Vedder scores four to lead CBA to win

By Sports Staff shot a 33 while Christ Taranto a 37, and Andrew Lutz a 39. Other key scorers for Ballston Spa were Michael Duval and his 40, and Bella Diaz’s 46. ALBANY ACADEMY 162, VOORHEESVILLE 201 >> Albany Academy’s win at Normanside this Thursday was thanks to a pair of 39’s by Sam Gerdeman and Connor Momrow. Robert Erickson for Voorheesville shot the team leading 44. CATSKILL 9, BERLIN 2 >> Catskill beat Berlin 9-2 on Thursday at New Lebanon in the first round of the New Lebanon Tournament. Catskill goals scored by Jenna Quick (3), Maci Mosher (3), Jillian Murray (2), and Katie Bulich (1). Assists by Hailey Rowell (3), Katie Bulich (2), Emily Liepshutz, Jillian Murray, Alex Espel, & MaryKate Glass. Berlin goals were scored by Rachel Bortnick and Tatum Kells. Catskill plays again on Saturday at 5pm in the championship game against the winner of New Lebanon/Taconic Hills. STILLWATER 6, HOOSICK FALLS 1 >> Stillwater’s win was led by Brooke Pickett’s hat-trick Thursday afternoon. Stillwater led 3-0 at half because of goals from Pickett, Keelyn Peacock, and Teya Stale. In the second half, Hoosick Falls’ lone goal came from Maddy Walker in the 75th minute. Stillwater goalie Kiersten Conroy made three saves. Hoosick Falls’ Maddy Yeung made five saves. SHAKER 3, TROY 0 >> Shaker earned the Suburban Council win Thursday after leading 1-0 at half. Shaker’s Cassidy Careccia scored two in the win and Julia Roemer scored one. Troy goalkeeper Maddie Rifenberick made 19 saves and a penalty kick save. Shaker goalkeeper Carina Joslin made two saves. BETHLEHEM 8, ALBANY 0 >> Bethlehem scored four goals in the first half and four in the second to power their way to the Section Two win Thursday. Grace Hotaling had three goals, three assists. Jo Van Royen, Katie Sellers, Brianna Price, Piper Gregory, and Sophie Glassman each scored goals. Albany goalkeeper Sophia Goldsmith made 13 saves while Bethlehem’s tandem of Shannon Donnelly and Jourdan Van Amburgh didn’t need to make any. CAMBRIDGE 8, SPA CATHOLIC 0>> Cambridge had seven different scorers in Thursdays win with Vanessa Evans tallying two goals for the win. Sophie and Lily Phillips each tallied a goal. Taylor Stallmer, Rhiannon Darling, Sydney Benson, and Ruth Nolan all also tallied one goal in the win. BALLSTON SPA 1, SARATOGA 1>> The Ballston Spa Scottie’s hosted the Saratoga Blue Streams in a match that took a full one hundred minutes to determine the outcome. Regulation ended 0-0. Saratoga earned the go ahead goal in the first overtime when Liz Herman assisted Paris Fenoff. The Scottie’s Caitlin Wania found Sammy DeVito for the equalizer with a minute and a half left in the game. Both sides had multiple opportunities to pull ahead throughout the game but, Saratoga had the best chance in the first half with a breakaway that was narrowly saved by a determined Shay Andress to keep the score level at zero. MECHANICVILLE 5, HOOSIC VALLEY 1 >> The Mechaniville offense came largely in part to a pair of goals from both Dani Rubino and Nevaeh D’Aloia. Jada Brown scored once as well. Hoosic Valley’s Lauren Reed scored the only goal for her club. Mehcanicville goalkeeper Savannah Bowie made seven saves. Mechanicville becomes 2-0 in both their league and overall record with the win. GUILDERLAND 2, AVERILL PARK 1 >> Neither team led at the half Thursday, but both teams tried to change that in the second half. Guilderland’s Jaime Golderman and Lauren Conti each scored a goal to pilot Guilderland to the 2-1 win. Averill Park’s