Kicking off: Preshod McCoy rushed for 144 yards and scored all four of his team's touchdowns in No. 17 North Babylon's 30-6 victory over No. 15 East Islip in a battle Saturday of unbeaten Section 11 Class AA teams ranked by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

   East Islip had allowed only 32 points through its first six games, but North Babylon rolled up 249 rushing yards.

   McCoy's 30-yard run in the second quarter built a 14-0 lead before East Islip cut the margin in half before halftime. Midway through the third quarter, Dontae Caldwell returned at interception 57 yards to set up McCoy for a momentum shifted 8-yard TD run five plays later.

   (North Babylon-East Islip photo gallery)

   In another big Suffolk County contest, William Floyd was dominating in a 34-0 rout of No. 21 Northport, which had been averaging 36 points on the strength of a running game that was grinding out 285 yards per contest.

   Floyd limited the Tigers to 39 carries for 76 yards and just 154 total yards.

   "The challenge was right before us," defensive end Andrew Incantalupo told Newsday after a three-sack, seven-tackle day. "Northport has two backs that ran over every team in the division. Coach (Paul Longo) put together a great game plan and we completely shut them down."

   Senior quarterback Darryl Moore rushed 13 times for 133 yards and three touchdowns. The first score was set up by defensive end Kevin Hauter's blinside sack and fumble recover at the Tigers 27.

   First down: With a disproportionate number of the schools in that class located in that half of the state, it's not surprising the Western Region has won seven of the last nine NYSPHSAA Class D championships. And it looks as though this year's rep will be formidable as well as Sections 3 (Westmoreland), 4 (Delhi), 5 (Dundee or Avon) and 6 (Maple Grove or Randolph) all have teams steamrolling toward a pair of high-power state quarterfinals in three weeks.

   Chief among them for the moment is top-ranked Westmoreland following its 25-6 win over No. 15 Dolgeville. Junior Dan Smith threw for two TDs and ran for another, finishing 12-for-20 for 249 yards through the air to set up a sectional final against Utica Notre Dame. It will be a rematch of Westmoreland's 44-12 triumph in the season opener.

   A muddy field and rugged defense limited Westmoreland to 92 rushing yards.

   "It was tough to run the option in that kind of weather, and Dolgeville took away the run," Smith told The Observer-Dispatch. "We knew we weren’t going to be able to do that. We had to open it up. The conditions weren’t great and they were stacking their defense, so we had to do something else."

   Second down: Senior Zach Hinkson kicked a 30-yard field goal in overtime as Caledonia-Mumford eliminated No. 9 Clyde-Savannah from the Section 5 Class D tournament, 17-14.    Jon Cappotelli rushed for 145 yards as the Red Raiders advanced to a Thursday rematch with Avon, a 36-8 victor over the Red Raiders on Oct. 2.

   Cal-Mum's Mike Anderson scored on the final play of the first half on a 2-yard run then threw the conversion pass to Madison Suhr to tie the score at 14.

   The second half was scoreless, and Cal-Mum stopped the Golden Eagles on four plays to open the overtime. Hinkson then made his winning kick on a fourth-down snap.

   Third down: No. 6 Nanuet broke open a close game with

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27 unanswered second-half points for a convincing, 41-7 victory over Briarcliff in Section 1 Class B action.

   The Golden Knights registered five second-half takeaways, including a pair of pick-six interceptions, and Gabe Ostrow (18 carries, 101 yards) scored two of his three TDs after intermission.

   "We were really sloppy in the first half so in the second half I wanted to get back to running hard and running over people," Ostrow told The Journal News. "The line did another great job and we really picked it up as a team."

   Fourth down: Class C No. 10 Cambridge is looking like the most dangerous one-loss small school in the state following a 41-0 win over Voorheesville that sets up a game with No. 13 Chatham and then a possible rematch with No. 7 Hoosick Falls.

   The defense pitched its sixth shutout and Kyle Parmenter threw three TD passes, including a 53-yarder to Jacob Butler midway through the first quarter to begin the onslaught. Parmenter hit Tyler Clark for 11 yards late in the first quarter, and Matt Best's 14-yard run gave the Indians a 20-0 halftime lead.

   Cambridge junior cornerback Jesse Lybert made three of the Indians' five interceptions and returned a punt 55 yards for a score. Voorheesville played minus an ill Max Schuster (822 rushing yards and 10 TDs).

   Quick kicks: Two weeks removed from being ranked No. 1 in Class B, Bath tumbled out of the postseason with a 21-19 loss to Geneva. Running back Kyle Shorter scored three times before the Rams recorded their initial first down of the game.

   Shorter's first score was a 76-yard pitch play after the defense posted a three-and-out deep in Geneva territory early in the first quarter. Shorter's second score was a 65-yard interception return on the first play of the second quarter.

(Geneva-Bath photo gallery)

   John Reicherter scored on a 20-yard run in the third overtime and Mike Sanchez force a gam-ending fumble on the next snap in Wantagh's 35-28 home win vs. Bellmore JFK. QB Kyle Ambury (14-for-25, 141 yards and two touchdowns) ran in a conversion after his 3-yard, fourth-down TD pass to Michael Games with :11 left in regulation.

   The stat sheet: East Aurora routed Maryvale 42-6 in Section 6 Class B action as Ryan Sweet opened a game with a kickoff return for a score for the third time this season. Sweet's TD catches covering 32 and 20 yards were East Aurora's only offensive plays during a 28-point first quarter. QB Mark Gampietro was 3-for-8 with three TDs.

   Scoreboard: The list of scores, compiled by NYSSWA member Steve Grandin, can be found here.