Sarah Bowles scored a game-high 23 points as the Northstars downed host Proctor
76-23 in  the Raiders Tournament.  Lady Northstars will host Liverpool Saturday Dec 15, 2012 at 4pm.

 

The CNS Boys Varsity Basketball Team will be playing in the 3rd Annual Tip-Off Classic at the Carrier Dome on Sunday December 9, 2012 at 7pm vs. FM. Presale Tickets are sold at CNS Athletic Department for $6. Tickets are sold for $8 at the door.

Cicero-North Syracuse High School Athletic Dept.

6002 Rt. 31 Cicero, NY 13039

315-218-4115

Five CNS Football players were selected for the Arcaro Senior
game.

Tyler Hemingway
Avery Yarn
Xavier Brown
Steve Messur
Steve Mirizio

Marie Aloi’s goal gives C-NS a 3-2 win over RFA Pat Spadafore/The Post-Standard, October 28, 2012 5:56 p.m. Liverpool – Marie Aloi scored off a penalty corner shot with six minutes left in the game to give top-seed Cicero-North Syracuse a 3-2 win over Rome Free Academy. The Northstars will next play No. 3 Liverpool in the Class A final, Saturday at Michael J. Bragman Complex at Cicero-North Syracuse High School. Game time will be announced on Monday. Cicero-North Syracuse opened a 2-0 first half lead. After two unsuccessful penalty corner attempts, the Northstars broke through at the 25:02 mark when McKayla Roberts put a shot in the lower left corner. Megan Caveny assisted on the goal. Roberts added another goal 12 minutes later when she drilled a five yard shot past the RFA goalie Reanna Zappavigna. RFA came out with a vengeance in the second half. First, Lindsay Nowicki tallied a goal at the 26:23 mark. Then, at the 22:41 mark Janeene Yates tied the game when she the ball deflected off the CNS goalie Hannah White and Yates had an open cage to put the ball in. “I told the girls at that point that it was their season to win or lose,” said C-NS coach Pat Kennedy. “The responded will and Marie (Aloi) was able to get the winning goal.” Aloi’s shot was the third attempt on the penalty corner, and her patience paid off with the game winning goal.

C-NS prevails in Class AA crossover game

CICERO — The latest meeting of two traditionally strong football rivals matched Rome Free Academy and Cicero-North Syracuse in a battle of teams with 0-7 records.

 

Wednesday’s Class AA crossover game would end with the hosting Northstars breaking into the column and Rome finishing with its first winless season in over a century.

 

C-NS senior Steve Mirizio had a 65-yard interception brought back for a touchdown to open the scoring in the first quarter, and then caught a 65-yard TD reception over the middle and broke it for a big score in the fourth quarter to seal a 31-9 victory over the Black Knights for the Northstars’ first win under interim head coach Jack McAndrew.

 

In a game played in front of a sparse crowd, RFA junior quarterback Angus Evans threw for 91 yards on 11-for-23 passing, while senior John Allen caught four passes for 37 yards, Eddie Campos caught four passes for 14 yards, Lindell Reed had two catches for 24 yards, and Josh Reed made two grabs for 52 yards receiving and added another 190 yards in kick returns.

 

Nico Cheri moved the sticks on the ground with 60 yards rushing on just nine carries.

 

The loss concluded an 0-8 season for the Black Knights, who endured the school’s first winless season since 1900. Rome went 0-4-1 overall that year with a scoreless tie against Utica in the last game of the season.

 

Afterwards, Rome players were already looking forward to next year.

 

“It’s tough to not get a win all season, but we made strides to build towards the future this year. Although people might not see it, we do,” said Evans, one of 23 juniors who is expected to return next season for the Black Knights.

 

“I believe in this team, I believe in these guys, and I believe that RFA football will be back next year,” added Evans.

 

“I know that I will do everything I can to get better, and I’m determined to lead this team in the future,” continued Evans, who finished the year throwing for 578 yards with four touchdowns and nine interceptions.

 

C-NS won its first game under interim coach McAndrew, who was filling in for heavy scrutinized head coach Steve Ellis. Ellis, who took a leave of absence because of medical reasons, has been under fire from the C-NS community because he had only produced two winning seasons and no Section III titles in 10 years at the helm.

 

C-NS, which came in only having scored 67 points all season, nearly scored half that many points in one game against Rome. The hosts put up 338 yards of total offense, including 218 on the ground, and jumped out to a 21-7 lead at the half.

 

Xavier Brown ran for 99 tough yards with a score and fullback Mitchell Dunay added 65 yards and a 1-yard TD burst, while quarterback Tyler Griffo passed for 120 yards, including his 65-yard hookup to Mirizio in the fourth quarter.

