Leading off today: A safety was all of the scoing as
Cambridge edged Chatham, 2-0, in the Section 2 Class C football semifinals yesterday.
Cambridge is ranked fourth and Chatham eighth in Class C by the New York State Sportswriters Association.
The winning points came when Chatham QB Zach Kraham lost control of the ball in the end zone of the rain-drenched field with 2:31 to play and shoveled it out of bounds to avoid surrending a touchdown. "It was like trying to run on the beach," he told The Times Union.
Chatham entered the game averaging 39 points and Cambridge 37.9. But the teams could manage only a combined 235 yards of offense.
It wasn't much better in Watervliet, where No. 17 Schuylerville pulled out a 6-0 win over the No. 11 Cannoneers in Class C action. Anthony Casimano scored on a 13-yard run with 4:19 left in the fourth quarter.
Casimano carried 21 times for 101 yards.
It wasn't all two yards and a pile of mud, however. Fort Edward cruised to a 40-0 victory against Rensselaer in Class D. Damian Tyler scored on runs of 1, 36 and 63 yards and returned a blocked punt 50 yards for another score. He ran eight times for 108 yards and was 3-for-6 for 104 yards in the air.
Sweet Home wins game, loses QB: Reserve QB Michael Wolcott directed a 14-play, 81-yard TD drive in the fourth quarter to lift No. 5 Sweet Home to a 25-20 victory over No. 18 Iroquois in Section 6 Class A action.
Wolcott entered the game after Casey Kacz left with a knee injury in the third quarter.
Sweet Home’s Marcus Johnson (29 carries, 246 yards) and Iroquois’ Brandon Murie (36, carries 241 yards) dominated much of the action. Murie’s 70-yard run in the third quarter had given the Chiefs a 20-19 lead.
Large-school bracket takes shape: Sophomore Danny Scalo ran for three touchdowns and threw for another as top-ranked Monroe-Woodbury rolled into the Section 9 Class AA title game by beating Warwick, 42-7. M-W has won 33 consecutive games against Section 9 opponents.
Next up will be No. 8 Minisink Valley on Saturday night at Dietz Stadium. H.R. Rotolo scored on a one-yard run with 4:16 to go as Minisink Valley rallied past Newburgh Free Academy, 10-6.
The winner between M-W and MV could be headed for a Thanksgiving weekend date in the Carrier Dome for a NYSPHSAA championship matchup, and the opponent might very well be No. 15 Canandaigua.
Canandaigua senior Kaheem Gist produced what the Democrat and Chronicle referred to as "cartoon-like statistics" once again as Canandaigua beat Rochester Marshall, 42-21.
