Leading off today: USA Today wrote at length today about the Wing-T offense, the football offense that succeeds wildly at some schools and fails miserably at others.

   Even if you don't have the time or inclination to read the whole story, check out the Flash animation, which does a nice job of demonstrating the attack.

   The story rightly points out that the pro-style passing game has become the favorite of many high school and college programs but that the Wing-T has "unwavering loyalty from a select group of high school coaches who are winning state championships." An American Football Monthly survey of 2006 state champions revealed 16.8% of the respondents use the Wing-T as their base offense.

   Webutuck drops football: Webutuck won't be running the Wing-T -- or any other offense -- this fall, having folded the program due to a lack of players.

   Webutuck's departure means that Section 9 is down to just three Class D teams: Livingston Manor-Roscoe, Chester and Eldred.

   Vandals apprehended: The Post-Standard came through with a wonderful lead this morning in its story detailing the arrest of three teens in connection to the vandalism at Nottingham High's football field over the weekend:

   "The reality of an appletini-fueled vandalism spree at Nottingham High School sunk in for three teenagers when news of the damage hit the newspaper.

   "We all felt horrible when we read the article," Natalie D. Bennett, 19, told Syracuse police Wednesday. Ranjana M. Vankatesh, 18, said in her statement to police that she was at her job at Syracuse University when Bennett called her about the newspaper article Monday.

   "I started to freak out. When Detective DeBottis showed up at my work today, . . . I knew we had been caught," Vankatesh told police Wednesday."

   Bennett, Vankatesh and Ann Fisher, 17, all of Syracuse, were arraigned Thursday in Syracuse City Court on felony charges of second-degree criminal mischief and

misdemeanor charges of criminal trespass and making graffiti. All three pleaded innocent.

   Fisher is a senior at Nottingham. Bennett and Vankatesh are Nottingahm grads. The three are due back in court Aug. 27. Damage has been estimated at $9,000.

   Central Square star commits: Central Square all-state forward Katie Hart has committed to play basketball at Canisius College in the fall of 2008.

   Hart, who averaged 21.5 points, 14.2 rebounds and three blocks as a junior, also considered scholarship offers from Siena and Central Connecticut, The Post-Standard reported.

   PSAL pay squabble: The PSAL fall season could be in jeopardy, The New York Post reports. Referees and umpires have not received a raise from the league in three years and are not optimistic that the situation will improve soon.

   "I think they are stalling, figuring that we'll just forget about it," Steve Lewin, secretary treasurer of the New York City Soccer Officials Association and the representative for the Coalition of Sports Officials Associations, told the newspaper. "This has turned into a game of high-stakes poker and they're hoping we fold. Well, we're not folding."

   Officials previously received the same percentage raise that was called for in teachers' contracts negotiated by its union. But Lewin said that last year's pay bump never materialized.

   Officials generally make $80 to $90 per game.

   Extra points: Norwich High has stricken four football victories from its 2006 record after determining that a senior lineman was ineligible to play varsity sports. . . . Vestal's new Dick Hoover Stadium will be opened next weekend. The $4 million renovation project was part of a $54.8 million project voters approved in 2005 and includes an eight-lane track and artificial-turf field. . . . The Finger Lakes Times did a nice piece on Ron Wheat, who recently retired after a highly successful career as track coach at Lyons.

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