Saranac Lake Zack Goetz (6) dives for the endzone and the Red Storm, but they would come up short on the 28-12 loss. So it would be week 5 of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference season, and this time, we would go to Saranac Lake and Raymond Wilson Final, where the host #19 Saranac Lake Red Storm would host the #25 Beekmantown in a game of the undefeated Red Storm and 1 lose Eagles. The game would be tight throughout the first half. The Eagles would get the game's opening score on the Josh Sands 2-yard keeper at the 8:26 mark of the first quarter to take the 7-0 lead. The game would stay there til the 4:25 mark of the second quarter when the Red Storm would get on the board with their quarterback keeper as Zack Goetz would score to make it a 7-6 game, and that's where the game would enter the half. Both teams would be looking to break through in the matchup when the teams returned for the second half. The Eagles would answer that bell on the 29-yard run by Parker Broughton to take the 14-6 lead at the 4:54 mark of the quarter. The game would stay there till the 8:27 mark of the 4th quarter when the Eagles would extend their lead to 21-6 on the 16-yard pass to Patrick Hagadorn. The Red Storm would answer right back as they marched down the field, and Chris Martin would finish off on the 4-yard run to make it a 21-12 game. The Eagles would put the game out of reach with 1:16 left in the game when Shamus Bibeau would score from 9 yards out to open up the lead to 28-12, and that's where the game would finish. The Beekmantown Eagles go to 4-1 on the season with their win and will be back home next weekend against the Moriah Vikings. The Saranac Lake Red Storm would get their first season loss and go to 3-1 as they will hit the road next week and take on the Peru Nighthawks. Gallery

Beekmantown's Shamus Bilbeau (1) fights through the tackle and gets the first down as the Eagles drive down the field. Gallery

Peru's Jordan Osborne (10) and Plattsburgh's (26) battle for the ball in the corner as the Hornets try to get on the board. We would battle in class A inside the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference as the Plattsburgh Hornets would host the #4 Peru Nighthawks in Boy's Soccer action. The Nighthawks would open up the scoring in the 17th minute on the goal from Zach Benson as Nighthawks would take the 1-0 lead. It wouldn't take long for the Nighthawks to extend their lead to 2-0 as Jordan Osborne would score in the 21st minute and that's where the scoring would end for the first half. When the teams would return for the second half the Hornets would come out buzzing but they were unable to break through for a goal. The Nighthawks would take control of the game in the 60th minute on the Nolan Miner as the Nighthawks would secure the 3-0 victory. In the winning effort, the Nighthawks would stay undefeated as they go to 9-0-1 on the season and will be back in action on October 10th as they host the Saranac Spartans from the Apple Bowl. As for the Plattsburgh Hornets, they will fall to 6-2-1 with both their losses coming at the hands of the Nighthawks and will be back in action on Monday evening as they will host the Schroo Lake Wildcats. Gallery

Peru's Ashtyn Catlin (15) rises above the rest for the header in the midfield area to help the Nighthawks on the attack. Gallery

Seton Catholic's (2) and Crown Point's (3) battle for the ball Seton wins and takes it into the box. The Seton Catholic Knights would host the Crown Point Panthers on their new camps field as part of the Section VII Boy's Soccer season. The Knights would get a pair of goals in the first half, taking the 2-0 lead on the Panthers into the intermission. When the teams would return for the second half it would be more of the same as the Knights would stay hot and add another pair of goals. The Panthers of Crown Point would add a late goal to break the shutout but the Knights would still get the 4-1 victory. With the win the Knights go to 2-5 on the season while the Panthers fall to 1-6 on the season. Gallery

Crown Point's (7) steals the ball from Seton's (8) and is on the turn and attack. Gallery

Saranac and Plattsburgh attackers battle after the ball down the sidelines as they look to make the attack. The Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Saranac Spartans in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Boy's Soccer from the Plattsburgh High Sports Complex. The Hornets would get the scoring going first with a goal in the 6th minute from number 6 for the 1-0 lead. Then in the 23rd minute, the Hornets would extend their lead to 2-0 on another goal. The Spartans would keep fighting and answer back in the 34 minute on the Michael Strack goal to make it a 2-1 game but the Hornets would answer right back in the same minute to regain the two-goal lead at 3-1. In the second half, the Spartans would keep fighting throughout, making it a one-goal game at 3-2 in the 63rd minute. Although the Hornets would be able to fend off the challenges by the Spartans and get the win and go to 7-1-1 on the season while the Spartans fall to 5-2-1 on the season. Gallery

Saranac's Michael Strack (16) stuffs the ball in the far corner for the goal past the outstretched arms of the Plattsburgh netminder. Gallery

