Plattsburgh State's Tio D'Addario (9) bangs in the goal on the short side to give the Cardinals the 6-3 lead late in the game. It would be the home opener for the #7 Plattsburgh State Cardinals as they would begin the 2023-24 campaign with a game against the Castleton State Spartans from the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena in front of 1300 fans. The game would start off well for the home Cardinals as they would get the opening goal just 2:46 into the game on the Paul Bryer goal. The Cardinals would expand their lead just five minutes later on the Adam Tretowicz goal and take the 2-0 lead. Although just 42 seconds later the Spartans would get on the board and cut the lead in half at 2-1 on the Jackson Edwards goal. Then just about three minutes later the Spartans would tie the game up on the Josef Vyvial to make it 2-2. The game would stay there till the ten-minute mark of the second period when Lonan Bulger would score to give the Cardinals the 3-2 lead. Just two minutes later the Spartans would tie the game up again on the Andrew Stefura goal. That was the game would stay till the third period when the Cardinals would erupt for three powerplay goals from Josh Belgrave, Ryan Bonfield, and Tio D'Addario and secure the 6-3 victory. It would be a very physical game though as the teams would combine for 55 minutes in penalty minutes. In the winning effort, Eli Shiller would make 17 saves on the night as the Cardinals went to 2-0 on the season. Next up for the Cardinals, they will be on the road next weekend to start SUNYAC play against the Morrisville State Mustangs. Gallery

It would be the lone Section VII playoff game of the weekend as the #2 Beekmantown Eagles would host crosstown rival the #3 Plattsburgh Hornets for the right to take on the #1 Peru Nighthawks for the Section VII Class B Finals next week at Ausable Valley. The game would start off great for the Eagles as they would take a 7-0 lead just 2:30 into the game on a 65-yard strike to Josh Sands. The Eagles would keep the offense going as they would score again on their next drive to take the 14-0 lead. The Hornets would show some life halfway through the first quarter on a 72-yard scramble by Dan Hartman to cut the deficit to 14-6. Although the Eagles would regain their two-score lead at 21-6 on the 36-yard run by Louis Sweenor and that's how the first quarter would end. The Eagles would keep on the gas and score just 3 minutes into the second quarter on the 1-yard run by Peyton Viau and take the 28-6 lead. The Hornets would keep fighting and as time was nearing the end of the half Dominic Deangelo would return a pick 6 interception 95 yards to make it a two-score game again at 29-12 at the half. When the teams return for the second half the Eagles would pick up where they left off with a 8-yard run by Parker Broughton to give them a 35-12 lead just 5 minutes into the half. Then with 2 minutes left in the quarter, the Eagles would make a 28-yard field goal from Patrick Hagadorn for the 38-12 lead. The game would stay there till about three minutes left when Shamus Bibeau would score from 8 yards out for the 44-12 victory. In the winning effort, the Beekmantown Eagles will advance to the Class B Finals while the Plattsburgh Hornets season will come to an end at 1-7. Gallery

The Plattsburgh Hornets would be crowned the 2023 Section VII Class A Boy's Soccer champions. It would be the Section Class A Boy's Soccer Championships from Northeastern Clinton as the #1 seeded Plattsburgh Hornets would meet up with the #2 Peru Nighthawks for the right to head to the state tournament. The Nighthawks would get the opening goal of the game just seven minutes into the game from Seanen Edwards for the 1-0 lead. The game would stay there all the way to the 61st minute of the game when the Hornets would fight back and tie the game at one on the Andrew Bula goal. That is where the game would through the rest of regulation along with the 30 extra minutes of the overtime session and there would be no winner. From there the game would head to penalty kicks and it would take to the eighth round before we had a winner. When the Hornets get the win they advance to the NYSPHSAA Class A Tournament and in the first round will face the Massena Red Raiders from Section X. In the winning effort, Nick Clooney would make 7 saves on the night and Connor Perrotte would have 6 on the night. Gallery

