Something like 31 games tonight, so let's get going.
By the numbers - blowout city. Only 3 games were decided by less than 10 points. Indian River 14-7 over Whitesboro, Camden 35-26 over CVA, and of course, the RFA/Proctor overtime special (47-46 RFA). High scorers of the week went to West Genesee & Weedsport, who each put up 62. Frankfort wasn't far off, with 60, Sandy Creek put 57 in the mix, and Skaneateles added 51... with a backup QB. Watertown, Nottingham, Onondaga, Adirondack, and APW are wishing they shared the love - they got the goose egg tonight due to New Hartford, Shaker, ITC, IHC, and Pulaski, respectively. 21 out of 31 games had at least 1 team score 30, so if you ask me... defense was optional on this beautiful Friday. This, to me, is also most certainly rivalry weekend, with Proctor/RFA, Oneida/VVS, a new one in Sauquoit/Waterville, NYM/Oriskany, among others all going down between tonight and tomorrow. Just mentioned Proctor/RFA final. Waterville got the W over Sauquoit to make up for last year, 26-6. Oneida cracked VVS 37-13, & NYM/Oriskany will be tomorrow at 2.
AA
West Genesee 62, Central Square 21 - This one wasn't just the Naes Howard show... scary. Dashon Turner threw for 232 & 4 TDs in his 1st start as QB, and gave Howard a "light" night (136 on 13 carries & 2 TDs). The Camillus boys put up 48 in the first half.
Liverpool 21, Auburn 10 - Auburn scored the 1st 10 in this one, shutting out the Pool until the 3rd quarter.. but that's why they play 4 quarters. Justin Capoto threw for a TD & ran for another for Liverpool, now 2-1.
Fayetteville-Manlius 49, Baldwinsville 37 - More like a girls basketball score. Battle of the QBs - Gage Blasi gave the Bees an aerial attack they're not known for, throwing for a TD in the process along with running for 2, but Jake Wittig threw for 4 Hornet scores in the W... along with kicking the extra points.
RFA 47, Proctor 46 (OT) - New York's oldest rivalry didn't disappoint, but the Raiders must be disappointed in letting this one go. They were up 19-0 after 1 and 26-14 at half, but RFA came back and completed it in the 1st OT. My Hometown Sports was there, and Angus Evans was the player of the game... so if you know what being that means... he won't be sleeping for a while. Monsters all around!
CBA 42, C-NS 21 - The Brothers started slow, but a 21 point 2nd quarter reversed that. 21-0 at half, and 2/3 of the Northstar points came in the 4th quarter when the game was already decided. Deshawn Salter ran for TD runs of 4, 2, 61, and 5 for this stacked CBA bunch.
A
East Syracuse-Minoa 40, Fowler 6 - Sean Richardson threw for a pair of TDs, and ES-M scored a variety of different ways with a variety of different players in this one. As a matter of fact, every time they scored, it was a different guy in the end zone.
Shaker 27, Nottingham 0 - Nottingham took the trip out to Section 2, and didn't come back with any points, let alone a W. At least maybe they got to see the pretty houses out that way. It was within reach up until the 4th quarter, where Shaker tacked on the last 13 of their points.
New Hartford 39, Watertown 0 - Since we're on the topic of shutouts... New Hartford didn't win once in about 2 years, and they've now won twice in 2 weeks. Nice turnaround. Stephen Tomaino scored the 1st 2 TDs with runs of 39 and 12 yards, and he finished with 107 rushing yards on 14 carries. He also caught 2 passes for 69 yards, giving him 176 total yards on the night.
Indian River 14, Whitesboro 7 - Live tweeted the 2nd half. This one was ugly. Possibly a separate short article on it. Deondre Grier scored the TD that proved to be the winner in the 3rd quarter. The home Warriors pissed away opportunity after opportunity that the visiting Warriors gave them. Jakese Crockett ran for 105 on 13 carries & a TD, a lot of those yards coming on the big scamper that set up Grier's plunge (who ran for 72 on 8 carries).
Carthage 27, Oswego 14 - The Comets scored 21 in the 2nd quarter to get the separation they needed. Baily Wilkinson ran 1 in and threw for 1 more - Carthage now 3-0, Oswego now.. the opposite.
Jamesville-Dewitt 42, Fulton 7 - Fulton scored in the 1st quarter, but that was that. J-D used the ground game - 1st 2 TDs on runs of 5 and 44 yards from Rasheed Baker, who finished with 195 yards on 24 carries. James Jones added 109 on 8 carries and a score.
B
Westhill 48, Solvay 6 - The Warriors systematically beat down the home team in this one. JaShai Jamison ran for TD runs of 5, 59, and 4, and Westhill runs their record to 2-1 with the W. Solvay hoping that K-Mart starts selling wins on their Blue Light Special, because they're looking for one.
Camden 35, CVA 26 - Illhawk was up at half, but the Blue Devils were able to come back and pick up a W they needed badly. Mykel Farley ran for 3 short TD runs for the Thunder, but Camden countered with Ryan McCarthy, who threw for 1 TD pass and ran for a pair from 56 & 70 yards out.
Homer 28, Chittenango 14 - Chittenango scored the 1st 14 tonight, but another comeback W on this Friday night here. Homer had something like 447 yards tonight... every single one of them on the ground. Sounds like Chittenango got sonned in the trenches. Shortest Homer TD run was 28 yards - Alec Bush ran for that and a 57 yarder, Gage Root ran one out from 31 yards, and Jake Casey took the cake with a 74 yarder.
Cortland 42, Phoenix 20 - Phoenix made the score look a little better in the 4th. Zachary Whelan ran for 118 on 11 carries & hit the end zone twice - Qadir Artis was even more efficient, rushing for 103 on just 6 carries and scoring from 50 yards out. Cortland now 2-1; Phoenix 0-3.
