Johnstown, NY : The 2008-2009 all conference and all region teams were announced this past weekend at the Region III basketball tournament. FM is proud to announce the selection of two players from the Lady Raiders basketball team. Captain Natalie Mosconi, who led the Lady Raiders in points, field goals, free throw percentage, and three point percentage was selected to the Mountain Valley Conference First Team, and was also named to the Region III Second Team.

Captain and two year starter for the Lady Raiders, Amber Shamberger, who has been a staple in the Lady Raider backcourt the past two seasons, was selected to the Mountain Valley Conference Second Team and was also named to the Region III Third Team.

The Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year was Leslie Mencia of Mohawk Valley Community College while the Region III Player of the Year was Brittany Williams of Finger Lakes Community College.

The Mountain Valley Conference Coach of the Year was Bob Alison of Mohawk Valley Community College while the Region III Coach of the Year was Mike Wheeler of Onondaga Community College.

FM is proud to be well represented throughout the conference and region, and extends a big congratulations to the players and coaches selected. 

Former standout Lady Raider forward and midfielder Laura Tisinger, is continuing her soccer career at the University of Sage in Albany, New York. Laura, who played for the Lady Raiders in the 2008 season after transferring from SUNY Cobleskill, is wearing #14 for the Sage Gators and is one of their starting midfielders. She is majoring in business management. So far this season she has scored one goal and has five shots on goal and has started three games for the Lady Gators. They are currently 4-4-1 on the season.

The Mount Ida Mustangs are 4-3-0 this season in conference play and part of that is due largely in part by the talented Billy Beauzile who was a stand out midfielder for the FM Raiders soccer team. So far this season Beauzile has played in all 14 games and has started 10 of them. He has played over 700 minutes this season and has scored two goals and has three assists and has 36 shots on goal on the season. Overall the Mustangs are 5-9-0 on the season with two conference games to play before the postseason starts. 

Former FM Lady Raider Kelsey Ney is in her second season at Mount Ida playing for the Lady Mustangs. This season Kelsey is playing a variety of positions on offense and has even played keeper on a few occasions. The Lady Mustangs are 4-8-3 on the season with one game to play. Throughout this season Kelsey has played in 10 games and has scored 1 goal and also has 2 saves in goal while not surrendering any goals. 

Former FM Raider baseball stand out Greg Stack just completed his junior season playing for the Cazenovia Wildcats. He had an exceptional season as he was fifth on the team in batting average. On the season Greg hit .314 as he was 22 of 70 at the dish. Out of those hits he had four doubles, a home run and drove in 13 runs on the season. He was also beaned seven times on the season and had a .414 slugging percentage and an on base percentage of .400. While behind the plate catching, Greg had 115 put outs and five assists and just five errors on the season. Overall Greg Stack had a great season in which he helped lead the Wildcats to a 22-17 record and their first conference championship in five years. 

FM sophomore Nichole Stock finished her FM Volleyball career on October 31st, 2009 at the Region 3 Volleyball tournament at Corning Community College. Stock earned herself a selection to the All-Tournament Team. The Lady Raiders finished the season with a record of 17-11 after going 4-19 in 2008. They finished with a perfect record at home (7-0) and finished 2nd in the Mountain Valley Conference. 

Brenda Shultis, the 6’0’’ dominant middle hitter for the FM Lady Raiders ended her FM career with a bang as she was selected as a member of the 2009 NJCAA Region III Division III Volleyball All-Region Team. Shultis was a staple in the Lady Raiders frontcourt for the past two seasons and finished in the top ten in hitting efficiency and kills this season. She was a large part of the Lady Raiders single season turnaround to a 17-11 record this season. 

In the match-up of #5 (TC3) v. #12 (FMCC), both teams played very hard but the host got the better of the visitor.  The first half was a back and forth battle.  Both teams had good chances.  For the Raiders, Roger Samene got a good look about midway through the first half with a shot that careened off of the crossbar.  TC3 had a free kick just outside the box that just missed wide a few moments later.  Even though both sides had good chances to finish, neither was able to in the first and the score was knotted 0-0 going into the break.  The Panthers came out fired up in the 2nd and mounted several good attacks in the early minutes, but GK Casey Jensen and his backline of Bruce Pavlus, Jake Zidich, Edward Bonsu, and Roger Samene held strong and turned them away each time.  The Raiders had a great opportunity to go ahead on a counter with 20 minutes left in regulation as Joe Mecca found Ted Yoon on a through ball.  Ted carried the ball down the left flank and slid a ball across the penalty area that just missed a streaking Kevan Kozlowski and rather found Chris Modelowski making a run on the opposite wing.  Modelowski hit a nice shot, but TC3 GK Lukas Mitchell was up to the task and turned away FM’s best chance of the half. 8 minutes later in the 78th minute, the Panthers broke the ice when Brandon Kohler on the left played a square ball to open teammate Jean Pierre-Rosas who took a touch and hit a nice shot that caught Jensen a tad too much off his line and the ball just sneaked under the cross bar to make it 1-0 TC3.  As the Raiders pushed forward to find an equalizer, TC3 took advantage on a counter and sealed the victory 4 minutes later as Magor Mbengue found Salar Ahmad corner of the opposite 6 yard box which he played one time into the side netting past Jensen.  The outcome ends the season for the Raiders.  TC3 will move on and get a shot to knock off the #4 seeded Broome CC Hornets on Tuesday, November 3rd.  TC3 had the edge in shots 10-6.  Jensen had 8 saves on the day and Mitchell 5. 

The Raiders finish the 2009 campaign with a record of 7-8-1.

The FM Soccer program took a big hit last season when they lost center back Bobby Dufort. Bobby transferred to Cazenovia College where he continued his soccer career this season. In his first season with Cazenovia, Bobby has started all 19 games at center back, and has helped lead Cazenovia to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Bobby has done a great job this season as he has helped the Wildcats allow an average of only 1.29 goals per contest to go along with nine shutouts. Winners of seven straight, which included a three-game run to win their conference championship, Cazenovia is peaking at the right time. Bobby has also scored a goal on the season. The Wildcats finished the season riding the high of a four game winning streak that included wins against Clarkson and for the first ever time in school history a win against Keuka. This earned the Wildcats the Number 3 seed in the NEAC Tournament. They beat Cobleskill 3-0 in the first round. In round 2 for the first time in school history they knocked off SUNY IT by a score of 1-0 to advance to the finals where The University of Dallas (TX) awaited them. The Wildcats won the NEAC Championship over Dallas by a score of 2-1 and will be playing York (PA) in the first round of the NCAA tournament.