Phil Blackwell

Syracuse

Writer and Editor at Eagle News (Syracuse, NY)

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West Genesee, Westhill girls lacrosse fall in close sectional finals

1 week ago | eaglenewsonline.com | Phil Blackwell

CORTLAND – What the West Genesee girls lacrosse team did last Monday night was more than good enough to win a Section III Class A championship in most years. Against the reigning state champions from Cicero-North Syracuse the Wildcats answered every single challenge thrown at them and poured in more goals than in all but two of its games from this season. And it wasn’t quite enough.
J-D baseball earns third straight sectional Class A title

1 week ago | eaglenewsonline.com | Phil Blackwell

CENTRAL NEW YORK – Baseball teams from Jamesville-DeWitt and Christian Brothers Academy both found themselves back at Onondaga Commuity College early this week on the brink of repeating as Section III champions. The Red Rams accomplished it as, still perched atop the state Class A rankings, it roared past New Hartford 13-0 in Monday night’s sectional title game.
J-D holds off CBA for girls lacrosse sectional Class C title

1 week ago | eaglenewsonline.com | Phil Blackwell

CORTLAND – Maybe it only figured that a four-year wait for the Jamesville-DeWitt girls lacrosse team to claim another Section III Class C championship only ended after having to battle all the way for it. The top-seeded Red Rams outlasted no. 2 seed Christian Brothers Academy 9-7 Monday night at SUNY-Cortland and, by doing so, claimed the team’s first sectional title since 2021.
C-NS girls lacrosse battles to second straight sectional title

1 week ago | eaglenewsonline.com | Phil Blackwell

CORTLAND – Though the Cicero-North Syracuse girls lacrosse has grown used to playing in – and winning – big games at SUNY-Cortland, the satisfaction felt at the end of Monday night’s Section III Class A final was mixed in with a healthy dose of relief. West Genesee did everything but beat the Northstars, staying on even terms with them most of the game and then, trailing late in the fourth quarter, staging a furious comeback before one successful draw allowed C-NS to hang on and prevail 18-17.
Solvay baseball charges to sectional Class B championship

1 week ago | eaglenewsonline.com | Phil Blackwell

SYRACUSE – True, the historical record will indicate that the Solvay baseball team earned the Section III Class B championship when it defeated Holland Patent 12-3 in Monday’s sectional final at Onondaga Community College. In many ways, though, the Bearcats’ biggest step toward the title was taken the day before.
Softball Bees stopped by RFA in sectional Class AAA final

1 week ago | eaglenewsonline.com | Phil Blackwell

EAST SYRACUSE – With its main rivals cast aside the Baldwinsville softball team appeared ready to snare the programs’ second Section III championship in three years. Yet it all got stopped in Sunday’s sectional Class AAA final at Carrier Park where Rome Free Academy ended its own long wait for a title by defeating the Bees 7-1. From its no.
Boys lacrosse Bees stopped by West Genesee in sectional final

1 week ago | eaglenewsonline.com | Phil Blackwell

CICERO – It was just where the Baldwinsville boys lacrosse team wanted it. At Bragman Stadium last Saturday afternoon the Bees held a four-goal lead on undefeated West Genesee in the Section III Class A championship game, displaying the same kind of consistent success on offense it had found in two previous close encounters with the Wildcats.
Baldwinsville baseball falls to C-NS in sectional AAA semifinal

1 week ago | eaglenewsonline.com | Phil Blackwell

AUBURN – Even though it was armed with the top seed in the Section III Class AAA playoffs the Baldwinsville baseball team was not protected in any way from the most difficult path to a championship possible. Get past no. 4 seed Cicero-North Syracuse in last Friday’s sectional semifinal at Auburn’s Falcon Park, and the reigning champions from Christian Brothers Academy awaited in the finals.
West Genesee baseball repeats as sectional Class AA champs

1 week ago | eaglenewsonline.com | Phil Blackwell

SYRACUSE – What was for so long a source of angst – namely, the West Genesee baseball team’s quest for a Section III championship – has now turned into a starting point with much greater goals in mind. The Wildcats were never seriously challenged on the way to a second consecutive sectional Class AA title, capping it off Sunday at Onondaga Community College with an 8-0 shutout over no. 2 Whitesboro – right after it beat Central Square by that same score on this same turf two nights earlier.
Boys lacrosse Wildcats storm to sectional Class A championship

1 week ago | eaglenewsonline.com | Phil Blackwell

CICERO – At a program defined by getting to the ultimate prize of a state championship, a mere sectional championship is not the end point – but still is quite an accomplishment, especially when it’s done without a loss. West Genesee boys lacrosse is still undefeated, proving its mental toughness by overcoming its biggest deficit of the entire season to top Baldwinsville 15-10 in Saturday’s Section III Class A final at Cicero-North Syracuse’s Bragman Stadium.