The Adirondack 46ers pose for their team photo as they are crowned the 2023 Adirondack Cup champions with a 7-2 victory. It would be the third and final day of the 3rd annual Adirondack Cup at the Malone Civic Center in NYSAHA Boy's 16U Hockey and it would the finals as it would be an all-Adirtondack final as the host 46ers would meet up with the Jr. Thunder for the championship. The game would not start off the greatest for the home 46ers as the Jr. Thunder would get the opening goal in the first couple of minutes. However, the 46ers would come back and get a couple of goals and take a 2-1 lead to end the first period. In the second period, the teams would trade goals and the 46ers would hold a 3-2 lead as they would enter the third period. In the third period, the 46ers offense would come alive and they would get four goals. They would cruise to the 7-2 victory and be crowned the 2023 Adirondack Cup champions. The 46ers will be back in action next Sunday as they will have a pair of games against these same Adirondack Jr. Thunder. Gallery

It would be week #7 in the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference football and the 1-5 Ausable Valley Patriots would be hosting the #11 ranked and undefeated Saranac Spartans. The game would start off well for the visiting Spartans as they scored just 4 minutes into the game on an 85-yard catch and run from Connor Burns for a 6-0 lead. Then with four minutes left in the opening quarter, the Spartans would strike again this time on a 45 strike to Alex Clancey to take the 13-0 lead as the first quarter would come to a close. When the second quarter started the Spartans would stay on the attack and score a 4-yard run by Cayden Bouvia to take the 20-0 just 3 minutes into the quarter. The Spartans would stay on the gas and score again a 20-yard strike to Bryce Deangelo with 4 minutes left in the half. As the half would be nearing the end the Spartans would find Alex Clancy for a 7-yard pass to take the 34-0 lead into the intermission. When the teams would return for the second half the Spartans would let off the gas and cruise through the half with a 14-0 advantage and secure a 48-0 win. In the winning effort, the Spartans go to 7-0 on the season as they will head into their final game of the season at home against the 5-2 Moriah Vikings. The Ausable Valley Patriots at 1-6 will finish their season on the road at the 0-7 Plattsburgh Hornets. Gallery

The Beekmantown Eagles celebrate their overtime game-winner that came in the 85th minute from Ian McCasland and send the home crowd home happy. it would be a late-season contest inside the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference from the Beekmantown Central School as the Eagles would host the Peru Nighthawks in Boys Soccer action. It would be a very evenly matched contest between a couple of good teams that would see the Eagles have the shot-on-net advantage by a count of 8-4. This game would need more than regulation time to decide the winner as the score would be deadlocked with no score as they would play the needed 80 minutes. In the extra time, the Eagles would finally get the needed goal from Ian McCasland for the 1-0 win. With the win the Beekmantown Eagles would finish off their regular season with a 8-5-1 record while the Nighthawks finish the season at 9-4-1 and now both teams will look forward to the upcoming playoffs. Gallery

Beekmantown's Zach Lapier (19) with the interception on the deep ball down the sidelines to stop the Patriot's attack. It would be week #6 of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference season and the Ausable Valley Patriots would be hosting the Beekmantown Eagles in a mid-season tilt. The Eagles would get the scoring started on a 3-yard run just 4:36 into the game and take the 7-0 lead. The Patriot's defense would do their best to keep the game tight in the early stages as it would stay there till the 3:04 mark of the second quarter when the Eagles would strike on a 19-yard pass to Peyton Viau to extend the lead to 14-0. Then in the final couple minutes of the half, the Eagles would expand on their lead on Louis Sweenor's second running touchdown of the game to take the 21-0 lead into the locker room. When the teams returned for the second half the Eagles offense would stay hot and take a 28-0 lead with 3 minutes left in the quarter on a Peyton Viau 36-yard passing touchdown for second on the night. Then as time would expire in the third quarter the Eagles would strike again this time to Patrick Hagadorn for the 18-yard pass strike and that would end the scoring as neither team would break the goal line in the fourth quarter. With the win the Beekmantown Eagles go to 3-3 on the season and will travel to Saranac Lake next week. The Ausable Valley Patriots fall to 1-5 on the season and will have a home tilt next week against the undefeated Saranac Spartans. Gallery

