Few free passes in Section 2 tournament
They are the smallest of the bigs.
The Section 2 Class AA girls soccer tournament boasts, or rather hosts, just nine teams beginning Wednesday night in East Greenbush when No. 8 Columbia hosts No. 9 Albany High in a preliminary round as the fall tournament gets underway.
The winner will travel to No. 1 Bethlehem Friday afternoon as No. 5 Shaker travels to No. 4 Saratoga and No. 7 Colonie travels to No. 2 Shenendehowa for a 5:30 p.m. tilt.
Averill Park is the No. 1 seed in the Class A tournament, awaiting Tuesday’s winner between No. 9 Troy High at No. 8 Lansingburgh, a 6:30 p.m. contest. The winner will face the Warriors at 3 p.m. Friday.
Also in a play-in on Tues-
day, No. 10 Emma Willard will travel to face No. 7 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake. That winner will travel to No. 2 seeded South Glens Falls for a 7 p.m. scheduled start also on Friday.
No. 4 Ballston Spa, also received a bye, will face the winner of No. 12 Amsterdam at No. 5 Scotia, 3 p.m. Friday.
In Class B, Holy Names was the lone top seed to receive a bye, allowing for the field to be cut in half after seven contests set for Thursday.
No. 9 Schuylerville travels to No. 7 Catholic High at 3 p.m., No. 4 Mechanicville hosts No. 13 Albany Academy for Girls at 6:30 p.m. No. 11 Cohoes will travel to No. 6 Tamarac for a 3 p.m. tilt and No. 15 Corinth takes on No. 2 Schalmont at 6:30 p.m.
No one got a free pass in the first round in the Class C tournament as all 16 teams will start play Saturday.
No. 1 seeded Stillwa- ter will host No. 16 Granville at 6 p.m., No. 2 Lake George will host No. 15 Waterford-Halfmoon at 1 p.m.; No. 8 Maple Hill will host No. 9 Bolton/ Warrensburg at 11 a.m. with No. 7 Cambridge hosting No. 10 Greenwich at 11 a.m. No. 11 Hoosick Falls will travel to No. 6 Canajoharie for a 1 p.m. tilt; No. 13 Middleburgh will travel to take on No. 4 Hoosic Valley at 1 p.m. and No. 14 Rensselaer takes on No. 3 Schoharie at 1 p.m.
The Class AA semifinals will take place at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at Stillwater with the final set for 6 p.m. Oct. 29. Stillwater will also host the semifinals at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 with the title game set for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28.
The Class B semifinals will be held at Lansingburgh Oct. 23 with the final set for 5:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at Stillwater. The Class C semifinals are set for 3 and 5 p.m. Oct. 27 at Lansingburgh with the final set there 7 p.m. Oct. 30.
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