Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of May 23….
- Now the Section III boys lacrosse playoffs are underway. West Genesee again earned the top seed in Class A keyed by its tight regular-season win over C-NS, who is the no. 2 seed. The Northstars would need to win a semifinal against a Liverpool side who pushed them in both of their regular-season meetings as CBA is the top seed and lopsided favorite to repeat in Class B…
- This week we lost a giant in the sport of lacrosse when long-time Carthage coach Kirk Ventiquattro passed away due to cancer. The emotionally charged Comets won its Class C sectional playoff opener and will challenge top seed J-D in the semifinals as in Class D Marcellus and LaFayette/Onondaga hold the top two seeds and fully expect to eventually meet in the sectional finals…
- Despite a 9-7 regular-season record C-NS girls lacrosse earned the top seed for the sectional Class A playoffs ahead of West Genesee, a 15-1 team who is the no. 2 seed. It’s still quite likely that the Wildcats and Northstars will meet in the June 2 sectional final in a rematch of 2025, while in Class B F-M and Watertown find themselves as the top two seeds with Auburn possibly challenging them..
- In their second regular-season encounter Westhill girls lacrosse again beat Skaneateles, this time 12-11, previewing a possible sectional Class D final since the Wolf Pack and Lakers are the top two seeds. It’s just as heavily lopsided in Class C where South Jefferson, moved up from Class D, claimed the no. 1 seed at 14-2 just ahead of defending champion J-D as a tough no. 2 seed…
- Already we’ve had an upset in the Class C softball sectional playoffs where Hamilton, Class D state champions a season ago, was stunned by no. 14 seed Beaver River altering a bracket where McGraw and Sandy Creek are the top two seeds. Other top seeds include C-NS in Class AAA, F-M in AA, New Hartford in B, Utica Notre Dame in C and LaFargeville in D….
- They played regular-season baseball through the end of this week but started the Class AAA sectional playoffs on Saturday. Baldwinsville as the top seed has a bye into the semifinals. CBA has the no. 2 seed and C-NS the no. 3 seed. Whoever does get to the finals now must play in a best-of-three series to determine the champion starting next Wednesday at Auburn’s Falcon Park…
- Syracuse East flag football finally won a sectional championship, rewarding three years of excellence by beating Liverpool 27-6 in Friday’s Class A final. F-M, who won Class A a year ago, took the Class B crown shutting out ESM 27-0 after losing to the Spartans earlier this month. Oneida also won back-to-back sectional titles in Class C as the Express steamed past Westmoreland 33-7..
- In boys tennis the four sectional singles and doubles tournaments took place this week. Liverpool’s Justin Barrett repeated as Class A singles champion with titles also won by F-M, Cortland, J-D, Skaneateles and Cazenovia players plus a clean sweep in Division IV by MPH. All of them take part early next week in the sectional state qualifier with the top three advancing to the NYSPHSAA finals..
- Sectional golf titles were decided this week. F-M repeated in girls Division I and CBA won again in girls Division II, while spring boys titles went to New Hartford in A/B and Hamilton in Class C. In the individual state qualifiers the boys title went to New Hartford’s J.P. Lazzaro and the girls top honors were shared by Rome Free Academy’s Rachel O’Rourke and Sauquoit Valley’s Kamryn Yerman..
- A string of track and field league championship meets included sweeps by ESM in the SCAC Empire division, Westhill in the OHSL Liberty large-school division and Cazenovia in the OHSL Liberty small school division. In the SCAC Metro meet the C-NS girls and Baldwinsville boys prevailed, all of which is a prelude to the series of Section III championship meets next week..
