Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of February 7….
- Now there’s two girls basketball teams atop the state rankings. Utica Notre Dame still rolls along atop the Class A poll at 17-0 with CBA in the no. 3 spot, while now Marcellus has risen to the top of the Class B rankings even with a loss late last week to Bishop Ludden-Grimes, who is at no. 14 in the state in Class AAA ahead of Baldwinsville who faces both Liverpool and C-NS next week…
- Speaking of Liverpool girls basketball, coach Mike Wheeler got career win number 600 when the Legends won at Nottingham on Thursday night, Wheeler having achieved many of those wins at OCC. Four teams are state-ranked in Class C – Frankfort-Schuyler, West Canada, Hamilton and Weedsport, while LaFargeville remains the only Section III team in the state Class D top 10….
- Though pushed hard by Bishop Ludden-Grimes earlier this week Westhill boys basketball still beat the Gaelic Knights to go to 17-0 and inch closer to an undefeated regular season. Again the Wolf Pack sits atop the state Class A rankings with Cooperstown in the same no. 1 spot in Class C at 17-0 with 16 of the Hawkeyes’ wins by double digits and only Utica Proctor getting close…
- There’s quite a race unfolding for the Class AA boys basketball top seed. This week alone ESM ran its win streak to 12 with a last-second win over J-D while Nottingham took down Liverpool and West Genesee is still in the race, too. In a possible Class B playoff preview Skaneateles edged Mount Markham 76-75 getting 39 points from Reid Danforth to pull it out……
- This week in ice hockey we had West Genesee climb to the top of Division I when Rome Free Academy lost at home 2-0 to Cazenovia as Syracuse got a big 3-1 win at Baldwinsville to gain third place. In Division II Whitesboro’s 3-1 win over New Hartford helped lock up the eventual regular-season title as it would finish just ahead of three-time defending state champion Skaneateles…
- Sunday’s Section III boys bowling team tournament at Strike-N-Spare Lanes was quite exciting. In the Division I final ESM had to come from behind twice to defeat Baldwinsville in five games to repeat and advance to the state tournament while Homer needed five games to edge Beaver River and win Division II. The girls sectional tournament is tomorrow at Flamingo Bowl…..
- Marcellus boys wrestling advanced to the semifinals of the NYSPHSAA Dual Meet before falling to eventual champion Miller Place. Now all the area’s wrestling teams go to the Section III championships. The Class AA meet is at Corcoran, the Class A meet at Whitesboro, the Class B meet at Central Valley Academy, the Class C meet at Phoenix and the Class D meet at South Lewis…
- More Section III championships were on tap this weekend in indoor track and field at SRC Arena. The Class AAA and AA meets took place Friday night, with winners including C-NS in both sides of Class AAA along with ESM’s girls and Auburn’s boys in Class AA. Saturday will bring us the Class C and D meets in the morning followed by the Class A and B meets in the afternoon…
- This week also began the winter Section III girls volleyball playoffs. Unbeaten New Hartford and Rome Free Academy are the top two seeds in Class A, with Holland Patent and South Jefferson the top two seeds in Class B. Unbeaten Beaver River held the top seed in Class C with Mount Markham the no. 3 seed despite an 18-0 record. Owen D. Young and Remsen hold the top Class D seeds…
- Next week will also bring us the Section III boys swimming championships at Nottingham with Class A, B and C titles decided before a state qualifier later in the week. In Class A undefeated F-M and C-NS are the front-runners, while New Hartford is expected to dominate Class B and defend the George Falwell Cup while Lowville defends the Class C title challenged by Cooperstown….
