Leading off today: The Week 4 football schedule was not kind to ranked teams on Friday as 18 of them suffered losses. While most of the setbacks were a case of losing to other ranked squads, the NYSSWA's Steve Grandin points out six fell to unranked opponents.
Among them was one top-ranked team as Delhi knocked off Class D kingpin Tioga, 41-34. Tioga found itself in a perpetual game of catch-up once Delhi's Ian Johnson (19 carries, 159 yards) rambled 64 yards for a touchdown on the game's third play.
The slugfest wrapped up on an Adam Cook 3-yard scoring run up the middle with 4:26 to go.
Here's the rundown on the ranked teams that lost:
Class AA
#15 St. Anthony's (to #2 Iona Prep
#16 Liverpool (to #3 Syracuse CBA)
#18 Lancaster (to #7 Bennett)
Class A
#10 Moore Catholic (to unranked St. Joseph by the Sea)
#16 Monroe (to #5 Canandaigua)
#21 McKinley (to unranked Kenmore West)
#22 Columbia (to unranked Averill Park)
Class B
#19 Health Sciences/BASC/Global Concepts (to #13A Clarence)
#20 Maryvale (to unranked Olean)
#21 Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk (to #9C Fonda-Fultonville)
Class C
#3 Chenango Forks (to #1B Maine-Endwell)
#7 Newfane (to #20 Alden)
Class D
#1 Tioga (to unranked Delhi)
#12 Franklinville-Ellicottville (to unranked Randolph)
#15 Cato-Meridian (to #5 Dolgeville)
Eight-Man
#7 Holley (to #9 Frewsburg)
#8 Waterville/Hamilton (to #2 Frankfort-Schuyler)
#10 Groton (to unranked Unadilla Valley/Franklin/Unatego)
Iona Prep outlasts St. Anthony's
There's seldom a dull moment near the top of the CHSFL, the league housing many of the downstate non-public schools, and Friday saw another memorable battle as
Iona Prep edged St. Anthony's, 48-40.
Crew Davis scored four touchdowns, rushed for 201 yards on 17 carries, and caught three passes for 89 more in the second-ranked Gaels' final tune-up for next week's game against Class AA No. 1 Cardinal Hayes.
Davis' heroics offset the work of Friars quarterback Gary Merrill, who threw for 235 yards and three TDs and ran for 190 yards and three touchdowns.
Passings
Clint Treadway, the varsity football coach at Gates Chili in Section 5 from 1970-83, died on Sept. 20 in St. Augustine, Fla. He was 88.
