Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of April 18….
- The first state boys lacrosse rankings of the season had J-D ranked highest among Section III teams at no. 2 in Class C despite a pair of defeats to two of the top four sides in Class B, Garden City and Niskayuna. Six Section III teams were state-ranked in Class D led by no. 4 Marcellus, who early this week battled to a 15-12 victory over no. 10-ranked LaFayette/Onondaga in a possible playoff preview..
- CBA boys lacrosse tore to an 8-0 start and reached no. 8 in the first state Class B rankings, going for nine in a row against West Genesee, who were going through some early-season struggles and were 2-3. The big game in Class A lacrosse this week saw C-NS rally from an early 7-1 deficit and knock off Baldwinsville 15-11 to win its sixth in a row going into Friday’s game against Webster Schroeder..
- In girls lacrosse West Genesee rode a 5-0 start to no. 7 in the state Class A rankings then won an 11-10 overtime thriller over no. 17-ranked Baldwinsville Thursday to keep itself undefeated. C-NS was in between them at no. 12 despite some early-season setbacks. Watertown, the defending Class B sectional champions, were no. 17 in the state thanks to its 3-1 record…
- South Jefferson moves up to Class C in girls lacrosse this season and started out no. 2 in the state rankings thanks to wins in its first five games. J-D is close behind in the no. 5 spot, while in Class D the Spartans’ promotion could open the door for Skaneateles to return to the top, the Lakers at no. 5 in the state rankings just ahead of Marcellus in the no. 10 spot as those two square off early next week…
- Softball teams are starting to get in games on a regular basis. Reigning state Class D champion Hamilton has started 3-0, while two sectional champions battled on Thursday and Whitesboro topped Rome Free Academy 5-3. Among the large schools New Hartford might be the best of them all, the Spartans having rung up 66 runs in its first four games. West Genesee and F-M have started well, too…
- An early-season baseball showdown of two reigning sectional champions saw C-NS and West Genesee split those two games, while Baldwinsville has raced out 4-0 winning games on its new all-weather turf field. Oriskany, defending the state Class D championship, is also 4-0 including a 1-0 shutout of Cooperstown early this week where Dean Koening threw a one-hitter with 13 strikeouts..
- Flag football has seen Syracuse East and Oneida emerge as the best teams in the area. Syracuse East proved this point routing F-M 43-7 on Friday night while Oneida moved to 7-0 handling J-D 34-12 on Wednesday. There was also an unusual game on Monday night involving Baldwinsville and C-NS where the only points were scored on a safety – which the Northstars got to win 2-0…
- Warm weather on Wednesday greeted area high school track and field teams for their league openers. It included an impressive sweep by Baldwinsville over C-NS and F-M doing the same to West Genesee. Many of the top teams in the eastern part of the section gathered at Utica Proctor Friday for the Cook-DiStefano Invitational and others would go to the Holland Patent Invitational a day later..
- Girls golf teams had a string of early-season matches this week and there was already a showdown of two of the better SCAC teams as F-M, returning nearly every top player from an undefeated team in 2025, defeated West Genesee. C-NS Blue will challenge both of them as, in the OHSL, Cazenovia is making some early-season noise with a pair of wins including one over CBA…
- Picking up where it left off a season ago when it won the sectional Class A boys tennis team title, CBA sprinted to a 3-0 start while the team it knocked off, F-M, rolled to easy wins in its first two matches and Liverpool is 3-0. Rome Free Academy, Oneida and Sauquoit Valley all are off to great starts, too, with matches sometimes shortened to deal with all the rain which fell this week…
