Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of March 28….
- Last Friday in Binghamton Marcellus boys basketball took aim at back-to-back state Class B championships and reached the top, defeating Albany’s Kipp Capital 62-47 led by Tucker Burnett’s 23 points in his final high-school game. It marked the culmination of a full recovery from a 3-7 start as the Mustangs took a much longer and more difficult road to this state title than in 2024….
- Aiming to finish a perfect 26-0 season and win its sixth state title since 2010, Westhill did it, handling Hudson 54-42 in the state Class A final in Binghamton led one more time by Eli Prince pouring in 31 points and adding 13 rebounds. It was Prince’s five 3-pointers late in the second quarter which broke the game open as he led a group of five senior starters who never had much stress all season….
- Cooperstown was also an undefeated state champion in boys basketball in Class C. As it turned out, the big drama for the Hawkeyes came in the state semifinal against Lyons when, trailing 64-63 and with time running out, Jackson Crisman drilled a 3-pointer to deliver a 66-64 victory, capping off a game where he had 16 points and 10 rebounds to complement the 26 points from Miles Nelen..
- A day later in Binghamton Cooperstown won the state Class C title in a 52-43 decision over Berne-Knox-Westerlo. Here the game was close going to the fourth quarter but Miles Nelen took over, notching 12 of this team-high 20 points in that final period. With that victory the Hawkeyes earned a second state title in program history matching the 2018 which also won it all in Binghamton..
- Sackets Harbor nearly made it four state boys basketball champions for Section III. The Patriots rode Spencer Oliva’s 20 points and Nick Cocco’s 13 rebounds to a 46-37 victory over Clymer in the state Class D semifinals, but in the championship game Sackets saw a close game with Bolton Landing in the second half get away and result in a 65-49 defeat despite Oliva putting up 20 points….
- Utica Notre Dame fell one victory short of a perfect run to the girls basketball state Class A championship. At Troy’s Hudson Valley CC the Jugglers got one more dominant performance from Ella Trinkaus in the state semifinal against Rochester Mercy with 39 points and 16 rebounds in a 62-44 victory which moved Trinkaus past 2,500 career points with one game left….
- Only in the state Class A final did Utica Notre Dame get stopped. Tappan Zee jumped to an early lead, the Jugglers caught up by the end of the third quarter but were outscored 17-11 in the final period of a 54-48 defeat. Ella Trinkaus did manage 21 points and her 2,532 total moved the St. Bonaventure-bound senior past Jackie Piddock as the all-time leading scorer in Section III girls basketball..
- Marcellus entered the girls basketball state final four atop the state Class B rankings, but in the state semifinal against Chenango Forks the Mustangs saw the Blue Devils dominate the fourth quarter and prevail 69-58. Forks managed to hold Cece Powell to 11 points as she finished with 2,367 career points. Tenly Baker got 21 points and will return for Marcellus next season….
- And we’re already into spring sports. Some area boys lacrosse teams got underway including J-D and West Genesee who were both state finalists a year ago, the Red Rams routing Watertown 15-1 and the Wildcats challenging Victor on Saturday afternoon. CBA’s Jack Wichmann netted 14 goals in two games for the defending Class B sectional champion Brothers, wins over Cazenovia and Tully..
- They also started girls lacrosse this week. Two reigning sectional champions, C-NS in Class A and South Jefferson in Class D, have an early-season showdown on Saturday after the Northstars rolled past Westhill earlier this week. New Hartford started 2-0 with wins over Southern Hills and Chittenango as Jordan-Elbridge also got wins in its first two games over VVS and Syracuse…
