Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of May 2….

  1. C-NS boys lacrosse is still undefeated. The Northstars went to 10-0 on Friday holding off Liverpool 12-11, but are still one spot behind the more proven West Genesee in the state Class A rankings. The Wildcats are rounding into form, too, as in the last week alone it won 12-10 at J-D, battled past F-M 14-11 and then handled Liverpool 18-10, a bigger winning margin than C-NS managed…
  2. Things continue to hum along elsewhere in boys lacrosse. CBA responded to its lone defeat to West Genesee with lopsided wins including 22-5 over ESM to move to 11-1 overall. They still chase Marcellus in Class D, too, as the Mustangs came from behind to beat New York City’s Archbishop Stepinac last weekend before easier wins over Cortland and Westhill this week….
  3. Moving to girls lacrosse it’s West Genesee setting the standard among large schools, moving to 10-0 on Thursday by defeating F-M 12-7 as it climbed into the top five of the state Class A rankings. Even with C-NS starting to get closer to its form of the last two years it still looks up at the Wildcats whom it will face again May 12 after losing to them 12-9 late in April…..
  4. Though South Jefferson girls lacrosse took its first defeat of the season to Victor last weekend it’s still at no. 2 in the state Class C rankings with J-D right behind them in the no. 4 spot having pushed West Genesee to overtime in an 8-7 defeat last weekend. Class D appears wide open, though, with state-ranked Skaneateles and Marcellus both dropping close games this week…..
  5. Baldwinsville baseball might be the team to beat in Class AAA given that it shut out C-NS twice early this week, though CBA is also in good form. West Genesee remains state-ranked in Class AA while Cortland and New Hartford are state-ranked in Class A. Oriskany continues to rule atop Class D but had to work hard to beat Westmoreland 7-6 on Thursday for its 10th consecutive win….
  6. Moving to softball, the best championship races are in the small schools. Class C alone has Hamilton, last year’s state Class D champions, strong again along with Sandy Creek, McGraw and Frankfort-Schuyler who are state-ranked. Then in Class D two teams ranked in the state top 10 met this week and Cincinnatus fended off Fabius-Pompey 6-3, though it might not be the last time they meet….
  7. The area’s two best flag football teams met on Thursday night and Syracuse East won it, topping previously unbeaten Oneida 25-6 led by Ta’Kai Baker’s 162 passing yards and two touchdowns. Syracuse East sat at no. 9 in this week’s state Class A rankings while Oneida is at no. 5 in Class C. Westmoreland is also state-ranked shutting out Watertown and Baldwinsville this week…
  8. Track and field meets on Wednesday were mostly conducted in rainy conditions including Liverpool taking on C-NS and getting a sweep of the Legends in both the girls and boys meets. Mostly things are quiet in terms of large-scale meets this weekend but that changes next week when there’s invitationals hosted by both Baldwinsville and East Syracuse Minoa among other events..
  9. Two unbeaten girls golf teams were supposed to meet on Wednesday but the match between F-M Green and C-NS Blue was rained out and will get made up later this month. Two other teams maintain undefeated marks, with Rome Free Academy doing so in the Tri-Valley League at 5-0 and Cazenovia moving to 8-0 this week prevailing in three different matches…
  10. And a big development in basketball marked the week as Mike Wheeler, who has coached the OCC women and Liverpool girls to championships over the last two-plus decades, has decided to take on boys basketball at C-NS, replacing Kyle Martin. And it happened the same week that he along with current C-NS boys lacrosse coach Chuck Wilbur were inducted into OCC’s Athletic Hall of Fame..