Here is the Holbrook Heating & Air Conditioning Top 10 for the week of April 27…..
- The week’s biggest news had nothing to do with spring sports. Ryan Blackwell, the Liverpool boys basketball coach who led the Warriors to the 2018 state Class AA title and three more sectional titles from 2022 to ’24, accepted a job as an assistant coach on Gerry McNamara’s staff at Siena, meaning Liverpool will need a new varsity coach. Will JV coach Preston Shumpert get promoted?
- A single Thursday of boys lacrosse classics had three duels go to overtime – Marcellus handing unbeaten J-D its first loss of the season 12-11, Liverpool beating Baldwinsville 8-7 and F-M edging C-NS by that exact same score. And another one-goal classic had West Genesee hold off Skaneateles 10-9 largely on the strength of a career-high seven goals by Gary McLane…
- All of this followed the first boys lacrosse state rankings of the season. In Class D, Marcellus was no. 3, just ahead of Westhill and Skaneateles in the top 10 though the Lakers beat the Warriors 11-9 early this week. J-D was no. 3 in Class C, with West Genesee no. 6 in Class B and F-M, moved back up to Class A, is at no. 14, behind C-NS at the no. 10 spot….
- In the biggest game of the week in girls lacrosse, two teams ranked in the state Class D top five, Skaneateles and Westhill, met and the Lakers again got the best of the Warriors 7-6 on Paige Willard’s goal with 11 seconds left in regulation. South Jefferson joins them in the state Class D top five and Fulton, who started the week 6-1, has moved up into the state Class C top 10…
- Still at no. 2 in the state in Class A girls lacrosse, C-NS went 1-1 on a trip to the Washington, D.C. area, taking its first loss of the season to St. John’s Prep. Still, it’s the clear Class A front-runner on the local side having beaten Liverpool 20-7, while in Class B West Genesee is ranked no. 7 but four other teams – Watertown, F-M, ESM and CBA – are ranked, too……..
- There’s also state rankings for softball as activity picks up. Sandy Creek has the best ranking, at no. 5 in Class C, though Camden is close behind at no. 6 in Class A with big wins over New Hartford and Baldwinsville already in the books. Marcellus is no. 8 in Class B, while in Class AAA Liverpool was no. 23 but just got its second win over C-NS and is ready to take aim at Baldwinsville…
- In a very busy week of baseball, Liverpool went 3-2 in games in Myrtle Beach but it included close wins over Cazenovia and Watertown. C-NS blanked West Genesee 1-0 but the Wildcats recovered to win three in a row. Several baseball teams will play in the Strike Out Lou Gehrig’s Disease Classic next week at NBT Bank Stadium that incldues a showdown between Westhill and Bishop Ludden…
- Large-school track and field teams had a very busy week. Baldwinsville’s boys and C-NS’s girls swept a six-team meet at C-NS where Liverpool, West Genesee and ESM also took part. J-D had the best team results during the Westhill Spring Break Invitational and a host of top teams closed out the week Friday competing against one other at the Chittenango Invitational…
- In flag football, Baldwinsville continues to play amazing defense, earning its third shutout of the season Monday when it beat Syracuse West 12-0 after rivals C-NS and Liverpool met and the Warriors won 26-6. After starting 0-4, Liverpool has won two in a row, following up the C-NS win by toppling Oneida 21-6 to avenge the 39-12 defeat it took to the Express earlier in April….
- While some girls golf teams were off, SCAC Metro division teams played and F-M Green continues to get a torrid pace, handling all of its opponents to jump into first place. In boys tennis, Cazenovia, Chittenango and CBA all maintain perfect marks in the Onondaga High School League while, in the SCAC, F-M and Baldwinsville still have a head-to-head match to come…