Plattsburgh's (2) comes in with the sliding tackle on Peru's Spencer Davies (3) to break up the attack down the wing. It would be a mid-week affair in the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Boy's Soccer action as the Plattsburgh Hornets would host their neighbors and rival Peru Nighthawks in the second meeting of the season. As the Nighthawks would win the first meeting of the season earlier in the season at home by a 3-2 score the Hornets would be looking for revenge. The Hornets would get the opening goal of the game from #10 just 15 minutes into the game with the help of number #3 to give the Hornets the 1-0 lead. Then with just over five minutes left in the first half, the Hornets would extend their lead to 2-0 on a goal by #17 that he would get off the rebound from his own penalty kick. That is where the game would stay as defense would be the name of the game in the second half. With the win, the Hornets go to 5-5-2 as they head into their next game against Beekmantown on October 10th. The Nighthawks fall to 8-3-1 on the season as they head into their home tilt against the Saranac Spartans on October 10th. Gallery

Levi Renez with 406 FMX with the backflip on his razor to a huge success with the crowd. The 2 Xtreme Monster Truck Series would make their third year in a row stop at the Vermont State Fairgrounds in Rutland, Vermont bringing in there four truck team with Red Baron and Mike Brister, Shark Bite and Rob Poutre, Scarlet Bandit and Dawn Creten and the world champion Bounty Hunter and Jimmy Creten. The evening would start off with Monster Truck qualifying on the Chicago Style track and Shark Bite would be the fastest. Then it would be onto racing and it would come down to Jimmy Creten and Bounty Hunter and Rob Poutre and Shark Bite for the finals and the winner would be the local Vermont boy Rob Poutre and Shark Bite getting the win over the boss. In between the rounds and the two-wheel skills contest the guys from 406 FMX would be out entertaining the crowd with their tricks and flips. Then it would be onto the Two Wheels Skills Contest and Shark Bite and Rob Poutre would get the win 99 on the db level with his two-wheel stoppie to barely beat out the Bounty Hunter. Then after a 20-minute intermission, it would be onto the crowd's favor Monster Truck Freestyle. However, before that, the crowd would have a special treat as Levi Renez and his razor would attempt a backflip and land it off the FMX ramp. Then it would be freestyle time and as a surprise first out of the box would be Jimmy Creten and the Bounty Hunter but he would come out and put on a top-notch show and set the bar high for the rest of the evening. Then we would have Red Baron Mike Brister and he would give the fans the high-air attack and it would be good but the Bounty Hunter would still have the lead. Then it would be the first lady of monster trucks with Dawn Creten and Scarlet Bandit and she would bring out a two-wheel assault on the track and wow the crowd and take the slight lead over her husband with just one truck to go. Although that one truck would be the local boy Rob Poutre and Shark Bite and he would come out and just put an assault on the course like no other leaving little doubt on who would be the winner. With that being said Rob Poutre and Shark Bite would get the clean sweep on the day. Next up for the 2Xtreme Monster Trucks will be the Chris Arel Monster Spectular in Montreal next weekend at the Olympic Stadium. Gallery

Ausable Valley's Dylan Bombard (34) runs over Saranac Lake Owen Muncil (4) for the big gain and the first down patriots. It would be week #4 of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Football season and the Ausable Valley Patriots would be hosting the Saranac Lake Red Storm on their annual homecoming game weekend, This would be a game where the defenses would stand tall and a run-first offense on both sides. There would be no scoring through the first quarter and the game would be tied at zero after the first fifteen minutes of the game. Finally, at the 3:37 mark of the second quarter, we would get our first score of the game as Dylan Bombard for the Patriots would rumble in from five yards out to give the Patriots the 6-0 lead. Then in the closing seconds of the first half, the Patriots would get on the board again and extend their lead to 12-0 on Dylan Bombard's second score of the game from one yard out and take the lead into the intermission. When the teams returned for the second half the defenses on both sides would still be superior. However, the Patriots and Dylan Bombard would find the eye in the storm and give Dylan Bombard his third score of the game this time from 12 yards out, and extend the Patriots ' lead to 20-0. That would be all the scoring in the game and the Patriots would get the 20-0 victory to go to 1-3 on the season as they look for their match-up next weekend against the Peru Nighthawks. The Saranac Lake Red Storm fall to 1-3 on the season and will host the Malone Huskies next week in nonleague action. Gallery