Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of December 20….
- This was really the first full week of winter sports. In boys basketball Liverpool kept itself undefeated shutting down rival C-NS 53-44 and stays in the spotlight this weekend as the Legends go to Albany and face reigning state Class AAA champion Shaker. West Genesee, Nottingham and Fulton all had decisive victories with the Bulldogs putting a halt to the Brothers’ five-game win streak…
- Having roared to a 6-0 start with six consecutive victories all by double digits, Westhill boys basketball went to the Orlando area this weekend for three tournament games against teams from across the country. Defending state Class B champion Marcellus took losses to Troy and Shenendehowa last weekend as might find real challenges from the likes of Cazenovia in the sectional ranks..
- At the top of Class AAA girls basketball there’s Baldwinsville a dominant 5-0 so far and now testing itself this weekend in a tournament at the Orlando Convention Center in Florida. Bishop Ludden-Grimes got an impressive road win at C-NS after taking its first defeat of the season to CBA who is 6-0 and emerging as the main challenger to Utica Notre Dame among Class A sides….
- Fulton’s five consecutive victories to open the season has made the Red Dragons the early Class AA front-runner though defending champion Nottingham is off to a solid start, too. Marcellus has rolled to a 4-0 start and has the best early record in Class B and Skaneateles was 3-0 before a defeat to Chittenango. Tully is 5-0 among Class C sides with Frankfort-Schuyler and Hamilton both 4-0….
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In boys ice hockey Rome Free Academy with its 5-0 record is no. 4 in the first state Division I rankings of the season. Syracuse is also 2-0 in league games and Baldwinsville won its first three games before a 3-3 tie with F-M Tuesday night. Skaneateles sat at no. 2 in the state in Division II but then was stunned at home 5-3 by New Hartford Thursday night adding much more intrigue to that race….
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A full Saturday of wrestling tournaments last weekend included the Phoenix Round Robin with the host Firebirds second to Rush-Henrietta. Homer won the General Brown Duals and C-NS went 9-0 at the Matt Fedish Duals at Chenango Valley. Fulton won the Coach K Duals at Norwich and Marcellus was an impressive winner in Elmira’s Dave Buck Tournament……
- It’s a busy girls wrestling season too. At last weekend’s Phoenix Girls Scramble Fulton earned 295 points and won three weight classes to take the team title with the host Firebirds second, Indian River third and Baldwinsville fourth. As if one showdown between them at a large-scale meet wasn’t enough, Fulton and Phoenix go head-to-head this weekend right before the holiday break..
- Indoor track teams went to the Jack Morse Kickoff Meet at SRC Arena last weekend. Only the second session was scored on the team side and Anna Eells, a two-time state champion last winter, helped C-NS win the girls team title and Baldwinsville took the boys team title. This weekend will bring the Oscar Jensen Relays as VVS swept the Mohawk Valley ITA portion of it on Monday night..
- In winter girls volleyball rivals New Hartford and Whitesboro squared off Thursday night and the Spartans prevailed in four sets to stay undefeated after it won a large-scale tournament in Tully last weekend. Another showdown of undefeated teams in the Center State Conference had 5-0 Mount Markham against 4-0 Remsen and it was the Mustangs defeating the Rams in three sets…
- Early pace-setters in boys bowling included C-NS at 6-0 and ESM at 3-0 in the SCAC and Solvay at 5-1 in the OHSL after a key win over CBA early this week. Moving to girls bowling Fulton is 6-0 in the SCAC and in the OHSL Homer and Chittenango both have undefeated marks as do Rome Free Academy and Whitesboro in the Tri-Valley League and West Canada in the CSC….
