Mount Academy girls win Section 9 title
Mount Academy captured the Section 9 Class A girls soccer championship Saturday, Oct. 31, defeating top-seeded Our Lady of Lourdes, 4-0, at Wallkill High School.
Sophiat Hassan scored twice for the second-seeded Eagles, while Carina Page and Temitope Adejumo added goals.
Shannon Clement and Nina Wright each had an assist.
Mount Academy will face the Section 1 champion in the state tournament. The time and location had not been determined.
Highland football rallies past Spackenkill
Highland rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat Spackenkill, 36-29, in a Section 9 Class C football game.
Quarterback Maison Bragg connected with wide receiver Jayden Vasquez on an 82-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, followed by a two-point conversion pass from Bragg to TJ Riley for the final points.
Christian Christie had four touchdown receptions from Bragg, covering 21, 64, 6 and 26 yards.
The Huskies improved to 4-0 in Class C and 7-2 overall. Highland earned a bye into the Section 9 Class C championship game.
Spackenkill fell to 0-4 in the division and 3-6 overall.
Mount volleyball wins fifth straight MHAL title
Mount Academy captured its fifth consecutive Mid-Hudson Athletic League volleyball championship Wednesday, Oct. 28, defeating host Millbrook, 25-15, 25-17, 18-25 and 25-16.
The Eagles completed an unbeaten MHAL season.
Marion Winter led the Mount with 31 assists, six kills, 12 digs and two blocks. Kayla Paul added 18 kills, three aces and seven digs, while Ashlyn Hofer had seven kills, 13 digs and two aces.
Jodi Hofer contributed eight kills, four aces and nine digs. Kerri Boller had four aces, two kills and 19 digs, while Lisa Potts finished with three kills and four blocks.
The Mount earned the No. 1 seed in the Section 9 Class B playoffs, which begin this week.
Highland volleyball falls to S.S. Seward in five
Highland’s volleyball team dropped a five-set thriller to S.S. Seward on Wednesday, Oct. 28, falling 25-16, 24-26, 21-25, 25-14 and 13-15.
Kailyn DeQuarto led the Huskies with 10 kills and five digs. Avery Sosnick had two kills, 16 assists, 13 digs, eight aces and a block, while Lexi Cardarelli contributed two kills, 23 digs and nine aces.
Raegan DeVall finished with four kills, seven digs, six aces and a block.
For S.S. Seward, Angeline Cifuni had 21 kills, 15 digs, four aces and two blocks. Mikaelah Schreibeis added eight kills, 23 assists, 16 digs and five aces. Chacyn Lowndes had eight kills, seven digs, an ace and a block, while Dalilah Foust contributed six kills and 11 digs.