Here is the Holbrook Heating & Air Conditioning Top 10 for the week of October 26…
- In the opening week of the girls soccer Section III playoffs the big story was seeing defending Class C champion Sauquoit Valley knocked off by no. 7 seed Westmoreland, perhaps opening it up for Cincinnatus, the unbeaten top seed, while in Class B Marcellus, no. 1 in the state rankings, scored 26 goals in two opening-round games and main challenger CBA barely got past Sknaeateles 1-0…
- Class AA sectional girls soccer has a possible West Genesee-ESM final to look forward to after the Spartans’ Leah Rehm passed 150 career goals in a quarterfinal romp of Central Square. Baldwinsville and C-NS hold the top two seeds in Class AAA while New Hartford has the top seed in Class A and J-D, the no. 2 seed, held off South Jefferson 1-0 to reach the semifinals….
- They’re also underway in the boys soccer sectional playoffs, where in Class AAA Liverpool got the top seed after beating F-M in the regular-season finale. Undefeated Nottingham has the top seed in Class AA and ESM the no. 2 seed, both heavily favored to get to the finals, while J-D has the Class A top seed and won its quarterfinal game 3-0 over Cortland on Thursday….
- Still atop the state rankings, Westhill holds the top seed in the Class B boys soccer sectional playoffs with Lowville and Skaneateles the main challengers. In Class C Bishop Ludden has the top seed while Tully has the no. 2 seed and MPH the no. 3 seed. Sackets Harbor, once no. 1 in the state Class D rankings, lost in the first sectional round to Belleville-Henderson as Hamilton owns the top seed…
- Field hockey sectional semifinals are set for this weekend. Class A has Rome Free Academy against F-M and C-NS against Liverpool, while Class B has Camden against Whitesboro and VVS against New Hartford. Class C sees Little Falls face Holland Patent and Mount Markham against Canastota as Class D has Clinton against Port Byron and Morrisville-Eaton against Weedsport..
- This is the last weekend of the football regular season, with the biggest game arguably in Class C where Skaneateles hosts Marcellus with the West Division title at stake, both at 6-1 after the Mustangs took its first loss of the season to Cazenovia, while General Brown and Lowville meet each other to determine the top spots in the C East division for the playoffs….
- In large-school football this weekend there’s undefeated Whitesboro challenged by once-beaten Auburn, who sits tied with Corcoran in the Class A standings as CBA, Liverpool, C-NS and West Genesee appear locked into the top four in Class AA. Meanwhile, in Class D another first-place showdown has undefeated Dolgeville traveling to 6-1 Mount Markham for first place in the East division…
- Cross country post-season league meets continued this week with the Salt City Athletic Conference championships where Auburn won both Empire division titles and the overall boys title over C-NS, who was victorious in the Metro division. A close battle in the girls SCAC meet had F-M edge C-NS for the top spot while Auburn and Liverpool were close behind tied for third place…
- J-D ended up as the only unbeaten SCAC girls swim team, capping its regular season with consecutive wins over F-M, CBA and Liverpool, while the Red Rams’ Kayla McQuaid won the Burgos Invitational. In boys volleyball J-D’s win streak continues, while Bishop Grimes’ quest for an undefeated girls regular season was halted Wednesday in a five-set defeat to Cazenovia…
- Section III’s girls tennis state qualifier took place, and in singles J-D’s Mona Farah won the event over Baldwinsville’s Mira Nadzan, but Nadzan and B’ville teammate Alya Kalfass reached the state tournament as did doubles players Lainey Nesbitt and Sonia Nadzan. F-M had both doubles finalists with Smareen Mangat and Sadie Toole beating Shreya Bhattacharya and Lindsey Chong for the title.