Boys soccer: McQuaid, Fillmore win in state semis to advance to title matches

Bob Chavez, MPNnow
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Section V sent four boys teams to the state soccer semifinals finals and went 2-2 on Saturday.

McQuaid advanced to Sunday’s Class AA championship with a 3-0 win over Connetquot and Fillmore moves on the Class D final with a 3-2 overtime win over Greenport.

Spencerport (Class A) and Avon (C) saw their seasons come to an end.

McQuaid's Trey Leo, right, celebrates after scoring against Connetquot during a Class AA semifinal at the NYSPHSAA Boys Soccer Championships in Middletown, N.Y., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. McQuaid advanced to the Class AA final with a 3-0 win over Connetquot-XI.
McQuaid's Trey Leo, right, celebrates after scoring against Connetquot during a Class AA semifinal at the NYSPHSAA Boys Soccer Championships in Middletown, N.Y., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. McQuaid advanced to the Class AA final with a 3-0 win over Connetquot-XI.

Class AA

McQuaid 3, Connetquot-XI 0

Andrew O’Neill broke through for McQuaid’s first goal in the 23rd minute and Casey Montesano’s goal with 6:07 left in the first half gave the Knights a 2-0 lead against a Connetquot team that was battling sickness as well as the absence a few starters due to disciplinary issues.

And 10 minutes into the second half, Trey Leo’s strike made it a 3-0 game.

Niyen Ruffin and the McQuaid defense posted their 15th shutout of the season and have turned in a clean sheet in three of their five playoff games.

McQuaid (18-0-2) advances to Sunday’s 5:30 p.m. state championship at Middletown High, where it will play Scarsdale (20-0-0) of Section I, a 2-0 winner over Cicero-North Syracuse in the other semifinal.

Class A

Amityville-XI 3, Spencerport 0 

Amityville took a 1-0 lead into halftime on a goal by Stanley Louis and his second goal early in the second half made it a 2-0 game before Horace Gilbert headed in a rebound with 1:15 left.

Spencerport ends its season with a 16-5-1 record.

Amityville (19-1-1), which lost in last year’s state final, will play Beacon-IX in Sunday’s 1 p.m. championship at Middletown High.

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Class C

Haldane-I 1, Avon 0

The fourth goal of the season conceded by the Avon boys is the goal that ended their season.

Clement Grossman scored the winner for Haldane, the first goal allowed by Avon (21-1-0) since Sept. 7.

Haldane advances to play Maple Hill-II, a 1-0 winner over Cooperstown, in Sunday’s 3:15 p.m. championship at Middletown High.

Class D

Fillmore 3, Greenport 2-XI (OT)

Fillmore built a 2-0 halftime lead with a pair of goals from Mitch Ward, then needed Layton Sanasith’s redirect 7:15 into overtime to advance to Sunday’s championship.

Greenport, the only Class D school on Long Island that is forced to play larger schools in the regular season, rallied in the second half. Luis Masin scored for the Porters (6-13-0) with 33:24 left in regulation and 80 seconds later, Milton Veliz tied the match.

Luke Colombo made eight saves for Fillmore and Collin McDaniel made 12 for Greenport.

Fillmore (22-0-0) advances to Sunday’s 10:45 a.m. championship against Chazy of Section VII at Middletown High.

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This article originally appeared on MPNnow: McQuaid, Fillmore advance to New York state championship matches