Waterford-Halfmoon soccer players react after Zac Lennon's goal early in Saturday's Section II Class C championship victory over Berlin. The Fordians (16-2-0) won, 3-1. (Photos by Mike McMahon - The Record).

Waterford advances to face Voorheesville (15-2-2) in the Class CC-C playoff game Monday at 5 p.m. at Colonie High School.

Berlin (12-7-0) faced Waterford three times this season, but the Mountaineers' offense was never able to click against the Fordians. Berlin scored just one goal in those three contests. This was Berlin's first sectional final appearance since 1996.

“This is pretty big. We still had four or five starters coming back, but we didn’t quite know how the junior class was going to play and it turned out really well,” Waterford coach Fred Engelmann said. “It was one of the good surprises for us that we played as well as we did.”

Waterford players celebrate after defeating Berlin in the Section II Class C final Saturday morning at Colonie High School. It was Waterford's first Section II title since 2005.

Waterford sophomore Fre Breen chases the ball with a Berlin player in full pursuit.

WATERFORD 3, BERLIN 1

Berlin (12-7-0) 0 1 - 1
Waterford (16-2-0) 2 1 - 3
Scoring: B - Drew Webster 1-0. W - Chris Hunt 1-0, Zac Lennon 1-1, Dylan Carlton 1-0, Fre Breen 0-1. Goalie saves: B - Shawn Willis 5. W - Ryan Hardy 3.

There are two more boys soccer games remaining this week.

Johnstown faces Broadalbin-Perth in the Class B final Monday at Colonie at 7 p.m.

Shen and Saratoga will play for the Class AA final Tuesday at Colonie at 5 p.m.

Click here to review all of the Section II boys soccer brackets.

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In girls soccer action, two games remain.

Class AA - Bethlehem vs. Shen, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. at Stillwater High School

Class CC/C playoff - Fort Plain vs. Cambridge, Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. at Stillwater High School

Click here to see the latest Section II girls soccer brackets.

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The Section II girls volleyball tournament wraps up Wednesday with four finals to be held at Queensbury High School and one - the Class A - to be played at Lake George.

Class D - Mayfield vs. Lake George, 11 a.m.
Class C - Loudonville Christian vs. Voorheesville, 1 p.m.
Class B - Schalmont vs. Ravena, 3 p.m.
Class A - Burnt Hills vs. Queensbury (at Lake George), 5 p.m.
Class AA - Bethlehem vs. Shenendehowa, 7 p.m.

Click here to see the brackets for the volleyball tournament.
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Here are your final 2009 Section II football brackets.


I'm planning on hosting our weekly high school football chat this Thursday evening, Nov. 12 starting around 6:30 p.m.
We can discuss the upcoming matchups for Rensselaer and Hoosick Falls and also look back on the seasons of Troy High, Lansingburgh, La Salle and any other local team you'd like to discuss.