Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of November 22….

  1. Two girls soccer teams brought home state championships last weekend. Marcellus repeated in Class B, surviving overtime 2-1 with Mount Academy in the semifinals and then shutting out Livonia 2-0 in the title game, while in Class D Cincinnatus claimed its second state title in three years winning its own 2-1 semifinal over Fillmore and then edging Chazy 1-0 in the final on Sunday…
  2. There’s also a pair of state champions from Section III in boys soccer. Westhill dominated the Class B state final four routing Albertus Magnus 5-0 in the semifinals and then Buffalo Lafayette 6-0 in the finals a day later. Hamilton, trying to repeat in Class D, ended up as co-champions with Fillmore after a 4-4 state title game, the Emerald Knights having beat Chazy 1-0 in the semifinals to get there…
  3. Football sectional title games at the JMA Dome had, in Class AA, CBA win its 38th game in a row 27-6 over Liverpool helped by two touchdown passes from Gavyn Dixon to Javon Edenfield. In the Class A final Whitesboro also won for the third year in a row, pushed into the fourth quarter by ESM but able to get a late touchdown to put away a 21-7 decision as it seeks a return to the state final..
  4. An epic Class C football sectional final had General Brown surrender a 21-point lead but then regroup and outscore Cazenovia 51-49 to repeat as champions overcoming nearly 500 total yards from Lakers quarterback Bobby Livingston. By contrast New Hartford rolled past first-time finalist Syracuse ITC 37-14 to finally win the sectional Class B title after years of frustrating finals defeats.
  5. Lowville dethroned Dolgeville as football sectional Class D champions jumping out to a big early lead and hanging on to win 37-20 while moving to the top of the state rankings. And in the eight-man football final Morrisville-Eaton used a last-minute touchdown to topple unbeaten defending champion Frankfort-Schuyler 40-36, winning it for coach Don Johnson who is retiring at season’s end.
  6. C-NS girls soccer reached the state Class AAA final with an overtime win over Oceanside only to drop the final 2-0 to Commack. New Hartford’s girls lost its Class A semifinal 2-1 to Rochester Aquinas and Baldwinsville boys soccer lost ist state Class AAA semifinal 3-0 to eventual champion Commack as coach Tim Scheemaker announced he is retiring after 423 wins and 11 sectional titles…
  7. Two area girls volleyball teams are going for state championships in Glens Falls this weekend. There’s Westhill back again in Class B after routs of Ogdensburg and Ichabod Crane in its two regional matches, while in Class D Weedsport gets a chance at its first-ever state title after the Wolverines swept Chateaugay in its regional final. Pool play and finals take place Friday through Sunday….
  8. There’s also the boys volleyball state championships taking place where J-D, in Division II, seeks a third state title in four years at Finger Lakes CC after the Red Rams swept Living Word in the sectional final. C-NS won the sectional Division I title by upending the top two seeds, first F-M and then Liverpool, in the playoffs and will seek its first state championship at Roberts Wesleyan University…
  9. Auburn’s Ryan Maher finished second among individuals at last weekend’s state Class A boys cross country championships in Queensbury just 1.2 seconds behind the winner, while in Class D Waterville’s Danny Casatelli also had a second-place finish. The best girls finishes came in Class D where Tully teammates Anna Congeli and Alex Dickson finished fourth and fifth, respectively…
  10. And the NYPSHSAA girls swimming championships take place this weekend at Webster Aquatic Center near Rochester. Section III’s best chance for medals might come from diving where J-D’s Kayla McQuaid and Liverpool’s June Piorkowski have top-10 qualifying efforts, and in races from Marcellus’ Sophia Pilon who could contend in both sprints, the 50 and 100 freestyle….