Sectional Playoffs continue, Syracuse Crunch fall

The Sectional Playoff continues throughout the area. Here are some results from the past few days.

Field Hockey

Section 3 — Class B Whitesboro def. Camden, 2-1 East Syracuse Minoa def. Homer, 2-1

Scheduled for October 24, 2021, @ V.V.S. high school Holland Patent vs. Whitesboro New Hartford vs. East Syracuse Minoa Section 3 — Class C Clinton def. Mt. Markham, 2-0 Scheduled for October 25, 2021, @ V.V.S. high school Canastota vs. Clinton Cazenovia vs. V.V.S. Section 3 — Class D Weedsport def. Sauquoit Valley, 2-1 Port Byron/union Springs def. New York Mills, 7-0

Scheduled for October 26, 2021, @ V.V.S. high school Little Falls vs. Weedsport Morrisville-eaton vs. Port Byron/union Springs

Boys Soccer

Section 3 — Class B Round 1 Skaneateles def. Holland Patent, 3-0 Chittenango def. Canastota, 4-0 Marcellus def. Clinton, 1-0 General Brown def. Lowville, 1-0 South Jefferson def. Oneida, 4-1 Cazenovia def. Phoenix, 4-0 Central Valley Academy def. Mexico, 1-0 Westhill def. Westmoreland/ Oriskany, 5-2

Round 2 Marcellus def. General Brown, 1-0 Westhill def. Central Valley Academy, 4-0 Section 3 — Class C Round 1 Waterville def. Thousand Islands, 4-0 Frankfort-schuyler def. Faith Heritage/syracuse Academy of Science, 1-0 Bishop Ludden def. Tully, 3-2 Utica Academy of Science def. Beaver River, 8-0 Mt. Markham def. Herkimer, 1-0 Round 2 Fabius-pompey def. Waterville, 1-0 Sauquoit Valley def. Frankfort-schuyler, 1-0 Cooperstown def. Bishop Ludden, 5-1

Section 3 — Class D Round 1

Town of Webb def. Mcgraw, 2-0 Mater Dei Academy def. Poland (SO) Round 2 Cincinnatus def. Town of Webb, 8-0 Deruyter def. Lyme, 4-3 Belleville-henderson def. Mater Dei Academy, 4-0 Manlius-pebble Hill def. Hamilton, 1-0

Girls Soccer Section 3 — Class B Central Valley Academy def. Cazenovia, 4-1 Lowville def. Mexico, 2-1 Skaneateles def. Onondaga, 7-0 V.V.S. def. Phoenix, 5-1 Clinton def. Holland Patent, 6-2 South Jefferson def. General Brown, 6-4 Westhill def. Little Falls, 2-0 Marcellus def. Canastota, 5-1 Section 3 — Class C Sauquoit Valley def. South Lewis 13-0 Frankfort-schuyler def. West Canada Valley, 2-0 Dolgeville def. Adirondack, 4-1 Beaver River def. Pulaski, 5-0 Immaculate Heart def. Tully, 9-0 Waterville def. Fabius-pompey, 2-0 Mt. Markham def. Stockbridge Valley, 7-0 Bishop Grimes def. Utica-notre Dame, 3-0 Section 3 — Class D Bishop Ludden def. Copenhagen, 1-0 Lyme def. Oriskany, 6-0 Poland def. Belleville-henderson, 10-0 Cincinnatus def. Deruyter 7-0

Crunch fall to Amerks, 5-3

The Syracuse Crunch fell to the Rochester Americans, 5-3, tonight at Blue Cross Arena. The loss puts the Crunch at 1-11-0 on the season and starts Syracuse out at 0-1-0-0 in the 12-game season series against Rochester. Crunch goaltender Hugo Alnefelt stopped 17-of21 shots, while Ukko-pekka Luukkonen turned aside 21of-24 in net for the Amerks.

Syracuse went 1-for-6 on the power play and a perfect 3-for-3 on the penalty kill. The Crunch opened, scoring 4:47 into the game. Tristin Langan wrapped around the back of the cage and tried to stuff the puck past Luukkonen. His attempt was blocked, but Jaydon Dureau was there to send in the rebound for his first professional goal.

Rochester evened the score at 15:35 of the first period when Ethan Prow cut across the slot and backhanded a shot in.

The Amerks took the lead with two goals in the middle stanza. At 3:36, Josh Teves sped down the left-wing and roofed one just under the crossbar. Ten minutes later, JJ Peterka sent the puck out from the end boards for Jack Quinn to score with a wrister from the bottom of the left circle.

Rochester made it 4-1 at the 13:55 mark of the third period. Sean Malone waited out Alnefelt and chipped the puck over the goaltender after he went down.

The Crunch stole one back a minute later when Antoine Morand beat Luukkonen fivehole while shorthanded. However, the Amerks regained their three-goal lead at 17:40 after Peterka was pulled down while heading for the empty net.

With 19 seconds remaining, Simon Ryfors swept in the rebound of Charles Hudon’s right point shot while on the power play, but the Crunch ran out of time for a comeback and fell to the Amerks.