Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of February 14….
- In boys wrestling last week’s Section III championships had all sorts of new winners. Baldwinsville claimed its first Class AA title in a decade and Jordan-Elbridge prevailed in Class C for its first title since 1986. Marcellus was also a first-time sectional champion in Class B as Carthage claimed the Class A title and it was Little Falls claiming the top spot in Class D….
- Last weekend also brought us the Section III indoor track and field finals where C-NS got a sweep in Class AAA, Cazenovia did the same in Class B, VVS won both Class A titles and Cato-Meridian swept Class D. Auburn’s boys and ESM’s girls were victorious in Class AA, while the new Bishop Ludden-Grimes girls team was victorious in Class C joining the Herkimer boys in the top spot…
- We also had the girls bowling Section III championships on Super Bowl Sunday at Flamingo Bowl in Liverpool. Two undefeated teams squared off in the Division I match-play final and Fulton got the best of Rome Free Academy 3-2 to repeat as champions, while in Division II it was West Canada earning a trip to next week’s state tournament toppling Homer 3-1 in the championship round..
- Saturday brings us the sectional winter girls volleyball finals. An epic Class A battle awaits between defending champion New Hartford and Rome Free Academy as in Class C two undefeated teams, Beaver River and Mount Markham, square off for the title. In Class B it’s South Jefferson against Holland Patent and in Class D long-time power Tully faces first-time finalist Owen D. Young….
- The sectional Division I ice hockey playoffs are underway. Quarterfinals next week pit West Genesee against Watertown IHC, Rome Free Academy facing F-M, Syracuse battling Cazenovia and C-NS hosting Baldwinsville. In girls hockey convincing wins in the semifinals means Skaneateles and Oswego will meet Monday at Onondaga Nation Arena for the sectional championship…
- In boys swimming the Section III championships at Nottingham saw unbeaten F-M dominate in Class A, New Hartford once again prevail in Class B and the Class C/D title going to Cooperstown. When the state qualifier took place F-M pulled away from New Hartford and won its first-ever George Falwell Cup as in diving Oswego’s Nick Canale was the top performer…
- When Cooperstown boys basketball defeated Utica Proctor Thursday night the state Class C no. 1-ranked Hawkeyes completed an undefeated regular season. Westhill can do the same if the state Class A no. 1-ranked Wolf Pack knock off Jordan-Elbridge early next week after Eli Prince and company got past a major hurdle on Monday night defeating Class AAA contender Liverpool…
- As the sectional playoffs are about to begin in boys basketball Bishop Ludden-Grimes looks lined up as the top seed in Class AAA while Nottingham might get in Class AA despite ESM’s 13-game win streak. In Class B Marcelus has roared back to the favorite’s role after a season sweep of Sknaeateles and Oriskany seems poised to claim the top seed in Class D nipping Sackets Harbor for it….
- Two girls basketball teams remained parked atop the state rankings with the sectional playoffs looming. Utica Notre Dame has finished a perfect 20-0 regular season with CBA the likely no. 2 seed for the sectional tournament, while Marcellus remains no. 1 in the state in Class B even with a pair of defeats on its ledger, one of them to the likely top Class AAA seed, Bishop Ludden-Grimes…
- Even with a modest 13-7 record Nottingham girls basketball is likely to snare the top seed in Class AA as it gets set to defend its sectional title. Moving to the deep pool of Class C contenders Frankfort-Schuyler and West Canada with just one loss apiece appears ahead of the likes of Weedsport and Hamilton, while LaFargeville will be a heavy favorite defending its state Class D title….