goal was scored by Sydney Haskin. Guilderland goalkeeper Molly DiCaprio made four saves. Averill Park goalkeeper Meg Glanton made 12 saves in the loss. SHENEDEHOWA 3, COLUMBIA 1 >> Shen improves to 4-0 in league play and Columbia moves to 2-2 in league play after Thursday’s affair. Set scores were 24-26, 25-13, 25-22, and 2522. Shen was led by a balanced attack. Rohan Gangaraju, Nick Cardone, and Matt Van Dusen combined for 40 assists on the night. Columbia was paced by Jacob Curtis with 9 kills. Hayden Butterfield added 11 assists. SHAKER 3, TROY 0 >> Shaker picked up the Suburban Council win Thursday. Set scores were 25-16, 25-20, 25-9. Sam Hardwick led Shaker with 11 kills and 17 digs. Shakthi Elangovan tallied 9 blocks and 4 kills and Jules Morrell added 4 digs and 10 points for the Bison. MECHANICVILLE 3, SCHOHARIE 1 >> Mechanicville earned the win for their first of the year to become 1-0. Set scores were 25-19, 25-12, 21-25, 25-17. Mechanicville’s highlights were Taylor Grayson’s 21 service points, five kills, and 11 aces, Kaitlin Coleman’s 15 service points, nine aces, nine assists, and Adriana Patenaude’s 11 service points. AVERILL PARK 3, GUILDERLAND 0 >> Averill Park becomes 3-1 with the win over Guilderland Thursday. Guilderland falls to 2-2. Set scores were 25-20, 25-17, and 25-18. Jackie Borland and Emma Burdick led Averill Park in the middle with 11 and 7 kills respectively. Burdick had 4 aces as did Delaney Munyan. Emma Crawley had 26 assists for the Warriors. For Guilderland, Morgan Manning had 4 digs, 9 assists, and 1 ace. Nicole McGrath had 4 kills, 6 digs, and 2 aces. GALWAY 3, CANJO/FORT PLAIN 0 >> Galway opened WAC league play with a hard fought win against Canjo/Fort Plain, in the league opener for both teams. Set scores were 24-26, 25-20, 25-14, and 25-16. Galway Moves to 1-0 in the league and overall and Fort Plain fell to 0-1 in the league and 1-1 overall. Galway was led by Emma Smith who had 10 kills, 18 points, 3 aces, 1 block, and 17 assists and 11 digs. Lindsay Zawisa added 10 kills, 13 points, 3 aces, 8 assists, 18 digs. Hannah Hoffman added 22 points, 6 aces, and 22 assists. Katy Kurtzner added 32 digs and 12 points. COLUMBIA 3, COLONIE 0 >> Columbia becomes 1-2 thanks to the Suburban Council win Thursday afternoon over Colonie. Colonie falls to 1-3. Set scores were 25-17, 25-21, 25-20. Columbia’s Emma Rainville had 20 assists in the win. Emily Powell chipped in with nine kills, six aces, and 12 digs. Taylor O’Brien had three aces of her own and 11 digs. Colonie’s Hailey Wood had 15 digs. BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE 3, NISKAYUNA0 >> Burnt Hills becomes 4-0 in the Suburban Council with the win over Niskayuna Thursday. Set scores were 25-19, 25-12, and 25-17. Carlie Rzeszotarski had 13 kills, three aces, and one block for Burnt Hills in the win. Lindsey DeBonis added ten kills and three aces. Claire Isaksen had 30 assists. ALBANY ACADEMY 7, MOHONASEN 0 >> Albany earned the Colonial Council win Thursday afternoon. With the win, Albany becomes 2-1 while Mohonasen falls to 0-2. 1S: Amanda Ricci(Albany Academy) d. Bailey DeCocco 10-0 2S: Brooke OBrien(Albany Academy) d. Ravena Busjit 10-0 3S: Makayla Stannard(Albany Academy) d. Raven Gonzalez 10-4 4S: Giulietta Nitido(Albany Academy) d. Lena Calkins 10-4 5S: Grace Sidford(Albany Academy) d. Sara Toukatly 10-2 1D: Catherine Loupessis & Marleigh Stannard(Albany Academy) d. Emily Denning & Nina Serafini 10-0 2D: Morgan Lindstead & Renee Pascoe(Albany Academy) d. Brianna Britten & Julianna Huba 10-0