BNL Bowling vs Waterford-Halfmoon Coach Recap 12/7
In their most recent outing the BNL Bowlers encountered new lanes and lane conditions as they continued to grow and gain experience. Games two and three of the match were close as the Mountain Lions battled for their first match point of the season.
Noah Bonesteel led the team with a 428, high game of 161. Kaylee Ferrarin also shot a 161, finishing with a 415 series. In this season’s debut varsity start Gabe Florada had a high of 155 for a 408. Despite many tough breaks throughout the match Myra Snyder kept her focus and managed a solid 143 in game two. The bowlers will have two more away matches next week, travelling to Hometown Lanes to face Mechanicville on Tuesday before returning to Hilltop Bowl to face Hoosic Valley on Thursday. -Coach Marbot and Coach Murphy
BNL Swimming vs Hudson Coach Recap 12/7
Due to numbers, BNL Swimming will continue to be labeled as a boys team but will continue to have girls swim on the team again. BNL had a great meet, picking up where they left off last year.
Lance Schoder hit two sectional times, one in the 50 Freestyle (lead off on the 200 free relay) and the 100 Freestyle. Allison Slater placed first in the 200 IM and hit a Sectional qualifying time, she also placed first in the 100 Breaststroke. Grace Kalisz won the 200 Freestyle and the 100 Butterfly. Cadence Ward hit a Personal Best in the 500 Freestyle and came in first place. Eben Donohue hit Personal Best in the 50 and 100 Freestyle.
Please find all the meet results here https://berlincentral.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/BNL-VS-HUDSON.pdf. – Coach Christiansen and Coach Jones
BNL Wrestling vs Watervliet & Taconic Hills Coach Recap 12/7
You can’t have a closer Wrestling match. BNL Boys Varsity Wrestling lost on criteria to Watervliet tonight after tying 36-36 during regular wrestling. After all the wrestling was done, the score stood at 36-36. The match went to a list of criteria to determine the winner. Even the referee couldn’t remember what it would come down to, and had to retrieve the rule book from his truck. Criteria #6 is who had the fewer number of forfeits. We have 4 holes in our lineup and Watervliet has only 3. So they carried the match 36-37.
Berlin has no lightweight wrestlers so, we started out the match forfeiting weights 101, 108, 116 & 124, making the score 0-18 with a double forfeit at 101. Losses at 131 & 145 and picking up a forfeit at 138 put us in a 6-30 hole. At 152 Jaden Quinones had a back and forth match giving up both takedowns and back points before recovering in the second period to pin his opponent, 12-30. Team Captain Nick Chittendon spent little time pinning his man at 1:32 in the first period, 18-30. New Wrestler Joe Schoeffel also gave the team a quick pin at :44 sec, 24-30. We dropped our final match at 190, 24-36. At 215 Matt Goebel went down 9-2 nearly getting pinned himself, before rolling his opponent and pinning him with only :24 sec. left in the match, 30-36. We picked up a final forfeit at 285 for a final score of 36-36 at the end of wrestling. And as I described sadly, we ended up losing on criteria 36-37. Very proud of a hard fought match from our Varsity wrestlers.
BNL also had wins from our Girls and JV wrestlers. Vivienne Powers increased her record to 3-1 on the year winning a close match 8-5. After returning from being out sick, Nick Davis had his first match of the year getting a pin in the first period.
BNL Modified Wrestlers have their first matches of the year Friday at a Tamarac Modified Fun Day.
By strange coincidence, Watervliet lost their other match of the night 30-31 on criteria to Taconic Hills after being tied 30-30. -Coach Prather, Coach DeLuca and Coach Kluck
BNL Varsity Boys Basketball vs Doane Stuart 12/7
The BNL Varsity Boys Basketball Mountain Lions took a tough loss vs. Doane Stuart at Berlin MHS last night. BNL was led by junior guard Anthony Ray with 10 points, followed by senior forward Jesse Francoeur with 8 points, rounding out the top scorers was senior guard Jason McFall Jr with 6 points. The Mountain Lions look to next Friday when they play Berne-Knox-Westerlo away with a JV and Varsity split doubleheader starting at 5:30 pm for JV and 7pm for Varsity. -Coach McFall
BNL Bowling vs Stillwater Coach Recap 12/5
The BNL Bowlers competed at home Tuesday afternoon against Stillwater. Continuing to show improvements individually and as a team, the young Mountain Lions proved they have immense potential for the future. Leading the charge was Kaylee Ferrarin once again – rolling a high game of 182 for a 494 series. Noah Bonesteel was right behind with a 469, high game of 180. Other noteworthy scores were rolled by Myra Snyder, 149; Gabe Florada, 147; Avyn Capasso, 142; and Lilley DeClair, 133. The bowlers look to continue their improvements Thursday as they travel away to bowl against Waterford-Halfmoon. As always, good luck and good bowling! -Coach Marbot and Coach Murphy
BNL Varsity Girls Basketball Coach Recap
The BNL Varsity Girls Basketball team played away against Mekeel Christian on Tuesday evening. The team played well but were unable to come up with a win. The score was not reflective of their efforts and if they continue on their path of hard work we will start to see that on the scoreboard. Emma Shorter had the most baskets with 5 points total. – Coach Harris
BNL Girls Wrestling Coach Recap 12/4
On Monday 12/5 the BNL Girls Wrestling Team competed at the LaSalle Girls Wrestling Tournament. There were mixed results but a lot of progress is being made and the team is getting better each match.
