99 Hits - SAINTS WIN, OFA WINS, MW CHAMPS

THE GHOSTS THAT HAVE PLAGUED SLU FOOTBALL OVER THE YEARS MUST OF BEEN OUT TO LUNCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON DURING SLU'S LIBERTY LEAGUE HOME OPENER VERSUS KING'S POINT. THE SAINTS BEAT THE MARINERS 41-22 AND ALSO EARNED THE HOFFMAN CUP, A TROPHY AWARDED ANNUALLY TO THE WINNER OF THE GAME. THIS GAME WAS FILLED WITH DRAMATIC AND EXCITING PLAYS THAT SAINTS FANS HADN'T SEEN IN SOME TIME. DIDN'T START WELL THOUGH AS SLU'S FIRST OFFENSIVE PLAY WAS TIPPED, INTERCEPTED AND EVENTUALLY TAKEN IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN BY KING'S POINT OFFENSE. THE SAINTS REGROUPED SCORING TOUCHDOWNS ON THREE OF ITS NEXT FIVE POSSESIONS TO TAKE A 21-7 LEAD SHORTLY BEFORE THE HALF WHICH WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY A 75 YARD RUN BY WATERTOWN NATIVE ERIC JONES. AND THEN WITH ONLY A COUPLE SECONDS LEFT INT HE FIRST HALF SAINTS FRESHMAN KICKER CHIRS DRIS WALKED OUT ON THE FIELD TO ATTEMPT HIS FIRST COLLEGIANTE FIELD GOAL A 52 YARDER THAT JUST KEPT SAILING THRU THE AIR AND SEEMED TO REACH OUT TO THE CROSSBAR BOUNCED UP IN THE AIR AND THRU TO TIE A SAINTS RECORD SET BACK IN 1982 BY ROD VESLING. SAINTS NEVER LOOKED BACK FROM THAT POINT AS ELCEE WALKER BLOCKED A PUNT RAN HER BACK FOR A TOUCHDOWN, DRIS HIT ANOTHER FIELD GOAL 31 YARDER, AND MARCUS WASHINGTON CAUGHT A 27 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS AND YOUR FINAL SAINTS 41 KINGS POINT 22. SAINTS WERE LED BY QB JP KEARNEY 13-20 156 YARDS 1 TOUCHDOWN AND TWO INTERCEPTIONS, CONNOR HACKETT 25 CARRIES FOR 112 YARDS, ERIC JONES 4 CARRIES 91 YARDS, AND LED DEFENSIVELY BY SENIOR CAPTAIN GERARD BRYANT 12 TACKLES INCLUDING 3 SACKS.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL:

OFA EDGED OUT THE NUMBER 4 RANKED TEAM IN THE STATE SARANAC LAKE 7-6 UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE DEVILS DROVE 80 YARDS IN THE FINAL 2:26 WITH JUST 18 LEFT QB JARRED MORROW PLUNGED IN THE END ZONE ON 4TH AND GOAL FROM THE FIVE. GENE BOUYER ALSO CAUGHT 3 PASSES ON THAT DRIVE TO HLEP LEAD THE DEVILS TO THE BIG WIN.

MASSENA 25 POTSDAM 8

GOUVERNEUR 56 PLATTSBURGH 16

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER:

BOTH THE MADRID WADDINGTON BOYS AND GIRLS SOCCER TEAMS WON THE ANNUAL DAN ROSE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP. THE BOYS TOOK DOWN HEUVELTON 2-1 IN OVERTIME. ZACH MARCELLUS SCOED THE GAME WINNER OFF A CROSS PASS FROM BROM STEINBERG WITH JUST 1:08 LEFT IN THE FIRST OVERTIME TO LEAD THE YELLOW JACKET TO VICTORY GOALIE JORDAN KENDALL FOR YELLOW JACKETS EARNING MVP HONORS.

THE GIRLS KNOCKED OF HEUVELTON AS WELL 3-2 IN OVERTIME. JENNA CRYDERMAN LED THE WAY FOR MW WITH THE FIRST GOAL OF THE GAME AND THEN THE GAME WINNER IN OVERTIME IN THE 106TH MINUTE. CRYDERMAN ALSO CLAIMING MVP HONORS

C-P 2 C-F 1

COLLEGE SOCCER:

MEN'S

SUNY CANTON 7 PAUL SMITH'S 1

BRYANT WICKWIRE FROM PARISHVILLE LED THE ROOS WITH 2 GOALS AND 2 ASSISTS

BROCKPORT 1 POTSDAM 0

UNION 1 SLU 0

SKIDMORE 2 CLARKSON 0

WOMEN'S SOCCER

SUNY CANTON 6 PAUL SMITHS 3

KIRSTEN MORLEY OGDENSBURG SCORING WICE AND HAVING ASSISTS

UNION 2 SLU 1