Here is the Nye Automotive Top 10 for the week of January 25…
- The ice hockey showdown Tuesday night between unbeaten West Genesee and unbeaten Rome Free Academy at a jam-packed Kennedy Arena in Rome picked up where last year’s sectional final left off – close and tense. In the end, the Wildcats and Black Knights tied 2-2, neither team able to score in the third period or overtime and only adding to the anticipation of a possible playoff rematch…
- In another sport Rome Free Academy is making big noise – boys basketball. The Black Knights, Class AAA’s last remaining unbeaten team, won two games at an elite tournament in Connecticut last weekend where Uzziah Grimes scored 40-plus points in both games. Bishop Ludden took its first loss to Marcellus last weekend and C-NS held off Liverpool in the first of two regular-season clashes…
- Top wrestling teams gathered at Jefferson CC in Watertown for the Section III Dual Meets, where in Division I West Genesee captured the crown defeating Central Square 33-23 in the finals, while in Division II Sherburne-Earlville claimed victory over Little Falls 40-27. Both the Wildcats and Timberwolves will go to the NYS Dual Meet next Saturday at SRC Arena…
- As a follow-up to handing Bishop Ludden its first defeat, Marcellus boys basketball won Bishop Grimes’ MLK Tournament defeating the host Cobras in the finals and, on Friday night, will host another big game against Westhill, who is still parked in the state Class A top 10. Cooperstown rose to no. 4 in the state Class C rankings after it routed undefeated Hamilton last week…..
- In girls basketball Bishop Grimes made its way back to the top of the state Class B rankings after it beat Baldwinsville in the finals of its own MLK Tournament on Monday afternoon. C-NS beat both Shenendehowa and Cardinal O’Hara in its “Best of NY” Tournament while Liverpool only split with those two teams, adding more intrigue to the Class AAA picture in the regular-season homestretch…
- Utica-Notre Dame, battle-tested at 11-3, is no. 10 in the state Class A rankings in the week where its most famous alum, Emily Durr, was named to the NYS Basketball Hall of Fame alongside her father who coached at the school. LaFargeville finds itself at no. 3 in the state in Class D, while West Canada and Hamilton sit just outside the state top 10 in the Class C ranks..
- It’s a big weekend in indoor track and field. Friday night brings the Salt City Athletic Conference championships at SRC Arena with the Metro and Empire division athletes both battling for top honors, with the Onondaga High School League championship meet to follow on Saturday along with the Center State Conference and Tri-Valley League championships at the same OCC venue..
- When last weekend’s Fred Kirschenheiter Memorial took place at SRC Arena for indoor track, Liverpool swept the first session with the C-NS girls and Baldwinsville boys taking first in the second session. The Art McKinnon Meet, also at OCC, would have VVS edge Utica Proctor for the girls title and the boys Red Devils finish a close second to Clinton….
- The high school bowling regular season is also winding down. This week’s matches included Central Square on the boys side knocking off previously unbeaten Auburn 5-2 while C-NS remained on top in the Metro division despite a loss to Baldwinsville. Fulton, CBA and Rome Free Academy are each continuing undefeated regular seasons in girls bowling….
- In winter girls volleyball ESM has shot to the top of the OHSL standings with a 12-match win streak including beating Chittenango in five sets this week. Mount Markham, in the Center State Conference, and Beaver River in the Frontier League both maintain unbeaten records heading into the last days of January, as does Cincinnatus with its 10-0 record in the Central Counties League..
