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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 387965, member: 289"] This year’s tournament field: (The team’s won-lost record, points for and against and the number of Section III titles won in their history regardless of class is listed with each team.) CLASS AA #1 CBA 7-0 (225-72), 8 titles, vs. #8 Utica Proctor 2-5 (244-256), 0 titles #4 Liverpool 5-2 (251-219), 6 titles, vs. #5 West Genesee 3-4 (215-171) , 3 titles #3 Henninger 5-2 (266-194), 6 titles, vs. #6 Fayetteville-Manlius (6-1 (212-96), 2 titles #2 Baldwinsville 6-1 (315-184), 4 titles, vs. #7 Central Square 2-5 (146-271), 1 title Comment: Further evidence that the five class system doesn’t work is the presence of three teams with losing records in the eight team field. West Genny is, at least, the defending sectional champs. They were kind of snake-bit with two one point loses and a three point loss, so they should be a formidable opponent. Still, it’s hard to see them in the #5 slot while 6-1 -M, who beat them is #6. Baldwinsville’s Tyler Rouse is clearly the section’s best player but CBA is the best team. CLASS A #1 Jamesville-DeWitt 7-0 (220-64), 4 titles, vs. #8 Watertown 3-4 (174-192), 0 titles #4 Whitesboro 5-2 (188-124), 7 titles, vs. #5 East Syracuse-Minoa 4-3 (236-123), 2 titles #3 Nottingham 5-2 (217-119), 2 titles, vs. #6 Carthage 3-4 (127-195), 2 titles #2 Indian River 6-1 (265-130), 1 title, vs. #7 Fulton 2-5 (97-233), 1 title Comment: Again we have three teams with losing records. Fulton is obviously not a playoff caliber team at all and Watertown lost their last four games by a combined 52-166 after starting 3-0. Carthage lost their last two games 6-45 and 14-48. But they made the playoffs. We could have a “big school” playoff between 7-0 CBA and J-D, 6-1 Baldwinsville, -M and Indian River and three of 5-2 Henninger, Liverpool, Nottingham or Whitesboro. Four of those teams used to be County League North rivals in the old days. J-D is clearly the class of Class A but Indian River has won 6 in a row after dropping the opener to defending champ ESM. Perennial power Whitesboro has had kind of a bumpy ride this year. Nottingham and ESM have looked very good at times. CLASS B #1 Chittenango 7-0 (252-65), 3 titles, vs. #8 VVS 4-3 (175-147), 2 titles #4 Oneida 5-2 (223-81), 3 titles, vs. #5 Cortland 4-3 (111-74), 0 titles #3 Homer 6-1 (186-118), 3 titles, vs. #6 Camden 5-2 (198-140), 1 title #2 Cazenovia 6-1 (251-84), 7 titles, vs. #7 Westhill 3-4 (154-158), 4 titles Comment: This is all about defending champions Chittenango and perennial power Cazenovia, who lost only undefeated Class A J-D by 2 points. Homer’s only loss was 0-42 to Chittenango. Oneida has scored 40 points four times and been shut out twice. CLASS C (There are more teams in this class than the others so they have two, separately seeded 8 team brackets. They also start the playoffs a week earlier so there are only 6 games played before the playoffs start.) #1 Canastota 5-1 (136-83), 0 titles, vs. #8 Watertown IHC 4-2 (185-95), 1 title #4 Bishop Ludden 5-1 (184-117), 2 titles, vs. #5 APW 3-3 (161-130), 0 titles #3 General Brown 6-0 (263-15), 5 titles, vs. #6 Utica Notre Dame 4-2 (121-132), 5 titles #2 Skaneateles 6-0 (285-97), 1 title, vs. #7 Sherburne-Earlville 4-2 (261-205) 0 titles And #1 Herkimer 5-1 (219-68), 4 titles, vs. #8 Little Falls 2-4 (146-161), 0 titles #4 Frankfurt-Schuyler 4-2 (101-124), 1 title, vs. #5 Mt. Markham 3-3 (102-124), 3 titles #3 Tully 4-2 (180-137), 0 titles, vs. Institute of Technology, (why don’t they call it Central Tech?) 2-4 (126-161), 0 titles #2 Waterville 3-3 (116-71) 0 titles, vs. #7 Lowville 4-2 (137-106), 3 titles Comment: The two best teams, Skaneateles and General Brown are in the same bracket. They aren’t even the #1 seed. What’s up with that? Also, what’s up with what happened to Skaneateles last year? They rose from the dead to become the best Class C team in the section. There were suspicions of out-of-district recruiting and the coach, Tim Green, got forced out. But the Lakers are just as good this year. Have any players been expelled from the team? If not, what was that all about last year? Now the Lakers get to play in the playoffs and will be favored to win it. But watch out for General Brown’s defense (15 points in 6 games) and defending champion Herkimer. CLASS D #1 Sandy Creek 7-0 (185-60), 0 titles, vs. #8 Dolgeville 5-2 (139-106), 15 titles #4 Weedsport 6-1 (249-89), 5 titles, vs. #5 Sauquoit Valley 5-2 (148-78), 1 title #3 Port Byron 6-1 (200-98), 0 titles, vs. #6 Westmoreland 5-2 (283-114), 6 titles #2 West Canada Valley 7-0 (221-58), 1 title, vs. #7 Pulaski 4-3 (192-167), 0 titles Comment: West Canada is an interesting story. They were the first Section III team to win a state tournament championship in 1997. Things fell apart after that and at one point they didn’t even bother fielding a team. But the Indians are back in a big way and looking a lot like they did in ’97. Any time you beat perennial power Dolgeville 40-0, you can play the game. Weedsport is also a power, (they won the 2004 state title) and Westmoreland, the defending sectional champ, has been impressive at times. Port Byron knocked off Weedsport in a regular season ending game, 14-7. Sandy Creek has never won the section but could win it this year. A 16 team small school, (B+C+D) tournament would likely have had these teams: Undefeated: Chittenango, General Brown, Sandy Creek, Skaneateles, West Canada Valley One Loss: Bishop Ludden, Canastota, Cazenovia, Herkimer, Homer, Port Byron, Weedsport Two Losses: (4 of) Camden, Dolgeville, Frankfurt-Schuyler, Lowville, Oneida, Sauquoit Valley, Sherburne-Earlville, Tully, Utica Notre Dame, Watertown IHC, Westmoreland I strongly believe these teams could compete with each other. They’ve done it in the past. Many have been in more than one division over their history and before the divisions many of them were in leagues together. But, on to what’s actually happened. [/QUOTE]

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