Saturday Roundup: Fillmore keeps building steam towards Sectionals, Sisson nets equalizer in OT to set up big 1-0 home blank of And/Whi; Both C-R boys, girls receive shutouts by Allegany-Limestone

FILLMORE — The Eagles of Fillmore have found themselves under the overtime knife as of late, falling in a pair of tough decisions against both Genesee Valley/Belfast and Wellsville in over a week’s span before catapulting back into the win column with a strong Senior Night win over Friendship/Scio entering the weekend.

Now on Saturday, a gigantic contest with Andover/Whitesville became the next topic of discussion — their second and final battle with them in the regular season, with their original clash resulting in a hard-fought and well-matched 2-2 tie in Andover just a couple weeks ago.

It was more of the same once again, but on this occasion, both teams were in the midst of pitching a shutout. But a short time into the first overtime period, the game’s only goal was submitted. It was garnered by Isaiah Sisson, who was at the right place and at the right time to deliver home a big strike for the Eagles on their 11th and final shot of the night, as Fillmore outlasted Andover/Whitesville with a 1-0 home victory on Senior Night.

“We were able to get a big 1-0 overtime win tonight at home on our Senior Night. After a pretty even first half, I thought we turned the tide in the second with a lot of great pressure, but couldn’t punch one over the line,” said Eagles coach Jarrett Vosburg. “Finally four minutes into overtime, we were able to take a cross from the sideline and Isaiah cracked it home from the top of the box to get the win. Credit to our defensive core of James Hillman, Connor McCumiskey, Braylon Hatch and Ezra Knapp for the clean sheet tonight. Andover/Whitesville has some good players up top and in the center of the field that the boys were able to contain tonight.”

Sisson’s game-winning marker for the Eagles (7-4-3) came within the 85th minute of battle with Andover/Whitesville, as he collected a big pass from the sidelines by Joe Sadler, carrying it to the top of the visitor’s box in front. Sisson then proceeded to settle the ball and then shoot it square on goal and to the back of the net to end the game, sending the senior leaders out in style in one of their final regular season home games ever.

Fillmore would also go on to narrowly outshoot Andover/Whitesville (7-6-2) by an 11-8 count. In goal, Brayden Hennard scored a massive shutout, putting a stop to all eight shots he faced from the visitors. On the other side, Skylar Orpet made 10 saves for Andover/Whitesville.

Both teams will return to the field over the road Tuesday night, with Fillmore heading to Dunsmore-Latimer Field to meet Bolivar-Richburg in a 5 p.m. contest, while Andover/Whitesville heads to Scio for a 6 p.m. clash with host Friendship/Scio.

Allegany-Limestone 6, Cuba-Rushford 0

ALLEGANY — There were plenty of goals to go around for the Allegany-Limestone Gators, as they went on to fly past the visiting Cuba-Rushford Rebels in the Swamp on Saturday with a strong 6-0 shutout.

Statistics were not made available to report upon publication.

Cuba-Rushford (7-6-1) will look to regroup and rebound on Wednesday in their next road trip, as they visit Houghton Academy for a 5 p.m. contest.

GIRLS SOCCER

Allegany-Limestone 5, Cuba-Rushford 0

ALLEGANY — A 19-shot outing on offense aided in setting up shop for the Allegany-Limestone Lady Gators, as they begun the school’s Saturday night doubleheader with Cuba-Rushford on the strongest of notes with a 3-0 first half lead they never looked back on, coasting towards an eventual 5-0 shutout of the Lady Rebels in the Swamp.

“Allegany-Limestone is tough,” said Lady Rebels coach Aaron Wight. “They play some really nice soccer. Once we settled down a bit, we realized we can compete and we created some good chances early in the second half. Overall, this game helped provide a good experience for us to gear up for Sectional play coming around the corner.”

The tone was set right away by the Lady Gators, who found the back of the net three times to set the tone on Cuba-Rushford (10-4-1), as Addie Fisher, Cait Kellogg and Abby Peck all scored to lay the foundation down for the offense. Peck would go on to score her second of the game after the break’s conclusion, along with a second goal from Kellogg, to help put a wrap on a magnificent shutout that saw them allow only three shots on defense.

Annaleece Melton made 14 saves in between the posts for the Lady Rebels.

Cuba-Rushford now takes aim at a big bounce back with a Friday night visit from Fillmore in Hinsdale, beginning at 7 p.m.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Hinsdale at Salamanca - No report.