Leading off today: It's too busy a time of year to try to recap all of the playoff action in a variety of sports, but there were three football games of note last night in the NYSPHSAA quarterfinals.
Richard Fletcher rushed 24 times for for 119 yards and three touchdowns to lift Walton to a 52-14 thumping of Onondaga in a Class D quarterfinal in Binghamton.
With Onondaga ranked first and Walton second by the New York State Sportswriters Association, more than a few observers began the week regarding their showdown as the key game in the whole small-school state tournament.
It was Walton's seventh 50-point scoring outburst of the season, but Onondaga did snap the Warriors' shutout streak at eight.
In Johnstown, Lansingburgh won a 37-36 shootout over Indian River in Class A. Senior linebacker Chris Sawyer picked off a pass in the closing moments to wrap up the win after IR had driven to the Lansingburgh 12.
"These shootouts are killing me," Lansingburgh QB Connor Gallo told The Times Union. "I'm a 17-year old kid and I'm almost going to have a cardiac arrest on the sideline."
Lansingburgh senior Kenny Youngs ran for 139 yards and scored three touchdowns.
In Kingston, Ossining put on a masterful defensive show and beat Cornwall in Class A, 13-0. Ossining has allowed only 16 points in four postseason wins.
Christian Federico rushed 18 times for 91 yards. he also made an 11-yard catch to set up James Brundage's clinching TD midway through the fourth quarter.
