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The North Country was treated well with Plattsburgh State college sports. With eight games between the school’s men’s hockey, women’s hockey, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams, and six of them at home, there was plenty to look forward to through the Cardinal Country sports scene. In that span, the Cardinals won six out of eight games played from Friday, Jan. 17 to Saturday, Jan. 18. Revisit the action from all four teams below. Plattsburgh State men’s hockeyTo kick off the weekend, the Cardinals were able to grab a 2-1 win via an overtime thriller against the Middlebury College Panthers. Aaron Catron was able to sneak a puck past Middlebury goalie Andrew Heinze off a pass by Kevin Weaver-Vitale which placed the puck right in front of the net. Catron gave just enough force on his shot for Heinze to bobble the puck leading to the game-winning goal. Tyler Ramm scored the first goal of the game by the third period, a game that featured great defense and dominant goalie play in the first two periods. Dimitri Tzaferis scored the game-tying goal for Middlebury. The game against Williams College was a much different style of play. A shootout in the first period led to a combination of six goals between both schools. In the end it was the Ephs who came out on top by a final of 5-4. At one point, it looked like the Cardinals tied the game at 5-5 after a shot from Jake Sacratini hit the back of the net. After the play concluded, the officials came together and determined that a Plattsburgh player was offsides before Sacratini crossed the blue line, ruling no goal and leading the game to finish at 5-4. Patrick Cole led Plattsburgh in scoring with three goals in the loss. Plattsburgh State women’s hockeyThe Cardinals were able to take care of business on the road, picking up two dominant wins and sweeping the season series against the Morrisville State Mustangs. Friday, Jan. 17, Plattsburgh won 4-1 with four different goal scorers in the win.On Saturday, Jan. 18, Chloe Lewis picked up her fifth shutout of the season in a 7-0 win. The Cardinals had seven different goal-scorers in the win. Plattsburgh State men’s basketballThe Cardinals protected home court inside Memorial Hall, grabbing two wins against SUNY Canton and Oswego State. Plattsburgh was in a tight battle with Canton but were able to pull away late securing the 79-72 win. Kevin Tabb led all scorers with 18 points, while Ikechukwu Ezike chipped in with 16 points. Against Oswego, Plattsburgh started hot. Opening the game on a 34-10 run, the Cardinals built a 51-30 first-half advantage. The Lakers nearly had a completed comeback effort, outscoring the Cardinals 54-36 in the second half, but a timely stop by Plattsburgh and a layup by Franklin Infante gave his team the 87-84 win.Tabb once again led all scorers with 21 points, while Nate Pondexter Jr. chipped in with 15 points. Plattsburgh State women’s basketballThe Cardinals won their fourth straight game after a 72-64 win against the SUNY Canton Kangaroos. A strong second and third quarters of play where Plattsburgh out scored Canton 43-26 lifted them over the top. Julia Greek led all with 21 points, while Jaden Wilson and Selma Deisz chipped in with 18 and 16 points, respectively.Several former Section VII players represented both teams, with Plattsburgh’s own Saranac high school alumn Payton Couture and with SUNY Canton’s Northern Adirondack alumn Isabella Gilmore and Moriah alumn Kennady Allen.The Plattsburgh winning streak ultimately came to an end against Oswego State in a 58-34 loss. After the game was initially 27-27 at the half, the Lakers’ defense held the Cardinals to seven second-half points. Greek once again led Plattsburgh with 10 points.