High Schools: Duanesburg rallies to beat Middleburgh

Rachel Gamache had eight kills and eight assists, and served for 13 points with six aces, to help Duanesburg forge a comeback win over Middleburgh Wednesday in a Western Athletic Conference

volleyball match.

Rebecca Gallup had a team-high nine kills in the Eagles’ 25-13,

23-25, 22-25, 25-12, 25-19 triumph. Jenna Brown paced the Knights with 12 kills and five blocks, and Chelsea Smigiel had five aces.

Saratoga Catholic also pulled off a big comeback, getting 17 kills, six blocks and 12 digs from Natalie Pikus in a 24-26, 25-15, 24-26, 25-19, 25-17 triumph over Mayfield.

Megan McDonough served for 17 points, and Sierra Matthews and Erin Thornton excelled defensively with 19 and 18 digs, respectively, to help the Saints go to 3-0 in the WAC. Bailey Ward had eight kills for Mayfield.

Shyanna Logan served 13 aces, and Emma Stortecky had five aces and 16 assists in Canajoharie’s 25-20, 25-21, 25-21 WAC sweep of Fort Plain. Nicole Bouchard led the Hilltoppers with three kills and three aces.

Brianna Borst served three aces among her 17 points, and Allie Blyth collected 11 points, six assists and three kills to propel Schoharie past Mekeel Christian Academy, 25-7, 25-12, 25-17.

Annie Stock and Jerica Holland both had five kills, and combined with Zara Hyde for 15 aces, as reigning Section II Class B champ

Johnstown rolled to a 25-12, 25-8, 25-10 Foothills Council win over Glens Falls.

Brooke Meader had 23 assists and five aces, Jenna Bureau pounded down 11 kills, and Sarah McMahon had six kills and four blocks as Queensbury went to 3-0 in the council with a 25-14, 25-20, 25-14 victory over Scotia-Glenville. Callie Goffin had five kills and 10 assists for the Tartans.

South Glens Falls surged past Gloversville, 14-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-19, with Jenna Putnam collecting 12 points and 18 assists in defeat.

Waterford-Halfmoon got 11 kills and four aces from Alexandra

Lefebvre and four aces and 18 points out of Kristine Kodadar in a 25-19, 25-10, 25-19 Central Hudson Valley League win over Germantown.

Boys

Josh Olsen and Austin Jensen served seven and six aces, respectively, and Olsen added four kills as Shenendehowa recorded a 25-16, 25-13, 25-13 Suburban Council win over Columbia. Zack Anadio had four kills for Columbia.

Devin Sandmann issued 13 assists, Dan Symen had seven kills and Aidan Cawley worked for 14 digs, and Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake won its fourth league match in five outings, 25-19, 25-22, 25-16, over Saratoga Springs. Liam Stewart had five kills and 10 blocks for the Blue Streaks.

Trevor Laicha delivered eight kills, and Jake Dube came away with seven kills and eight assists to lift Guilderland past Colonie, 25-17, 25-11, 25-20.

Field hockey

Streaks win again

Kelsey Briddell scored two goals, and Saratoga Springs allowed one shot on goal in a 3-0 Suburban Council win over Shaker.

Maclaine Matties scored the other goal for the Blue Streaks, and with her one stop, first-year starter Sam Geils notched her third shutout in as many games.

Molly Hagen scored off a feed from Erin Buckley in the second half, and Melissa Nealon made three saves as Shenendehowa (2-1, 3-1) topped Bethlehem, 1-0.

Bethlehem (1-2, 2-2) netminder Laura Downey stopped a penalty stroke among her 10 saves.

Amy LeBel had a goal and an assist, and Shauna Ryan made nine saves to lift Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake over Columbia, 2-0.

Aubrey Kamppila scored the other goal for BH-BL (2-0, 2-0), and Christina Krowe had an assist. Nikki Kirby made six saves for Columbia.

Ali Wells picked up two goals and an assist, Carrie Hanks and Jackie O’Brien both had a goal and an assist, and Niskayuna (3-0, 3-0) beat Guilderland, 5-0.

Kelsey McDermot also scored for Niskayuna, and Anna Torri and Ali Frary both had an assist.

