Beaver River boys, girls take cross-country sectional titles
JAMESVILLE — Matt Cheney captured second and Karlee Duffer third in their respective races to lead the Beaver River boys and girls teams to state-qualifying, first-place showings at the Section 3 cross country championships Saturday at Jamesville Beach State Park.
Five other individuals from the Frontier League qualifed for state competition, including three runners from South Lewis, one from Sandy Creek, and one South Jefferson competitor.
Victoria Campanian of South Lewis crossed the finish line second in the Class D girls race, while teammate Alexandra Doney was fourth. Sam Anderson was fourth in the boys race for the Falcons.
Connor Luberto was eighth for Sandy Creek in Class D, while Nate Traynor of South Jefferson finished third in the Class B boys race.
Helping power the Beaver River boys were Logan Kempney in third place and Ryan Scanlon in sixth. For the girls, Deidra Beller was sixth and Monica Interiano ninth.
Other top-10 performances in the boys races included Josh Wilcox, who was 10th for South Jefferson, which was the third-place team. Cody Donahue was 10th for Sandy Creek in Class D.
In Class C, Morgan Payne took ninth for Altmar-Parish-Williamstown, which was seventh in the team standings.
GIRLS SWIMMING
SAUTER, MALDONADO STATE-BOUND
Emily Sauter of Carthage swam a state-qualifying time of 25.37 seconds to place third in the 50-yard freestyle at the state qualifier held at Nottingham High School in Syracuse.
Sauter had already earned a berth at the state meet in that event at Thursday's Section 3 Class B championships.
Sauter also took seventh place in the 100 free on Saturday. Teammate Maggie Pogue finished fourth in the 100 butterfly and ninth in the 200 free. Pogue and Sauter joined Jordan Leonard and Ashley Peck for eighth place in the 200 medley relay.
Shelby Maldonado of Holland Patent scored a state-qualifying 398.30 points in diving to place third. Teammate and diver Sylvia Ross qualified for states at the Frontier League Championships last week.
Amanda Burleigh was fifth in the 50 free and swam on the sixth-place 200 free relay for Whitesboro. Teammate Emily Deck was seventh in diving.
Samantha Favret secured sixth place in the 100 backstroke for Watertown.
Ashley Panowicz broke two Lowville school records with her 10th-place performance in the 50 free and ninth-place finish in the 100 free. She reset her own record from last year with a time of 25.56 in the 50 free, and she clocked 56.47 in the 100 free to break Brittany Berrus's 2005 record.
POTSDAM TAKES TITLE
Sarah Roll won two individual events, setting a school record of 1 minute, 6.55 seconds in the 100 butterfly, to lead Potsdam to the Section 10 team title at SUNY Potsdam.
The Sandstoners finished with 254 points. Massena was second with 198 and Malone third at 178.
Roll also won the 200 freestyle for Potsdam. Liz Dempsey added wins in the 50 and 100 freestyle for the Sandstoners, who also picked up an individual title from Michaela Bartlett in the 500 freestyle.
Potsdam also won the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.
Malone's Emily Smith won the 200 individual medley. Canton's Bailey Phelps won the 100 backstroke and St. Lawrence Central's Anna Brothers won the 100 breaststroke.
Massena claimed the 200 medley relay.
FOOTBALL
MALONE 42, MASSENA 20
Assistant coach and offensive coordinator Corey West had an easy job on Saturday when it came to calling plays for Malone in the Section 10/7 Class A football championship against Massena in Malone.
All he needed to do was keep the ball in Jake Gravel's hands.
Gravel ran 10 times for 142 yards and two touchdowns, completed five of seven pass attempts for 153 yards, and went 6-for-6 on extra point attempts to lead the Huskies to their first Class A title since the Section 10/7 alignment with a 42-20 victory.
"When we execute. It makes things easy," West said. "Our offensive line has been the key all season for us. They open up some holes for our backs and they have given time to Jake Gravel in passing situations. Jake (Gravel) just had a great game today."
And Gravel was quick to credit his team's offensive line.
Chris Picaro hauled in a 42-yard pass from Gravel with 7:55 remaining in the first quarter.
