Donnie Webb
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Former Baldwinsville girls lacrosse coach Doug Rowe accepts position at RFA
Rowe left Bees program after 26 seasons in the spring. → Read More
Henninger's 51-second frenzy ignites another fourth-quarter rally as Black Knights down F-M - Syracuse.com
The Henninger High School basketball team has produced so many fourth-quarter comebacks this season, head coach Erik Saroney dares to say his team almost finds a weird comfort in trailing. It happened again on Thursday night against Fayetteville-Manlius. The Hornets set up a beautiful ambush. That included long offensive possessions, deadly 3-point shooting, controlling guard Romero Collier of… → Read More
Densel Barnes and his family find home sweet home with Indian River High School - Syracuse.com
As Terry Barnes made his final journey along Interstate 81 to Watertown for his deployment with the Army’s 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, he was struck by the foreboding light. In his rear view mirror, he saw Syracuse and a bit of sunshine. Ahead, the skies seemed to darken. "I thought I was driving to the end of the world," said Barnes, a staff sergeant in the Army about his move to Fort… → Read More
No shoes, no socks, no problem for Tully cross country runner Matt Quinlan - Syracuse.com
Matt Quinlan left his spikes at home. Three hundred meters into the OHSL Patriot Division championship cross-country meet on Wednesday, he left his training shoes and socks by the roadside. Which meant that Quinlan ran nearly the entire 5,000 kilometer race at Highland Forest barefooted. Out of 111 runners, Quinlan finished 33rd in a time of 20 minutes and 16.1 seconds. He was 10th among Tully… → Read More
CNY high school football rewind: Eighth-grader takes over at QB for C-NS - Syracuse.com
A few weeks ago, Cicero-North Syracuse High School head football coach Joe Sindoni mentioned he had a quarterback coming up through the ranks he thought had a chance to be special. That player is eighth grader Conner Hayes. Because of injuries to starting quarterback Dom Fiorini and Connor Evans, Hayes has not only joined the C-NS varsity, he’s now playing for the Northstars. Hayes passed for… → Read More
Parents behaving badly: Stuff we see and hear while covering high school sports - Syracuse.com
Today, we launch a periodic series where we highlight some of the things parents and fans do at high school athletic events that make us pause or cringe. You already know about the Corcoran and West Genesee parents who took their complaints over the fence onto the field at a junior varsity football game this season. Earlier this month in New Jersey, a parent attacked a youth football coach after… → Read More
So why isn't undefeated Liverpool in the Class AA state football rankings? - Syracuse.com
It's not who made the state rankings this week. It's who is missing. In the weekly state rankings for Class AA teams, undefeated Liverpool still can't make the grade. The Warriors are 6-0. They've won road games at Corcoran and Christian Brothers, both of whom are listed as receiving honorable mention in the state poll along with Liverpool. There are three undefeated teams that are unranked.… → Read More
Onondaga Central High School retires No. 32 jersey of Mike Hart - Syracuse.com
Onondaga Central High School has retired the No. 32 football jersey of its greatest player, running back Mike Hart. The school held a ceremony during halftime of its homecoming game on Saturday, a 26-8 loss to Cato-Meridian. Between 2000 and 2003, Hart rushed for 11,045 yards and scored 1,246 points for the Tigers. Both are among several NYSPHSAA state records that he owns. Hart went on to play… → Read More
Watch this GoPro video of soccer player Max Messie of Skaneateles and the front flip throw-in - Syracuse.com
Skaneateles - Max Messie of the Skaneateles High School boys soccer team is one of those kids who can run up a wall and do a back flip, according to his coach. So it's no surprise that Messie incorporates his athleticism into soccer by performing the front flip throw-in from the sidelines. It's a forward somersault while holding the ball. The force of the flip gives Messie extra power on the… → Read More
The flip side is that Section III soccer coaches have widely different views of the throw-in - Syracuse.com
The range of opinion among Section III high school soccer coaches regarding the front flip throw-in goes from one sideline to the other. Some love it. Some not so much. We sent out an email blast to area soccer coaches asking for their views and here's what rolled in: Oscar Vergara, Bishop Ludden: “Biggest waste of time. No advantage whatsoever. ONLY placing a student/athlete at risk for a neck… → Read More
CNY high school football rewind: If you like offense, you would've loved Weedsport-IHC - Syracuse.com