Boys’ soccer

Aderounmu leads Lions

Tai Aderounmu scored twice as Mekeel Christian Academy beat Northville, 4-2, in the Western Athletic Conference. Kenny

Aderounmu handed out three assists. Northville’s goals came from Jimmy Grega and Brad VanNostrand.

Kyle Smith scored twice for

St. Johnsville in a 4-3 win over Middleburgh. The Knights netted two penalty kicks, one of them half of Brody Smith’s two-goal total.

Marcus Failing scored two of Fort Plain’s goals and assisted on the other in a 3-0 win over Berne-Knox-Westerlo. Jacob Sardina had the other score, and Chris Hanifin made nine saves for the 4-0 Hilltoppers in the shutout. BKW (2-2, 2-2) got 11 saves from Trevor Haack and four from Joe Sprung.

Schoharie’s Robert Henry scored the game’s lone goal in a 1-0 win over Canajoharie. Justin Montione made nine saves for the shutout. The Cougars got five stops from Chris Deyette.

Maple Hill got scores from Ryan Krupa and Bryce Perry in a 2-0 Patroon Conference win over Cairo-Durham.

Four players scored for Scotia-Glenville in a 4-0 non-league win over LaSalle. The goals came from Eric Denny, Dennis Turner, Connor Flaherty and Aaron Keegan. Denny and Turner also both had an assist.

Girls’ soccer

Dillenbeck scores four

Jenelle Dillenbeck scored four goals, and Canajoharie needed

every one of them to beat Schoharie, 4-3, in the Western Athletic Conference.

Dillenbeck’s game-winner for the Cougars (4-0, 4-0) came with six minutes left. Seana Cleveland scored twice for Schoharie (1-2, 2-2).

Galway’s Erica Chase scored on a Kelly Phillips assist in the second overtime to earn a 2-1 win over Northville. Chase also scored on a Phillips feed in the first half for the 4-0 Eagles. Northville (1-1-1) got a goal from Kelly VanNostrand.

Duanesburg’s Kayla Smalls had a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win over Sharon Springs. The Eagles (1-2, 1-3) also got goals from Andrea Barton and Maeve McKeeby.

Makayla McCormick scored twice for Berne-Knox-Westerlo as the Bulldogs beat Fort Plain, 2-0.

Five girls scored for Middleburgh in a 5-4 win over St. Johnsville/Oppenheim-Ephratah, led by Taylor Cater, who also had a pair of assists. Amanda Roney had a goal and an assist, while Molly Francis, Calley Lawyer and Kiera Morgan each scored once. St. JOE got three goals from Jessi Hagadorn and one from Kelsey Lovett.

Mayfield’s Kelsey Burton and Abby MacFarland scored in the first 12 minutes to give the Panthers a 2-0 win over Mekeel Christian Academy.

Albany opened the Big 10 season with a 3-1 win over Amsterdam, led by Hannah Moran with two goals and an assist. Madison Healy scored for the Rams.

Alice Hayden’s goal and assist led Hoosick Falls to a 3-1 Wasaren League win over Greenwich. Liz Babson and Jordyn Haynes had the other scores for 2-0-0, 3-0-0 Hoosick Falls. Greenwich (0-1-1, 1-1-1) got a goal from Claire Albrecht.

Hoosic Valley’s Sydney Fitzpatrick scored three goals and assisted on another in a 9-0 win over Granville. Cassidy Chapko added two goals and two assists in the win, while Amy Baker made 30 saves for Granville.

Victoria Huff scored three goals for Schuylerville in a 4-0 win over Cambridge. Madeline Nevins added a goal for 1-0-1 Schuylerville. Cambridge dropped to 0-2.

Marie Clemente scored twice for Tamarac to beat Stillwater, 2-1. Alexis Lockrow got Stillwater’s goal, and Katelyn Brewster stopped 11 shots in the loss.

Loudonville Christian’s Cassidy Allen made 20 saves in a 3-2 loss to Emma Willard in the Central Hudson Valley League. Emma Willard got goals from Natalie Kiley-Bergen, Emma LeMay and Talia

Segal. Loudonville Christian’s scores came from Anna Arcodia and Addi Greene.

Waterford-Halfmoon posted a 5-0 win over Doane Stuart, led by Ashley Lefebvre with two goals and two assists. Anna Brewer made 19 saves in the loss.

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