Chazy Wins State Championship Again, Defeating Fort Ann 4-0

The Chazy Eagles easily defeated Fort Ann 4-0 on Sunday November 18 to win Coach Rob McAuliffe's record-tying sixth New York State Championship.

Josh Barriere (5) Brandon Laurin (behind Barriere), Nathan Reynolds (12), Hayden Guay (16) and David Poitras (1) celebrate after Reynolds' goal during the Class D NYSPHSAA Boys Soccer Championship game at Middletown High School Sunday. Chazy beat Fort Ann (Section 2) 4-0 to win the class D title. (Photo/Adrian Kraus )

Josh Barriere led the Eagles with three of the team's four goals. Nathan Reynolds added the other goal.

With just over 25 minutes gone in the first half, Reynolds gave Chazy the lead with a header off a corner kick by Nelson Pelton. Just over three minutes later, Barriere made it 2-0 from close range.

13 minutes after halftime, Barriere struck again, blasting a shot under the crossbar. He completed his hat trick at 29:22, with a header off another Pelton corner kick. 

Chazy outshot Fort Ann 17-3. Kyle Bisonnette made three saves in picking up the shutout.

According to John Coryer's article in the Plattsburgh Press-Republican, McAuliffe's sixth state championship ties him for first all-time in the state in boys soccer with Pittsford-Mendon’s Joe Borrosh and Shenendehowa’s Mike Campisi.

The victory completed a fantastic 21-0-1 season for the Eagles, who outscored opponents 127-9 on the year. In the postseason, they scored 37 goals while allowing only 2.