Here is the Nye Automotive Top 10 for the week of May 10…..
- Late in the regular season a big sequence in area high school boys lacrosse among the Class D favorites started Skaneateles doubling up defending champion Marcellus 20-10 last weekend. Exactly one week later state no. 2-ranked LaFayette, who’s lost just once all season, would challenge the state no. 4-ranked Lakers and then play Marcellus early next week, likely determining playoff seeds.
- Up among the large-school boys lacrosse teams West Genesee continues to sail along undefeated having beat C-NS a second time this season 13-8 on Thursday. But the Wildcats still have two games remaining against rival F-M five days apart and the Hornets are also facing Baldwinsville Saturday right after the Bees took an 11-10 defeat to J-D, who is up to no. 2 in the state Class C rankings…
- It’s still everyone chasing C-NS in area high school girls lacrosse, the state Class A no. 2-ranked Northstars handing unbeaten South Jefferson its first blemish in a 10-7 game last weekend and then again defeating West Genesee 13-4 on Thursday. F-M, who got close to beating C-NS late in April, will get another chance next week and Baldwinsville got a big 10-9 win over J-D on Thursday night…
- South Jefferson had moved to no. 2 in the state Class D girls lacrosse rankings before falling to C-NS, and two main challengers are ready to take their shots. Skaneateles and Westhill are no. 4 and 5, respectively, in the state rankings and are playing each other Monday night with the Lakers possibly defending an 11- game win streak if it beats Brighton on Saturday…..
- J-D is now atop the state Class A baseball rankings after giving West Genesee its first defeat 4-1 last week. Oriskany is no. 1 in the state in Class D, but just about every single team found their seasons grind to a halt by all of the rain this week. Among other things, it reduced the schedule of the annual Strike Out Lou Gehrig’s Disease Classic at NBT Bank Stadium with just one night of games…
- Similarly high school softball found itself mostly sidelined by the rain. Heading into a crowded stretch of games Sandy Creek is one of the few remaining unbeaten teams and knocked off C-NS 4-3 on Thursday night at OCC. Fulton was a surprising undefeated team until it lost a wild 18-15 decision to West Genesee but has joined a Class AA title race that also features Whitesboro..
- Every big track and field meet seems to take place in cold, rainy conditions. It happened at Chittenango and ESM on consecutive Saturdays and again Friday night at the Arcaro Coed Invitational at Baldwinsville, which featured most of the top large-school programs like C-NS and F-M who have mostly held five-team meets in the regular season instead of head-to-head contests….
- Things continue to progress in flag football. Syracuse East maintained its perfect mark Monday night holding off second-place Liverpool 20-13 in a game that could preview the eventual sectional final even though C-NS nearly upended Syracuse East in a 7-6 game last weekend. F-M, a first-year program, has won four of five games and knocked off defending champion Baldwinsville 7-6 on Wednesday..
- They are about to start the boys tennis Section III team tournaments. F-M is again unbeaten but the no. 2 seed in Class A even though it beat top seed Baldwinsville 4-3 in their regular-season finale. Oneida, with a 10-1 record, is the top seed in Class B, while Skaneateles takes its perfect 9-0 mark into the Class C tournament holding the top seed in that bracket…
- Girls and boys golf teams also were largely sidelined during the week. There remains undefeated girls teams at F-M, CBA and Rome Free Academy cruising along in their respective leagues, while on the boys side they’ve only got in a handful of matches but Sauquoit Valley and Sherburne-Earlville have each put up 7-0 records dominating the Center State Conference…
