By PAUL GOTHAM
The last weekend of September offers plenty of intrigue with regular season finale now two weeks away. One Class A team has turned its season around. Two teams ranked among the state’s best look to keep their unbeaten records intact against league rivals, and a pair of contenders meet in a non-league tilt. Here are some this weekend’s best matchups in Section V boys’ soccer.
FRIDAY
Marion (7-2-0/4-2-0) at Williamson (11-0-0/8-0-0) 5:45 PM
The last time these Wayne County foes met, Luis Hurtado netted a second-half tally to lift Williamson (No. 2 NYSSWA Class C). Marion (No. 15 NYSSWA Class C) has won four of five since that game. Williamson has outscored opponents 36-8 in seven since the last meeting. The Marauders, though, needed overtime to squeak past Sodus earlier this week. Was that a wake up call? Or can Marion hand Williamson its first setback? Justin Eaton (18 goals/11 assists) leads Williamson and is sixth in Section V with 47 total points. Franciso Cordova and Matthew Gonzales have seven goals and four assists apiece for Marion.
Bath-Haverling (10-0-0/5-0-0) at Keshequa (6-4-0/2-3-0) 6:30 PM
Griffin Yastremski has made 25 saves on the season. The Bath-Haverling goalkeeper has allowed just one goal in 800 minutes spent between the pipes. The Rams have outscored opponents 47-1. Keshequa, coming off a loss to state-ranked Mount Moriss, opened season 4-1 including a victory over Geneseo, then No. 15 NYSSWA Class C. Riley Rease leads Keshequa with eight goals and six assists.
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SATURDAY
Spencerport (7-3-0/5-1-0) at Fairport (8-2-0/5-2-0) 10 AM
Since starting the season 0-2-1, Tom Etsler’s Spencerport Rangers have seven wins in eight games. Their only setback over that stretch was a 1-0 decision to Greece Arcadia (No. 15 Class A NYSSWA). The Rangers put the brakes on Churchville-Chili’s nine game winning streak on Thursday with a 1-0 decision – Spencerport’s fifth clean sheet of the season. Fairport’s only loss in the last six games came in overtime to undefeated Hilton (No. 7 NYSSWA Class AA). Fairport has allowed six goals this season with five shutouts to its credit. Justin Hockenberger leads Spencerport with five goals and two assists. Jude Rouhana paces Fairport’s offense with four goals and two assists.
Rush-Henrietta (5-4-1/4-3-0) at Churchville-Chili (9-2-0/6-1-0) 6 PM
Churchville-Chili looks to respond after seeing its nine-game winning streak end Thursday with a loss to Spencerport. Rush-Henrietta has posted five shutouts on the season including a 1-nil over reigning Class AA state champion, McQuaid. Colby Egan (nine goals/six assists) leads a C-C lineup which features nine different goal scorers. Curtis Rowe has three goals and three assists for R-H.
Greece Athena (5-1-3/5-0-2) at McQuaid (6-1-1/2-0-0) 6 PM
Greece Athena currently sits with the fifth seed in Class A, a win over double-A McQuaid could go a long way in changing that place. The Trojans are undefeated in their last eight including ties with Hilton (No.7 Class AA NYSSWA) and two with cross-town rival Greece Arcadia (No. 15 Class NYSSWA). McQuaid went on the road this week and avenged an previous setback when they beat perennial state power Canisius (VI), 1-0. McQuaid dropped the Catholic Cup final in PKs to Canisius earlier in the month. Senior Dan Malloy leads McQuaid with six goals and three assists. Othman Belhseine has five goals and four assists for Athena.
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