Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of June 6….
- West Genesee defeated C-NS in Class A, J-D routed New Hartford in Class C and Marcellus handled Lowville in Class D as each of them repeated as Section III champions. Then they all swept through the regional rounds, too as the Mustangs avenging last year’s loss to Penn Yan and the Wildcats avenged a regular-season loss to Penfield. F-M took out Auburn to win the sectional Class B title…
- In the girls lacrosse sectional finals West Genesee edged C-NS in Class A as payback for a narrow defeat to the Northstars in the 2025 final. F-M knocked off defending champion Watertown to win in Class B, while in Class C it was J-D claiming a showdown with South Jefferson as Westhill handled Marcellus to win its first-ever sectional title in the Class D final…..
- Only one of the four sectional girls lacrosse champions made it through the regional playoffs to the state final four next weekend at SUNY-Cortland – J-D, who edged Honeoye Falls-Lima in Class C. Otherwise they all got beat, West Genesee absorbing a narrow defeat to Penfield in Class A, F-M overwhelmed by Victor in Class B and Westhill unable to contain Penn Yan in Class D..
- Liverpool was an unlikely sectional Class AAA baseball champion defeating CBA in the best-of-three championship series and then going on to knock off defending state champion Saratoga Springs in the regional final. West Genesee earned three shutouts to three-peat in Class AA and then rallied late to beat Bethlehem to earn a second consecutive state final four berth….
- In Class A baseball New Hartford beat Cortland for the sectional title, while in Class B Utica Notre Dame topped Bishop Ludden-Grimes and then went on to a regional championship. Beaver River shut out West Canada 9-0 to earn the sectional Class C championship and unbeaten Oriskany turned back McGraw to repeat in Class D and keep its hopes for back-to-back state titles alive…
- Regional softball playoffs on Friday saw high drama as in Class AA F-M overcame two different deficits to edge Columbia 6-5 and earn its first-ever trip to the state final four in Binghamton. Cincinnatus also is going to the final four as Class D regional champions, the Lions earning a 4-1 win over Herman DeKalb to make it 17 victories in a row, two more meaning a state championship..
- Each of the other four Section III softball champions lost in the regional round. C-NS in Class AAA was ousted 2-0 by Saratoga Springs and New Hartford could not get past another Section II power, Averill Park, in a 9-1 decision. In Class B Marcellus lost to Canton in the first regional game and in Class C McGraw dropped a close 2-1 decision to St. Lawrence…..
- Of the three Section III flag football champions only F-M in Class B made it out of the regional round, the Hornets beating Columbia 26-0 as Class A champion Syracuse East lost to Shaker 32-7 and Oneida in Class C fell earlier in the week. F-M then went to Homer HS for the state final four and defeated Clarence 24-14 in the semifinals to reach the state Class B title game against Yorktown…
- When Liverpool boys tennis player Justin Barrett went to the NYSPHSAA tournament in Queens’ USTA National Tennis Center he improved upon his 2025 performance. Barrett did not drop a set in any of his first three matches advancing to the semifinals before getting stopped there by Scarsdale’s Justin Reis – the no. 1 seed who went on to earn the state championship a day later…
- Early next week the NYSPHSAA golf championships are decided in the Rochester area. On the girls side F-M seeks the team title as top individuals like Rome Free Academy’s Rachel O’Rourke and Sauqouit Valley’s Kamryn Yerman could contend. At the same time the boys NYSPHSAA championships tee off after J-D’s Jackson Saroney put up record scores winning the 2025 individual title..