Vivienne P had a strong start, pinning her first opponent. In her second match she started well, but made an unforced error that cost her the match. Vivienne ended up 2nd in her group.
Julia S. picked up a win by defending well and remaining calm as her opponent made a series of mistakes. Julia placed 3rd in her round robin group.
Tallulah P won her first two matches fairly easily. By the third match Tallulah was pretty exhausted from some late nights and long days prior to the tournament and dropped a match she wouldn’t normally 4-2 to a newer wrestler placing 2nd in her group.
Julia M. and Sukhleen didn’t pick up any wins on the day, but were improving their technique with every match.
A good learning day at an early season tournament. -Coach Prather
BNL Boys Varsity Basketball Coach Recap
On Saturday, December 2nd, the BNL Boys Varsity Basketball team fought hard in the championship game of the Cambridge High School Basketball Tournament. The BNL Mountain Lions won their first tournament match up against Rensselaer during their home opener on Wednesday 11/29.
The championship game against tournament hosts, Cambridge, was highly contested with the Mountain Lions taking the tough loss. Chris Shorter paced the team with 20 points, followed by Jesse Francoeur with 10 points and Anthony Ray chipping in with 8 points. The Mountain Lions are on the road today vs. Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School. The game will be played at Montgomery C. Smith Intermediate School in Hudson, NY at 7 pm. – Coach McFall
BNL Bowlers vs Saratoga Catholic 11/30
The BNL Bowlers made their debut on the lanes Thursday afternoon in a home match against Saratoga Catholic. After shaking off first game jitters the bowlers had an exciting game two and battled pin for pin until the very end. The match resulted in a loss but the team has much to look forward to and improve on as they continue to grow. Leading the charge for the Mountain Lions was sophomore Kaylee Ferrarin with the high game of 177 and high series of 469. Other notable scores were rolled by Noah Bonesteel with 176, Curtis Hurd with a new personal best of 155, Avyn Capasso 140, and Myra Snyder 130.
Keep it rolling bowlers! – Coach Marbot and Coach Murphy
BNL Wrestling vs Coxsackie-Athens & Taconic Hills 11/30
BNL Wrestlers took on both Coxsackie-Athens and Taconic Hills this evening.
Many new wrestlers had wins this evening even as the overall team came up short in each match.
Starting off the action, new Girl Wrestlers Vivienne Powers and Sukhleen Kaur recorded their first wins in their very first matches.
Vivienne was able to pin her opponent in the 2nd period, and Sukhleen went the full 6 minutes of the match to win 9-3.
In Boys Varsity, Joe Schoeffel decided to give Wrestling a try in his senior year. He won his Taconic Hills match in a back and forth high scoring event finally outlasting his opponent 20-17. Veteran Wrestlers Chris DeFelice and Trevor Nunley also scored pins on the evening.
Winning their first JV matches were Ronan Whelan coming from behind to score a pin, and first year wrestler Xavier Lamica pinning his man in the first period.
Overall a good showing for a young team. – Coach Prather, Coach DeLuca and Coach Kluck
BNL Varsity Boys Basketball vs Rensselaer 11/30
Congratulations to the BNL Mountain Lions’ Boys Varsity Basketball team for playing a hard fought game last evening! The Varsity Boys came up with the win against Rensselaer 68 to 59 on their home court at BMHS.
It was great to see the Girls Wrestling, Girls Varsity Basketball and JV Boys Basketball teams in action last evening too. The BNL Community looks forward to the season ahead and to rooting on all our student-athletes. -Coach McFall
