Chateaugay's (14) with the spike towards the middle of the court for the point. It would be an opening night of volleyball season. As the Chateaugay Bulldogs would travel to Salmon River for the Salmon River Shamrocks. The Bulldogs would get a challenge throughout the night but they still would get the straight-set victory by scores of 25-16, 25-20, and 25-21. Next up for the Chateaugay Bulldogs would be their home opener against the Malone Huskies. Gallery

Chateaugay's (5) with the spike down the line for the point. Gallery

Team St. John's Joey Gillispie with the toe touch along the sidelines with Team Malinak's Peter Wheatley defending. It would be the opening weekend of the outdoor flag football season. In-game two it would be Team Malinak Vs Team St. John. In what would be the best game of the game Team Malinak would have a 7-6 lead at the break. When the teams came back from the second half the defenses would still be a stud as Malinak would win the half and hag on for the 13-6 victory. With the win, Malinak goes to 1-0 while St. John goes to 0-1. Gallery

Team Malinak's Mike Castine with the over the shoulder for the score. Gallery

Team Malinak's Caiden Goodman with the catch on the low ball down to a knee. It would be the opening week of the outdoor flag football season. In the final game of the game, it would be Team Malinak Vs Team Downs. In-game that Team Malinak would dominate they would have a 35-0 lead at the break. In the second half, Malinak would reel in a bit and win the half 12-0 and secure the 47-0 victory. In the winning effort, Team Malinak goes to 2-0 while Team Down starts 0-1. Gallery

Team Malinak's Chris Verkey with the catch and splits the defenders for the big gain. Gallery

Vince Quenneville (78), Billy Cook (M70) and Lonnie Rivers take it three deep through the middle of the corner fighting for position early. It would be Champlain Pterbuilt Dirtcar Pro Stock Series presented by Great Northern Supply. It would be the Dirtcar Pro Stock Series first-ever visit to the Airborne half mile and they would have a 35 lap feature. The winner of the feature event would be C.D. Beauchamp after a close battle with Rob Yetman. As for the Sportsman Modified 50 lap feature, there would be a lot of early cautions when the dust would settle Dany Gagne. As for the support divisions on the evening Tylor Terry (Renegades), Kris Clark (Mini-Modified), and Shawn Walker in the Strictly Stock. The Revstar SRT and Slingshots would also be in competition on the evening with wins going to Pierre Hebert and Jim Pollard. Gallery

Michael Wright (78) gives a tap to the back of Brent Jarvis (32) fighting for second place in the closing laps of the renegades' feature. Gallery

Team Maulding's Austin Velie just misses the catch as it goes off the fingertips. It would be the opening the week of the outdoor flag football season. The opening game of the week would feature Team Maulding Vs Team Livsey. It would tightly contested game and Livsey would have a 10-0 lead at the end of the first half. When the teams came back for the second half Maulding would do there best to keep it close but Livsey would be too much for them. As Livsey win the half 10-0 and get the 22-0 victory. Gallery

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Peru's (6) with the two-handed catch over the middle and would turn up for a big gain and first down. It would be week two of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference and it would be the classic rival game between the host Peru Indians and the visiting Beekmantown Eagles. The Indians would streak first on the Keagen LaGrave (26) 6 yard run halfway through the first quarter for the 6-0 lead. The Indians would strike again when Keagan LaGrave would score on the pass play with 2 minutes left in the 2nd quarter to make it 13-0. The Eagles would strike right back on a 60 yard run by Cris Arzola to make it 13-7 after the 1st quarter. In the second quarter Eagles, Cris Arzola would tie the game on a 51-yard run at 5:12 of the quarter. Then in the final minute of the quarter, the Eagles would take the lead on the touchdown pass to Evan Burnell for the 19-13 lead at halftime. When the teams would come back for the second half Austin Carpenter (3) would get the scoring started for the Indians on a touchdown pass at 4:24 of the third to make it 20-19. In the final minute of the quarter, Austin Carpenter would strike again to make it 27-19 after the third quarter. The Eagles would strike back and tie the game at 27 just under two minutes into the fourth quarter with Evan Burnell's second score to tie the game at 27. Then about halfway through the fourth, the Eagles would take the 33-27 on Cris Arzola's third score of the game. Then with just under two minutes left in the game, the Indians would tie the game at 33 and send it to overtime. In the overtime period, the Indians would get the play first and score on Ryan Connell quarterback sneak to make it 40-33. The Eagles would get a chance to match them and force and force another overtime. With that Eagles possession, Cris Arzola would score although the Eagles would go for two and succeed and get the 41-40 victory. In the winning effort, the Beekmantown Eagles go to 1-1 as the head back on the road against Moriah Vikings. With the lose the Peru Indians fall to 0-2 on the season as they will host the 0-2 Saranac Lake Red Storm Gallery

