Decisive Win for Schoharie over Coxsackie-Athens

In the first round of Schoharie’s Kyle Sharpe Memorial Tournament, Schoharie hosted Coxsackie-Athens on a beautiful, warm October afternoon. 

The teams battled back and forth for the first 20 minutes of play, with Coxsackie-Athens dominating play, but the Schoharie defense held strong. Then, as if Coxsackie figured out their strategy, they score three goals in a period of six minutes and putting Schoharie on their heels. Joe Periono opened the scoring and would end up with a hat trick for the game, followed by Eamonn Tighe, and then Asa Decker. At the Half, Schoharie found themselves in a hole 3-0. 

During the second half, the Storm would again hold off Coxsackie-Athens, and their hard work would pay off by being awarded a penalty kick that Max Kenny converted, giving life to the home team. However, 10 minutes later, the Riverhawks’ Perino scored again, followed by Decker at the eight-minute mark to go up four goals. Schoharie would not yet yield, as less than a minute later, Nolan Fretto took a clever pass from Caleb Cain and finished on the right side of the box.  Coxsackie-Athens would score again to regain the four-goal lead as Perino completed the hat trick. 

Lastly, Schoharie would be awarded a second penalty kick late in the match that Aiden McGough converted for a final 6-3 Riverhawks win. Corners were close, 4-3 in favor of the Riverhawks who will take on Hoosick Valley in the tournament finals next Saturday.

Special thanks to Prince Knight for the information.

Schoharie 3

Coxsackie-Athens 6

Scoring

Schoharie

#9 Maxwell Kenny 1G

#1 Nolan Fretto 1G

#11 Aiden McGough 1G

#15 Caleb Cain, 1A

#00 GK Alex Wray 13 saves on 19 shots

Coxsackie-Athens

# 10 Joe Perino 3G

# 4 Eamonn Tighe 1G

#9 Asa Decker 2G

#14 Jason Miller 3 saves on 6 shots (2 PK Goals)