Plattsburgh State's Conner Howe (13) with the header on the cross attempt during the second half of the game with the Blue Devils trying to regain the two-goal lead. 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

Boquet Valley's (8) with the turn and burn on Seton Catholic's (10) as he takes it from the defensive end and is on the attack. Section VII Boy's Soccer from St. Peter's Field would be Section VII Boy's Soccer as the Seton Catholic Knights would host the Boquet Valley Griffins in Mountain Valley action. The Griffins would get the scoring going in the 4th minute of the game as they tucked it in the back of the net for the 1-0 lead. Then in the 13th minute, the Griffins would keep the attack going and extend their lead to 2-0 on 10's goal. Then in the 25th minute, the Griffins would get one more from 7 to expand the lead to 3-0, where the first-half scoring would end. When the teams returned for the second half it would be more of the same for the Griffins as they would add another three goals two from 14 and number 10 would add his second of the game as the Griffins would get the 6-0 victory. The Griffins would go to 1-3 in the winning effort as the Seton Catholic Knights would fall to 1-2 in the early season. Gallery

Beekmantown's Shamus Bilbeau (1) hard charging through the would-be tacklers as he would have two touchdown runs on the evening as the Eagles would get the 52-0 win. 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

Mike Mahaney (35) is crowned your 2024 358 Modified champion at the Airborne Park Speedway over Tim Fuller for the crown. 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

Peru's Jordan Osborne (10) chests the ball in past the Beekmantown netminder for the match's lone goal as the Nighthawks get the 1-0 victory. It would be Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Boy's Soccer action from the Beekmantown Sports Complex. It would be a battle between a pair of Class A teams as the Beekmantown Eagles would host the #6 Peru Nighthawks the early season game might decide who is the #1 seed in the playoffs at the end of the season as they battle to get in the state playoffs. The Nighthawks would get the game's opening goal in the 12th minute from Jordan Osborne who chested it in past the Beekmantown netminder. As they would go through the rest of the half the Nighthawks would have their chance to extend the lead but the Eagles goaltender would make some great saves to keep his team in the game and that's where the second half would end. When the teams returned for the second half the Nighthawks would continue to control the game but the Eagles would have their chances to get the equalizer. The best chance would be right near the end of the game when they would send their keeper up to add an extra man as they try to get the tying goal he would get the header but it would go over the top as the Nighthawks would get the 1-0 win. In the winning effort, the Nighthawks would stay perfect on the season at 8-0 as they head into their next game against the Northeastern Clinton Cougars. As for the Eagles, they would fall to 1-7 but will try and build on their effort in their next game. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Tristan Laundree (2) with the goal that he crosses to the far corner to give the Cardinals the 1-0 lead. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals Men's Soccer would return to the field house soccer complex for the first time in three weeks ranked 17th in the national and would play host to the R.P.I. Engineers from the Liberty League. The match would be tight through the first half as both teams would take their chance and get the opening goal of the match but that would not happen in the first half. The opening goal would finally come in the 61st minute when the Cardinals' Tristan Laundree would score from inside the 18-yard box. The Cardinals going off the adrenaline of the goal would add to their lead just 7 minutes later on the John Hayes goal in the 68th minute. From there, the Cardinal's defense would stand tall, not allow anything from the Engineers, and would get the 2-0 win. In the winning effort, Teddy Healy would get the shutout victory as they stay undefeated at 5-0-2 while the Engineers would fall to 2-4 on the season. The Cardinals will look to see if they can stay undefeated as they enter SUNYAC play Saturday against the Fredonia State Blue Devils. Gallery

Plattsburgh's (3) rises above the rest at midfield and gets the head on the ball first. The Plattsburgh Hornets would host longtime rival the Beekmantown Eagles in Boy's Soccer action. It wouldn't take long for the Eagles to feel the string of the Hornets as (10) would get the opening goal of the game in the tenth minute. Then in the 21st minute of the game, the Hornets would be able to double their lead on (10) second goal as the Hornets take the 2-0 and hold it to the intermission break. When the teams returned the Hornets would be able to pick up where they left off and in the 45th minute, they would extend the lead to 3-0 on Nate Baker's (4) goal and make it a 3-0 lead. Then in the 59th minute, the Hornets (10) would complete his hat trick and take and give the Hornets the 4-0 lead and eventual win as the Hornets go to 2-1 on the season. Gallery

Platsburgh's Essynce Gorham (14) gets low to get the ball and set up for the spike. The season may be still early but it would be a battle of unbeaten at Plattsburgh High Gym as the Saranac Lake Red Storm and the Plattsburgh Hornets would look to 3-0 on the early. The first game of the night would be super competitive as there would be multiple lead changes throughout but in the end the Hornets would take game 1 25-18. In the second game, the Hornets would come out and take the early big lead and hold it from there even through a mid-set run by the Red Storm but the Hornets would get the 25-11 win. The times would go to the third and the Hornets would look to stay perfect on the season as they would take on the Lake Placid Blue Bombers. As for the Red Storm, they will look to restart their winning streak as they host the Northeastern Clinton Cougars on September 19th. Gallery

Moriah's Amelia Kazlo (5) battles for the ball in the box with Seton Catholic's (8) as Kazlo would have six goals on the afternoon. We would have Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Girl's Soccer from St. Peters Church as the host Seton Catholic Knights would take on the Moriah Vikings. This would be a game that the Vikings would be in control of from start to finish. The Vikings would be throttled down in the first half as they would light the lamp seven times in the half Amelia Kazlo would score four times in the half, and Emma Harrington would get one. Then when the teams returned for the second half the Vikings would take their foot off the gas as they got three goals in the half Amelia Kazlo would have a couple more to finish with 6 goals on the day and the Vikings would hold on for the 10-0 win as they go to Vikings would go to 3-0 on the season and the Knights fall to 0-3 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Amaya Abellard (13) is on the attack from the corner, and Peru's Ava Miller (8) is on defense. We would have the crosstown rival game as the Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Peru Nighthawks in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference girls's Soccer action from the Plattsburgh High Sports Athletic Complex. The Nighthawks would not waste time getting the game's opening goal just three minutes in when Maggie Garrow struck the back of the net for the 1-0 lead early. Although, the Hornets would be able to get the equalizer later in the half to tie the game at one point to end the first half. The game would stay tied until the 53rd minute when Amaya Abellard would score to give the Hornets the lead, and from there, they would hold on for the victory. In the winning effort, the Hornets would stay perfect on the season and go to 4-0, while the Nighthawks fall to 1-2. Gallery