High School Fridays: Hudson Falls @ Lansingburgh (football), 9/21/18

Lansingburgh High opened a 3-week homestand hoping to finally get into the win column against a tough Hudson Falls squad that entered play tonight at 2-1 on the season opposite the Knights' 0-3 ledger.

Unfortunately, it was another rough night for the Knights.

Hudson Falls, which apparently lacks a kicking game, never punted, opting to go for it on 4th down every time the situation came up. Their ball control offense, coupled with a suffocating defense that held Lansingburgh to -5 yards of total offense, frustrated the Knights to the point where, in the 4th quarter, Lansingburgh's Lewis Cepeda drove Hudson Falls' Conor Horrigan so far out of bounds that we nearly had a bench-clearing brawl with just over 5 1/2 minutes left in the game. Cepeda and an unnamed Hudson Falls player were ejected.

Earlier in the night, Riley Maddison gave the Tigers all the points they needed with a 10 yard touchdown run in the 2nd quarter. QB Caleb Condon, who didn't start, as coach Bill Strong used Maddison & Brennan Provost at QB on the first series, ran for a game high 150 yards and a 3rd quarter score. Maddison added the icing on the cake with another TD, and Hudson Falls defeated Lansingburgh, 20-0. The Knights are now 0-4, and will stay at home, welcoming Ravena for Homecoming next week. Hudson Falls goes to 3-1.
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Other stuff: Hudson Falls also bested Lansingburgh in boys' soccer, 3-2. 'Burgh's budget is such that they had to eliminate not only JV football, but also the school band and cheerleaders. That is an embarrassment to high school athletics in the city.

Speaking of which, LaSalle's losing streak is up to 3 with a loss to Averill Park. The Warriors are all alone in 1st place in the Class A Capital Division, after Columbia saw its 3-game winning streak snapped in a 38-0 loss to Schuylerville. Another Class B school takes down a Class A school. Whod'athunk? Meanwhile, Troy sent a loud message to the rest of the division by mauling Green Tech, 53-8, at Bleecker Stadium. Averill Park still has to play Columbia and Troy in the final three weeks of the regular season, the latter on Senior Night at Picken Field (October 12). Before that happens, Troy visits Ballston Spa next week before coming home for Homecoming against Columbia.