Kicking off: Senior QB Danny Scalo punished Binghamton for 428 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns to lead Monroe-Woodbury to 64-34 non-league win over the Patriots last night as the 2009 football season opened.

   Scalo was 8-for-9 for 247 yards with four touchdowns and rushed for 181 yards on 19 carries, scoring on runs of 6, 12 and 21 yards as M-W won for the 59th time in 63 games.

   The Crusaders, state Class AA finalists four straight seasons, led 35-26 at halftime and then turned it on in the final 24 minutes.

   Binghamton running back Dorian Feggins carried 33 times for 270 yards. Junior QB Wayne Bonsell completed 16 of 27 passes for 162 yards and three TDs.

   First down: Schenectady, one of last season's feel-good stories, capitalized on six Albany turnovers to score 40 unanswered points in a 47-20 home victory.

   It was the first game for head coaches Pete Porcelli of Albany, who came over from Lansingburgh over the summer, and the Patriots' Jim Kramer. Kramer was an assistant last year as Schenectady posted eight wins for the best season in school history.

   Schenectady trailed 12-7 early in the second quarter before converting five fumble recoveries into TDs or eventual scores. The Patriots also capitalized on special teams by foiling a fake punt and recovering a snap over the head of the Albany punter.

   Schenectady junior QB Tim Cox threw for two scores and ran for two more.

   Five people were taken into custody after a fight broke out among fans who left late in the game, The Times Union reported. Numerous police cars responded to the fracas; specific charges filed are not yet known.

   Two disorderly conduct arrests unrelated to the fight were made during the game, police said.

   Second down: Defending NYSPHSAA champions Orchard Park and Maple Grove won their openers in dramatic fashion.

   Defending Class AA champion Orchard Park survived prevailed against Lockport in double overtime 32-26, with Okoya Anderson (28 carries, 169 yards) scoring two TDs, including the winning 15-yard run.

   Meanwhile, Chris Secky of Class D Maple Grove scored on a 1-yard plunge with 3:11 left and then kicked the extra point to fight off Randolph 7-6 in a game that was scoreless through three quarters.

   Third down: Junior QB Ashton Broyld's Rush-Henrietta debut was a success as he rushed 26 times for 121 yards, ran for two TDs and threw for two to power a 28-21 victory in a win at Webster Schroeder to bring some early-season clarity to the Section 5 Class AA hierarchy.

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   Broyld, who transferred from Marshall in the spring, rallied R-H from a 14-0 deficit.

   Hilton also announced itself as a serious Section 5 large-school contender with a 62-34 victory against Irondequoit. Senior Duell Smith (6-for-7, 204 yards) threw for four TDs as the Cadets racked up 49 first-half points.

   "He knows where to put it, where to throw it and when to throw it," Cadets coach Rich Lipani told the Democrat and Chronicle. "We did a lot of the same stuff last year, just turn him loose."

   Fourth down: A 344 -yard ground game lifted Livonia to a 34-7 rout of LeRoy, ending the Oatkan Knights' 43-game home winning streak. Steven Diener led the way with 113 yards and a pair of TDs on 10 carries.

   LeRoy lost sophomore quarterback Andy Lowe to a shoulder injuryon the first series of the game.

   Quick kicks: Senior tailback Fajri Jackson broke loose for five touchdowns and rushed 18 times for 186 yards as Syracuse CBA opened its new facility with a 48-21 victory over Auburn. Four Jackson TDs helped build a 35-0 lead in the first half.

   Maine-Endwell senior Nate Reynolds rushed for 256 yards and TDs covering 49, 39 and 63 yards to beat Oneonta, 28-0.

   In the PSAL, Canarsie played without injured Syracuse-bound tailback Stephen Rene (ankle) but junior backup Saquan Peters turned in two TD runs and a two-point conversion as Canarsie topped Bronx JFK 22-0.

   The stat sheet: Hornell's Austin Dwyer had five TDs by midway through the second quarter of a 57-13 win over Dansville. His scoring efforts included a 73-yard punt return and an 86-yard kickoff return. Dwyer lost to the eventual state 145-pound champion in the opening round of the NYSPHSAA Division II wrestling tournament last March in Albany.

   Scoreboard: Friday's list of scores, courtesy of NYSSWA member Steve Grandin, can be found here.