Seton Catholic's Brooke Bilow (15) with the turn and burn on Northern Adirondack's Olivia Lamboard (7). The Seton Catholic Knights would host the Northern Adirondack Bobcats. The Bobcats would get on the board first just 4 minutes into the game on the goal from Rielyn Nutt for the early 1-0 lead. The game would stay there till the 29-minute mark when the Bobcats would expand their lead to 2-0 on the Mandy McKinney goal and that's where they would end the first half of play. When the teams returned for the second half the Bobcat would stay hot and get three goals in the first ten minutes of the half from Ava Moore and Rielyn Nutt as they would take a commanding 5-0 lead. That is where the game would stay till the Knights would break the shutout bid in the last minute of the game on the Julia Padd goal to make it a 5-1 final and win for the Bobcats as they go to 5-2-1 on the season and the Knights fall to 0-7, Gallery

Seton Catholic's Gaberila Wabha (18) and Northern Adirondack's (8) battle for position near midfield. Gallery

Raymond Hanson (68) and Jenna Zakrzewski (727) battle for the lead in the closing laps of there ten lap feature with the win going to Hanson. It would be the second of the Elegance Coating Championship Weekend from the Airborne Park Speedway and the big race on the day would be the 100 lap 5 thousand to win for the Sportsman Modified and there would be 49 cars fighting for 1 of the 32 starting spots. Also on the card would be the 9th State Cannabis Renegades, Moore Recycling Mini Stocks, and the 500cc Mini Sprints. The first feature of the day would be the 500cc Mini Sprints and their ten-lap event. The early leader would be Jordan Zakrzewski but Raymond Hanson would come from his 6th starting spot and get the win over Destin St Clair and Jenna Zakrzewski. Then we would have the 9th State Cannabis Renegades for their 40-lap event. The early leader of the race would be Shawn Fountain but he would only have the lead till lap 5 when Josh Terry would take the lead and hold it till the end. Although it would not be without competition Shawn Duquette and Nathaniel Guay would be short on his feelings for the rest of the race. In the end, Josh Terry would get the win on the afternoon but Shawn Duquette would win the war and be crowned the 2024 track champion over Tylor Terry. Then we would have the Mini Stocks for their 20-lap event and Tyler Bell would have the lead for the first 2 laps. Then there would be a pass at the front and Josh Laporte would take the lead and have it til lap 6 and he would have the lead til lap 13. On lap 13 Laporte would take the lead back but in the end, Jason Porter would get the lead down the stretch and hold on for the win. Then it would be time for the big go the 100 laps for the Sportsman Modified with the 5k to the winner. The race would start with an accident going into turn 1 with three cars involved and Chris Cayea would end up on his side. When they restarted the race Travis Bruno would take the lead and have the lead for the first ten laps. On lap ten Donovan Lussier would take the lead and he would hold the lead for the next 90 laps. Still, it would not be without challenges as Travis Bruno, Fire Swamp, and Jordan Fornwalt would all take their shot at the top spot. Still, in the end, Donovan Lussier would hold on for his 9th win on the season, with Joey Scarbrough finishing 16th on the day Lussier would be crowned the 2024 track champion. Gallery

Josh Terry (65) and Shawn Duquette (18) battle for the lead in the 40-lap main for the Renegades with the win going to Josh Terry but Shawn Duquette would get the ultimate prize of being crowned track champion. Gallery

Gene Zindler (46) and Kyle Hart lead the pack into the corner as we had tight racing during the Moore Recycling Mini Stock race. It would be the first day of the Elegance Coating Championship Weekend and there would be seven divisions in action with the Limited Sportsman Modified, 500cc Mini Sprints, Pro Stocks, Crown Vics, Sportsman Modified, Renegades, Mini Stocks along with the enduro racers there would be 115 racers in the pits plus another 49 enduro cars in action on the afternoon. Once the the heat racing was done it would be onto the features and the first one up would be the JS Steel Sportsman Modified nonwinners for 25 laps it would see Chris Cayea get the wire-to-wire win but it would not be without challenge as it would see him and Michael Wright battle for the lead most of the race. Then next up would be the 500cc Mini Sprints for their first segment of ten laps for the weekend and it would see a battle up front between Destin St Clair and Raymond Hanson but at the strip, it would be St. Clair by a car length. Then we would have the Pro Stocks for their 25 lap event and it would see Kyle Hoard start on the pole and hand his way to victory lane. Even though that would be the case it would not be without action on the track as it sees challenges from Bruno Cyr and Jonathan Levesque but they just wouldn't have enough on this day. Then it would be the return of the Crown Vics for their second-ever appearance at the track and it would see Chad Merrill start on the pole but he would be challenged by Eric Friend early in the race and would see Friend get the win over Matt Monaghan. Then we would have the Limited Sportsman Modified for there 25 lap event and Don Williams would get the early lead off the start of the race but he would be challenged by Caleb Durgan and he would get the lead late in the race and he would get his first career win and Logan Denis would round out the top three. Then we would have their Moore Recycling Mini Stocks for their pair of features in the a and b. We would start with the A Man for their 20-lap event and it would see Cory Collins get the early lead but it would be shortlived as Speedy Bressette would come up and take the lead. Although there would be a storm brewing in the back as Chris Clark would come from the 19th spot and take the lead and get the win and then in victory lane announce his retirement to the crowd. The winner of the B Main would be for the second time this season Jeremaih King would get to the checkered flag first. Then to finish off the night it would be the Enduro race for 50 laps that would see 49 cars take the green flag and the winner would be Brent Wilbur. The racing action will continue tomorrow with the season finale as the main event will be Sportsman Modified going 100 laps for five thousand dollars to win. Gallery

