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High School Football

Skaneateles at No. 2, C-NS up to No. 4 and the rest of Section III’s state-ranked football teams

Max Freund | Asst. Photo Editor

Jaiquawn McGriff dives for a touchdown for Cicero-North Syracuse, which jumped two spots to No. 4 in Class AA this week.

Section III features top 10 teams in all five of New York’s classifications after the release Wednesday of the state football poll by the New York State Sportswriters’ Association.

Cicero-North Syracuse (5-0) remains the only Section III team ranked in Class AA, moving up two spots to No. 4. The Northstars haven’t lost to a Section III team since the 2016 sectional final.

Whitesboro (5-0) and Indian River (5-0) stayed put in Class A, checking in at Nos. 10 and 14, respectively. Whitesboro takes on state honorable mention Pine Bush (3-2) this weekend.

Skaneateles (5-0) remains at No. 2 in the state in Class B, the highest-ranking team from Section III. The Lakers trail only five-time state champ Chenango Forks in the poll. The defending Class C state champions, Skaneateles has encountered no trouble after moving up a class this year.

The Lakers are joined in the Class B by Cazenovia (4-1), which comes in at No. 22. There are also two newcomers to the Class B rankings: No. 24 Oneida (5-0) and No. 30 Marcellus (4-1). Oneida takes on Cazenovia on Friday night.



General Brown (4-1) fell to No. 14 in the Class C rankings after its first loss of the season. Utica Notre Dame (5-0) moved up a spot to No. 7. Lowville (5-0) moved up two spots to No. 16. And Canastota (4-1) dropped 10 spots to No. 18 after its first loss.

In Class D, Dolgeville (3-1), Herkimer (4-1) and Onondaga (4-1) are ranked. They come in at Nos. 5, 7 and 8, respectively. Frankfort-Schuyler fell out of the rankings after its second loss of the season.

And while the sportswriters did not rank eight-man football teams this season, three Section III squads remain undefeated at 3-0: defending sectional champ Bishop Grimes, along with first-year eight-man teams Altmar-Parish-Williamstown and Weedsport.

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