The Roundup - Week 5, Section 3 Football

They waitin' on us like the 1st & the 15th... so let's get to it.

3 teams hit 60 or passed it (Westmoreland, Fayetteville-Manlius, Sandy Creek), and I witnessed the largest margin of victory that I've ever been present for - a 60-0 Sandy Creek W over Oriskany, just surpassing the 57-0 shalacking I witnessed Sauquoit take against Herkimer back in 2011. A couple could have been worse than that - IHC was up 49-0 on Grimes at half, CBA had Central Square 42-0 at half. Whitesboro, Mexico, and Little Falls finally got going, New Hartford kept it going, ES-M & ITC picked up wins in arguably the games of the week, and CVA again let one slip away late. Let's run them all down - by class, as usual.

AA
CBA 55, Central Square 6 - No surprise. The undefeated over the winless. CBA scored 3 straight TDs on returns - 2 punts & a pick-6. Deshawn Salter caught a TD pass, ran one in, and returned a punt for one. JR Zazzara threw for two. Just another day at the office for the Brothers.

Henninger 34, C-NS 6 - Former Athlete of the Week Romero Collier went 14/21, throwing for 228 yards and 2 TDs. He also ran ones in from 4 and 57 yards out. Keisean Scott caught 8 of those passes for 152 of those yards and a TD - and he also ran one in.

West Genesee 38, Corcoran 18 - The Wildcats gradually pulled away from the Cougars in a battle between two teams stuck at .500. Naesean Howard hit the end zone from 10 & 22 yards out, and Dashon Turner threw for 1 and ran for 1.

Liverpool 41, Proctor 7 - The winners used a big 2nd quarter to get separation in this one. Jadakis Scott ran for a pair of TDs, and Ben Terzini caught a pair of touchdown passes from different QBs. Proctor still #GoneFishin for a win.

Fayetteville-Manlius 63, RFA 19 - Ridiculous as it may seem, nearly all the scoring was done in the 1st half - it was 56-19 headed into the break. Jake Wittig threw for 5 TDs and ran for 1. The 5 TDs alone totaled 214 yards. The Hornets are also undefeated - and scoring at will.

Baldwinsville 35, Auburn 15 - Balanced attack for the Bees, no one impacted more than 2 TDs. Gage Blasi threw for one and ran for one: Cameron Skipworth ran for one and caught one. They've shown that the loss of Rouse hasn't slowed them down one bit, now at 4-1.

A
East Syracuse-Minoa 14, Jamesville-Dewitt 7 - The Red Rams were blanked after the 1st quarter in this battle between squads 3-1 entering the game. Sean Richardson had a hand in both TDs scored for the winners - a 4 yd run in the 2nd & a 12 yd pass to Patrick Bryant in the 3rd. He also finished with 133 yards passing and 65 rushing.

Albany 34, Fowler 12 - The Falcons got blasted 26-0 in the middle quarters and dropped to 0-5 in this one. Dalton Cooley scored both times for Fowler on runs of 44 and 13 yards.

New Hartford 53, Fulton 25 - The Spartans scored the first 26, and they went from big losing streak to 4-1 in the blink of an eye. Stephen Tomaino ran the first 3 TDs in from 69, 7, and 5 yards out.

Whitesboro 25, Fulton 7 - Using a big 2nd half, the Warriors finally got their 1st W. They've been in every game so far. Andy DiVaccaro ran for a pair of TDs, and Bodhi Forbes threw for one and ran for one.

Carthage 41, Nottingham 20 - The Comets improve to 5-0 after slowly pulling away from a Nottingham that's having a down year. Josh Capers was the guy for Carthage on this evening, picking up 3 rushing TDs from 4, 17, and 53 yards out.

Indian River 43, Watertown 6 - Told myself I'd hit this one if Oriskany/Sandy Creek got too bad. It got too bad, but I stayed. Glad I did. Would've driven an hour to go from bad to bad.  IR scored 27 in the 2nd quarter. Connor Brown threw for 2 TDs and ran for 1. Both TD passes were to Elijah Franklin, who also returned a punt for a score.

B
Westhill 10, Cortland 6 - Offense optional in this one. Westhill now 3-2, Cortland 2-3. All but a Westhill FG scored in the 4th quarter - a Ja'Shai Jameson 5 yard TD run was the game winner for the Warriors.

