Photos: Birds Caged
The Blackbirds wanted make deep runs on the pitch and on the gridiron in sectional play. The girls’ soccer team played well deep into the Class B sectionals with a convincing 5-to-0 win last Thursday at home. Then the Birds won on Saturday in the quarterfinals but fell on Tuesday evening, 6 to 4, in overtime to Schalmont at Lansingburgh High School. For the football team, it was the second year in a row that the Blackbirds lost against Holy Trinity. Last year, the Birds fell without scoring, 42 to 0. This year, the Birds battled hard but lost, 35 to 18.
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In open space: Voorheesville's Emma Farrell gets the ball near the penalty box in the second half of Thursday’s game.
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Playing tough defense: Blackbird Jenny Bogart runs down the ball, taking it away from a Hudson Falls player in the first half.
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Tippy toe: Blackbird Kaelyn Lawson traps the ball with her leg while standing on one foot in the second half. Lawson scored a goal. Teammate Rebecca Gregg had two goals.
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Shake and bake: Voorheesville’s Jayden Kelley makes a move around a Hudson Falls player in the first half. Kelley scored on the play.
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Little flick: Voorheesville’s Morgan Keith chips the ball down the sideline away from a Tigers’ player in the first half. Keith had a goal in the game.
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Free kick: Voorheesville’s Amanda Gillenwalters gives the ball a boot from a free position toward her teammates waiting in the penalty box. Gillenwalters had a goal in the game.
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Shaking off the defender: Voorheesville's Ian Owens breaks from the tackle of Holy Trinity’s Noah Foster in the first quarter. Owens had 184 passing yards on 10 completions on 17 attempts and had 108 yards rushing on 21 carries.
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Power game: Blackbird Jake Palmer shows his brute force as he sheds away the tackle from Holy Trinity’s Adi Quinones in the third quarter. Palmer scored his third touchdown of the game. He had 127 rushing yards on 26 carries including those three touchdowns.
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Shedding the defense: Voorheesville’s Megan Romansky, right, puts her arm out to fend off a Hudson Falls player in the second half on last Thursday’s Class B sectional win at home.
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Carrying his team: Voorheesville’s Ian Owens did everything he could to help his Blackbirds advance in the Class C quarterfinals and upset the second-seeded Holy Trinity on Saturday afternoon at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons in Schenectady. Owens had 10 completions on 17 attempts with 184 yards and one interception. He did most of his damage with his legs with 108 yards on 21 carries.
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Fighting for every yard: Voorheesville’s Noah Parker tries to get another yard after catching a pass from his quarterback, Ian Owens, as Parker gets tackled by Holy Trinity’s Nacier Hundley in the first quarter. Parker had two catches for 26 yards.