Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of January 31….
- Still unbeaten and still atop the state Class B boys basketball rankings, Westhill was challenged by Bishop Ludden-Grimes Wednesday night but took over in the second half and won 80-63. Now the Wolf Pack would face a Syracuse ITC team it beat back in December and has won 10 of its last 11 games – and beat the Eagles 76-51 to make it 16 wins in a row, four away from an undefeated regular season…
- Going into February Cooperstown boys basketball is also atop the state rankings in Class C, getting to 16-0 Friday night by defeating Waterville. Oriskany has climbed to no. 6 in the state in Class D and Mount Markham has moved into the state Class B top 10 even as reigning state champion Marcellus has revived itself knocking off the likes of Skaneateles and CBA in recent weeks….
- Utica Notre Dame continues to sail along at 16-0 and no. 1 in the state Class A rankings with 12-1 CBA just behind the Jugglers in the no. 3 spot. The Brothers’ only defeat this season was to Marcellus, who is still no. 2 in the state in Class B and whose lone blemish came at Notre Dame’s expense in the finals of the Juggler Classic two weekends ago – until it lost to Bishop Ludden-Grimes on Friday..
- Baldwinsville appears to still be the Class AAA girls basketball front-runners recovering well from a mid-January defeat to C-NS, who took its own loss to defending champion Liverpool largely because Leah Benedict didn’t play. In Class C Frankfort-Schuyler’s undefeated run of 13 straight wins ended Thursday night at the hands of West Canada who played great defense in a 47-33 victory…
- Today will bring us the NYSPHSAA Boys Wrestling Dual Meets at SRC Arena where Carthage represents Section III in Division I and Marcellus does the same in Division II. Without Carthage the Frontier League championships take place on Saturday as does the OHSL tournament without Marcellus, though everyone will be on hand for the Center State Conference tournament…
- This week we had some league championship events in indoor track and field at SRC Arena. In the Salt City Athletic Conference the C-NS girls and Baldwinsville boys won in the Metro division with the Nottingham girls and ESM boys won in the Empire division. A day later Cazenovia swept the OHSL Division I meet while in Division II the Bishop Ludden-Grimes girls and Cato-Meridian boys won…
- Yet another big event takes place this Sunday at Strike-N-Spare Lanes with the Section III boys bowling team tournaments. Large-school and small-school team champions advances to March’s NYSPHSAA tournament at that same venue with a great battle in Division I expected between the likes of ESM, Baldwinsville and Rome Free Academy and a wide-open race in Division II expected..
- It was quite a week in boys ice hockey. West Genesee again stated its case in Division I defeating first-place Rome Free Academy and then Syracuse in consecutive 3-1 victories. In Division II Whitesboro was in first place but then lost 4-3 at Skaneateles on Thursday after the Lakers lost to Clinton by that same score in overtime earlier in the week. Whitesboro and New Hartford meet next week..
- We are also starting to get near the post-season for area girls volleyball. On the brink of undefeated regular seasons, New Hartford is now 16-0 and only has Utica Proctor left next week, while Mount Markham completed its 18-0 run through the regular season handling New York Mills on Friday as Beaver River got to 11-0 by getting its second victory of the season over Sandy Creek…
- In boys swimming they are starting to have post-season meets. Mexico topped Watertown to win the Frontier League meet last week and New Hartford is heavily favored to do the same in the Tri-Valley League meet today. In last weekend’s Burgos Dive Invitational at Nottingham the win went to C-NS’s Chris Koegel who has qualified for March’s NYSPHSAA championships at Ithaca College…
