Here is the Potter and Perrone Top 10 for the week of May 16….
- When the top two Class A boys lacrosse contenders met Tuesday night it was a back-and-forth classic with West Genesee pulling out a 13-12 decision over C-NS handing the Northstars its first defeat of the season. They’re certain to be the top two seeds for the Section III playoffs so a rematch in the finals is likely as no other Class A team except for Liverpool has given the top teams a real battle…
- The other high-profile boys lacrosse game had two reigning sectional champions meet and Marcellus get the best of CBA 14-9 on Thursday night. The Brothers are still the heavy favorites for the Class B sectional playoffs, a contrast to Class D where the Mustangs have a close challenger in LaFayette/Onondaga ranked just behind them in the state top five. J-D remains the heavy Class C front-runner…
- West Genesee girls lacrosse was nearly upset by Watertown last Saturday, the game going to double overtime, and then on Tuesday C-NS did beat the Wildcats 14-8 avenging a defeat to them earlier in April. Yet the Northstars lost to F-M later in the week as the Hornets reinforced its status as the Class B favorites just ahead of Watertown whom it beat head-to-head earlier this month….
- With the Section III girls lacrosse playoffs looming Class C and D both have two front-runners. South Jefferson and J-D are in the state Class C top five with their only losses to large-school opposition. It’s closely bunched at the top of Class D between Westhill and Skaneateles, and they play each other again Monday to close the regular season with the Wolf Pack having won the first meeting…
- The Section III boys tennis team titles were decided. CBA won Class A topping F-M in the semifinals and Liverpool in the finals by equal 3-2 margins. Whitesboro edged Auburn 3-2 for the Class B title and MPH beat Skaneateles 3-2 for the Class D championship winning it as a no. 6 seed. Only J-D won a lopsided sectional final sweeping Homer 5-0 to claim the Class C championship….
- In two baseball showdowns early this week Baldwinsville and West Genesee split their games, each side winning on the road. They remain the large-school favorites as Cortland is the likely top seed in Class A while Class B appears wide-open. Then there’s Oriskany, undefeated at 15-0 and Weedsport joining them without a blemish at 13-0 as the likely Class C playoffs top seed….
- Maybe the most impressive large school in softball is F-M with a regular-season sweep of likely Class AAA top seed C-NS and other big wins over New Hartford and Chittenango, the likely Class A top seeds. Then among the small schools Cincinnatus in Class D has moved to 13-0 while Hamilton, Sandy Creek, McGraw and other top teams brace for an epic Class C sectional tournament…
- The flag football sectional playoffs are here. Top seed Syracuse East in Class A will face Baldwinsville in one semifinal as Liverpool takes on C-NS in the other. F-M and ESM holds those top two seeds in Class B having split their regular-season meetings. Oneida is the heavy favorite in Class C with its 14-1 record. All of the sectional finals will take place next Friday at Westmoreland..
- League championship meets got underway in track and field this week. In the Frontier League the South Jefferson girls and Indian River boys teams won titles while in the OHSL Patriot division Cato-Meridian dominated the boys event and Pulaski prevailed on the girls side. More league meets follow next week including the OHSL Liberty division, Center State and SCAC Metro and Empire meets…
- We also have the Section III girls golf championships early next week. Small-school teams tee off Monday at Green Lakes with Cazenovia coming off an unbeaten OHSL season likely to be challenged by CBA. A day later it’s the large-school tournament at Pompey Club with two-time defending champion F-M challenged by the likes of C-NS Blue and J-D….