Beekmantown's Sean Dixon with the catch in the open field for the two-point conversion. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Ian Detulleo (2) with the pass break up along the farside long. It would be the start of week 2 of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference season as we have the Plattsburgh Hornets hosting the Moriah Vikings in League action. The Vikings would get the first score of the game in the 1st quarter a run by Connor Anderson for the 8-0 lead. In the second quarter the Vikings would extend there lead to 16-0 on Connor Anderson's second touchdown run of the day at 4:38of the quarter. The game would stay there til the 7:26 mark of the third quarter when Jay Sargent would take it 22 yards for the score and make it 24-0. In the fourth quarter, the Hornets would get on the board on a 20-yard touchdown pass to Talon Bushey at the 8:10 mark to make it 24-8. Although the Vikings would answer right back a short run to secure the 31-8 victory. In the winning effort, the Vikings improve to 2-0 as they head home for Beekmantown next week. While the Hornets fall to 0-2 and will host the Saranac Chiefs next week. Gallery

Moriah's D.J. Taylor (39) with the catch in the back of the endzone for the 2 point conversion as the Vikings increase there to lead. Gallery

Saranac's Jacob Nolan (13) with the catch along the sidelines and turns upfield for the big gain. The Saranac Chiefs would open up there season at home against the Plattsburgh Hornets. The Chiefs would strike quick for the early lead on the 60 yards run by Luke Maye for the 6-0 lead at 1:54 of the first quarter. The Chiefs would extend there lead to 14-0 on a Jacob Nolan 61 yard touchdown at the end of the quarter. In the second quarter, the Chiefs would extend there lead to 22-0 on an Andy LaBeau interception for a touchdown. At the end of the Horners would finally get on the board to make it a 22-8 Chiefs lead at the break. The Horners would come out and try and make a game of it as they would return a fumble for a score to make it 22-14. Then with about two minutes left in the game, the Chiefs would extend there lead 28-14 on a Jacob Nolan score. With that, the Chiefs would get the 28-14 win and go to 1-0 as the Hornets fall to 0-1. Gallery

Plattsburgh's (44) with the sack of Saranac's Luke Maye (14). Gallery

Cory McCoy (69C) cuts to the bottom of Jason Bruno (66) battling for position early in the Sportsman Modified feature as we get up close. It would be Dirtcar Championship night presented by P.M. Leary Restoration as all divisions would be in attendance with points champions being crowned in the 358 and Sportsman Modified divisions along with a 2,000 win in the 358 Modified. The competition would be intense throughout the evening with a red flag for a rollover in the 358 Modified and multiple restarts needed in the Sportsman Modified race to get the first five laps done. When the dust would settle the eventual winners would be Rolland Guay (Strictly Stock), Michael Whalen (Mini-Modified) after winner Clemente Bell was disqualified, Brent Jarvis (Renegades), Connor Cleveland (Sportsman Modified), Stephen Bernier (358 Modified). As for the points champions Connor Cleveland (Sportsman Modified), Chris Raabe (358 Modified) would win the first track championships at Airborne on dirt in 27 years. Next week the track will be back in action on Sunday, September 10th as the Dirtcar series Pro Stock and Sportsman Modified tour come to town. Gallery

GalleryJosh LaPorte (45B) is charging hard on the bottom looking to catch eventual Mini-Modified winner Michael Whalen (11). Gallery

Saranac's Lakes Jarrett Ashton (9) bounces off the would be tacklers for the first down as part of a two touchdown night. It would be opening night of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference football season and the Ausable Valley Patriots would host the Saranac Lake Red storm. The Red Storm would get the opening score of the game as Jarrett Ashton would bust out for 61 yards for the 6-0 lead. The would stay there til 3 minutes into the 2nd quarter when Mason Douglas would return a fumble and give the Patriots the 8-6 lead. The Red Storm would answer right back on Jarrett Ashton's second touchdown of the night and regain the 14-8 lead. On the next Patriots possession Matthew Pray would break it 80 yards and the Patriots would take the 16-14 lead back. Although the Red Storm would strike again on a Jacob Shipman 50 yard touchdown reception to give the Red Storm the 22-16 lead at the break. When the teams came back for the second half the Patriots defense would step up and take charge of the game. The Patriors would retake the lead at 24-22 on a Luis Perez 8 yard reception and score with just under 5 minutes left in the third quarter. The Patriots would extend there lead to 30-22 a 71 yard touchdown run for Matthew Pray his second of the game Then with just under 8 minutes left in the game Jarrett Ashton would get his third touchdown of the game and tie the game at 30. The Patriots would regain the lead at 38-30 with 6:30 left in the game on Matthew Pray's third touchdown of the game and secure the 38-30 win. In the winning effort the Patriots start there season at 1-0 while the Red Storm fall to 0-1. Gallery

Ausable Valley's Matthew Pray's (28) shreds of the Saranac Lake tackler on the outside for the first down. Gallery