Here is the Holbrook Heating & Air Conditioning Top 10 for the week of March 16…..

  1. Make it back-to-back state ice hockey Division II titles for Skaneateles. At Buffalo’s HarborCenter, the Lakers blew out Batavia Notre Dame United 7-2 in the semifinals with seven different goal-scorers, then broke out of a 1-1 tie in the final against Queensbury with four unanswered goals to win it 5-1. Overall, it’s the Lakers’ sixth state championship, most of Section III’s team…
  2. Leading the three boys basketball teams going to Glens Falls for the state final four is West Genesee in Class AA. The Wildcats trailed Niskayuna most of the regional final but rallied and, in the final minute, took over to win it 61-55. In the state semifinal Friday, West Genesee faces Poughkeepsie Our Lady of Lourdes, with the winner to face Jamestown or Elmont in the championship game…
  3. Again backing up its top state ranking, Marcellus boys basketball blew out Waverly 75-43 in the Class B regional final in Binghamton with 26 points from Mitch Donegan or 24 points from Will Kershaw. Now heading to Glens Falls, the Mustangs would, on Thursday night, face Salamanca in the state semifinal, hoping to advance to Saturday’s championship game against Stillwater or Woodlands..
  4. Sackets Harbor, also hitting atop the state rankings in Class D boys basketball, overcame a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to knock off Harrisville 59-57, Austin Griner and Marcus Castine getting 17 points apiece. The Patriots meet Avoca-Prattsburgh Saturday morning in the state semifinals, looking to advance to Sunday’s title game against Smithtown Christian or North Warren……
  5. Going back to the state final four in girls basketball, Liverpool played its best in the homestretch of last Saturday’s Class AAA regional final against Colonie, ultimately claiming a 53-47 victory. Now going to Hudson Valley CC in Troy, the Warriors meet Lancaster Saturday morning in the state semifinals, the winner to get Poughkeepsie Lourdes or Walt Whitman in Sunday’s championship game..
  6. Utica-Notre Dame earned the other Section III girls basketball berth in the state final four when it beat Chenango Forks 65-52 in the Class B regional finals, again led by the three Trinkaus sisters. The Jugglers go to Troy on Friday to face Section I’s Putnam Valley in the state semifinals, looking to prevail and move on to face Albany Academy or Southwestern in the championship game on Saturday..
  7. Three other boys basketball teams lost in the regional round. In Class AAA, Liverpool never got its offense going in a 55-49 defeat to Albany’s Green Tech, while Westhill, in Class A, saw a furious late comeback fall short in a 78-70 defeat to Glens Falls. Finally, Waterville, the Class C sectional champions, could not overcome foul trouble against Moravia in a 68-50 loss..
  8. In the other girls basketball regional finals, Class AA’s Central Square ran into the Averill Park machine in a 68-35 defeat. Indian River took a tough 50-45 defeat to Catholic Central in Class A, while in Class C Hamilton rallied late, yet could not catch Moravia in a 64-56 defeat. Finally, LaFargeville, a first-ever sectional champion in Class D, lost 63-45 to Section X’s Hammond…
  9. At last weekend’s state bowling championships at Strike-N-Spare Lanes, CBA’s Eliana Occhino finished second in the individual girls tournament, falling just short of a state championship three-peat. Team-wise, Fulton finished fifth in girls Division I and C-NS sixth in boys Division I, while Camden was fifth in boys Division II and West Canada sixth in girls Division II…
  10. Some big basketball news on both the boys and girls sides. Ryan Moesch, who averaged better than 36 points a game at Chitenango this season, is going to a prep school in Boston and will be recruited for the Class of 2026, while Gia Kinsey, who played at Bishop Grimes as a seventh-grader, is going back to her home of Liverpool and is eligible to play for the Warriors next season…