Here is the Nye Automotive Top 10 for the week of June 14…..

  1. On Saturday at Hobart College in Geneva West Genesee seeks its 16th state boys lacrosse title but first since 2008 when it faces Half Hollow Hills in the state Class A final. The undefeated Wildcats have rolled through two state playoff games so far, handling Niskayuna 16-8 in the regional final and then holding Penfield without a goal for 27 minutes in a 16-6 victory in the state semifinals….
  2. J-D boys lacrosse, beaten in each of the last two state Class C finals, is set for an epic showdown with Somers in Geneva in Saturday’s state title game. The Red Rams are seeking its first state title since 2016 and have demolished everyone in recent weeks from a 20-5 sectional final against Homer to beating Honeoye Falls-Lima 16-5 in the regional final and in the state semifinal routing Burnt Hills 23-4..
  3. At SUNY-Cortland this weekend three Section III girls lacrosse teams are going after state championships led by C-NS seeking to repeat as state Class A champs. After an epochal 18-17 sectional final win over West Genesee the Northstars had a far easier time topping Niskayuna 22-9 in the regional round and takes on Penfield in the state semifinals on Friday looking to advance to Saturday’s title game…
  4. South Jefferson girls lacrosse is back in the state Class D final four, meeting Cold Spring Harbor in the state semifinals looking for a return to the title game that it lost in 2024. They are joined by J-D in Class C as the Red Rams battled to a 14-12 victory over Honeoye Falls-Lima in the regional final as South Jefferson handled Penn Yan 17-7 to repeat as regional champions…..
  5. Only three Section III lacrosse teams could not make it to this weekend. On the boys side CBA reached the state Class B semifinals beating Ballston Spa 14-8 but then losing 17-11 to Canandaigua. Marcellus lost in the boys Class D regional final to Penn Yan 13-8 as in Class B girls Watertown was upended in its regional final in a wild 16-13 battle with Section II’s Columbia….
  6. Two Section III baseball teams made it to the state final four this weekend. West Genesee is there in Class AA after holding off Ballston Spa 5-4 in its regional final, the Wildcats facing Fox Lane in Friday’s state semifinal as Oriskany, a state finalist in Class D in 2024, is back on championship weekend after it defeated Elmira Notre Dame 8-3 to earn a state semifinal date against Fillmore….
  7. In softball only Hamilton in Section III was able to make it out of the regional round and will face Forestville Friday in the state semifinals at Grand Slam Park in Binghamton. Everyone else lost in regional play, whether it was Rome Free Academy in Class AAA getting handled by Lancaster 20-2 or Whitesboro in Class AA getting shut out by Burnt Hills 10-0….
  8. We have the boys and girls state track and field championships on Friday and Saturday at Middletown High School. Plenty of Section III favorites are top seeds on the boys and girls sides led by C-NS’s Anna Eells who is the girls top seed in both the long jump and triple jump and could medal in the high jump, too, while Camron Ingram is the top seed in the boys 110 hurdles…..
  9. There is a state champion in boys golf from Section III and it’s J-D’s Jackson Saroney, who set a tournament record shooting 132 closing with a back-nine 30 at the state tournament at Mill Creek Golf Club near Churchville. Also Section III’s team won the state title, too, while F-M’s girls team finished third, its best finish yet, in the girls NYSPHSAA tournament at Wild Wood Club in Rush….
  10. The Skaneateles boys tennis team would take on Friends Academy Friday morning in the NYSPHSAA Division II team state semifinals at the USTA-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens. And F-M’s flag football team put up quite an effort in the Class A state semifinal against Scarsdale but ultimately took a 14-7 defeat to Scarsdale, the eventual state champions….