of the Mayfield Tournament.

James Royal’s goal with three minutes left carried Mayfield over Stillwater, 1-0, in the other contest.

Steve Sullivan and Caleb Gruet accounted for the goals in Broadalbin-Perth’s 2-0 non-league win over Schuylerville.

Girls’ soccer

stever earns mvp

Jenna Stever scored two goals and assisted on another, and garnered most valuable player honors after leading Fort Plain over Berne-Knox-Westerlo, 4-1, in the championship game of the Hilltoppers’ tournament.

Ashley Crews and Kelsey

Logan also scored for Fort Plain, while teammates Julia Jackson and Karissa Belden were selected the event’s outstanding defender and goalkeeper, respectively.

Bethany Young tallied three times, and Kelsey Bowerman and Karina McClelland also connected in Canajoharie’s 5-1 consolation-game win over Wells. Young was tabbed the tourney’s outstanding offensive performer.

Alexa Veeder and Meghan Scott scored goals, Maura Tuffey and Tess Massaroni had assists, and Casey Spicer made nine saves to propel Holy Names past Notre Dame of Staten Island, 2-1, in a non-league game.

Olivia Hopeck, Carissa Daigle and Tori Hathaway scored in Stillwater’s 3-0 non-league win over Lake George Friday. Sarahann Mistretta added two assists.

Cross country

spartans top field

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake sophomore Otis Ubriaco placed first in the Division 2 race, and Spartan runners took the next three spots, at the three-mile Fonda-Fultonville Invitational.

Ubriaco posted the day’s best time, a 16:23.81, with Scott Maughan (16:24.14), Kent Harlow (16:51.07) and Chance Wilk (17:04.65) following across the line. Burnt Hills runners took seven of the top 13 spots. Alney Tobias of Lansingburgh won the Division 1 race in 16:47.06.

Nicole Wojciechowski of Broadalbin-Perth (21:19.08) and Erika Kuhn of Glens Falls (20:52.04) won the girls’ races.

Colonie won the boys’ 5 x 2,400-meter relay, and Ballston Spa’s Max Groves had the fastest split (8:03.2), at the Niskayuna Ekiden at Iroquois Middle School.

Burnt Hills teams placed first and third in the girls’ 5 x 2,400 relay, and the Spartans had four of the best six split times, led by Molly Pezzulo (8:45.3).

FONDA-FULTONVILLE INVITATIONAL

Boys

Division 1

Alney Tobias (Lans), 16:47.06; Andrew Goodspeed (BP), 17:09.63; C.J. Sousis (Lans), 17:14.88; Connor Cashin (Voors), 17:25.05; Jeremy Hogel (SV), 17:26.34; Zak Godfrey (FF), 17:37.47; Justin Ferguson (BP), 17:40.61; Trevor McConnell (BP), 17:55.84; Dylan Antelek (FPC), 18:07.08; Ian Powell (Voors), 18:14.47.

Division 2

Otis Ubriaco (BH), 16:23.81; Scott Maughan (BH), 16:24.14; Kent Harlow (BH), 16:51.07; Chance Wilk (BH), 17:04.65; James Doran (LSI), 17:10.47; Greg Jung (Alb), 17:12.81; Patrick Peterson (Glove), 17:15.64; Anthony Romeo (BH), 17:20.03; Denis Hurley (LSI), 17:21.88; Michael Corrado (Wall), 17:26.62.

Girls

Division 1

Nicole Wojciechowski (BP), 21:19.08; Grace Giampaglia (Voors), 21:39.56; Michelyn Little (Voors), 21:47.40; Casey Morrison (Voors), 21:51.35; Bonnie Loveless (BP), 21:57.91; Julianna Mendez (BP), 21:59.09; Emily Baker (BP), 22:15.02; Lianna Ferguson (BP), 22:45.53; Susan Prichard (SV), 22:46.63; Kelsey Romano (SV), 22:53.32.

Division 2

Erika Kuhn (GF), 20:52.04; Nicole McCarthy (Wall), 21:03.17; Jackie Willsey (AP), 21:05.12; Fern Morecraft (Alb), 21:26.23; Cecelia Karutis (Amst), 21:44.18; Emily Tucci (AP), 22:03.34; Caroline DeCunzo (GF), 22:14.33; Callie Comstock (SGF), 22:19.31; Emma Hollinger (AP), 22:29.51; Sam Bielli (Glove), 22:54.40.

NISKAYUNA EKIDEN

Boys (5x2,400-meter relay)

Colonie (Joe Emory, Colin Mooney, Pat Galdun, Tyler Stewart, Brian Treadway), 41:52.4; Shaker (Chris VanZetta, Will Schanz, Matt Blazinski, Ryan Egan, Eric Young), 42:03.3; Niskayuna (Louis Serafini, Marshall Pagano, Stefan Dosch, Ethan D’Souza, Colin MacCormack), 42:20.9;

Scotia-Glenville (Connor Maggs, Matt Roberts, Matt Strenk, Dan Stevens, Corey Wicks), 43:07.1; Ballston Spa (Max Groves, Devin Bennett, Jake Flynt, Justin Lynch, Kyle Fenton), 43:10.9.

Top splits: Max Groves (BS), 8:03.2; Marshall Pagano (N), 8:04.2; Joe Emory (Col), 8:06.2; Matt Strenk (Sh), 8:07.3; Tyler Stewart (Col), 8:14.7; Robbie DeWald (N), 8:15.8; Erich Voelker (Col), 8:16.3; Kyle Foster (Sh), 8:17.0; Brian Treadway (Col), 8:18.2.

Girls (5x2,400-meter relay)

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (Carolyn Herkenham, Kayla Dubois, Riley Wilk, Meagan Roecker, Molly Pezzulo), 49:10.5; Colonie (Jessica Sherry, Mikala Anson, Jessica Abrams, Emily Finnegan, Katelyn Choiniere), 50:01.5; Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake ‘B’ (Lizzie Olsen, Schuyler Pruyn, Alyssa Drapeau, Haley Britton, Kiersten Anderson), 50:03.0; Niskayuna (Nima Balan, Kelsey Fitzgerald, Leigh Ann Labate, Kelsey Ryan, Chelsea Trant), 50:50.4; Ballston Spa (Becky Martin, Katie Dickman, Tori Deyo, Rachael Alling, Kelcie LaRoche), 53:15.6.

Top splits: Molly Pezzulo (BH), 8:45.3; Chelsea Trant (N), 9:16.2; Carolyn Herkenham (BH), 9:19.7; Lizzie Olsen (BH), 9:22.6; Becky Martin (BS), 9:24.0; Kiersten Anderson (BH), 9:34.6; Lauren Recchia (HN), 9:34.7; Johanna Ohm (HN), 9:45.2; Jessica Sherry (Col), 9:54.0; Jessica Abrams (Col), 9:56.6.