Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of September 26….
- When the first girls soccer state rankings came out C-NS was on top in Class AAA and Cincinnatus was on top in Class D with New Hartford at no. 2 in Class A plus Westhill and Marcellus both in the top five in Class B. C-NS did get a scare from Baldwinsville Thursday night but held on to win 2-1 to stay undefeated, which both New Hartford and Cincinnatus are with equal 8-0 records..
- Then there was boys soccer where two no. 2-ranked state teams met undefeated Tuesday night and Baldwinsville defeated West Genesee 3-0. CBA was unbeaten going into the week but lost to Skaneateles 2-1 who avenged a loss to the Brothers the week before. Hamilton, defending its state Class D title, has roared out to a 10-0 record outscoring its last six opponents by a combined 33-2…
- In perhaps the biggest football game on Friday two 3-0 teams met in Class B and VVS built a 24-7 halftime lead before holding off New Hartford 30-28. The Red Devils are joined at 4-0 in Class B by Chittenango after the Bears won 34-32 at Indian River. Solvay and Bishop Ludden/Grimes both went to 4-0 in Class C on Friday with Cazenovia and Holland Patent hoping to do the same on Saturday..
- Among the smallest schools in football both Dolgeville in Class D and Waterville in eight-man football sit atop their respective state rankings. Waterville got to 4-0 on Thursday night beating Frankfort-Schuyler 44-22 and Dolgeville kept it going Friday with a 30-8 win over Onondaga as Sandy Creek got to 4-0 but Beaver River suffered its first loss of the season 42-20 to Herkimer…
- Auburn football shut out its first three opponents but fell back to earth a bit Thursday with a 17-13 loss to West Genesee leaving no Class A side unbeaten since Whitesboro fell to Liverpool last weekend. Both the Legends and C-NS sit at 4-0 among the Class AA sides while the big game on Saturday renews the ancient rivalry between Rome Free Academy and Utica Proctor….
- In girls volleyball Westhill snared the top spot in the state Class B rankings but will have to defend that spot next week in a match against an undefeated Phoenix side who has gone 8-0 without dropping a set. West Genesee continues to set the pace among the large schools while F-M hosts a large Hornet Pride Invitational on Saturday featuring a large portion of top area teams….
- Two big cross country meets take place on Saturday, both of them more than 70 years old. There’s the Baldwinsville Invitational and the E.J. Herrmann Invitational at Utica’s Proctor Park, in each instance featuring dozens of teams from inside and outside Section III taking part in both Large School and Small School divisions in the last major events before the calendar turns to October…
- Two undefeated teams in field hockey continue on their parallel tracks, Little Falls at 8-0 and Port Byron at 6-0 as the Panthers did avenge last year’s playoff defeat to rival Weedsport. Among the large schools Rome Free Academy hasn’t lost to a local opponent as main challengers Liverpool and C-NS get set to meet again next week after their first encounter ended in a 1-1 tie…
- What a week in boys golf as in the SCAC West Genesee Gold reclaimed first place following back-to-back defeats by F-M Green, one of them to the Wildcats. Then there was the OHSL where the top teams continued to mix it up and CBA, the last remaining undefeated side, was upset by Chittenango on Friday adding even more intrigue to a race also involving Skaneateles, Westhill and J-D..
- In girls swimming a showdown on Wednesday had J-D defeat F-M while top sides such as Baldwinsville and New Hartford remained undefeated. In girls tennis the big story came on Friday when unbeaten Baldwinsville lost 4-3 to Liverpool who swept the doubles to take the victory, this after Cazenovia avenged an earlier defeat to CBA with a 5-2 victory at the top of the OHSL standings…
