Plattsburgh State's Tristan Laundree (2) splits a pair of Fredonia midfielders as he goes on the attack for his second goal of the game. The #17 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would open up conference play at home against the Fredonia State Blue Devils on homecoming weekend with 200 fans in attendance. The home Cardinals would get the opening goal of the match in the 16th minute from John Hayes his eighth of the season to make it a 1-0 game. Then just four minutes later in the 20th minute the Cardinals would expand on the lead and make it a 2-0 game on Tristan Laundree's third of the season and that's where the game would stay til the teams entered the half. When the teams returned for the second half the Blue Devils would come out on fire and get on the board in the 51st minute on Frederick Butler's second goal of the season. From there though the Cardinals' defense would be in shutdown mode and they would hold on for the 2-1 victory. In the winning effort, the Cardinals goalkeeper would make 2 saves as they stayed undefeated at 6-0-2. The Cardinals will return home next weekend as they continue in conference play against the Morrisville State Mustangs. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Xavier Kamba (17) takes it one on one with the Fredonia State defender outside the 18-yard box. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Anabella Almeida (12) with the set as the waiting spiker is ready to send it over. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would have their first of two matches on the day as they would on the winless SUNY Poly from the Empire 8. The first game of the match would be a see-saw affair but the home Cardinals would come out on top in the end with a 25-21 win. In the second game, the Cardinals would have an easier go of it and would take the two sets to zero lead with a 25-11 victory. Then in the third set, the Cardinals would be able to handle their business and take the third game 25-14 win and get the straight-set victory. In their winning effort, Iris Mulvey would lead the way with 11 points and have 9 kills. They will take on the Anna Maria Amcats in their next match. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Darby Collyear (3) with the spike between a pair of defenders as part of a 6-point afternoon.Gallery

Fire Sqwamp (88) and Jamy Begor (19) get together down the backstretch going for the win on the final lap of the JS Steel Sportsman Modified 30 lap feature. It would be 35 Modified Championship night from the Airborne Park Speedway and the next to last race for all three other divisions for the night. After all the heat races were run it would be on to the features. The first feature of the night would be the Be Cool Heating and Air Condition 358 Modifieds for 30 laps and at the end there would be a championship decided. The leader of the start would be Jeremy Roy but that would be short-lived as the heavy hitters were coming from the middle of the pack eventually, Chris Raabe would get around him and take the lead and from there he would be off to get his second win of the season. As for the matter at hand with the championship, Mike Mahanney would finish 4th and Tim Fuller would be 7th clinching the 2024 track championship for Mike Mahanney and his first at the Airborne Park Speedway. Then next up would be the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified and it would see Jamy Begor get the lead off the start and he would be out to a big lead but there would be charging Fire Swamp that was catching him in the closing laps for the lead. There would be a caution with about three laps to go and then the old aged would come up where cautions breed cautions. As we were on the third restart to get the last couple of laps. Then on the last lap that's when all hell would break loose as Fire Swamp and Jamy Begor would get together down the backstretch and Donovan Lussier would inherit the lead and get his 8th win of the season. Then next we would have the 9th State Cannabis Renegades for their 20-lap feature and it would see a battle up front behind Nathaniel Guay and Shawn Duquette and in the end it would be Guay getting his second win of the season. Then to finish off the night it would be Moore Recycling Mini Stocks with their pair of features. First up would be the A Main for 15 laps and would see rookie Cody Young lead the early part of the race but Steven Bressette would come up from the 7th spot and take the lead with 5 laps to go and hold for the win. Then in the B Feature, it would be Bill Doner with the wire-to-wire victory. Gallery

Nathaniel Guay (97.5) gets to the checkered flag first and gets his second win of the season in the 9th State Cannabis Renegades. Gallery

Peru's Chase Carpenter (4) with the pass breakup on Plattsburgh's Dominic DeAngelo who was going for the catch along the sidelines. It would be week three of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference football season and we would have a matchup inside the Class B division as the Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Peru Nighthawks. The offenses would be displayed for both teams during the game as the teams would combine for five first-quarter touchdowns with Sawyer Schlitt getting a couple for the Nighthawks and Deangelo having one for the Hornets and the defense for the Nighthawks defense would get involved in the scoring as Elliott Supely would have an interception for a touchdown as the Nighthawks would have a 20-14 lead after the first quarter. In the second quarter the Nighthawk offense would stay hot as they would have three more scores and Sawyer Schillt would add another score as they would have a 39-14 lead at the intermission. When the teams returned for the second half the defenses would seem to find their footing. There would only be one score in the third quarter when Hornets Dan Hartman would scramble for the Hornets touchdown and make it a 39-22 game as they would enter the third quarter. In the fourth quarter the Nighthawks would add a pair of touchdowns to put the icing on the cake led by a Brody O'Connell sneak as the Nighthawks get the 54-22 victory. In the winning effort, the Nighthawks go to 1-1 on the season as they will have their home opener against the Beekmantown Eagles next Friday night. The Plattsburgh Hornets fall to 1-2 on the season as they will stay at home next week and welcome the Moriah Vikings to the complex. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Randy Rickson (42) with the textbook tackle on Peru's Sawyer Schlitt (33) to stop him short of the first down. Gallery

Beekmantown's Parker Broughton (33) stands up the Massena runner as he was taking it from the deep in the end zone and stopped before he could get going. It would be a nonsectional football action from the Beekmantown Sports Complex as the Beekmantown Eagles would host the Massena Red Raiders in nonleague action. The scoring would start quickly for the Eagles as Shamus Bilbeau would score on a 23-yard run at the 3:30 mark of the first quarter to make it a 7-0 Eagles game. Then as time would expire in the first quarter Bilbeau would score again this time from 16 yards and make it 14-0 Eagles. In the second quarter, it would be more of the same as the Eagles would score twice on a 19-yard pass to Patrick Hagadorn in the back of the endzone along with a 5-yard run by Parker Broughton and they would take the 28-0 lead into the locker room. When the teams returned for the second half the Eagles would pick up right where they left off as they would hit a 19-yard field goal and a 6-yard pass to Patrick Hagadorn for his second score of the game the Eagles would expand their lead to 38-0 at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles would add a pair of touchdowns from Blake Rock and George Ciolac as they would put the icing on a 52-0 win. In the winning effort, the Beekmantown Eagles go to 2-1 on the season as they head into their big rival game next weekend against the Peru Nighthawks as the Massena Red Raiders fall to 0-3 on the season. Gallery

Beekmantown's Josh Sands (15) steps in front of the underthrown pass and picks it off along the sidelines. Gallery