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New York state warns risk of wildfires high over hot, dry Fourth of July weekend
Fireworks, weather conditions have experts concerned about brush fires. → Read More
NYS Fair 2019: Best craft beer selections
Here are some places to visit when you don't just want a PBR or Coors Light. → Read More
Mike Adey of NY Mills reflects on 35 seasons, tying friend Al Knapp as Section III's winningest boys basketball coach - Syracuse.com
New York Mills coach Mike Adey got a phone call from his old friend, Al Knapp, on Sunday. Knapp, who is retired and soaking up the sunshine in Myrtle Beach, S.C., this winter, wanted to congratulate Adey on tying his Section III boys basketball career wins record of 539 the previous night. “I’m happy for him,” said Knapp, who set his mark over 34 seasons coaching at Brookfield and… → Read More
Man who collapsed during pickup basketball game likely saved by AED device
'I was legitimately thinking that he was gone,' says off-duty trooper who helped revive victim. → Read More
Watch a last-second shot give Syracuse ITC a big win over Cazenovia (video) - Syracuse.com
Senior Matt Dickson's last-second basket gave visiting Syracuse ITC a 58-56 win over Cazenovia in a key OHSL Liberty National boys basketball game Tuesday night. The visiting Eagles were leading by two points when the host Lakers scored with 23 seconds remaining. ITC held for the last shot, and Dickson dribbled off of a high screen and hit the game-winner just before the buzzer. The win puts ITC… → Read More
Watch a CNY girl sink game-winning free throw on empty court (video) - Syracuse.com
Little Falls junior Sara Reardon only averages 4.7 points per game for the Mounties girls basketball team this season. But Reardon came up big in overtime last night as the Mounties defeated West Canada Valley, 64-63, in overtime. After a teammate missed a shot in the final seconds, Reardon wrestled the ball away from a West Canada player and converts a baby hook shot to tie the game at 63.… → Read More
Surgery, stint at Milford gives Nottingham's Sterling Lowry a shot at college football - Syracuse.com
Sterling Lowry couldn’t have felt much worse. The senior quarterback/cornerback was ready to lead the Nottingham Bulldogs into the 2013 football season with a returning cast of veterans and high hopes of defending their Class A sectional championship. But in a pre-season scrimmage in late August against New Hartford, Lowry went down with a knee injury. It would turn out to be torn ligaments and… → Read More
Mr. Football: Henninger's Romero Collier 'A kid who just loves to play' - Syracuse.com
Romero Collier, the soft-spoken leader of the Henninger football and basketball teams the past two years, let it slip during a preseason interview on the Black Knights’ turf practice field. About his 2014 season goals, Collier said: "Being better than last year, and making first-team All-CNY." Mission accomplished. The senior quarterback led the Black Knights to an 11-1 season, the team’s first… → Read More
Meet the 2014 All-Central New York boys cross country team - Syracuse.com
The All-Central New York cross country team is the overall top 21 runners at the Section III championship meet in November. Coming tomorrow: All-CNY girls cross country. Carthage Year: Sophomore Accomplishment: Finished fourth at the Section III meet and was first in Class B. Carthage Year: Eighth grade Accomplishment: Finished 13th at the Section III meet and was second in Class B.… → Read More
Jamestown's fast start dooms Henninger in Class AA football semifinal - Syracuse.com
Rochester -- A fast start by Jamestown put Henninger in a 28-0 hole early in the second quarter, and the Black Knights couldn't catch up with the Section VI champions in a 28-12 state Class AA semifinal loss today at Sahlen's Stadium. "We just didn't get off the bus," Henninger coach Dave Kline said as he walked off the turf following his team's first loss of the season. The Red Raiders (11-1)… → Read More
CNY High School Football Media Poll: Large schools (championship edition) - Syracuse.com
It took 10 weeks, but fans are finally getting what they want this year: No. 1 vs. No. 2. The two unbeaten Class AA teams are squaring off against each other at 5 p.m. Sunday for the Section III championship. But don't forget the other unbeaten team: Indian River. The Warriors earned a meeting with surprise finalist East Syracuse Minoa. The Class A championship is 8 p.m. Friday. About the poll:… → Read More
