Here is the Nye Automotive Top 10 for the week of January 4…
- Three boys basketball teams in Class AAA went into the holiday break undefeated but C-NS did not stay there, beaten by Utica Proctor, while Bishop Ludden stayed perfect winning its own holiday tournament and Rome Free Academy still hasn’t lost. Neither has Fulton, who at 6-0 has powered its way to the top of the area Class AA ranks going into the new year…
- There’s lots of respect for area boys basketball given that Marcellus (Class B), Hamilton (Class C) and Sackets Harbor (Class D) all are no. 3 in their respective state rankings with Cooperstown at no. 5 in Class C. Marcellus beat West Genesee in the opening round of CBA’s Manny Leone Holiday Classic but lost in the finals to Holy Cross from New York City, who also beat the host Brothers..
- Tough wins over St. Francis and Moore Catholic in the Amsterdam Showcase had Liverpool girls basketball move to 10-1 and no. 7 in the state Class AAA rankings. C-NS and Baldwinsville are also state-ranked despite two losses apiece in various tournament, while Nottingham’s surprising 5-1 start has pushed it to no. 11 in the first state Class AA poll of 2025…
- The two Class A girls basketball front-runners battled on Monday and Utica Notre Dame handled Indian River 55-37. Prior to this the Jugglers were no. 10 in the state rankings while, in Class B, Bishop Grimes’ own tournament title moved it to 10-1 and all the way to no. 2 in the state rankings. Three Class D teams – LaFargeville, Watertown IHC and McGraw – are parked in the state top 10…..
- West Genesee shot up to the top of the state Division I ice hockey rankings by defeating reigning state champion Suffern 4-1 in the finals of the Wildcat Classic. By contrast, Rome Free Academy is a perfect 7-0 so far and still isn’t state-ranked as it goes into a busy stretch where it hosts Guilderland and Capital District and then plays both Baldwinsville and F-M next week….
- Again Skaneateles sits at the top of area Division II hockey, the Lakers hosting it annual Duke Schneider Tournament meeting Pelham in the first round, then Baldwinsville or Williamsville East. Oswego went 7-2-1 in the first half of the regular season, its best start in the long time, and has a chance to build its record in the next couple of weeks before challenging the Lakers on Jan. 21….
- Central Valley Academy’s boys wrestling team went 7-1 to finish at the top of the Mountain Duals at Johnstown while Carthage went to Spencerport and, edging Hilton by half a point, won the Teike-Bernabi Tournament. Central Square was second at the Cooperstown Invitational, while Mexico was a perfect 5-0 to win the Rebel/Devil/Comet Duals at APW on New Year’s Eve….
- Some indoor track and field teams competed at the CNY Holiday Classic at Utica University where the C-NS girls finished second in the morning session and Baldwinsville’s girls were second and boys third in the afternoon session. The early days of 2025 included the John DiMao Invitational for eastern teams and the George Constantino Invitational at SRC Arena for the SCAC and OHSL sides..
- In girls wrestling three Phoenix standouts – Lexus Bonnie (107 pounds), Aubree Dignean (132 pounds) and Gabriella Gonzales (152 pounds) – were victorious at the Frosty Freestyle Festival at Midlakes. More tournaments are at hand this weekend for Section III sides from the Queen Bee Tournament at Baldwinsville to the “Dames of Thrones” event near Albany…
- In diving the Mexico Holiday Dive meet saw Baldwinsville’s Nick Pompo, with 510.7 points, and C-NS’s Nate Ornoski, with 465.3 points, blow past the 450-point standard needed to qualify for March’s state championship meet. In girls volleyball there’s a bit more parity out there but Cooperstown and Mount Markham both managed perfect 6-0 records in December…
