In Section 5, No. 8 Victor dominated No. 11 Canandaigua in a Class A semi, 35-7. Chris Rose threw for 292 yards and four TDs on 17-of-26 accuracy, and Chuck Beckwith carried 23 times for 114 yards.
Junior John Rooney threw for two TDs and ran for another as defending state Class C football champion Bishop Ludden beat Cazenovia, 26-14. Rooney rushed 11 times for 57 yards and completed 6-of-8 passes for 103 yards for Ludden, which never trailed.
Defending state Class D champ Walton swamped Candor, 60-0, as Phil Hanley rushed for 165 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries and Bryant Mead had 120 yards and two scores on five attempts. Chad Gardepe made two interceptions for the Warriors in their 22nd straight victory.
Accident update: The St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School seniors who were injured when their car hit a tree Wednesday are recovering, with two now home and the other two out of intensive care, coach Arturo Radano told The Advance.
The accident happened as the four were returning home after a playoff game in Westchester County.
Tori Flynn, who suffered a broken nose and a possible broken orbital bone, and Alyssa Viani, who suffered broken ribs and possible internal damage, remain hospitalized.
Football avoids an audible: The NYSPHSAA Western Region football quarterfinals will remain at the University of Buffalo in two weeks after a brief concern that the Amherst campus would be hosting a college soccer tournament instead.
Colleges routinely write clauses into facility rental contracts giving them the right to take back the building under certain circumstances -- Cortland State displaced the state girls soccer Final Fours a year ago in order to host an ECAC football game -- but that doesn't mean it doesn't leave a bad taste. UB had sent out a warning last month that it might need to bump the football playoffs, but state football chairman Dick Cerone said last night that the Bulls' recent loss ended UB's chances of hosting.
Quick learner, early decision: Jack Reilly, a junior defender for Albany CBA, has made an oral commitment to attend Johns Hopkins in September 2010 and play lacrosse there for Dave Pietramala, regarded as one of the greatest defenders in the history of the sport.
Reilly was receiving interest from about 40 Division I schools despite only taking up the sport two years ago. He made unofficial visits to Hopkins, Syracuse, Cornell, Siena, Navy and Georgetown.
Good news for Mount Vernon: Mount Vernon's winter sports have avoided a shutdown thanks to an anonymous donation, The Journal News reported.
Ronnie Cox, president of the Mount Vernon Educational Foundation, said the district meet its goal of raising $300,000 for winter sports.
"We got another very large donation, and this is an addition to other ones coming in," Cox said. "We are very excited and, as you can see, we will be able to cover winter sports."
School and community leaders have scrambled to raise $950,000 this school year after interscholastic sports and other activities were taken out of the school budget after voters twice rejected budget proposals.
Mount Vernon has launched the careers of NBA players Ben Gordon, Gus Williams, Earl Tatum, and Scooter and Rodney McCray.
