Sports

By Joyce St. George
Ivan Herrera is a 10 year old who, along with his family, lost everything in the flood of 2011. Everything, that is, except his spirit. And on October 22, at the Diamond Classic Martial Arts Tournament, Ivan used that spirit to sweep through the tournament and win every trophy and medal in his class.

The Delaware League has announced its soccer and golf all-star teams for the 2012-’13 fall season.
Delaware League Boys’ Soccer All Stars.
First Team: Davenport, Kyle Moorby and Nick Shaw; Gilboa, Brett Potter; Hunter, Dylan Endy and Dylan Legg; Margaretville, Kyle Short, Sean Gauntt, Mitch Hull, and Matt Van Valkenburgh; Roxbury, Dakota Caronia; South Kortright, Trevor Holdridge, Dylan Cole, and Randy Post and Stamford, Erik Ehrhart.

By John Bernhardt
You know you’ve had a terrific season when your first loss comes in your final game in the post season.  That was the case for the Margaretville boys’ soccer team when they fell to Elmira Notre Dame, 2-0, Thursday in the Section IV semifinals at the Wright National Soccer Campus in Oneonta.  The defeat ended the Margaretville soccer campaign at 13-1-3.

The weather-delayed semifinal Section IV, Class D boys’ soccer game between Margaretville and Elmira Notre Dame will be held on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 3 p.m.

Due to the field availability of the field, the game will be played at the Hall of Fame field off Route 23 in Oneonta.

The game was originally scheduled to be played Tuesday, Oct. 30 but was postponed when Hurricane Sandy closed area schools.

By John Bernhardt
In 180 minutes of head-to-head competition prior to Friday’s quarterfinal showdown, the Margaretville and South Kortright boys’ soccer teams had managed a combined three goals.  The defensive fortress crumbled on Friday as the Blue Devils outlasted the Rams, 4-3, in a wild and woolly Section IV quarterfinal contest played in Margaretville.

By John Bernhardt
In the end Morris was simply too strong.  The defending Section IV girls’ soccer champions had too much size, too much speed, and too much skill in Saturday’s quarterfinal match-up with Margaretville.  A 3-0 Morris win ended Margaretville’s run of 12 consecutive unbeaten games and put the finishing touches to the Blue Devils’ Cinderella season.

The rebirth of competitive high school golf at Margaretville took hold four years ago. The MCS golf effort began as a club activity, evolved into a competitive high school sport, and elevated to the status as a Delaware League title contender.

Margaretville concluded the 2012 regular season with a 9-2 overall record. The Blue Devils finished 6-1 in DL play good for second place behind undefeated Windham.

Nine players are on the Margaretville roster. Six of the nine compete in matches. The top four scores of the six make up the team’s cumulative score in a match.

By John Bernhardt
Margaretville goalie Mitch Hull could see the entire field in front of him, and he didn’t like what he saw. Margaretville had been whistled for a foul and South Kortright senior Dylan Cole was cuing the ball up for a direct kick, six or seven strides beyond midfield on SK’s offensive side of the field. With time melting on the clock and Margaretville clinging to a 1-0 lead, Hull’s teammates succumbed to protective instincts and retreated to cluster deep on their defensive end in front of the goal.

By John Bernhardt
The Margaretville Blue Devil girls’ soccer team was on a mission. A Saturday date in the Delaware League Championship game against Downsville had already been secured. Even so, the Blue Devils had something to prove.

By John Bernhardt
Phase One of the Margaretville Blue Devils 2012 boys’ soccer season is in the books. The Blue Devils closed the door on a stellar regular season last week by finishing unbeaten at 13-0-2.
Phase Two will unfold Saturday at the Wright National Soccer Campus in Oneonta when the Upper Division Champions face Mountain Division Champion South Kortright for the Delaware League title.