Cicero-North Syracuse's Chris Buchanan (17:05) shaved 18 seconds off the course record at the New Hartford Invitational to hold off the host school's Ryan Millar by eight seconds.
St. A's, Bethlehem advance: Katherine Higgans scored twice in the second half to lift St. Anthony's, No. 3 in Class AA soccer according to the New York State Sportswriters Association, over No. 17 Vestal, 2-0, in the Hall of Fame Cup Tournament yesterday in Oneonta.
No. 7 Bethlehem improved to 8-0 with a 35-0 scoring margin by downing No. 19 Cicero-North Syracuse in the other first-round game. Taylor Teal and Kaitlyn Martin scored, and Keirsten Sweet stopped six shots for the shutout.
More girls soccer: Briana Tata scored four minutes into the second half on a direct kick for No. 2 Aquinas in a 1-0 victory over No. 10 Kenmore West in a pairing of teams that both fell to eventual state champ Greece Arcadia in the 2007 postseason. Aquinas' Jessica Mulholland made seven saves for the shutout.
Junior Brittany Kinmond scored all the goals as Spencerport (8-1) overwhelmed No. 8 Webster Thomas (5-1-2), 4-0, to win the Spencerport Tournament. Kinmond has 20 goals for the season.
Tamarac, No. 5 in Class B, and Stillwater, No. 6 in Class C, battled to a scoreless tie. "It was an offense-less game. It was like kissing your sister," Stillwater coach Jackie Blake told The Times Union. "It was a midfield experience. There was good 'D' on both sides of the ball."
Death in North Carolina: A Greenville, N.C., football player died after collapsing during a game Friday. A Pitt Memorial Hospital nursing supervisor said the cause of death for Jacquan Waller was not available.
J.H. Rose High players said Waller collapsed on the sideline after he was hit at the line of scrimmage and fumbled. He was taken from the game in an ambulance.
