HARPERSFIELD — Braymon Clark had two goals and three assists as Edmeston won the Stamford Mayor’s Cup for the second straight year, by beating host Stamford/Jefferson, 6-0, in the final game of the boys tournament Saturday, Sept. 12, at Russ Archibald Memorial Field.
Edmeston went 3-0 in the six-team, round-robin tournament, and was the only team to win all three of its games for a total of six points. Unatego/Franklin, Laurens/Milford and Charlotte Valley/Schenevus each won two games and finished with four points.
Edmeston beat U/F, 5-2, on Sept. 5, and South Kortright/Andes, 7-0, on Aug. 31.
The Panthers, who are also the defending Section IV Class D and Regional champions, led 4-0 at halftime Saturday. They pulled all of their offensive starters not long after the first goal of the second half.
Brock Redner scored two goals for Edmeston, both on headers off of long throw-ins from Clark.
Sam Bolton got the first goal for Edmeston, at 26:38, on a pass from Clark.
Less than a minute later, Redner scored off the throw-in to make it 2-0.
Clark scored on a pass from Ben Ray with 15:07 left in the half, and then with 36.2 seconds left on a pass from Gavin Zinger.
Redner’s second goal came 2:54 into the second half.
Ray scored on a pass from Layne Chapin with 14:14 left in the game. Braedin McEnroe got the last goal unassisted with 30 seconds left.
Redner, Clark, Zinger, Collin Lund and Sean Braswell made the All-Tournament Team for Edmeston. They were joined by Charlie Miller from S/J, Jansen Sturniolo from South Kortright/Andes, Owen Green from Charlotte Valley/Schenevus, Cole Williams and Aiden Mertz from L/M and Jake Kingsbury, Itzu Guttman and Lucian Couse from U/F.
Edmeston (5-0, 2-0) plays at Worcester on Monday, Sept. 14, in a game between undefated Tri-Valley League foes. The Panthers beat the Wolverines in last year’s TVL final and again in the section playoffs.