Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of January 17….
- Remarkably two area high school basketball players reached 2,000 career points just two days apart. Marcellus girls superstar Cece Powell accomplished it last Saturday when the unbeaten state Class B no. 2-ranked Mustangs beat Homer and, on Monday night, Jordan-Elbridge boys star Nolan Brunelle accomplished it in the final minute of the Eagles’ victory over Canastota…..
- No one in boys basketball had a better stretch in the last week than ESM, who handed unbeaten Nottingham its first defeat of the season last weekend in an overtime battle and then got the best of local rival J-D on Wednesday. Liverpool also battled past Nottingham on Tuesday as the Legends and Bishop Ludden-Grimes seem the clear front-runners in the Class AAA ranks…
- Westhill remains in cruise control, unbeaten and atop the state Class A boys basketball rankings in a loaded class which also includes strong teams at J-D, Syracuse ITC and New Hartford. Cooperstown is still unbeaten, too, and still no. 2 in the state in Class C with Cato-Meridian joining them in the top 10 as Madison is up to no. 4 in Class D and Skaneateles has climbed to no. 5 in the state in Class B.
- Things in Class AAA girls basketball just got a lot more interesting when state no. 5-ranked Baldwinsville was upended by C-NS 59-45 Thursday night, this a week after the Northstars took its first loss to F-M in nearly a decade. Liverpool seems to be on its way back, too, judging by a win over Nottingham earlier this week as the Legends have moved past some real early-season struggles…
- Intrigue continues to build in ice hockey with a good three-team Division II race unfolding between Whitesboro, New Hartford and Skaneateles, the three having separated from the rest of the league pack. In Division I Rome Free Academy took its first loss of the season to Ithaca last Friday – and then Ithaca knocked off West Genesee a few days later, with Baldwinsville and Syracuse also in the mix…
- This Monday at Indian River the boys wrestling Section III Dual Meets take place with eight teams in each division. Carthage holds the top seed in Division I with multi-time champion Fulton the no. 2 seed, while Marcellus has claimed the top seed in Division II and Little Falls has the no. 2 seed. The winners here advance to the NYSPHSAA Dual Meet later this month at SRC Arena..
- Indian River was also a focal point in girls wrestling last weekend for the Lunar Lockdown Tournament featuring a host of Section III teams. The host Hawks won with 195 points edging General Brown’s 188.5 despite the Lions winning four individual titles. Phoenix had a seventh-place finish in the large Southern Tier Memorial Tournament led by a win from Gabriella Gonzales at 152 pounds..
- A busy Saturday at the indoor track and field John Arcaro Memorial had the C-NS boys and girls teams sweep the morning session, their first sweep of the season, while the Baldwinsville girls and Auburn boys prevailed in the afternoon session. Some top athletes go to Rochester this Saturday for the Jack Reed Showcase while everyone else is at SRC Arena for the Fred Kirschenheiter Memorial…
- In boys bowling this week there was finally a 300 game in local competition from ESM’s Alex Locke in a match against Auburn as CBA’s Tom Dearnaley nearly matched it but settled for a 298 in a separate match. Baldwinsville knocked off unbeaten F-M on the girls side leaving Fulton the lone undefeated team in the SCAC having not dropped a point in any of its eight matches so far…
- In girls volleyball a big match on Thursday night had 11-0 New Hartford against 11-0 Rome Free Academy and the Spartans prevailed in four sets with 42 combined kills from Keegan Matthews and Ashlee Fisher and 60 assists from Claire Colantuoni. Mount Markham has only dropped four sets all season while racing to a 12-0 mark and Beaver River is unbeaten, too, at 9-0 so far…
