GREENE – The Trojans hosted their annual two-day, four team tournament this past weekend on Friday, Sept. 16 through the Saturday, Sept. 17.
Of the four teams in this years tournament – Greene, Afton, Sherburne-Earlville, and Chenango Forks – it was the Blue Devils of Chenango Forks who would walk off George G. Raymond turf field the ultimate champions on the day, after defeating Greene in the finals 4-3.
• Greene would advance to the finals of their own tournament, following a 4-0 win over Afton, which saw solid performances from Kevin Halsteter (two goals one assist), Spencer Klumpp (one goal), Nolan Scofield (one goal) Mike Repp (one assist) and Liam Reid (one assist).
Greene would simply out-power the Crimson Knights in the qualifying game as they tallied up 20 shots on goal and five corners to Afton's three shots on goal and just one corner.
In the net for both teams: Greene saw Ryan Lohsen record two saves, while Kevin Gyurik would see time as well having none. For Afton Nate Austin was kept busy from the Trojan strikers as he recorded 14 saves on the day.
• Following a 1-0 Chenango Forks win over Sherburne-Earlville that Friday, the Blue Devils would also advance for a showdown of two of the premiere Section IV teams for the championship game, which was to be played on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m.
No other statistics were reported on the Sherburne-Earlville verses Chenango Forks match.
Saturday would begin with the consolation round which featured the Marauders of S-E taking on the Crimson Knights of Afton.
Both teams wasted no time in getting on the scoreboard, as roughly within 10 minutes into the game the score was already knotted 1-1.
“Owen Rodriguez (S-E) opened scoring with a laser shot to the upper corner 7 minutes in the game,” said Todd Dancesia the Afton head coach. “Mikey Graven-Briggs (Afton) responded three minutes later on a through pass from Jaymie Ticknor.”
With the game tied at one a piece, S-E would assume command of the game, dominating on the offensive end. The Marauders would see three additional strikes in the remainder of the the game, with two coming from Kyle Cole and another coming from Mitchell Doing. Notably, Cole would also have an assist on the day.
“Kyle Cole (S-E) was able to capitalize on two different loose balls in the second half to end the scoring,” said coach Dancesia.
S-E would earn 15 shots on goal and 10 corners compared to Afton's 12 shots on goal and just one corner.