Photos: Dutch Defeated At Last
The historic runs for the Guilderland football team, going for the school’s first sectional championship, and the field-hockey team, looking for its first-ever regional championship, fell short this past week. The football team battled Shenendehowa on Friday night at Troy High School for the Class AA Super Bowl but lost, 35 to 7. The field-hockey team traveled to Vestal High School in the Southern Tier on Sunday afternoon for the Class A regional championship and lost, 6 to 0, to the defending state champion, Maine-Endwell, a team which has six players committed to a play for Division 1 colleges next fall.
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Bear hug: Guilderland’s Paris Hart wraps his arms around Shenendehowa’s Kyle Acker in the first half of the Class AA Superbowl at Troy High School on Friday night.
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In the thick of it: Guilderland's defense had its dominant moments but couldn’t stop Shenendehowa’s three-headed rushing monster.
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Guilderland's Brad Igweike. who had barely any running room all game long, got loose for a 72-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter. Igweike had four catches for 102 yards and also had six carries for negative four yards.
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Trying to find space: Guilderland’s Meg Collins looks for open field as a Maine-Endwell player attempts to take the ball away while teammate Emily Govel looks on in the Class A Regional Final at Vestal High School on Sunday.
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Moving along: Guilderland’s Ava Thomson dribbles the ball up the side of the field during the first half as a Maine-Endwell player shadows Thomson.
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Michael Gitto, Guilderland's quarterback, runs to his right to get into open field and avoid rushing Shen defenders who caused him trouble all game long. Gitto had 10 completions on 26 attempts for 167 yards and a touchdown.
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Chip over: Guilderland’s Jessi Coton, left, flicks the ball away from a Maine-Endwell player to move down the field in the second half.
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Hannah Risko gets her stick up to knock the ball down in the second half of Sunday’s game.
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Guilderland goalie Bianca Simeone makes one of her 19 saves as she tried to keep her team in the match throughout the game.