Homer 42, Solvay 2 - The Bearcats did not pull a New Hartford. After breaking their years-long losing streak last week, Homer made sure the winning streak stopped at 1, while boosting their record to 5-0. Alec Bush ran for a pair of TDs, Drew Cottrell threw for 1 and ran for 1. The pass was to Jayden Gavidia, who also returned a kick to the house.

Chittenango 49, Marcellus 21 - Marcellus might have been the favorite by record, but the 1-3 Bears picked up a big W Friday night. 3 Chittenango players rushed for over 100 yards; Andrew Flack 165 on 20 carries & 2 TDs, Connor Mills 139 on 14 and a TD, and Cory Benn 120 on 7 and 2 scores.

V-V-S 21, CVA 20 - The Thunder let another one slip away from them - 2-3 on the year, but could easily be 4-1, which is what the Red Devils are now. A 37 yard field goal off the foot of Zack Durant gave them the win. The final score was the only lead VVS had the whole way.

Cazenovia 26, Oneida 0 - Caz basically told everyone that said this should be a good game to shut up in 48 minutes of beatdown. Andrew Vogl ran the first 3 TDs in from 27, 2, and 1 yards out. The team ranked #4 in Class B made sure people don't put other teams close to them yet... even the previously undefeated Indians, ranked #12 themselves.

Mexico 44, Phoenix 21 - Someone's gotta win, right? Both teams 0-4 entering this one. Mexico scored 25 straight in the 1st through 3rd quarters, and outscored the Firebirds 30-8 in the middle quarters. Collin Haynes ran to the promised land 3 times and caught 2 passes for scores.

Camden 41, South Jefferson 27 - Camden must just be inconsistent and turn it on and off. Watched them do that against VVS and turn it off at the wrong time - and this looks more of the on/off scheme. They got up 21-0, then SJ cut it to 21-19, and Camden scored the next 20 to put it away. Ryan McCarthy threw for 1 TD & ran for 2, Jeremy Zeitchel ran for a pair, and Kevin Jones caught the TD pass, along with returning a pick to the house.

C
General Brown 40, Adirondack 0 - This one was over at the kickoff. Lions got up 33-0 in the 1st quarter, and the highest ranked team in Section 3 (#14 in C polls) walked to a win. A whole bunch of guys got in on this one, including Evan Will, who threw for 2 TDs and ran for 1, and Jared Christopher, who ran for 2. Evan Will dominate you.

Bishop Ludden 22, Hannibal 18 - You can tell it isn't a normal Ludden season when they had to come back from down double-digits to stop a winless team from beating them, but that's what they had to do in this one. Down 18-7 in the 3rd quarter, Anthony Pecoriello finished it off with TD runs of 42 and 65 yards to get the Gaelic Knights the W.

Institute of Technology 28, Canastota 7 - Dubbed by many as the game of the week, Tech showed why they're more than deserving of getting in those state rankings this week, shutting Canastota out until the 4th quarter. Josh Thomas started it off with a 48 yard TD run, and they poured it on from there.

Jordan-Elbridge 33, Onondaga 6 - The C handles their business against the D. Lamatt Chisholm scored a pair of TDs in the middle quarters with 2 & 5 yard runs, and Austin Barrigar accounted for the other 2, running for one in the 1st & throwing for the other in the 4th.

Skaneateles 28, Port Byron 14 - Skaneateles used a balanced attack to slowly pull away from the Panthers and improve to 4-1. No Skaneateles player accounted for more than one TD.

Watertown IHC 51, Bishop Grimes 0 - The C handles the D. Michael Marra scored on half of his carries - 6 rushes for 106 yards and 3 TDs. Cole Carpenter went 6/7 and threw for a pair of TDs. The Cavaliers were up 49-0 at half.

Thousand Islands 13, APW 12 - The Rebels almost picked up their first W, but two 2nd half TD runs from Tavis Anderson ensured that wouldn't happen. He had a 3rd quarter score from 24 yards out, and the eventual game-winner in the 4th, which was punched in from the 6.

