ONONDAGA COUNTY – With their schedules curtailed by bad weather early last week, boys golf teams at Cicero-North Syracuse and Liverpool had to wait a couple of days before resuming league action.
But the rain and wind were quite present when the rivals met last Thursday at Lakeshore Country Club and C-NS Blue got the best of it, defeating the Warriors 191-202.
Having prevailed 192-202 in the first meeting Aug. 26 at Foxfire, the Northstars would sweep the top spots as Sean Lawler shot 36 for nine holes and Drew Kippen had a 37.
Joe Sacco got a 38 to lead Liverpool, but Jack Wolanski matched it, while Carter Costello and Nate Bustin both finished with 40 to clinch C-NS Blue’s win.
Dom Osbeck’s 39 was second on the Warriors to Sacco as Alex Kirkby managed a 40. Brady Michaud, with a 42, beat out Owen Michaud’s total of 43.
Before all this, against West Genesee Blue at Foxfire back on Tuesday, Liverpool was able to pick up a tough 196-201 win over the Wildcats.
Sacco claimed individual honors, his nine-hole even-par 36 two ahead of WG Blue’s Jared Jaeger. Four other Liverpool golfers – Osbeck, Brady Michaud, Owen Michaud and Bradley Cole – each shot 40 to equal the Wildcats’ Jake Einlich and Ashton Fassinger as Kirkby contributed a 41.
C-NS Blue met with first-place Baldwinsville at Timber Banks that same Wednesday afternoon and took a 195-208 loss to the Bees, who won its 10th match in a row.
Lawler did break par with a 35 and Kippen added a 39. But the Bees got 37s from Nate MacGregor and Billy Shipman along with 40s from Brayden Penafeather-Stevenson and Aiden Motala ahead of Costello (42), Wolanski (45) and Kaeden Hacker (46).
After beating Liverpool, C-NS Blue was superb in Friday’s 183-212 win over West Genesee Blue at Westvale.
Lawler and Wolanski both posted 34 and Kippen earned a 35, giving the Northstars a big cushion. Hacker and David Schmidt were close behind, each posting 40.
Also playing on Friday, Liverpool put away Fayetteville-Manilus White 196-209 at Woodcrest, with Osbeck’s 36 leading an effort where Cole shot 38 and Salanger added a 39 for a top-three sweep. Joe Gravante stepped up with a 40.
As for C-NS Green, it hosted Fayetteville-Manlius Green and lost, 209-251, to the Hornets.
Ethan Matthews had a 48 and Gavin Nichols shot 49, with Mike DeGroat and Brady Militello each posting 51. Ethan Hanson added a 52 as, for F-M Green, Duncan McDaniel’s 41 beat three teammates (Jack Antshel, Luke Weisiger and Hugh Roddy) by one shot.
