Here is the Nye Automotive Top 10 for the week of June 7…..
- A dramatic girls lacrosse Section III Class A title game had defending state champion C-NS hold off West Genesee 18-17, never leading for good until the fourth quarter and holding on late. C-NS faces Niskayuna in the regional final while Watertown is the sectional Class B champions pulling away late to beat Auburn 13-7. The Cyclones face Columbia in its regional final….
- After a few years of near-misses J-D won the girls lacrosse sectional Class C championship holding off a tough challenge from CBA 9-7. The Red Rams take on Honeoye Falls-Lima in the regional final on Saturday as South Jefferson goes there with back-to-back sectional Class D titles after the Spartans got past Westhill 13-7 in a game close until the final minutes. The Spartans next face Penn Yan….
- In an epic boys lacrosse sectional Class D final Marcellus got a three-peat only by rallying from a six-goal deficit and prevailing 11-10 in double overtime on Jimmy Cox’s game-winner avenging a 20-10 loss to the Lakers in the regular season. Far less dramatic was J-D routing Homer 20-5 for another sectional Class C title as the Mustangs and Red Rams both have regional games on Saturday…
- Though it trailed early in the boys lacrosse sectional Class A final West Genesee turned it around dominating faceoffs and beat Baldwinsville 15-10 to stay unbeaten as it will face Niskayuna in the regional finals. CBA lay claim to the sectional Class B title by withstanding a strong challenge from Watertown 9-6. Now the Brothers will face Ballston Spa with a birth in the state semifinals at stake..
- Avenging its 2024 defeat in this same game C-NS outlasted CBA 5-2 in eight innings to earn the baseball sectional Class AAA title. But West Genesee had no trouble repeating in Class AA not giving up a run in three games including an 8-0 finals shutout over Whitesboro. J-D handled New Hartford 13-0 to repeat in Class A but was stunned in eight innings in the regional final by Troy LaSalle….
- Solvay baseball knocked off top seed Bishop Ludden in the sectional Class B semifinals and then handled Holland Patent 13-3 for the title. In its last season Bishop Grimes pulled out a dramatic 8-7 win over Utica Notre Dame in for the sectional Class C title and Oriskany was again the Class D champions after it got past McGraw 6-3. All of these teams play in regional finals on Saturday….
- Rome Free Academy softball ended a 38-year title drought when it beat Baldwinsville 7-1 for the sectional Class AAA championship. Whitesboro repeated in Class AA again beating West Genesee for it 8-5 while in Class A Camden again claimed the title topping New Hartford 12-5 only to get ousted in a wild regional game by Ichabod Crane 20-12 despite scoring 10 runs in the third inning….
- Hamilton softball, touched by tragedy, is going to the state Class D final four after the Emerald Knights claimed a tense 2-1 sectional final over McGraw and then beat Morris 13-0 in the regional round. Sandy Creek again captured Class C beating Port Byron 4-1 but took a 5-2 regional round loss to Deposit/Hancock as Solvay, the Class B sectional champions, fell to Highland 10-1…
- In flag football F-M’s remarkable inaugural season continued when it got a late-game safety to beat Albany High 21-19 in the regional finals. Now the Hornets play in the state final four in Cortland, taking on Scarsdale Saturday morning in the state semifinals with the winner to advance to Sunday afternoon’s championship game against Penfield or Half Hollow Hills……..
- This is state championship weekend in individual boys tennis at the USTA-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center where Liverpool’s Justin Barrett led the singles teams. Also the boys and girls golf NYSPHSAA tournaments are taking place in the Rochester area, with F-M’s girls looking to contend and West Genesee’s Jon Shoults playing while also a goalie for Wildcats boys lacrosse…..
