Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of March 7….
- Four Section III wrestlers brought home state championships from Albany last weekend. In Division I it was Carthage’s Ryan Munn victorious at 144 pounds and New Hartford’s Chris Belmonte pinning everyone on the way to the 285-pound title. In Division II Holland Patent’s Andrew Juliano was victorious at 118 pounds and Sherburne-Earlville’s Drew Telesky winning it all at 103 pounds…
- In Utica last weekend New Hartford gymnast Grayson repeated as all-around champion in the NYSPHSAA championships and also won the balance beam. When the girls wrestling NYSPHSAA championships took place in Albany late last week General Brown’s Zoey and Pearl Jewett, had the best finishes, each of them runners-up as Zoey was second at 100 pounds and Pearl second at 94 pounds.
- An exciting conclusion to the ice hockey sectional Division I playoffs had West Genesee win it for the fifth year in a row withstanding a late Cazenovia comeback attempt to win it 3-2 and keeping the no. 6 seed Lakers from knocking off each of the top three seeds in the sectional tournament. The Wildcats face Section V’s Hilton Saturday night in the regional finals in Rochester….
- Whitesboro ice hockey dethroned three-time defending state champion Skaneateles to win its first sectional title since 2003, seeing leads of 3-0 and 4-3 get away but getting a late goal from Andrew Sfeir to pull it out 5-4, the first goal Sfeir had scored all season. Now going into the state tournament, Whitesboro takes on Section VI’s Clarence at Buffalo’s HarborCenter in the regional final…
- Westhill boys basketball survived an overtime battle with J-D in the semifinals to get to Sunday’s sectional Class A final at SRC Arena against ITC, while in Class AAA we get a rematch of 2025, Liverpool rallying for it own OT win over C-NS to take on Bishop Ludden-Grimes while in Class A it’s ESM against Nottingham after the Spartans rallied in OT in the semifinals to oust Henninger….
- Unbeaten, state no. 1-ranked Cooperstown takes its 23-0 record into the boys basketball sectional Class C final at SRC Arena against Cato-Meridian, while in Class D it’s a battle between two traditional powers, Oriskany and Sackets Harbor. Then there’s Class B, again with defending state champion Marcellus against rival Skaneateles trying to avenge its 2025 sectional final defeat to the Mustangs…
- New faces mark the large-school girls basketball sectional finals at SRC Arena as in Class AAA it’s Baldwinsville against a Rome Free Academy side who has won 11 in a row, and in Class AA Oswego is in its first title game in nearly two decades against defending champion Nottingham. Unbeaten, state no. 1-ranked Utica Notre Dame will clash with CBA in the sectional Class A final….
- Still parked atop the state Class B rankings in girls basketball Marcellus will go after the sectional title against Little Falls Saturday night after a Class C final pitting two Center State Conference rivals, West Canada and Hamilton. And in Class D defending state champion LaFargeville has rolled to the final where the Red Knights will get challenged by Copenhagen…
- This weekend brings the NYSPHSAA indoor track and field championships at Staten Island’s Ocean Breeze complex. C-NS may be the featured team as on the girls side Anna Eells looks to add to the two state titles she earned in 2025 and on the boys side Camron Ingram defends his 55-meter hurdles title. This year the state meet will go over two days rather than one spreading out the competition…
- There is also the NYSPHSAA boys swimming championships at Ithaca College on Friday and Saturday. Liverpool’s Joe Lisi is the top seed in the 100-yard backstroke going into the event with Cooperstown’s Tom Lillenthal also a top qualifier. Also look out for Fulton’s Logan Ames as a medal contender in the 50 and 100 freestyle as Oswego’s Nick Canale is the top contender in diving…
