Here is the Nye Automotive Top 10 for the week of October 4…..
- It was a big Thursday night of Class B football. New Hartford rolled past Homer 60-16 in a clash of two unbeaten 4-0 sides, while ITC rallied from an 18-0 deficit to stun Indian River 34-26 in overtime. Both could end up as playoff previews. Among Class C teams General Brown and Cazenovia are both in the state top 10 with the Lions at no. 4, while Canastota also goes into this month at 4-0…
- Midway through the football regular season CBA has assumed its usual form in Class AA running over all its early-season opposition. Only Liverpool at 4-0 is keeping up and those teams will meet in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile in Class A Whitesboro sits at no. 4 in the state rankings while Corcoran and Auburn, two 3-1 teams, clash this weekend and Carthage, at 4-0, visits Nottingham…
- Back-to-back victories over Dolgeville and Beaver River have pushed Lowville to the top of the area Class D ranks and to no. 5 in the state rankings, while Cato-Meridian has started 4-0 and has its own big test from Dolgeville on Saturday. With 4-0 records Frankfort-Schuyler and West Canada set the pace in eight-man football and are no. 2 and 3, respectively, in the state rankings….
- We had post-season golf tournaments on Wednesday. In the Class A sectional tournament at Drumlins West Genesee Gold won for the third year in a row with C-NS’s Drew Kippen shooting a 73 for the individual title. At Green Lakes the Class B tournament again belonged to J-D and Red Rams eighth-grader Brayden Thomas impressed with a 70 to earn the individual championship…
- Thanks to its 6-1 win over F-M with three different three-set comebacks, unbeaten Baldwinsville is the top seed for the girls tennis sectional Class A team tournament. There’s four classes this year with a small Class B field (just three teams) and a large Class C led by 15-0 Oneida as the top seed, while Class D has Cazenovia as the no. 1 seed following a 14-0 regular season……
- Marcellus fell from the girls soccer state Class B top ranking but is still no. 2 and won a 5-4 overtime thriller over CBA early this week. New Hartford has climbed to no. 3 in Class A, while C-NS has climbed to no. 7 in Class AAA and got a 3-0 win over West Genesee this week. In Class AA ESM is near the top 10, Tully is no. 4 in Class C and Cincinnatus sits at no. 2 in Class D….
- A big boys soccer showdown this week had state Class B no. 3-ranked Westhill turning back Skaneateles 3-1 after a 0-0 draw with New Hartford last week. Another 0-0 draw happened last Saturday between Liverpool and F-M, the top two large schools, as the Hornets challenge Baldwinsville on Saturday. Hamilton and McGraw both are ranked in the state Class D top five…..
- Two unbeaten girls volleyball teams mete early this week and West Genesee got the best of it sweeping C-NS, with Baldwinsville lurking behind them in the SCAC Metro standings and the Wildcats set to host a tournament next weekend. Marcellus has charged to the front of the OHSL Liberty division following up its huge win over Westhill Sept. 27 with three straight wins this week….
- Many Section III cross country teams went to the McQuaid Invitational last weekend while others were in Utica for The E.J. Herrmann Invitational where Clinton’s girls edged Adirondack for the team title. This weekend provides even more race action with invitational meets at Tully and Whitesboro. Head-to-head Liverpool edged Baldwinsville by a combined four points in two races….
- In field hockey Rome Free Academy charges along at 10-0, having allowed just four goals all season. Baldwinsville won its own Huntington Tournament last weekend with two 1-0 wins over strong opponents, New Hartford and Little Falls. Homer is one of the season’s best stories nearly matching last year’s win total going 7-2 while leading the Onondaga High School League….