CNY High School Football Media Poll: Small schools (championship edition) - Syracuse.com
We've got one week to go in this year's football polls. Cazenovia has spent the entire season at No. 1 with Homer waiting patiently behind. Homer finally gets its shot at the top-ranked team at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Carrier Dome. The winner moves on to the state tournament. The loser will end the year at the No. 2 spot. About the poll: This is the first of its kind in our area. We've enlisted… → Read More
Watch East Syracuse Minoa's last-second touchdown pass to beat Whitesboro - Syracuse.com
East Syracuse Minoa came back from 25 points down at the half to defeat Whitesboro, 38-35, on Friday night and earn a spot in next week's Section III Class A football final. The Spartans did it by scoring 28 unanswered second-half points, including the game-winning touchdown with just 3 seconds left to play. "It was the biggest comeback I've ever been a part of," said ESM coach Kevin DeParde.… → Read More
CNY High School Football Media Poll: Large schools take their stance heading into semis - Syracuse.com
The cream is rising - or has risen - in the playoff season. The next can't-wait-for game is here - Saturday's semifinal matching No. 2 Liverpool and No. 3 Baldwinsville. Up north in Watertown, Class A powers Indian River and Carthage will slug it out Friday night in another semifinal. The Spartans from East Syracuse Minoa rejoin the rankings for the first time since early this season. ESM, which… → Read More
How CNY's Top 10 high school football teams fared in Week 8 - Syracuse.com
The playoffs are upon us. Winners from this week go onto next week's semifinals. Then it's onto the Carrier Dome for the championships. (Dick Blume | dblume@syracuse.com) By Nolan Weidner | nweidner@syracuse.com on October 24, 2014 6 p.m. Here's how the top 10 teams in our Central New York High School Football Media Poll fared in the final week of the regular season. (Large schools poll |Small… → Read More
Selection Sunday: We'll update tournament brackets as teams are seeded - Syracuse.com
It's Section Sunday. Section III officials and coaches are gathering throughout the day to seed the playoff tournaments. We'll populate the brackets as they come in. Football will be first with seedings expected at about noon. FOOTBALL Class AA | Class A | Class B | Class C | Class D BOYS SOCCER Class AA | Class A | Class B | Class C | Class D GIRLS SOCCER Class AA | Class A | Class B | Class C… → Read More
How CNY's Top 10 high school football teams fared in Week 7 - Syracuse.com
Henninger will try to end the regular season undefeated and enter the Section III tournament with the top seed. Kevin Rivoli | krivoli@syracuse.com By Nolan Weidner | nweidner@syracuse.com on October 17, 2014 5:43 p.m. Here's how the top 10 teams in our Central New York High School Football Media Poll fared in the final week of the regular season. (Large schools poll |Small schools poll) Large… → Read More
Football playoff picture: Who's in and who's out heading into the final weekend - Syracuse.com
There's still another weekend left in the high school football regular season - including a number of games to decide league champions - but the field of teams that have qualified for the upcoming Section III playoffs is just about set. This is your starting point: The top four teams from each division in Classes AA, A, B and D qualify for the sectional playoffs. There are three divisions in… → Read More
Onondaga Hill 11-year-old Myles Griffin up for Sports Illustrated Sportskid of the Year - Syracuse.com
Onondaga Hill sixth-grader Myles Griffin, already an accomplished wrestler at the age of 11, is one of six finalists in an online contest sponsored by Sports Illustrated for Kids. Griffin, whose exploits on the mat were detailed in a March story on syracuse.com, was selected by the magazine as a finalist for its Sportskid of the Year contest for 2014. Fans can vote for their choice in an online… → Read More
CNY High School Football Media Poll: One debuts, one returns in small school vote - Syracuse.com
The big three in Class B - Cazenovia, Homer and Oneida - is on the verge of becoming the big five - or at least the big four. Marcellus and Westhill have joined the fray and those unbeated B's comprise five of the top seven in this week's CNY High School Football Media Poll for small schools. That will soon change, as the teams will start playing one another this week (Westhill-Marcellus).… → Read More