Saranac Lake's Zack Goetz (6) jumps over Saranac's Conner Burns (2) for an interception to stop the Spartans scoring attempt. It would be the first championship of championship Saturday from Ausable Valley High School as the #17 (#1) Saranac Spartans would take on the #2 Saranac Lake Red Storm for the Section VII Class C Championships. The Spartans would jump out to the lead just 2:13 into the game on a 25-yard run by Landen Smith to give the Spartans the 7-0 lead. The Spartans would stay on the gas and extend their lead to 15-0 on a 2-yard run by Nathan Hamel. Then with just 1:12 left in the quarter, Nathan Hamel would score again this time from 18 yards out, and give the Spartans the 22-0 lead as the first quarter would come to an end. In the second quarter, the Spartans would stay on the gas as they would score two more times this time from Conner Burns and Alex Clancey, and give the Spartans the 36-0 lead as they headed into the locker room. When the teams returned for the second half it was looking like the first half again as the Spartans would score just 4:35 into the half on a 6-yard run by Haiden Blair to give the Spartans the 43-0 lead. The Red Storm would get on the board with a 12-yard passing touchdown with 1:20 left in the third quarter to make it a 43-6 game. However, the Red Storm would not just be happy with avoiding the shutout as they would score again with 4 minutes left in the game on the Evan Willett running score to make it 43-12 game. With that, the Saranac Spartans would hold onto the win and advance to the NYSPHSAA Class C Tournament and will be in action next week against Section X's Gouvenour Wildcats in the opening round on November 10th. As for the Saranac Lake Red Storm, their season comes to an end at 1-8. Gallery

Saranac's Addison Kelting (23) hits the gap and runs hard for the first down. Gallery

Ausable Valley's Hayden Bombard (13) sheds off the tackler and bounces to the outside for the extra yards. 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

Saranac Lake's Owen Muncil (4) with the backward catch on the pass over the middle for the big gain. Gallery