CAMDEN — Clinton and Little Falls have switched places in the Division III field hockey landscape after winning sectional championships in classes C and D in 2023. A year later, they return to the division’s state tournament playoffs as champions of those same classes. reverse order.

Clinton, a quarter-century removed from winning a sectional championship before a Class C win in 2023, defeated Weedsport 2-0 in the Class D championship game Wednesday at Camden High School.

Little Falls, the two-time post-coronavirus Class D champion, defeated Canastota 1-0 in the Class C final played on the neighboring field. The Mounties’ 2021 and 2022 seasons ended with a loss to Canastota.

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“We followed,” Clinton coach Miquel Grimm said. “Now we will do the crossover again on Sunday.”

Little Falls and Clinton will face off Sunday at Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School’s Sheveron Stadium to determine the division’s representative for the state’s Class C playoffs. Little Falls beat Clinton 1-0 in last year’s playoffs.

Regional champions for grades A and B will be named in Camden on Friday. Defending champion Rome Free Academy faces Cicero-North Syracuse in a Class A match, and Vernon-Verona-Sherrill faces Whitesboro in the Tri-Valley League Class B final.

Little Falls 1, Canastota 0

Little Falls’ Mounties (16-2-0) beat Canastota’s Raiders (11-7-1) for the third time this season. Each of the three matches was decided by a single goal.

The first half of Wednesday’s match was goalless. Little Falls took a corner four minutes into the second half. Makaylah Mowers passed the ball to Adriana Izzo from the end line, took the pass back and scored what would be the only goal of the game.

“I thought our composure was important today,” Little Falls coach Monica Tooley said, adding that she felt the Mounties played better than they did in Saturday’s semifinal win over Holland Patent. “Makaylah Mowers helped settle the team today. At this point in the season you can start playing with emotions and she helped us avoid that.”

Goaltender Giuliana Izzo made three saves for the Mounties in the fifth straight game, her eighth in nine games and 11th of the season.

“‘JuJu’ was tested there,” Tooley said, “and it was ready. It does a good job.”

Alyssa Bonneau made 11 saves for Canastota.

Little Falls won 1-0 at Canastota on Sept. 19 and beat the Raiders 2-1 at home on Oct. 10.

Clinton 2, Weedsport 0

Clinton extended its lead to 17 games since its season-opening loss to Class A finalist Cicero-North Syracuse, and the Comets (17-1-0) edged Weedsport’s Wolverines (16-2-0) by a goal and a goal before halftime. ) defeated. after.

Like Clinton, Weedsport are unbeaten in 16 matches since the defeat at the start of the season.

Gracen Grimm, one of the coach’s daughters on the team, scored Wednesday’s first goal with a penalty kick midway through the second quarter. The Comets scored their second goal in the fourth quarter, scored by Gabriella Gemelli with an assist from Katie Randall.

“I don’t really care who scores,” Miquel Grimm said, “as long as the scoreboard at the end of the day says Clinton won. …

“No matter what, it always feels good.”

Cassi Adams made two saves for Clinton, limiting Weedsport to two shots and shutting out her fourth straight opponent and ninth of the season.

Arieanna Giacolone made six saves for Weedsport.

This article was first published on Times Telegram: Division 3 field hockey playoff recap for October 30, 2024