Leading off today: Catching up on some weekend developments from the world of high school sports while wondering how summer disappeared so quickly and completely in the last week.

   Good early-season form: Lizzie Predmore is off and running. The Shenendehowa junior appeared to be in midseason form Saturday when she won the Ed Springstead Invitational at Colonie Town Park in 17:33.2 over five kilometers and was gracious, too.

   It was the No. 4 performance in the history of the course, just five seconds off the 2004 mark of Saratoga's Nicole Blood. "It was so exciting, I was anticipating this all week, just to get out here and just run," Predmore, who placed eighth in the 2009 NYSPHSAA Class AA meet, told The Times Union.

   Predmore finished seven seconds ahead of Brittany Winslow (Queensbury) with Danielle Winslow (Queensbury) third, another eight seconds back. The Winslows placed third and second, respectively, last fall in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class A meet.

   "I love the Winslows and love racing against them," Predmore said. "They are great girls and great runners. I admire them a lot."

   Queensbury took team honors ahead of Holy Names and Shen.

   Fayetteville-Manlius' girls successfully launched their 2010 season with a perfect day at the Chittenango Invitational. Junior Christie Rutledge won in 17:20.3, followed by teammates Jillian Fanning (17:32.6), Katie Sischo (17:42.6), Katie Brislin (17:51.4) and Heather Martin (18:52.4) in the Varsity One race.

   In boys action, F-M ate just 17 points to coast to victory behind overall winner Mark McGurrin 15:24.5).

   Another one bites the dust: In an all-too-familiar story, another varsity football team has put away the helmets and pads for the season. This story, though, comes with a bitter twist.

   Brocton Superintendent John Hertlein sent out an announcement after it was decided Thursday that there was not a sufficient number of healthy and experienced players to continue.

   "Circumstances have taken us to a point that to continue with the numbers of players and the age and experience of these players, it could become an unsafe situation to continue with the current schedule and contest," he said in his e-mail to The Dunkirk Observer.

   The tipping point came when four players were KO'd for the month by injuries and another four quit the team. That left just 10 healthy players.

   "There were a couple kids with no heart," coach Terry Presto told the paper Friday. "For the kids, I think we would have done great against Sherman. But there are a group of kids who don't care and it's sad for the other kids. These kids have no remorse for what the community did for them."

   Brocton was unable to field a team a year ago and nearly didn't make it to two-a-days this fall because of district budget issues that necessitated a fund-raising drive by boosters. The Bulldogs opened this season with a 57-0 loss to Chautauqua Lake.

   "We are all disappointed," senior captain Derek Head said. "The town came together to get the team back and these kids showed no commitment. They have no heart."

   Police blotter: I suppose it could be worse for the Brocton folks. For instance, they could be the Firelands Falcons from the state of Ohio.

   The Falcons took the football field minus third-year head coach Todd Pooch over the weekend after he was arrested by Huron County sheriff’s deputies on a charge of soliciting prostitution Thursday at a Norwalk, Ohio, motel.

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   Pooch was one of two men arrested in a sting after the sheriff’s office received a tip that another man was running a brothel specializing in bondage and sadomasochism out of his Greenwich, Ohio, home.

   They were due in court this morning.

   Harrowing victory: Canandaigua's 43-42 football victory over Greece Olympia was drama-filled for reasons that went beyond the fact that the game went into triple overtime.

   The Braves watched senior captain Ethan Mack be taken off the field by an ambulance crew moments before rallying for the winning score. Junior Derik Peters (135 rushing yards, three TDs) scored on a 9-yard run and Ryan Schlenker threw to Jacob Spina for the two-point conversion and the victory.

   Olympia went up 21-14 with 4:38 to play on Joshua Marx's 6-yard run, but Peters took the ensuing kickoff back 85 yards for a touchdown and also scored on consecutive possessions in OT to tie the score again at 35.

   On the third OT possession, Marx (110 rushing yards, two TDs) scored on a 1-yard run before Peters scored his final touchdown and Schlenker connected with Spina for the win.

   Braves coach Pete Haugh said Mack suffered a concussion, a replay of a previous injury.

   "He’s pound-for-pound probably the toughest kid on our team,” Haugh told The Daily Messenger. “When he’s hurt you know it’s something serious. I talked to him. He’s going to do what he needs to do and he’ll get healthy.”

   Scary moment: In Oregon over the weekend, Central Catholic junior Hayward Demison ran for a 45-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter for the decisive margin in a 28-24 victory over Canby High and suffered an apparent heart attack moments later.

   Medical personnel performed CPR on the scene, and Demison was resting comfortably in an area hospital. Tests showed his left coronary artery wasn't supplying his heart with enough blood, his father told The Oregonian, and surgery will be performed later this month to correct the problem.

   "I’m just happy to be alive,” Demison said. "The person that gave me CPR saved my life. I’m very thankful. I’m truly blessed. It was a close call.”