TRR photo by Richard A. Ross Liberty’s Georgia Siegel (17) drives the ball up the field as Eldred’s Allie Flanagan (5) looks to contain her.

Girls' soccer

Liberty edges Eldred in hard-fought match

Teams take turns controlling the flow as Eldred shows marked improvement

By RICHARD A. ROSS

ELDRED, NY - In the second game of each of their seasons, the agenda for Liberty and Eldred was to build on their game one efforts.

Liberty looked to continue its winning ways after its 3-1 victory over The Family School. Eldred looked to bounce back from its difficult 9-0 loss to Monticello.

Playing on a hot September 7 afternoon, both teams reckoned with bouts of exhaustion that led to periods of flatness at various times. Subs were inserted with regularity to keep the flow going.

Eldred’s first-year keeper Rachel Smith stopped 15 shots in the first half and only allowed one goal in the first half by sophomore Jasmine Walizadeh at 24:57 on an assist from junior Brittany Austin. The goal was the result of a number of Liberty breakaways.

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Boys' soccer

S.S. Seward edges Sullivan West in fiery opener

By RICHARD A. ROSS

JEFFERSONVILLE, NY - One might have presumed that Sullivan West, a young team now missing the relentless scoring of graduate Jonathan Reynolds and his cross-field counterpart Kevin Brewer, would be tentative and struggling to find its identity.

The Spartans from S.S. Seward, a perennial powerhouse and nearly annual inhabitants of the state tournament final four, found otherwise in the first half of the season opener on September 6.

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Football

Football briefs

By RICHARD A. ROSS, PHIL DUSENBURY AND ANTHONY MEOLI

Yellowjackets dominate LMR in non-league fray

ELDRED, NY—According to Eldred coach Frank Kean, quarterback Nick McCormick had the best game of his career as he scored three touchdowns in Eldred’s 40-0 torching of Division V rival LMR in a non-league match.

Eldred showed dominance early and often. McCormick rushed 10 times for 164 yards by game’s end. Eldred scored three touchdowns (TD) in the first quarter; the first one fueled by a bad snap from LMR’s center on a punting attempt. LMR went from the Devilcats’ 27 in eight plays as Tom Compasso scored on a one-yard run. Phil Talley kicked the PAT.

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Also in this issue:

• Loss of quarterback Edwards to knee injury marks turning point of the game
• Sullivan West falls to a Section Four foe for second straight week
• Softball tourney to benefit Michael Swendsen
• Boys soccer
• Benefit brings riders from near and far