Saranac's Johnny Devins (22) with the run up the middle for the game winning score. It would be Week 8 of the Champlain Valley Atheltic Conference season and Semi-Finals of Class C pitting #2 Ausable Valley Patriots and #3 Saranac Chiefs. It would be an evenly matched game through the great equalizer the rain there would be no score after the first quarter. The Saranac Chiefs would take a 6-0 lead into half on a QB sneak by Johnny Maye with 5 minutes left in the half. In the third quarter with 8 minutes left the Ausable Valley Patriots would tie the game up at 6 on a Tyler Atkins run. The game would remain there through regulation. They would go into overtime tied at six. In that overtime the Chiefs would score on a short run by Johnny Devins on there first possession to secure the win and advance to the Class C finals against the Saranac Lake Red Strom. Gallery

Ausable Valley's Jimmie Carter (21) with the wrap-up tackle on Saranac's Sean Ahern (25) to keep him short of the first down. Gallery

Saranac's Logan Mathews (10) with the great catch along the sidelines as time expires fighting til the end. It would be week 6 of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference and we would have the Saranac Chiefs playing host to the Peru Indians. The Saranac Chiefs would jump out to the 6-0 lead on a 19 yard run from Sean Ahern at the 9:36 mark of the first. The Peru Indians would come right back down the field and scored to tie the game at six on the long touchdown pass Evan Palmer. The Indians would take the 9-6 lead 2:23 into the second quarter on a 26-yard field goal and that's where the game would be at for halftime. At the 9:37 mark of the third quarter, the Indians would extend there lead to 15-6 on the touchdown pass. Then nearing the end of the third quarter the Indians would grab a pick 6 to make it 22-6 going to the last quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Indians would score again this time John Gallo to secure the 29-6 victory. In the winning effort, the Indians go to 3-3 while the Chiefs fall to 0-6 on the season. Gallery

Peru's Noah Schlitt (44) with the arm tackle on Saranac's Sean Ahern (25) for the loss. Gallery

Saranac's Isaac Garman (88) with the diving catch on a fade route for the first down. It would be week four of the Champlain Valley Football League and the Saranac Chiefs would travel to Moriah for the game against the Vikings. The game would go back and forth throughout. The Vikings would take the 6-0 lead near the end of the first quarter on a touchdown run from Ethan Java to make it 6-0 Vikings. Then early in the second quarter, the Chiefs would tie the game up a touchdown pass to Andy LeBeau. That is where the game would stay til there was 1:30 left in the third when Ethan Java would score again and they would get the two-point conversion to make it 14-6 Vikings. Then with under three minutes left in the game, the Vikings would extend the lead to 21-6 on Ethan Java's third touchdown of the day. In the closing minute of the game, the Chiefs would score to make the final look better as Luke Maye would score on the QB sneak to make the final score 21-12. In the winning effort, the Vikings would go to 2-2 while the Chiefs would go to 0-4 on the season. Gallery

Moriah's Dylan Trombley (10) with the interception on the under thrown ball. Gallery

Saranac's Isaac Garman (88) with the catch along the sidelines and would lead to a long touchdown score. It would be week two of the Champlain Valley Athletic League with the Saranac Chiefs who would be hosting the Saranac Lake Red Storm. The Red Storm would jump out to the quick 7-0 lead Brandon Meyers touchdown run. The Red Storm would extend their an advantage to 13-0 on Joe Viscardo's touchdown reception. The Chiefs would cut the lead the deficit in half on the long touchdown reception for Isaac Garman and that's where the game would be at the half. The Red Storm would regain the 13 point lead on Joe Viscardo's second touchdown on the day at 8:07 of the third quarter. Then with just under four minutes left in the game, they would extend it to 23-6 on a short field goal. As the clock would expire on the game the Chiefs would get a score on the quarterback keeper by Luke Maye to close out the 23-12 victory for the Red Storm. In the winning effort, the Red Storm would go to 1-1 while the Chiefs would fall to 0-2 on the season. Gallery

Saranac Lake's Jarrett Ashton (9) with the set back and bounce to outside for the gain. Gallery

Ausable Valley's Landon Shay (40) with the diving catch on the low ball for the first down. It would be the second week of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference football season and it would feature the Ausable Valley Patriots and the Ticonderoga Sentenials. It would be a match up to very evenly matched teams in a contest that would come down to what team could push it across first. The lone score of the game would come with 7:26 left in the fourth quarter when Justyn Granger would break through the line four the nine-yard score. In the winning effort, the Ticonderoga Sentinels would improve to 2-0 while the Ausable Valley Patriots would fall to 0-2 on the season. Gallery

Ausable Valley's Joe LeClair (38) with the high tackle on Ticonderoga's Hayden Scuderi (22) for the loose yards behind the line of scrimmage. Gallery