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Plattsburgh High School's David Carpenter celebrates after scoring the lone goal of the game in the Hornets' 1-0 victory over Chazy Thursday night in the opening round of the Frankie Garrow Memorial Soccer Tournament.

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September 3, 2010

B'town, E'town-Lewis, NCCS win in tourney play

Anonymous Press-Republican The Press Republican Fri Sep 03, 2010, 03:23 AM EDT

CHAZY — The 2010 boys' high school soccer season started Thursday night with a battle of two of the projected top teams in the area.

David Carpenter scored the lone goal of the game and Plattsburgh High School defeated host Chazy, 1-0, in the opening round of the Frankie Garrow Memorial Tournament at George Brendler Field.

The Hornets will play Beekmantown, a 3-1 winner over Canton, in Saturday's 7 p.m. title game. Chazy takes on Canton at 5 p.m. in the third-place contest.

"It's a nice win for us," said PHS head coach Chris LaRose. "Chazy has a great team and are defending state champions. It says something for us to beat them on their field."

Carpenter tallied his first varsity goal at 21:36 of the first half.

"Ethan Votraw took a direct kick from 30 yards out and (Austin) Santor made a nice save," LaRose said. But, he couldn't control the rebound and Carpenter was there to score."

PHS finished with a 16-9 advantage in shots, with Chris Roenbeck making seven saves for the shutout. Santor ended up with 11 stops for the Eagles.

"Votraw controlled the midfield for us and Jordan Knight used his speed to put pressure on their defense," LaRose said. "Dylan Esposito, Mitch Kilkeary and Shea Crockett all played well on defense. We also went pretty deep and our bench played well.

"I also felt Brandon Laurin, Matt Gravelle, Jordan Barriere and Nathan Reynolds all played well for Chazy."

Beekmantown 3 Canton 1

Zack Towle scored two goals to help power the Eagles into the finals.

Towle took a thru ball from Mark Price and scored from just outside the 18 at 10:00 of the first half to put Beekmantown ahead to stay.

Jordhan Varin then gave Beekmantown a 2-0 advantage with a hard shot at 18:36.

Canton cut its deficit in half with 47 seconds remaining in the first half when Brandon Bartley tallied off a scramble following a direct kick.

But, Towle added his second goal of the game, 3:30 into the second half, to put the Eagles back up by two. Beekmantown goalie Brett Smith had a long punt that Varin headed to Towle.

The Eagles held a 21-6 shot advantage. Smith recorded five saves for Beekmantown and Jake Newman 10 for Canton.

"It was a nice overall team effort," said Beekmantown coach Tony Perez. "We passed the ball well and were able to control the midfield."

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Beekmantown 3, Canton 1

Canton       1 0 — 1

Beekmantown       2 1 — 3

First half- 1, Beek, Towle (Price), 10:00. 2, Beek, Varin, 18:36. 3, Can, Bartley (Nason), 39:13.

Second half- 4, Beek, Towle (Varin), 3:30.

Shots: Beekmantown 21, Canton 6.

Saves: Br. Smith, Beek, 5. Newman, Can, 10.

Plattsburgh 1, Chazy 0

Plattsburgh       1 0 — 1

Chazy       0 0 — 0

First half- 1, PHS, Carpenter (Votraw), 35:40.

Shots: Plattsburgh 16, Chazy 9.

Saves: Roenbeck, PHS, 7. Santor, C, 11.

NCCS Tournament E'town-Lewis 2, Peru 1 NCCS 1, AuSable 0

CHAMPLAIN — Jamie Davison scored the lone goal of the game and the hosts eked out a 1-0 victory over AuSable Valley Thursday night in the opening round of the Northeastern Clinton Central School/Pizza Hut Classic.

The Cougars will take on Elizabethtown-Lewis, a 2-1 overtime winner over Peru, in tonight's 7:30 p.m. championship game. AuSable Valley plays Peru at 5:30 p.m. in the third-place game.

The game-winner came at 25:05 of the first half. Alex Davison got a long ball from one of NCCS' outside players and headed it down. Jamie Davison was in front and kicked it into the right side of the net.

NCCS held a 16-5 shot advantage. Josh Rabideau made two saves for the shutout.

"We didn't look too bad, really," said NCCS coach Dale Hawksby. "I thought we passed the ball pretty well. We just had problems finishing.

"We shot quite a few over the net, so that's something we have to work on. Defensively, I was very pleased."

E'town-Lewis 2 Peru 1

Brody Hooper re-directed Connor Apthorp's short pass into the net with nine minutes gone in the 10-minute sudden-death overtime to give the Lions their victory.

Peru took a 1-0 lead on Ian Spear's hard shot from 18 yards out at 20:00 of the first half before Hunter Mowery brought the Lions even with a bullet into the top corner from 30 yards out at the 30:00 mark.

E'town-Lewis held a 9-8 shot advantage, with Justin LaPier making six saves for the Lions and Michael Danis six for the Indians.

Louis Scaglione and Spencer Crowningshield played strong games for E'town-Lewis and Taylor Spear for Peru.

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E'town-Lewis 2, Peru 1, OT

E'town-Lewis       1 0 1 — 2

Peru       1 0 0 — 1

First half- 1, Peru, I. Spear (Ruff), 20:00. 2, E-L, H.Mowery, 30:00.

Second half- no scoring.

Overtime- 3, E-L, Hooper (Apthorp), 9:00.

Shots: E'town-Lewis 9, Peru 8.

Saves: LaPier, E-L, 6. Danis, Peru, 6.

NCCS 1, AuSable Valley 0

AuSable Valley      0 0 — 0

NCCS      1 0 — 1

First half- 1, NCCS, J. Davison (A. Davison), 25:05.

Shots: NCCS 16, AuSable Valley 5.

Saves: Rabideau, NCCS, 2. AVC, 8.