ONONDAGA COUNTY – Humbled again by Faytteville-Manlius Sept. 8 in a three-set sweep far more lopsided than the 2022 Section III Division I final, the Cicero-North Syracuse boys volleyball team began the long road back.
During last Tuesday night’s match with Syracuse City, the Northstars got a strong challenge, but was still able to win in three sets, taking the opener 25-21 and the next two sets by equal 25-19 margins.
Jack Waite did it all with 24 assists, seven digs and five kills. Waite’s passes went to Carter King, who had eight kills, and Phillip Greer, who also got five kills. Josh Luce had eight digs, Colin Deitz adding three aces and three kills.
On Friday night, C-NS hosted Section V’s Webster Schroeder and played close in the first and third sets, but still lost a 25-22, 25-17, 26-24 decision. King had eight kills, but no one else had more than Deitz’s total of three kills as Luce had 10 digs and Waite six digs to go with his 16 assists.
Liverpool would face C-NS on Tuesday, exactly a week after its own match against F-M that resulted in a 25-19, 25-15, 25-14 defeat to the Hornets.
Jack DeForge managed six kills, while Ben McHerron had four kills. Kellen Conway picked up 11 assists and Shah Shank had 10 digs as Connor Sugar got 26 assists for F-M and Chris Cleary, up front, had seven kills and three blocks.
Two nights later, at East Syracuse Minoa, Liverpool was swept by the Spartans 25-23, 25-15, 25-21. Most of Conway’s 12 assists went to DeForge, who got 11 kills. Sean Frawley added three kills as Conway had eight digs and Shah Sahak added six digs.
