School football: Burnt Hills rolls to playoff win

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake broke out to a 20-0 first-quarter lead and coasted past Columbia 49-16 in a Section II Class A quarterfinal football game Friday night.

Rece Gobel and DJ Lashley caught TD passes, and Vincent Daviero added a TD run in that opening quarter to get the Spartans going. Daviero added a 50-yard run, and Lashley contributed a 74-yard run in the third quarter for Burnt Hills. Daviero (114 yards) and Lashley (118 yards) each ran for more than 100 yards as the Spartans rolled up 287 yards on the ground.

Columbia 0 8 8 0 — 16
Burnt Hills 20 16 13 0 — 49
BH — Gobel 33 pass from LaPietro (Shahin kick)
BH — Daviero 22 run (Shahin failed)
BH — Lashley 42 pass from LaPietro (Shahin kick)
C — Scaccia 5 run (conversion pass)
BH — Daviero 50 run (Shahin kick)
BH — Shahin 23 FG
BH — Townsend 47 fumble recovery (Shahin kick)
BH — Lashley 74 run (Shahin kick)
BH — Kelson 14 pass from LaPietro (run good)

AVERILL PARK 22, BALLSTON SPA 0
Averill Park scored on its first and fourth possessions of the first half to blank the Scotties and advance to the semifinals.

Anthony Childrose ran for one touchdown and passed for another to lead the Warriors. Carl Nitz scored the other touchdown.

For the Scotties, Zach Washington ran for 90 yards on 14 carries.
Ballston Spa 0 0 0 0 — 0
Averill Park 8 8 0 6 — 22
AP — Childrose 19 run (Childrose run)
AP — Nitz 2 run (Finelli run)
AP — Finelli 18 pass from Chilrose (kick failed)

TROY 14, SCOTIA-GLENVILLE 7
Ari Homes was the player of the game, running for 203 yards, scoring a touchdown and recovering a fumble to lead the Flying Horse over the upset-minded Tartans.
Homes scored on a 62-yard run, and Maki Cruel caught a 6-yard TD pass from Alex Wolfe in the first half for Troy.

Scotia made it interesting with a 79-yard TD pass from David Fresoni to Jason Carusone in the third quarter.

Scotia 0 0 7 0 — 7
Troy 7 7 0 0 — 14
T — Homes 62 run (Fazio kick)
T — Cruel 6 pass from Wolfe (Fazio kick)
S — Carusone 79 pass from Fresoni (Lawrence kick)

Class C
HOOSICK FALLS 18, LAKE GEORGE/HADLEY LUZERNE 6
Jeffrey Vincent rushed for 210 yards on 35 carries and scored two touchdowns to power Hoosick Falls past Lake George/Hadley-Luzerne.

Sam Richard also scored for the Panthers. Logan Duers scored on a 13-yard run in the opening period for Lake George/Hadley Luzerne.

LG/HL 6 0 0 0 — 6
Hoosick Falls 0 6 12 0 — 18
LG/HL — Duers 13 run (run failed)
HF — Vincent 18 pass from Richard (kick failed)
HF — Vincent 38 pass from Richard (pass failed)
HF — Richard 1 run (kick failed)

CHATHAM 26, STILLWATER 21
Kaleb Taylor tossed a pair of scoring passes and also ran for 73 yards to lead the Panthers past the Warriors, advancing to the semifinals.

Stillwater 14 0 0 7 — 21
Chatham 6 0 8 12 — 26
S — Lescault 3 run (kick good)
S — Conti 4 run (kick good)
C — Schermerhorn 21 run (run failed)
C — Schmerhorn 3 run (Schermerhorn run)
C — Sheriff 16 pass from Tayhlor (run good)
C — Sitzer 21 pass from Taylor (run failed)

Class AA
GUILDERLAND 41, CBA 19
Brad Igweike ran for 100 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns as Guilderland coasted past CBA in the regular-season finale.

Vincent Lia added two touchdowns for the Dutchmen.

CBA 7 6 0 6 — 19
Guilderland 7 7 13 14 — 41
C — Guzi 3 run (Naef kick)
G — Gitto 1 run (Popolozio kick)
C — Barber 4 run (kick failed)
G — Lila 11 run (Popolizio kick)
G — Igweike 20 run (Popolozio kick).
G — Cardinal 92 fumble recovery (kick failed).
G — Lia 1 run (Popolozio kick)
C — Barber 63 run (conversion failed)
G — Igweike 41 run (Popolozio kick)

NISKAYUNA 31, ALBANY 12
Aaron Whitley caught four passes for 56 yards and scored twice for Niskayuna as the Silver Warriors defeated the Falcons.

Derek Meisner added 71 yards rushing on 13 carries for Niskayuna.

Albany 0 0 6 6 — 12
Niskayuna 7 7 10 7 — 34
N — Whitley 8 pass from Brownell (Brownell kick).
N — Quinn 11 pass from Brownell (Brownell kick).
N — Meisner 2 run (Brownell kick)
N — Whitley 14 pass from Brownell (Brownell kick)
N — Brownell 23 FG
A — John 12 pass from Delaney (pass failed)
A — Coppola 15 pass from Delaney (pass failed)

SHAKER 31, COLONIE 7
Shaker pulled away in the second half to defeat crosstown rival Colonie

Shaker 7 10 7 7 — 31
Colonie 0 7 0 0 — 7
S — Toutai 2 run (Leto kick)
S — Burt 24 run (Leto kick)
C — Young 8 run (Hubb kick)
S — Leto 24 FG
S — Toutai 6 run (Leto kick)
S — Ninstant 13 pass from McHugh (Leto kick)

BETHLEHEM 38, SCHENECTADY 16
Alex Shudt scored a pair of touchdowns and rushed for 156 yards to propel the Eagles over the Patriots.

Kayshawn Cruz scored on a 1-yard run, and Jeremiah Davis caught a 53-yard TD pass from Cruz to lead the Patriots.

Schenectady 0 0 8 8 — 16
Bethlehem 14 10 0 14 — 38
B — Shudt 15 run (Banas kick)
B — Haight 6 pass from Martelle (Banas kick)
B — Shudt 22 FG
B — Quackenbush 65 punt return (Banas kick)
B — Shudt 6 run (Banas kick)
B — Gicewicz 6 run (Banas kick)
S — Davis 53 pass from Cruz (Davis run)