Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of May 30….
- On Saturday three Section III boys lacrosse championships are decided. As expected in Class A it’s West Genesee against C-NS, but in Class D Marcellus will get challenged by Lowville, who knocked off LaFayette/Onondaga 20-18 in the semifinals on Wednesday. J-D takes on New Hartford in the Class C final as Class B semifinals have CBA against Auburn and F-M against Watertown…
- The girls lacrosse sectional finals are set for Tuesday at SUNY Cortland. Class A has a rematch of 2025 between C-NS and West Genesee, while Class B has F-M Against Watertown. The anticipated Class C final has South Jefferson and J-D set to square off while a new champion will be crowned in Class D between Westhill and Marcellus after the Mustangs walloped Skaneateles 17-7 in the semifinals..
- They decided softball sectional championships Friday at Carrier Park. In a Class A thriller New Hartford outscored Chittenango 11-10 and it was just as close in Class AA where F-M held off West Genesee 3-2 to get a long-awaited sectional title. In Class B Marcellus came from behind late to upend top seed Utica Notre Dame 6-3 for its fourth sectional title in the last six years…
- Unbeaten Cincinnatus survived close calls all the way to the sectional Class D softball championship culminating in a tense 6-5 victory over Fabius-Pompey in the title game. In Class AAA C-NS climbed back to the top beating defending champion Rome Free Academy 8-1 as in Class C it was McGraw claiming the title earning a 9-3 victory over Sandy Creek….
- Again the baseball sectional Class AAA tournament surprised us, Liverpool stunning top seed Baldwinsville to get a best-of-three final where it won the first game 4-2 over CBA but lost the second game 14-8 setting up a decisive Game 3 on Sunday. In Class AA West Genesee, seeking a three-peat, shut out Auburn and Oswego to earn a spot in Sunday night’s final against Watertown..
- The other baseball sectional playoffs have reached their semifinals mostly with top seeds intact. Cortland has the top seed in Class A and meets Camden in its semifinal with South Lewis the no. 1 seed in Class B challenged by Utica Notre Dame. Class C top seed Beaver River faces Cooperstown and unbeaten Oriskany in Class D takes on Morrisville-Eaton at Utica’s Murnane Field….
- This week’s sectional boys track and field meets saw the team titles in eight reconfigured classes go to Baldwinsville in Class A-1, Auburn holding off ESM in Class A-2, Whitesboro dominating Class B-1, VVS in Class B-2, Canastota in Class C-1, Herkimer in Class C-2, Cato-Meridian well out in Class C-3 and Remsen pulling away from the field in Class C-4…..
- The sectional girls track and field championships also had eight winners. C-NS fought off Liverpool in Class A-1 and Nottingham did the same against ESM to win Class A-2. In Class B-1 New Hartford edged Whitesboro by a single point with VVS victorious in B-2. Cazenovia won Class C-1 with Pulaski dominating C-2, Tully prevailing in C-3 and Fabius-Pompey victorious in C-4…
- In the boys tennis sectional state qualifier Liverpool’s Justin Barrett did not drop a set on the way to the title and is joined at next week’s NYSPHSAA tournament by Cortland’s Tyler Cranfield and F-M’s Dan Manta. Four doubles teams qualified as well led by J-D’s duo of Youad Farah and Alwin Lu who beat CBA’s Hunter Szatkowski and Joe Riccelli in the state qualifier tournament fina….
- And in flag football three Section III champions went into the state tournament. Forced to go through an extra regional round, Class C champion Oneida was ousted by Susquehanna Valley in a tight 7-6 decision. The other regional finals are on Saturday where Class A champion Syracuse East takes on Shaker and Class B champion F-M will face another Section II opponent, Columbia….
