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Westhill girls upend Ludden, advance to B-1 final

Warriors go to 20-0, will meet unbeaten South Jefferson

Five points down and with two starters in foul trouble, the Westhill girls basketball team was starting at some of the biggest adversity of its magical season in Wednesday night's Section III Class B-1 semifinal against Bishop Ludden at Jamesville-DeWitt High School. But the top-seeded Warriors shook it all off and gradually imposed its will on the no. 4 seed Gaelic Knights, prevailing 56-45 to set up a showdown of undefeated teams against South Jefferson in the sectional title game.

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• By Phil Blackwell
• February 22, 2012

Marcellus School District polls residents online

The Marcellus School District has taken to the web with an electronic survey, in an effort to gauge the community’s level of satisfaction with the school district and also seek some direction from residents about the state’s new property tax cap threshold.

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• By Staff reports
• February 22, 2012

Police reports for Camillus, Jordan ending 2/15

These are the police reports for Camillus and Jordan ending February 15.

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• By Joe Genco
• February 22, 2012

Girls Wildcats upend F-M in Class AA semis

WG uses 19-2 push in second half to beat Hornets

Dan Hallinan said that his first season at the helm of the West Genesee girls basketball team would be a success with one playoff win. Well, the Wildcats now own two playoff wins - and as a result, it will go to the Carrier Dome and have a shot at toppling a superpower with the Section III Class AA championship on the line.

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• By Phil Blackwell
• February 21, 2012

How tough is too tough?

Random Thoughts

In December, Jerry Wilcox, a fine and well-respected basketball coach for more than three decades in the Syracuse area, was fired at Liverpool, a single bad incident in a game at West Genesee cited as the reason.

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• By Phil Blackwell
• February 19, 2012

Indoor track stars battle for sectional honors

Westhill/Ludden finishes second in Class A boys, girls meets

Over the course of two days, a full complement of local indoor track and field athletes would seek out Section III championships at SRC Arena. The Class AA and A events took place Friday, as Westhill/Bishop Ludden’s combined unit was second in Class A on both sides – 78 points for the girls, 69 points for the boys – each time behind Jamesville-DeWitt, who swept the team honors.

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• By Phil Blackwell
• February 19, 2012

Girls Warriors handle Marcellus, get Ludden in B-1 semis

Westhill moves to 19-0; Gaelic Knights knock out Holland Patent

Undefeated and owning the top seed in the Section III Class B-1 playoffs, the Westhill girls basketball team is finding that its road to the finals is one filled with local color. Not only did the Warriors have to eliminate no. 8 seed Marcellus 52-24 in Friday’s quarterfinal round, it will have to topple no. 4 seed Bishop Ludden in the semifinals after the Gaelic Knights disposed of no. 5 seed Holland Patent 64-40 in its quarterfinal.

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• By Phil Blackwell
• February 19, 2012

Solvay hockey ousted by Central Square

WG crushes Hamilton, 13-3, to reach Division I semis

Leading for most of the night, the Solvay ice hockey team was in good condition to fight past upstart Central Square in Friday night’s Section III Division I playoff opener at Allyn Arena.

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• By Phil Blackwell
• February 18, 2012

WG swimmers finish second at Class A meet

High finishes not enough to fend off upstart Watertown

West Genesee’s boys swim team saw its reign as Section III Class A champions put to an end by a new force in the pool. The Wildcats managed 308 points in Friday night’s Class A meet at Nottingham, second only to Watertown, who won its first-ever sectional title by earning 335 points.

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• By Phil Blackwell
• February 18, 2012

Hastings leads Mustangs past Westhill, into Class B semis

Warriors' two-year title reign ends as Marcellus wins, 43-35

From the depths of an 0-5 start, the Marcellus boys basketball team now finds itself one of four survivors in the Section III Class B playoffs. Kyle Hastings scored 22 points to power the no. 12 seed Mustangs past no. 13 seed and two-time defending champion Westhill, 43-35, in Friday night's Class B quarterfinals.

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• By Kris Russell
• February 17, 2012