Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of March 21….
- Friday night 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. The Mustangs had rolled past Ogdensburg in the regional final and then pulled away from Buffalo Olmsted 56-31 in the state semifinals the day before.
- Aiming to finish a perfect 26-0 season and win its sixth state title since 2010, Westhill did it, handling Hudson 54-42 in Friday night’s state Class A final in Binghamton led one more time by Eli Prince pouring in 31 points. Before this, the Wolf Pack had absolutely dominated both its regional final against Franklin Academy and its state semifinal 64-35 against Maine-Endwell…
- Two more boys basketball teams go after state championships this weekend in Binghamton. Cooperstown, undefeated and atop the state Class C rankings, survived a tense regional final with Elmira Notre Dame 60-57 to earn its trip to the state final four, where in the same arena that it won a state title in 2018 the Hawkeyes will take on Lyons in the semifinals Saturday afternoon…
- Then there’s Sackets Harbor, like Cooperstown a past state champion trying to add a second crown after just falling short in 2024. The Patriots pushed past Edmeston 56-45 in the regional finals and on Saturday morning meets Section VI’s Clymer in the semifinals. Win here and Sackets Harbor would get into Sunday’s championship game against Bridgehampton or Bolton…
- Looking to earn a second state Class A title in three years, undefeated Utica Notre Dame girls basketball would take to the court at Troy’s Hudson Valley CC on Saturday morning facing Rochester Mercy in the semifinal round hoping to advance to Sunday’s final against Tappan Zee or Albany Academy as Ella Trinkaus surpassed all-time great Emily Durr nearing 2,500 career points..
- Marcellus girls basketball went after its first-ever state Class B title starting in Friday’s state semifinals but lost its state semifinal 69-58 to Chenango Forks. The Mustangs led most of the way, only to surrender that lead in the fourth quarter with the key to the game seeing Forks hold Cece Powell to a season-low 11 points which Marcellus could not overcome despite Tenly Baker’s 23 points…
- Only two boys basketball teams from Section III were unable to reach the state final four. Bishop Ludden-Grimes ran into a taller, stronger Albany CBA side and never got close in the Class AAA regional final while in Class AA Nottingham and ESM both dropped tight regional games – the Bulldogs stopped by Amsterdam, the Spartans’ comeback against Binghamton Seton Catholic falling just short…
- It was a rougher situation in the girls basketball regional playoffs for Section III teams. Baldwinsville in Class AAA fell to Shaker and Oswego in Class AA was overwhelmed by Bethlehem. Meanwhile in the small-school regional playoffs West Canada in Class C put up a fight but lost 58-48 to Delhi and LaFargeville in Class D saw its state title reign ended by Chateaugay in a 42-37 defeat….
- At the ice hockey state ‘Frozen Four’ in Buffalo West Genesee appeared for the fifth straight year but could not get back to the championship game, taking a 3-2 defeat in overtime to Canton after winning 3-2 games over Cazenovia in the sectional final and Hilton in the regional finals. Suffern, who topped the Wildcats in the 2024 and 2025 state finals, beat Canton 5-2 to win it all again….
- Section III did quite well in the NYSPHSAA bowling championships at AMF Syracuse Lanes. Weedsport’s Ethan Reitema, a lifelong bowler, won the boys individual state Division II title, while ESM’s Alex Locke had the top individual series in the Division I team tournament where the Spartans finished second. Fulton’s girls in Division I and Homer’s boys in Division II each finished third..