Beaver River 35, Lowville 33 - The C did not handle the D - but this one seems like it was a fun one to watch. Lowville got 249 passing yards on 13/20 and 3 TDs from Brian O'Connor to go with 159 yards on 22 carries from Robert Campany, but that was in the loss, thanks to big numbers and plays from the Beavers, whose only W before knocking off the team that lost to Herkimer in the C-2 final last year was to winless Oriskany. It was the Kyle Steiner and Erik Lyndaker show: Steiner went 10/18 for over 160 yards and 2 passing TDs, along with 141 yards on the ground and 2 TDs off 19 carries, and Lyndaker ran for 177 on 20 carries and 1 rushing TD to go with 6 receptions for 123 receiving yards and 2 TDs in that fashion. The winning TD in the 4th was a 62 yard hookup from Steiner to Lyndaker.

Little Falls 14, Mt. Markham 13 - This one a bit surprising since Sherburne whacked LF 59-0, while only beating Mt. Markham 24-6, but the Mounties pick up the W in the 1st annual Mohawk Valley Toilet Bowl. Both teams winless heading into this one. Travis Dawley ran for both Mountie TDs, a 31 yarder and a 1 yarder - he also ran in the conversion after the 2nd one.

Notre Dame 45, Clinton 14 - Clinton was actually listed as honorable mention in the Class C rankings. That's how you can tell how much these guys watch. Nothing against Clinton, but the competition in their 3 W's hasn't been stellar. Notre Dame handled business Saturday afternoon, jumping out to a 39-0 lead by the 3rd quarter. Mr. Kid n Play Kevin Warmack made his case for MVT Athlete of the Week, throwing for 3 TDs and running for 3 more.

Dolgeville 30, Frankfort-Schuyler 14 - Another one where the C didn't handle the D. Blue Devils made a statement in this one by slowing down high-powered Frankfort offense. Jason Nastovski and Devin Coonradt each saw the end zone twice for Dolgeville.

Sherburne-Earlville 25, Holland Patent 12 - Someone actually scored more than once on Sherburne - but still, they're undefeated. Cody Marango threw for 3 TD passes in the win, all 3 of them to Austin Jasper. As a matter of fact, all touchdowns were off of passes until the last one, an insurance one for S-E.

Herkimer 47, Cooperstown 0 - The Magicians broke this one up early and the bench was cleared by the 3rd quarter. Austin Mills threw for 4 TDs and ran for 1 in the W, 2 of those passes going to Zach Steele.

Cato-Meridian 37, LaFayette/Fabius-Pompey 6 - Colin Richards had a part in the first 3 scores, catching 2 TD passes from fellow Colin, Colin Weller, and then booting a 38 yard FG. After a L/F-P score, Phil Schroeder handled it from there, running in the next 3 TDs. Schroeder ran for 134 yards on 18 carries in all.

Sandy Creek 60, Oriskany 0 - Everything you need to know about this will be on section3mvt.blogspot.com soon.

Weedsport 45, Tully 24 - Tully kept it interesting into the 3rd, where a 26 yard Nick Edinger TD run made it 27-18, but Weedsport scored the next 18 to turn it into a rout. Ryan Quigley ran for the 1st TD and caught a TD pass, thrown to him by Hunter Bowden, who also ran for one.

West Canada Valley 26, Sauquoit Valley 0 - The battle of the Indians. Also, the battle of the schools where "Valley" is included, but no one uses it while describing them - so, West Canada beat down Sauquoit. Cole Smith finished with 2 rushing TDs on the night from 48 and 16 yards out.

Westmoreland 66, South Lewis 20 - They just keep putting on the points. This one was still surprisingly a game after 1 quarter, with Westmo up 16-12, but they poured 29 on in the 2nd quarter. Tyler Deveans had TD runs of 34, 14, and 13 yards; Tim Harrison added TD runs of 17 and 14, and added a punt return of 50 yards that he took to the house.

Pulaski 55, New York Mills 8 - Pulaski poured it on, putting up 42 in the 1st half to smack a Marauder team that's taken a couple shalackings the last two weeks. Tom Taplin threw for a pair of TD passes, and returned a recovered fumble 29 yards to the land of 6 points. Joe Gamble rushed for TDs of 28 & 5 yards, and Mike Haskins also did it on both ends, catching a 24 yd TD pass from Taplin and returning a pick 29 yards to the house.