Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of January 10….
- No area large-school boys basketball team has it as good as Westhill, who sits atop the state Class A rankings after a tournament win in Florida late in December and an impressive win over Skaneateles this week. But Nottingham is parked at no. 2 in the state in Class AA and is still unbeaten, too, while Bishop Ludden-Grimes leads the Class AAA picture winning its own tournament and topping CBA, too..
- More respect for area boys basketball can be found with Cooperstown parked at no. 2 in the state Class C rankings with Cato-Meridian also in the top 10. Early struggles by Marcellus means that Class B could be wide-open with Skaneateles, Mount Markham and others, while Madison, no. 5 in the state rankings, and Sackets Harbor at no. 9 have emerged as the Class D front-runners…
- In girls basketball Utica Notre Dame is unbeaten and no. 1 in the state Class A rankings at the start of 2026 with Ella Trinkaus having surpassed 2,000 career points late in December. There was also a showdown Thursday between two unbeatens as Marcellus, no. 2 in the state in Class B, topped CBA who had climbed to no. 5 in the state in Class A thanks to its impressive 9-0 start….
- Baldwinsville girls basketball went 2-1 in a late-December tournament in Florida but still sits at no. 5 in the state Class AAA rankings with some big games ahead next week against Nottingham and C-NS, while Fulton had started 7-0 before a loss to New Hartford this week. LaFargeville sits at no. 5 in the state in Class D with Frankfort-Schuyler and West Canada state-ranked in Class C…
- Ice hockey remains intriguing as Rome Free Academy now sits at no. 2 in the state in Division I and shut out red-hot Syracuse 5-0 at Meachem Rink early this week while Baldwinsville and West Genesee lurk close behind. In Division II Whitesboro joined New Hartford as teams to have knocked off Skaneateles doing so 4-1 early this week to add even more suspense among their ranks…
- Wrestling teams were quite busy with tournaments over the holiday break. Carthage might be the top large school having won Oneonta’s large Cordell Tournament while West Genesee edged Baldwinsville 34-33 after the Bees won the Fallen Heroes Tournament at Canastota. Marcellus was victorious in the Port Byron Mid-Winter Classic and C-NS won the Haines Tournament in Oswego..
- In the first indoor track meets of 2026 the Liverpool and C-NS girls along with the Baldwinsville and Auburn boys won sessions of the George Constantino Memorial while at the DiMao Invitational wins went to both Utica Proctor teams in one session along with the Clinton girls and New Hartford boys. Local teams return to action Saturday in the John Arcaro Memorial meets…
- Homer’s girls wrestling team had quite a holiday break. First the Trojans won the West Genesee Holiday Duals with a 5-0 mark. Then it went to the 20-team Queen Bee Invitational at Baldwinsville and topped a 20-team field with three individual champions – Brielle Nels, Ella Spanbauer and Molly Sorenson – while West Genesee took second place and Canastota finished third…
- A big January showdown in winter girls volleyball had unbeaten Mount Markham turn back Tully to move to a 7-0, a record it shares with Canastota. Carthage maintained its place atop the Frontier League by surviving a five-set battle with Watertown but saw its win streak ended by New Hartford as the Spartans at 9-0 are joined in the unbeaten ranks by 8-0 Rome Free Academy..
- No one at this point is getting in the way of Baldwinsville boys and Fulton girls bowling teams, both of them undefeated as the Bees got a big win over Liverpool this week following a win over C-NS during the holiday break. In boys swimming F-M leads the SCAC standings after handling C-NS this week with Watertown and New Hartford also sporting undefeated marks early in 2026…