P.S. - Been listening to R&B this whole time, and I swear this John Legend will make me pass out by the time I get to Class D.
South Jefferson 36, Mexico 26 - Over 50% of the scoring was done in the 1st quarter, where South Jeff was up 20-14 after the first 12 minutes. Mexico actually enjoyed a 26-22 lead in the 3rd, but the visitors came back and handled that. Dylan Beckstead finished the night with 4 TDs on the ground. This was a battle of 2 teams that hadn't won yet.
Oneida 37, VVS 14 - This was the opposite - 2 early season unbeatens. Tied at 8 at halftime, but Oneida used a dominating 2nd half performance. This one sparked up some Twitter drama. Rory McCarthy threw for 2 TDs, Dylan Cafalone ran for 2 TDs, and Kyle George, proud member of the 2 first names club, caught a TD pass & returned a kick for a score.
C
Sherburne-Earlville 24, Mt. Markham 6 - This was actually the 1st TD Sherburne allowed this year - but they're still unbeaten. Every TD was scored by someone different, and the best numbers came from a guy who wasn't one of them. Brady Sopchak carried the ball 16 times & picked up 142 yards for a rough & tumble S-E team.
Frankfort-Schuyler 60, Holland Patent 35 - Another basketball score here - looks like what F-S wants. These high-scoring games. HP's uptempo offense seems to have played right into F-S' hands. Joe DeSarro threw for 2 TDs & 115 yards, and ran for 2 more TDs & 168 yards.. so using simple math, that's 283 total yards & 4 TDs. Mitchell Shortt ran for 182 on 24 carries & 3 scores, and Justin Kiesow added 152 & 2 TDs, including a 96 yard scamper.
Skaneateles 51, Hannibal 7 - No starting QB? No problem! Tyler Parr was out, so Devin Callahan went 11/15 for 114, but more importantly, threw for 3 TDs. Matt Lee added 143 on the ground off 11 carries & a score.
Tully 28, Cato-Meridian 14 - TDs come in pairs, right? Tully scored the first 2 off Jon Warner runs of 1 & 66. Cato scored the next 2 off a pair of 50 yard runs from Phil Schroeder. Tully completed the scoring with a pair of TDs that Nick Edinger had a hand in - running one from 10 yards out & throwing a 49 yard one. Tully now 2-1, Cato 1-2.
IHC 37, Adirondack 0 - Looks like they called off the dogs after getting up 23-0 in the 1st quarter. Michael Marra finished with 203 total yards - 110 on the ground (just 6 carries) and a rushing TD, and 93 receiving (just 1 catch) and a receiving TD. Haden Baker added 128 on 8 and a score.
Canastota 17, Bishop Ludden 7 - Atoning for a sectional loss last year, I see. Ludden scored first, but were shut out after the 1st quarter as the Raiders took home what you could call another comeback W. Jordan Miller ran for a TD & kicked a short FG for Canastota in the W.
* Now it's Musiq Soulchild. I am getting verrryyy sleeeepyyyyy..... just give me some Boyz II Men & a pendulum.
General Brown 34, Thousand Islands 19 - Closer than I would've expected. Jared Christopher ran for a pair of 1 yard TDs, and Zach Pitre rushed for a buck-60 on 15 carries & a score. The Lions of Dexter still unbeaten.
Pulaski 32, APW 0 - The Class D school takes home the Salmon Cup this year. Tom Taplin had a hand in 4 of Pulaski's 5 touchdowns - TD runs of 5, 2, and 80, and a 24 yard connection with Cody Mosher. A 20 point 3rd quarter put this one out of reach.
Lowville 20, WCV 7 - I wouldn't call this a rivalry, but another inter-class battle, this time won by the C school. It was 14-7 after 1... very nearly scoreless from then on. All 3 Lowville TDs were handled by a Malik - Cameron caught a 15 yarder & ran a 17 yarder, and Kyle ran one out from 28 yards.
Institute of Technology 41, Onondaga 0 - Not
exactly the Mike Hart days for 'Daga anymore. ITC got 2 rushing TDs
& a kickoff return TD from Josh Thomas in this blowout, which was
33-0 by the end of the 1st half. Tech is now 3-0 on the year,
Onondaga... not so much.
D
Weedsport 62, Bishop Grimes 20 - 49-0 after 1 quarter. Yeah. Need I say more? No one was in the end zone all the time for Weedsport either - they spread the love, and are somehow under the radar as a very tough 3-0 squad.
Herkimer 35, Morrisville-Eaton/Hamilton 14 - MVTer Rob Drumm gave the updates of this one. It was 35-0 at half, and then the Magicians called off the dogs, letting the 2nd string in for the vast majority of the 2nd half. Austin Mills ran for TDs of 5, 30, 1, and 3, and Matt Borek had a fumble recovery that he turned into a touchdown as well.
Waterville 26, Sauquoit 6 - A quickly-brewing rivalry, this one also sparked some talk over 140 characters. No one had overwhelming numbers in this one. The defense left shining for H2Oville, who held SV scoreless until the 4th. Jon Piersma threw for a TD & ran for another in the W.
Sandy Creek 57, South Lewis 6 - Apparently, 4 of Sandy Creek's 9 TD came on defense & special teams - 3 punt returns & a pick return. Kyle Fayette had all the punt returns, along with 2 TD passes. Cameron Hall caught one of them, and then ran one in on his own.
Thank God the rundown is done... Lost Without You by Robin Thicke just came on. Zzzzzzzz......
We'll be back at it tomorrow! Until then... stay thirsty, my friends.
- Jeff
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