Destin St. Clair (25d) and Jenna Zakrzewski (727) battle side by side as they were going for the lead early in the 500cc Mini Sprints segment 1 race. Gallery

Seton Catholic's (7) and Lake Placid's (10) battle for the ball along the sidelines at midfield as both teams were trying to get on the board. It would be the Lake Placid Blue Bombers and the Seton Catholic Knights in Mountain Valley Athletic Section VII Boy's Soccer action. The Seton Catholic Knights would play their first game at their new on-campus soccer field. It would be a tight game throughout the match as both teams would have their chance to get the match's opening goal. In the end, though the Blue Bombers would get the lone goal of the game in the 77th minute. With the win, the Blue Bombers would go to 2-3 season while the Knights fall to 1-4. Gallery

Lake Placid's (13) and Seton Catholic's (3) are having a foot battle for the ball at midfield. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Braeden Calkins (12) lowers the body on the sidelines and goes through the would-be tackler. It would be the fourth week of Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Football and it would see the Plattsburgh Hornets hosting long time hoe the Moriah Vikings from the high school complex. The game would start with upstart Hornets getting the first score of the game just 3:50 into the contest on the 12-yard strike to Braeden Calkins as the Hornets would take the early 8-0 lead. The Hornets wouldn't be done there though as they would take control of the game in the last 30 seconds of the first quarter when they would find Dominic Deangelo in the back of the end zone for a touchdown to give the Hornets a 16-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. There would be no scoring in the 2nd quarter so the teams would head into the locker room at 16-0 Hornets as they would be looking for the upset victory. When the teams would return for the third quarter it would be more of the same as there would be no scoring in the quarter and the Hornets would take that two-score lead into the fourth. In the fourth quarter, the Hornets would take control of the game at the 4:00 mark on the quarterback sneak by Dan Hartman and take the 24-0 lead and that's where the game would end. In the winning effort, the Hornets go to 2-2 on the season as they will have a nonleague road against the Malone Huskies next weekend. As for the Moriah Vikings, they will fall to 1-2 on the season as they look to get back to 500 next week as they will take on the Ausable Valley Patriots. Gallery

Moriah's Wyatt Whitman (11) with the catch along the sidelines that he tiptoes for the first down. Gallery

Peru's Elliott Supley (50) with the tackle that stands up Beekmantown's Shamus Bibeau (1) as he tried for the first down. It would be the game of the early season in the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference football season as the Beekmantown Eagles would travel to the Apple Bowl and take on the Peru Nighthawks as the classic rivalry would come again. The Eagles would get the opening score of the game on the 56-yard run by Parker Broughton to get the scoring started. That was the game would stay till the second quarter when the Nighthawk would score 30 seconds in on the Trenton Taylor 18-yard touchdown to make it a 7-6 game. The Eagles would answer right back on their next drive on a 72-yard keeper by Josh Sands to give the Eagles the 14-6 lead. As time would expire in the 1st half the Eagles would hit on a 27-yard field goal by Patrick Hagadron to take the 17-6 lead into the break. The game would stay there till 10:43 of the third quarter when Josh Sands would have his second rushing touchdown of the day on the 29 yards and the Eagles would take the 24-6 lead. Then on their next drive, Parker Broughton would take off for 90 yards and score just 41 seconds into the 4th quarter to give them the 31-6 lead and that's where the game would end. In the winning effort, the Beekmantown Eagles go to a 3-1 season as they will head to Saranac Lake next weekend and take on the Saranac Lake Red Storm. As for the Peru Nighthawks, they would fall to 1-2 season as they will hit the road next weekend against the Saranac Spartans. Gallery

Beekmantown's Josh Sands (15) takes the hit for Peru's Elliott Supley (50) as he was running in the opening field as he would have two scores in the game. Gallery