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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

Berlin School Dist.

Berlin Central High School Homecoming

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Come celebrate the Berlin Homecoming this Friday, September 28, at Berlin Central Middle/High School. The Homecoming begins at 4 pm with the honoring of all Berlin fall varsity sports – soccer, cross country and volleyball – followed by the Boys Varsity soccer game versus New Lebanon.
Afterwards please join us for a bonfire with music and food behind the school.
Come out and show your Mountaineer pride!

Mountaineer Boys Soccer Defeats Heatly 2 To 0

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by Art Schmich
Heatly played an outstanding defensive game playing an offside trap that caught Berlin offsides throughout the game. But Kyle Burdick, taking a direct kick restart, got the ball to Jackson Burhans who knocked the ball into the goal to give Berlin a 1 to 0 lead in the second half.
Heatly had a penalty kick opportunity to tie the game, but Mike Reger made an outstanding save for Berlin. Dylan Hover scored the second Berlin goal late in the game to ice the win.
Kevin Greene in goal for Heatly had 16 saves. Mike Reger for Berlin had 7 saves. There were no cards in the game.

BCS Boys JV Has A Big Turnout

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submitted by Jen Burhans
The Berlin boys JV soccer team is presently 1-3-1. The team consists of seventh through tenth grade athletes. Since Berlin is the only school in the CHVL league with a boys JV team, they face opponents from class A and B level schools. The team travels across three states to get a full schedule.
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Removal Of BCS Board Members Raised

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by Thaddeus Flint
It was a dark and stormy night, outside and inside the aging Berlin Elementary School Tuesday night. But the storm over the Berlin School Board appeared even darker and stormier than the one blowing outside with the revelation that the Board might look into the removal of three of its own members.
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BCS Boys Soccer Beats Germantown

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by Arthur Schmich
James Mayer scored the lone Berlin goal on a rebound midway in the second half to give the Mountaineers a 1 to 0 win over Germantown.
Berlin dominated the first half but Germantown keeper Mandy Fuchs shut Berlin out. He had 15 saves. In the second half Germantown took over the scoring opportunities but could not score on Berlin keeper Mike Reger who had 13 saves.
The contest was well played with no cards given in the game.

The Mountaineers Cross Country Teams Outrun Tamarac

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by Josh Weaver
The Berlin Mountaineers Boys and Girls Varsity Cross Country Teams beat Tamarac Tuesday night. The boys won 17-38 while the girls won 23-33. The boys were led by Evan Dawes, Connor Brown, Dan von Schilgen and Brad Hoyt, finishing first, second, third and fourth respectively. The girls were led by Hannah French in first, Serena Rizzo in third, Gigi French in fourth and Erika Pelletier in sixth.
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Mountaineer Boys Soccer Defeats New Lebanon

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by Soccer Coach Art Schmich
The Berlin boys varsity soccer team defeated New Lebanon in double overtime 1 to 0 on a game winning goal by Cody Seel. This was the league opener for both teams.
Berlin controlled the beginning of the game defensively until midway in the first half when New Lebanon started to take over the game and had several scoring opportunities but were turned away by the goalkeeping of Mike Reger, who had 17 saves in goal.
The second half was back and forth with New Lebanon getting most of the scoring opportunities. Berlin’s best chance was a shot by Seel that hit the cross bar.
The game was well played by both teams, and both teams demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship for a game that was highly competitive.
Berlin is 1 and 0 in CHVL play and 1 and 2 overall. New Lebanon is 0 and 1 in CHVL play and 1 and 2 overall.

BCS Boys Soccer Loses In The New Lebanon Tournament

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by Soccer Coach Art Schmich

St. Joseph’s School from Pittsfield, MA, scored early in the first overtime to defeat Berlin 2 to 1 in the New Lebanon tournament on Saturday, September 8. Berlin took an early 1 to 0 lead on an own goal by the St. Joe goalkeeper. St. Joe tied the game just before the half on a corner kick headed in by one of their strikers.
Berlin outshot St. Joe in the second half 9 to 3 but could not score. Andrew Zlotnick had an impressive first half in goal for Berlin with 6 saves. Mike Reger did equally well with 3 saves in the net in the second half.