Weedsport and Watertown IHC combined for 110 points, which made for a lot of offense and a very long game. The Warriors won 68-42 in a contest Weedsport coach Greg Michaels figured got over at 9:30 p.m. “You’re just scratching your head and thinking, somebody please make a play on defense,” Michaels said. “The first half took forever. It was like 41-24. It was crazy, it was just crazy." The… → Read More
CNY high school football rewind: High Fives for these outstanding performances - Syracuse.com
The fourth weekend of the high school football season is in the books. While there weren’t any insane upsets or outcomes that rocked the standings, the number five emerged as a dominant factor in several outstanding individual performances. Play along, gang. Let us put five digits together on each hand for some applause, because: - Liverpool running back Jaydakis Scott rushed for five touchdowns… → Read More
CNY high school football rewind: By the numbers - Syracuse.com
Numbers 14 – Number of points Jordan-Elbridge scored in every quarter against Bishop Ludden. 36 – Points scored in the second quarter by Canastota against Port Byron on Saturday. 48 – Number of points Auburn scored in the first half against Fowler. 49 – Number of points Marcellus and Ithaca combined to score in the third quarter. 49 – Number of points Homer scored in the first half against… → Read More
CNY high school football rewind: Jordan-Elbridge is 3-1 and playing some serious defense - Syracuse.com
Time to show some love for Jordan-Elbridge, which is 3-1 after a 54-14 rout of Bishop Ludden on Friday. The Eagles have struggled through one-win seasons four times since 2007 and haven’t had a winning season in about a decade. After going 4-5 in 2013, the Eagles are on the brink of a breakthrough. One bedrock of the Eagles success has been their defense, which has not given up more than two… → Read More
CNY high school football rewind: Defensive touchdowns including two by Drew Mosher of Marcellus - Syracuse.com
Quite a few games produced multiple defensive touchdowns this weekend. - Onondaga had two defensive touchdowns in a 46-6 win over Beaver River - Weedsport had two defensive touchdowns against IHC. - Canastota returned a fumble and an interception for scores against Port Byron | Union Springs for scores. - Corcoran and West Genesee each had a defensive touchdown; a game the Cougars won 20-7. Then… → Read More
CNY high school football rewind: CBA puts up 51 without a TD pass - Syracuse.com
Here’s something you rarely see with a Christian Brothers Academy victory - the Brothers scored eight touchdowns in a 51-20 win over Rome Free Academy and none of them were passing. CBA coach Joe Casamento said the first quarter half blew by in a heartbeat. He said the Brothers scored on a 74-yard fumble return by Daryl Nixon, a 94-yard punt return by Noah Jordan-Williams and touchdown runs of… → Read More
Jaydakis Scott, Liverpool defense trample Cicero-North Syracuse in 39-12 blowout - Syracuse.com
The defense at Liverpool High School has made the Warriors a Section III Class AA contender this season. Running back Jaydakis Scott takes Liverpool to the next level. Friday night, Scott rushed for 309 yards and scored five touchdowns as Liverpool crushed Cicero-North Syracuse 39-12 in a Class AA rivalry game that solidifies the Warrior credentials as legit. Liverpool improved to 4-0 with the… → Read More
In battle of Top 10 state-ranked teams, Westhill downs Cazenovia 2-1 in OT - Syracuse.com
Cazenovia - All Jayanna Monds needed was an opening. And once the ball slid perfectly through the Cazenovia defense into open space inside the box, Monds used her speed to get what she wanted - a shot. Monds flicked home the feed with her right foot into the lower right corner of the net for a goal in the second 10-minute overtime session to give Westhill to a 2-1 victory over Cazenovia in an epic… → Read More
Cazenovia boys, girls soccer teams kick their way into the state rankings, too - Syracuse.com
It's a golden start to the fall for the Cazenovia High School athletic department. In addition to the school's powerhouse football team, the boys and girls soccer teams at Cazenovia have landed in the state rankings as compiled by the New York State Sportswriters Association. The girls soccer team (7-0) is ranked No. 2 in the state. The boys soccer team (8-1) is ranked No. 8 . Cazenovia athletic… → Read More
Marcellus girls soccer coach Laurie Updike on cusp of 300th victory - Syracuse.com
It's kind of like a no-hitter and no one on the Marcellus High School girls soccer team is talking in the dugout with head coach Laurie Updike. But there's no avoiding the success of the Mustangs under Updike, who is in her 17th season at Marcellus. And it seems unlikely her players don't know the stakes when they meet CBA on Tuesday night in a Class A showcase contest. Game time at Marcellus is… → Read More