Clinton's Jeffrey Colins Weeks III (4) with the slam dunk as he broke down the court for the score, but the Cougars would fall 86-52 on the night. It would be a battle of North Country rivals from theFlorencee Center as the Clinton Community College Cougars would host the #11 NorthCountryy Community College in NJCAA Region 3 basketball as we are nearing the end of the season. The Cougars would be fighting an uphill battle the whole way through. They would do their best to stay with them early, but the Saints would start to pull away and lead 41-29 at halftime. When the teams returned, the Saints were off to the races, as they led 45-23 at halftime and secured an86-52 victory. The game would be called with around 4 minutes left after a fight broke out in the stands, and with the game in hand, the officials figured that was enough for the night. In the winning effort, the Saints go to 15-2 on the season as the Cougars fall to 4-12. Gallery

North Country's Wendy Dorvil (15) with the finger roll as the Saints would get the win on the evening. Gallery

Beekmantown's Sullivan Loughan (17) with the hit that carries Saranac's Gabe Moore (3) into the boards as they went after the puck. It would be the rematch of last year's Section VII Championship game as the Saranac Spartans would host the Beekmantown Eagles at the AC North Arena The game would remain scoreless until the 1:03 mark of the second period, when the Eagles would get the opening goal from Evan Bruyere and take the 1-0 lead The Spartans would waste little time tying the game at the 6:13 mark of the period when Gabe Moore would hit the back of the net, and that's where the second period would end, tied at one. Then at the 2:22 mark of the third period, the Eagles would retake the lead at 2-1 on the Edward Sweenor goal. Then, just 2:05 later, the Eagles would extend their lead to 3-1 when Mason Carter would add the power-play goal. Then, with just 1:52 left in the game, the Eagles would put the final touches on the game when Edward Sweenor would add his second of the game. In the Eagles' inning effort, Jack Bell would have 19 ss, and they go to 5-6-1 on the season. As for the Spartans, Teegan Vanvalkenburg would make 49 saves as they fall to 4-8 on the season. The Eagles will be back in action on Thursday with another conference game against the Plattsburgh Hornets. As for the Saranac Spartans, they will have a non-conference game on Friday. Gallery

Beekmantown's Carter Lapier (16) and Saranac's Elliot Batty (12) battle for the puck as they charge down on the net and Beekmantown's Jack Bell (31) as they look for the goal. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Alexandro Moliner (9) gets the opening goal just 52 seconds into the game for the Cardinals' 1-0 lead. It would be the classic rivalry, renewing itself: Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #3 Oswego State Lakers, with 14,500 fans at the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena. The home Cardinals would waste little time getting the opening goal of the game, just 54 seconds in, on a goal by Alexandro Moliner for the 1-0 lead, and the stress ball was released. Releasedust 90 seconds later, the Cardinals would make it 2-0 on the Spencer Bellina goal, and the upset-minded Cardinals were cooking. Then, at the 9:15 mark of the first, the Lakers would cut the deficit in half as Matt McQuade scored to make it 2-1. The game would stay there until 22 seconds into the second, when the Cardinals would regain the two-goal lead at 3-1 on Quinn Tavares' goal. Then at the 7:22 mark, the Cardinals would extend ttheirlead to 4-1 when Felix-Antoine Parenteau would score The game would stay there till the last 7 minutes of the second period when the Lakers would go on a four goal blitz from Tommy Bannister (shorthanded goal), Connor Gatto, Josh Simpson, and Matt McQuade (powerplay goal) and take the 5-4 lead. In the third period, the Cardinals shaded their chances to tie the game but couldn't get the game-tying goal, and the Lakers held on for the 5-4 win. In the win, the Lakers improved to 13-2-1, as Manzi and Milberg combined for 27 saves. As for the Cardinals, Spry would make 24 saves as they fall to 8-10 on the season and head to Cortland and Morrisville next weekend. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Jakle Sacratini (28) and Oswego State's Tommy Bannister (10) battle for the puck as they head into the corner. Gallery

Oswego State's Mia Devivio (35) with one of her 30 saves on Plattsburgh State's Ella Fessette (15) as she was trying to tie the game up. It would be the #13 Plattsburgh State Cardinals and the Oswego State Lakers from the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena, with 300 fans braving the bitter cold. The game would remain scoreless until the 7:37 mark of the second period, when the Cardinals would break through with a goal from Bailey MacKellar. The game would stay there until the 5:31 mark of the third period, when Lakers Georgia Cunliffe would score a top-shelfer to tie the game at 1. Then at the 11:33 mark of the third, the Lakers would score to take the 2-1 lead on the Kayla Doerre goal. The Cardinals would have their chances down the stretch to get the equalizer, but would have none, and the Lakers would get the 2-1 upset victory. In the winning effort, the Lakers' Mia Devivomadee made 30 saves as they went to 10-7 on the season. As for the Cardinals, Maddy Stetson made 19 saves as they fell to 10-6 on the season, heading into a pair of games next weekend with North Country foe Potsdam State. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Zoe Puc (37) with the shot on net that just missed tying the game up. Gallery

Hobart's Tommy McDonough (55) with the open ice hit on Plattsburgh State's Colin Callahan (17) to knock him off the puck. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would welcome the #1 Hobart Statesmen to the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena in front of 1,250 fans for the first time as conference foe The game would not start well for the home Cardinals as the Statesmen would get three goals in the first period from Easton Ryan, Tanner Daniels, and Arvega Hovsepyan as they would trail 3-0 after one. In the second period, it wouldn't be much better, as the Statesmen would get a couple more goals from Tamas Roth and Easton Ryan (second of the night), making it a 5-0 game at the end of two. In the third period, the Statesmen would finish off the bashing of the Cardinals with another pair of goals from Dominic Schimizzi and Arvega Hovespyan (second of the game) as they would fall 7-0. In the winning effort for the Statesmen Damon Beaver would make 22 saves for the shutout as they stay undeefated at 17-0 as they head to there game against Skidmore, As for the Cardinals Spry and Lane would combine for 46 saves as they fall to 8-9 and will look to right the ship tomorrow night against time foe the #3 Oswego State Lakers. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Thierry Lizotte (7) ducks under the hit from Hobart's Nick Dimatos (3) along the boards through the offensive zone. Gallery