Neither result that the Christian Brothers Academy and Fayetteville-Manlius football teams put up during the opening week of the 2015 season repeated themselves – and as a result, the Brothers and Hornets are both 1-1 going into the heart of Class AA division play.

Just six days after falling to Rochester Aquinas in the Kickoff Classic at the Carrier Dome, CBA returned home, to Alibrandi Stadium, and used a big mid-game scoring surge to put away Rome Free Academy in a 44-24 decision.

F-M, meanwhile, fresh off its thrilling 38-33 win over East Syracuse Minoa on Sept. 4, went to Vestal (Section IV), and gave up the same number of points to the Golden Bears, but this time the end result was a 33-21 defeat.

Having struggled so much against Aquinas in a 33-20 defeat until the Little Irish pulled its starters and it got all of its points in the fourth quarter, CBA didn’t waste as long getting on the board against RFA, getting a 7-0 lead in the opening period on Stevie Scott’s three-yard scoring run.

The Black Knights pulled within one, 7-6, when Tristian Hunzinger scored from one yard out early in the second quarter, but that only seemed to make CBA mad.

And it was the Brothers’ defense that turned things around, as Sam Martin stepped in front of an RFA pass and returned it 35 yards for six points. Minutes later, Scott netted his second TD on a two-yard run, and CBA led, 21-6, at halftime.

It wasn’t until the third quarter that CBA’s passing attack began to click again. Jack Brotzki found Scott on an 11-yard scoring pass and then delivered a bigger play from his own 20, Brotzki throwing deep and finding Lincoln McGarrity on an 80-yard TD completion.

In between those plays, DeAndre Dowdell scored on a 37-yard run, and Brotzki continually hurt the Black Knights with his legs, gaining 163 yards on the ground on just 12 carries. Scott had 69 yards on 16 carries to go with his three touchdowns.

Meanwhile, at Vestal, F-M repeated the pattern of the ESM game, tearing up the Golden Bears’ defense in the first half, only to go quiet in the latter stages – and this time paying for it.

F-M and Vestal traded scoring drives with the Golden Bears before the Hornets closed the first half with another march, scoring on Kyle McGee’s one-yard plunge on the final play of the half. McGee finished the night with 112 yards on 15 carries.

But the Hornets’ 21-14 halftime lead would not hold. Jared Shaw threw three interceptions in the second half, with Brandon Bender’s pick setting up T.J. Wegmann’s 11-yard TD pass to Sam Bulman late in the third quarter that broke a 21-21 tie and put Vestal ahead for keeps.

CBA will head to Corcoran (1-1) next Friday, the Cougars having just routed West Genesee 45-6, while F-M would look to bounce back on Saturday when it plays Henninger at Sunnycrest Field.