WEST CHAZY – The Keene boys soccer group had excessive hopes going into its first Part VII Class D championship recreation since 1991. Nonetheless, the Beavers couldn't discover the playoff magic and suffered a loss 2-Zero over the Chazy Eagles at Beekmantown Excessive College. .
In a matchup between two state-ranked groups, the Eagles scored a objective in every half to report their eighth straight Part VII, Class D title.
Chazy obtained off to a powerful begin when Pryce Parker made a cross cross simply exterior the field to Landon Duprey, who positioned the ball into the underside proper nook for a objective at 16:29 of the primary interval.
After halftime, the Eagles prolonged their lead when Maddox Tyndall linked on Jacoby Weeden's nook kick about 14 minutes into the second interval.
Keene goalie Peter Robjent had an impressive recreation, recording six saves. Henry Kapp had one for Chazy.
Neither group dominated the scoring charts because the Eagles defeated the Beavers Eight-2, with Chazy's midfield proving to be the distinction maker, in response to Beavers head coach Brad Hurlburt.
“I believe they received quite a lot of 50-50 balls in midfield” he stated.
With the win, the Eagles will advance to the Class D state quarterfinal spherical. Chazy will face the Part X champion – both Chateaugay or Heuvelton, relying on who comes out on prime at this time. The Eagles have swept the Part X champion every year within the first spherical of the playoffs since 2016.
“Coach Chazy (Rob) McAuliffe is the gold commonplace for Class D soccer all through the state.” Hurlburt stated. “He's a brilliant stylish coach and he's obtained an unimaginable schedule. There's a purpose they haven't misplaced this recreation since 2015.”
Whereas the Beavers fell simply shy of profitable their first sectional crown since 1985, Hurlburt stated it was a really thrilling honor to have the ability to put a aggressive group on the sphere and compete for a title.
“I haven't received one at Keene in a very long time,” he stated. “So to even have the ability to be able, it was an honor to have the ability to play these guys at this time.”
Keene entered the Part VII Class D event as the highest seed and ranked fourth within the state for Class D boys soccer within the Oct. 27 New York Sports activities Writers Affiliation ballot. Chazy, who was a co-state champion final season, ranked seventh within the state within the newest ballot.
The Beavers completed their season with a 16-2 report. Their solely different loss was Four-2 in opposition to Schroon Lake/Newcomb on September 18th. The group was led by its six seniors, who Hurlburt stated meant quite a bit “all” to this program.
“They modified this system” he stated. “The group you noticed this 12 months was the work our seniors put in.”
Over the previous two seasons, the Beavers have posted a 26-5 report. Hurlburt pointed to the group's 9-Zero semifinal run over Chazy in 2022 because the turning level for this system from a great group to an excellent group.
“It was such a punishing loss, and it was principally a scholar group” he stated. “At that time, we determined that due to them we needed to increase all the things about our schedule, not simply two months a 12 months, however 12 months a 12 months. So, they made us higher.
“And I believe Coach McAuliffe makes everyone within the space higher.” he added. “However they're quite a lot of the rationale we performed the best way we performed as a result of we didn't wish to lose to her.”