First half goals by Gracie Mailey and Kelsey Martin kicked the Tartans in the right direction, and they were able to avenge an early season 3-1 loss on their home field while handing Queensbury its first shutout of the year.
Scotia was able to start off controlling the 2nd half in the same way they did the 1st. I'm sure the world knows that Queensbury is playing without Brittany LaPlant now, and that fact made itself so blatantly clear in their lack of a potent attack. In their meeting at Scotia this year, Queensbury didn't get chances - LaPlant made chances. She's so good, sometimes there's nothing you can do... except make her have an X-ray, I guess. They didn't have that, and their bailout was gone. Scotia was able to generate chances until they broke through a 3rd time when Tanya Legeiero outworked the retreating defense and put one home. Bruh, she's in 8th grade. 5 minutes later, Dom Puglisi banged one off the top post that would've made it 4-0 - they didn't score again, but there was no end in sight for the pressure.
Queensbury cracked. They had to play with 10 for the last few minutes after a player tried to get on Vine fights with a 6 second outburst against a Scotia defender. The only team that really gave the Q issues this year was their other loss, AKA the team that beat them in last year's state finals. Some people take frustration in different ways than others when they're not used to it - this one just happened to be in a way that hundreds in attendance could all see. They'll both be seeded highly in Class A sectionals. The season split mixed with the extracurricular activity will just make a possible 3rd matchup even juicier.
South Glens Falls 3, Scotia 1
There was one thing that was in common between the two Foothills championships: the regular season matchup was no indication of what would happen the 2nd time around. Scotia picked up a 4-1 W a month ago, and at times in the opening stanza you thought the same would happen, but South High capitalized on its chances and removed all doubts in the final minutes.
The Tartans really put that pressure on early, outshooting SGF 12-2 at one point in the 1st half. Ryan Hay was forced to make 5 saves in the 1st half for South. The 12th Scotia shot was on frame and had to be deflected away by a defender standing in front of goal. They probably could've used that one. One minute after that deflection just off the end line, Teddy Bruschini had a run up the right side and fed a cross to Alec Potter. Potter redirected it and the shot rang true, giving SGF the 1-0 lead with 14:56 left in the 1st half on just their 3rd shot. Scotia was able to knock the equalizer through on a Mike Fraioli header with 2 minutes left in the half - Owen Fingar was the one who played the ball in for that one. Tie game, but Scotia had outshot SGF 13-6 at that point.
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| GOLLLLLLL! Alec Potter with the celebration after his 1st of the night. |
Play was very even to start the 2nd half, a lot between the 18s and no one building real chances. That changed in a heartbeat when Alec Potter, or MVP as the students called him after, banged home his 2nd of the night with 18:47 remaining. Scotia responded by doing anything & everything they could to forge some pressure, and it started to work. If nothing else, they had the ball and some numbers up in their attacking half for an extended period of time. However, SGF came through again late with the insurance goal - Cody Kostrzebski played a ball to Bruschini who knew what to do with it. His goal with 4:05 left effectively ended the drama, giving South the sweetest revenge on their 4-1 loss before.
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| Owen Fingar controlling it on the way to making a run toward the corner flag during a Scotia attack in the 2nd half. |
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