Leading off today: Canisius senior
Elijah Kimble is Western New York's all-time leading rusher after carrying 13 times for 263 yards Saturday during a 43-14 victory over Huron Heights from Ontario.
Kimble scored touchdowns from 1, 25, 40, and 80 yards while upping his career yardage total to 6,626 to surpass the mark of 6,559 by Jehuu Caulcrick of Clymer through the 2002 season.
He reached Caulcrick's record with a 6-yard run late in the second quarter.
Canisius called a timeout. A crown was placed on the Syracuse commit's head, and family members joined him on the field.
"It was a full-circle moment," Kimble told The Buffalo News. "Everything I had to go through, the good and the bad, it all makes sense today."
More weekend football
Jackson Sparer played just one down on the defensive side of the ball, but he made it count. With Rockville Centre South Side, ranked 13th in the state in Class A, protecting a one-score with 1:18 to play, he intercepted a Bethpage pass on third down at the RCSS 18-yard line to preserve a 21-14 victory.
• Levittown Division senior quarterback Chris Ruggia threw for 384 yards and five touchdowns in a 42-28 victory vs. Mineola.
• Carey QB Sal D'Amato completed all nine of his passes for 170 yards and a touchdown to roll past Calhoun 43-12.
• Cody Crandell of Wayne carried 27 times for 176 yards and six touchdowns in the Eagles' 57-46 victory against Geneva. The scores tied a school record set by Adam Luke in 1999.
WEEK 6 FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD
• Albany CBA continues to steamroll opponents, this time beating Niskayuna 54-0. Since edging Saratoga Springs 21-14 in Week 2, the Brothers have outscored four opponents by a combined 251-20.
"Coach (Bobby) Burns says all the time, 'When next Friday comes, everybody forgets how dominant you were and nobody remembers last weeks win.' We're playing really well," senior receiver and safety JT Vogel told The Times Union.
Bethlehem, Scarsdale star earn girls Eastern States titles
Sophomore Sophia Chromczak covered 2.5 miles in 14:37.3 to finish third individually and pace Bethlehem to the girls Eastern States championship in the Manhattan Invitational. Bethlehem edged Mountain Brook (Ala.) 96-111.
Adrianna Pettinelli of Scarsdale took individual honors. The junior finished in 14:25.4 to edge Tri-Valley senior Anna Furman (14:27.3).
Meanwhile, Horace Greeley entered Ryan Sykes into the boys' Eastern States, and the senior produced in a big way by winning in 12:04.3, finishing nine seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Also notable from the meet:
• Pawling junior Elizabeth Walsh (D race, 15:17.2) and Monroe-Woodbury senior Olivia Helm (E race, 15:16.4) hit the tape first in their classes, with Helm's effort pacing the Crusaders to a team title.
• Other team champions were North Rockland (boys A), Northport (boys B), and Ward Melville (girls B).
Milestone
Aquinas senior Sienna Fallone registered career goal No. 100 on Thursday. The Dartmouth commit finished with three goals and an assist in a 13-0 victory over Bishop Kearney/Chesterton Academy/H-A-C as the team improved to 14-0-0 for the season.
In-season coaching change in Section 3
Weedsport AD Jon Sgarlata has stepped in as the football coach for Weedsport/Jordan-Elbridge after the resignation last week of Adam Godfrey. Sgarlata had already been working as an assistant coach for the first-year merged program.
Weedsport/J-E lost to Southern Hills in Week 6 in Sgarlata's second game in charge to drop to 0-5 for the season.
"There was nothing specific really," Sgarlata told Syracuse.com regarding Godfrey's departure. "It happened pretty fast. It was mostly over a couple of days last week. I would say maybe 48 hours or so. Just some discussions happening amongst the coaches and players. You can see the struggles we're having. But in terms of the details around his resignation is really a little bit more his personal decision."
Florida drops the hammer
The Florida High School Athletic Association has banned the nationally ranked Miami Carol City football team from the 2026 postseason and suspended 15 players following a post-game brawl with a Georgia team.
The ruling came Wednesday after a review of the Oct. 2 incident vs. Grayson High and a report by Carol City.
Four players are suspended through Dec. 13, nine were hit with five-game bans, and two were ordered to sit out one contest.
The football program was placed on probation and the school was fined $1,500. The playoff ban eliminates one of the top contenders for a place in Florida's new Open Division tournament.
