Border Country Sports Blog-September 9th

Good Morning! With the Border Country Sports Blog, I'm Keith Harrington.

Granville Will Forfeit Football Opener Due to Covid

I received a message from Granville footballl coach John Irion that his team's season opener against Chatham this weekend will be a forfeit win for the Panthers due to the Golden Horde being forced to go on pause because of positive Covid tests.

"We won't have enough kids because of quarantine," Irion said.

Irion is hopeful that Granville will be able to return to action in Week #2.

"Most come back Monday and a few Tuesday so we'll see," Irion added.

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Lake George Defeats Fort Ann in ADK Battle

The one thing everyone who follows Adirondack League sports knows is that when Lake George and Fort Ann clash on the pitch it's going to be a great game. The two teams battled on Wednesday with the Warriors coming away with a 3-1 win. This game was a non-league game.

The contest was tied 1-1 at the half, but Lake George pulled away with a pair of second half goals.

Poe Tutu converted a pass from Sam Knauf to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead at the 4:12 mark.

Dakota Winch tied the game for the Cardinals in the 26th minute.

Lake George got second half tallies from Knauf and Jack Welch to put the game away.

Kristian Johnson had four saves for Lake George. Dylan Brown stopped four shots for Fort Ann.

Lake George is 1-0. Fort Ann is 0-0.

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Poultney Girls Move to 2-0

The quickly improving Poultney girls soccer team won their second game in a row to open the season as they defeated Long Trail 5-1.

The Blue Devils led 3-0 at the half and held on the rest of the way.

Kaitlyn DeBonis and Hannah Webster each hit the back of the net twice for Poultney. Kaydyn L’Esperance also added a goal.

Poultney is 2-0 and will look for their third win in a row Saturday at Twin Valley.

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Hartford Volleyball Opens with a Victory

Hartford opened the season with a 3-0 Adirondack League volleyball win over Corinth. Set scores were 25-21, 25-20 and 25-14.

Karlee Nims led the Tanagers with 13 kills, six digs and five aces. Raeghan Liebig and Cassie Wade added five digs each.

Desiree Neville had seen service points, three assists and two kills for the Tomahawks. Hailey St. John chipped in four kills.

Hartford is 1-0. Corinth is 0-1.

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Rose Trio of Goals Leads Slaters Over Green Mountain

Fiar Haven won their second game in a row to begin the season as they rolled past Green Mountain 6-2 in SVL girls soccer.

Brittney Love had a huge game for the Slaters. Love scored three times to record a hat trick and also added an assist for Fair Haven.

Lily Briggs added a pair of second half goals for the Slaters.

Freshman Maddy Perry rounded out the Fair Haven scoring.

Kim Cummings scored for the Chieftains.

Kate Hadwen had nine saves in goal for Fair Haven. Luna Burkland had 12 stops for Green Mountain.

Fair Haven is 2-0. Green Mountain is 1-2.

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New York Scoreboard

High School Volleyball

Lake George 3 Granville 0

Argyle 3 Hadley-Luzerne 0

Warrensburg 3 Fort Edward 1

High School Boys Soccer

Hadley-Luzerne 2 North Waren 0

Bolton-Warrensburg 4 Corinth 0

High School Field Hockey

Hoosick Falls 6 Granville 0

High School Golf

Granville 3 Lake George 2

North Warren 4 Bolton 1

Whitehall 5 Corinth 0

Hadley-Luzerne 5 Fort Ann-Hartford 0

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Vermont Scoreboard

HIgh School Boys Soccer

Proctor 0 Otter Valley 0

MSJ 7 Arlington 0

High School Girls Soccer

Proctor 9 Arligton 4

West Rutland 9 Twin Valley 0

High School Field Hockey

Otter Valley 3 Woodstock 2

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With the Border Country Sports Blog, I'm Keith Harrington.

Photo Credit-Rose Love