Phil Blackwell
Sports Editor
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Phil Blackwell has been sports editor of Eagle Newspapers since 1998 and is the co-host of the Inside High School Sports show, Saturday mornings from 10 to 11 a.m. on ESPN Radio 97.7 and 100.1.
He can be reached at pblackwell@eaglenewsonline.com.
Recent Stories
West Genny baseball runs past Liverpool
Randall's dash secures 4-3 win over defending AA champs
Enough bad weather popped up in the spring so that the West Genesee baseball team had to play five times in the last week of the regular season, two of them made up from previous postponements. Of those games, none had more importance than Wednesday’s clash with defending Class AA champion Liverpool, which was supposed to happen April 23.
J-E girls lax wins twice, reaches .500 mark
Marcellus rolls to much-needed win over Westhill
For a quartet of local girls lacrosse teams, just reaching the Section III playoffs was enough of a chore, and not all of them would get there. Of them, it turned out that Jordan-Elbridge carried the most momentum, a late-season surge capped by beating the combined Bishop Ludden/Bishop Grimes entry 11-8 last Wednesday to improve its mark to 8-8.
West Genny lacrosse sides sweep into playoffs
Girls top F-M again; boys beat Corcoran to go to 15-1
Again, West Genesee’s lacrosse teams enter the Section III playoffs fully expecting to finish with two more championships to add to the winning tradition.
Marcellus boys lax handles Westhill again
Mustangs complete regular-season sweep of Warriors, 11-6
All the momentum the Westhill boys lacrosse team thought it had picked up by knocking off state-ranked CBA on May 11 did not last long. The Warriors met Marcellus in Wednesday’s regular-season finale, and the Mustangs, coming off its own tough defeat to Homer, would recover by beating the Warriors 11-6.
Golf teams compete in West End Classic
Westhill finishes second; girls vie for OHSL honors
All of the area’s boys golf teams gathered last Monday at Bellevue Country Club for the annual West End Classic. Westhill shot 207, finishing second, one shot behind Skaneateles. Jordan-Elbridge posted 224, while Marcellus shot 225 and Solvay had 231.
Westhill baseball rallies past Marcellus, 5-3
Godzak shakes off poor start, earns 17 strikeouts
For the briefest moment Tuesday afternoon, the Marcellus baseball team had to feel like it was 2011 all over again. Just like in last year’s Section III Class B playoffs, the Mustangs were leading rival Westhill and appeared to solve the Warriors’ left-handed ace, Alex Godzak, in the process. Not long after that, though, reality returned, in the form of Godzak dominating on the mound and the Mustangs seeing its lead slip away in a tough 5-3 defeat.
Local track teams vie for OHSL Liberty honors
Host Marcellus has best team finish; Solvay's McLeod wins twice
Each of the nine Onondaga High School League Liberty division track and field teams gathered Monday at Marcellus for the league championship meet. In both instances, the host Mustangs fared best among local sides, rising to third place in the boys meet with 72 points, trailing only CBA, who won with 132 points, and Hannibal, who was second with 108 points.
West Genny tennis edges Baldwinsville, 4-3
Marcellus sweeps Westhill, clinches winning record
Earning its most impressive win of the season, the West Genesee boys tennis team went to Baldwinsville Monday afternoon and had a nice balance between singles and doubles play to fight past the Bees 4-3.
Solvay softball beats Marcellus, goes to 11-1
Bearcats keep pace with Homer after Trojans edge Westhill
Continuing its rise up the state Class B rankings, the Solvay softball team was also interested in hanging on to the top spot in the OHSL Liberty division, especially since Homer was keeping pace and the two sides would meet to close the regular season – and possibly decide the league title.
J-E boys lax goes 2-0; Westhill stuns CBA
Entering the last full week of the regular season, the Jordan-Elbridge boys lacrosse team carried a 3-9 record, but would get wins on back-to-back days.
