Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Jen Burhans
On Friday October 10 Berlin Central School honored its boys senior soccer players. Thirteen seniors played this year at the JV and Varsity level. Some have been playing soccer since kindergarten, some were returning after some time off and others decided to just be a part of a fun, tight knit group of athletes.
On Friday, October 24, from 4 to 7 pm, students, parents and teachers will be working together at the Berlin MS/HS to make and sell hot fresh pizzas to help students raise money for their trip to Spain in April. You can order online by emailing Karen Day (kday@berlincentral.org) before 2 pm on Friday the 24th or by telephone after 3 pm at 658-2515 ext 1042. Red or white pizzas start at $8 and toppings cost $1 each. Toppings include: pepperoni, sausage, ham, bacon, mushrooms, green and yellow peppers, black olives, onions, jalapeños, pineapple and broccoli.
On Friday, October 17, from 7:30 to 9:30 pm there will be a Youth 2 Youth Haunted House Dance at the Berlin Middle/High School with a costume contest and raffle prizes, including two tickets to Ramblewild Adventure Park.
Admission is $5 at the door; $3 with advance sign-up. Sign up at the main school office, one of your local libraries, on Facebook or by contacting Biffy Cahill, Youth 2 Youth Adult Facilitator at 518-791-2001 or TRACsCoalition@gmail.com.
This event is sponsored by Stephentown Youth Commission.
by Coach Art Schmich
New Lebanon raced out to a 2 – 0 lead at halftime, but Berlin made several adjustments at halftime and came back to tie the game in the second half on goals from Ryan Willis and Jackson Burhans. Keel Krumenacker had an assist.
[Read more…] about Berlin Central And New Lebanon Central Boys Soccer Teams Play To A Draw Again
submitted by Coach Art Schmich
BCS 2 Lee, MA 1
Jackson Burhans and Colin Love made several outstanding saves, and Matt Montero knocked in the game winning goal in the second overtime as the boys varsity soccer team defeated Lee, MA, 2 to 1, on Friday, October 3.
Zach Spaniol scored the first goal lofting the ball over the Lee goalie.
Matt Rokjer, Dan Bentley, Calvin Mars, Seiji Akera and Alex Gazelone played well defensively.
BCS 7 Doane Stuart 1
The boys varsity soccer team rolled to an easy 7 to 1 win over Doane Stuart on Wednesday, October 8.
Keel Krumenacker scored in the opening minutes for the early lead. Zach Spaniol led the scoring with 2 goals and 2 assists along with Matt Montero, who had 2 goals and 1 assist.
Matt Moran and Ethan Mars had a goal apiece. Jacob Montero, Kyle Burdick and Ryan Shumway all had an assist. The boys varsity record is now 10 wins and 2 ties.
by Jen Burhans
The Berlin Central School Girls Soccer team traveled to New Lebanon on September 23 to play under the lights. As always it was a closely fought game and both teams played near their top levels. New Lebanon wanted to be the first team to score on Berlin this year. Berlin was defending a 6-0 record and had held all other teams scoreless against them. The play went back and forth for most of the first 20 minutes with a speedy NL offense getting stopped by an equally fast couple of Berlin defenders.
[Read more…] about Lady Mountaineer Soccer Beats New Lebanon And Emma Willard
submitted by Art Schmich
On Friday, September 26, the Mountaineer Boys Varsity Soccer team defeated an undermanned Heatly team in Cherry Plain 5 to 1. Ryan Willis scored in the first minute on a cross from Keel Krumenacker to give Berlin the early lead. Keel Krumenacker, Willis and Zach Spaniol all scored again in the first half to give BCS a 4 to 0 lead.
Berlin started strong in the second half, but Heatly countered with a goal to make it 4 to 1. Matt Moran finished the Berlin scoring for the win.
Jackson Burhans had 2 assists. Matt Montero and Keel Krumenacker had an assist apiece.
Berlin meets up with New Lebanon Thursday night, October 2, at New Lebanon with first place in the CHVL on the line. Game time is 7 pm.
submitted by Patty Nash
Berlin Central High School students who are enrolled in Hudson Valley Community College “College in the High School” classes are able to apply for a scholarship in memory of Courtney Carelli and Ryan Gardner. Courtney Carelli and Ryan Gardner attended both Berlin High School and Hudson Valley Community College.
The scholarship was awarded to 22 Berlin High School students this semester who are enrolled in classes such as CADD (full-year), Calculus with Precalculus I and Spanish 4. They are Carter Dawes, Hannah French (for both Spanish and Calculus), Collin Love (for both CADD and Calculus), Madeline Peterson, Serena Rizzo, Tim Shupe (for both Spanish and Calculus), Jordan Cahill, Chris Corrado, Maggie Gordon, Lyndsey Miller, Matt Rokjer, Zachary Spaniol, Emma Woolley, Kolby Goss, Keel Krumenacker, Matt Moran, Derek Riccardi, Darian Sprague, Joseph Sweener, Jr. and Heather White.
Congratulations to these students!
Since its inception in 2004, this scholarship has encouraged and assisted students in being able to obtain hundreds of college credits in a high school setting. Scholarships are awarded for both the fall and spring semesters. We would like to thank the Carelli and Gardner families for this opportunity in honor of Courtney and Ryan and for their continued support which they so generously give to our students.
In April about 40 students from Berlin and Schoharie will be traveling to Spain. This is an educational trip not a vacation because students are required to do pre-travel assignments, complete packets during the trip about the places they visit, and some will be required to do post-travel presentations. In order to help families we will be having Pizza Nights at the BCS MS/HS once a month. The dates are October 24, November 14, December 12, January 23, February 27 and March 13. There will also be Pizza Nights April through June that will begin the fundraising for the Costa Rica 2016 trip.
At Berlin Elementary School over 90% of students in fourth and fifth grade are taking instrumental music lessons. Many students have begun lessons on recorders, an inexpensive plastic flute that helps beginners develop fundamental music skills. However, due to financial hardships, about 25 students cannot begin lessons on traditional band instruments such as flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet or trombone. Keyboards are also accepted as donations, as we include keyboards in our band program.
[Read more…] about Instrument Donations Needed For Berlin Elementary School
