St. Raymonds is heading for a tough back-to-back next weekend, taking on No. 2 Rice on Saturday and then appearing at Madison Square Garden on Sunday against nationally ranked St. Patrick's from Elizabeth, N.J.
Girls cross country stars: Roslyn sophomore Emily Lipari is the NYSSWA girls cross country runner of the year, capping a season is which whe won state and Federation championships and placed sixth at the Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego.
The class-by-class runners of the year are senior Hannah Davidson of Saratoga, junior Shelby Greany of Suffern, Lipari, freshman Courtney Chapman (Fayetteville-Manlius and eighth-grader Caroline O'Hea of Ward Melville.
The complete all-state team, compiled by Don Doherty, is now posted.
Extra points: Valley Central senior 140-pounder Mike D'Amato went 3-2 at the David Bloom Memorial Tournament, and his next victory will give him 193 to tie the Section 9 career wrestling mark of Ricky Scott. And though we couldn't pin down a precise number this weekend, Winky Shepard of Central Square is apparently close to the state record of 245 victories held by Taylor Malone of Lowville and and Kevin Smith of Mexico.