 

RFA fourth-year coach Ted Swavely is hoping this season will be a learning experience for the Black Knights and sees reason for optimism next year.

 

“When I get these guys into our locker room, I’m going to preach to them about what they need to do to get ready for next year,” said Swavely.

 

“Next year could be a very good season if we do the right things in the offseason. We have a lot of really good pieces. You look at what we had out on the field today, we only had two seniors play full time for us all year, and other than that we had a ton of youth all over the place. Next year, we need to be coming out on all cylinders. We just need to become more physical, and I’m not going to rest until we make that happen,” he added.

 

The Blacks Knights got started fast on the defensive side of the ball.

 

Campos picked off Griffo on the 5 yardline to hand the Knights first down on the RFA 15. Rome had a couple big runs followed by a Campos’ catch of 16 yards along with Cheri’s run of 13 yards brought the Black Knights down to the 40. On the next play, Evans dropped back and tried to hit Brian Stapleton on a screen pass out of the backfield, but Mirizio jumped the route and took the interception back 65 yards for the touchdown, giving the hosts the early lead.

 

RFA responded quickly on their ensuing possession as Josh Reed took a kick return 68 yards and down to the C-NS 27. Five plays later, it was Evans calling his own number with a 2-yard quarterback sneak to tie the score at 7-7 at the 1:44 mark in the first quarter.

 

Then things would slip away from the Knights.

 

The Northstars responded with a seven-play, 71-yard drive of their own, capped off by a Brown 34-yard TD burst down the sidelines after he was bottled up in the middle of the field, and then turned loose on the outside for the scoring run.

 

RFA was then held on fourth-and-7 on their own 47, and the hosts capitalized with a 11-play drive that took 6:08 minutes off the clock and Dunay came away with the 1-yard TD, putting C-NS ahead 21-7 with 48 seconds remaining in the half.

 

The Black Knights came out inspired in the second half. They forced the Northstars deep in their own territory. Griffo then recovered his own fumbled off a snap, and then a punt was snapped too high and over the punter Mirizio’s head into the back of the end zone for a Rome safety.

 

RFA was then driving down the field before a tipped pass found the arms of safety Brian DeMonte for another interception.

 

Rome stuffed the hosts on the 8 on fourth-and-short, but the Black Knights were forced to punt on their ensuing drive.

 

Their best drive of the second half saw Campos hit a streaking Josh Reed down the sidelines for a 32 yard gain on a halfback pass, but the Northstars’ defense held strong with three Rome passes into the end zone coming up short with the last pass broken up by Tray Wynn on fourth-and-goal to force another Rome turnover on downs.

 

RFA was also stopped on fourth-and-goal from the 2 on their last possession of the game when Campos took another halfback pass and tried to hit Evans coming out of the backfield but the ball sailed well over the 6-foot-5 Evans’ head for another turnover on downs.

 

“We didn’t finish drives. We had opportunity after opportunity, and we didn’t capitalize on them,” said Swavely, who added that the loss of an injured junior tailback Julius Berry hurt the Knights because those would have been goal-line touches for Berry would he have played.

 

“We couldn’t run the ball as effectively as I would have liked today, and we were forced to pass a little more than I would have liked. There are a lot of things that I have to look at this offseason, especially in the running game. I’m going to change some things up to bring in a balance of everything with the outside runs, option runs, and still put us in a great situation to pass the ball,” he added.

 

Senior outside linebacker Brett McKinney finished the game with a team-high 11 tackles, and finished the year with team-highs in tackles with 68, rushing yards with 334 yards and finished with three TDs.

 

Anthony Capron finished with 10 tackles on Wednesday, and Mishaun Reed and Gabe Acevedo both added six tackles.

 

RFA was outscored, 206-27, in the first halves of games, 135-14 in the second quarter alone, and then stayed competitive in the second half of games, just being outscored, 125-114.

 

They were outrushed this season, 2,511 to 1,101, but managed to throw for 930 yards while their opposition managed just 801 yards through the air.

	Manhattan College High School XC Invitational
		Saturday, October 14, 2012				Van Cortland Park, NYC
	Boys Varsity A ( Winning Time 12:26)					Girls Varsity C ( Winning Time 14:40 )
Place  ( 210 runners )			Time		Place  ( 315 runners )			Time
54	Colin	Greenseich	13:56		3	Jacqlynn	Halstead	15:21
60	Anthony	Lupia	14:01		9	Nicole	Watterud	15:35
68	Matt	Crough	14:06		17	Amanda	Shuman	15:51
72	Chris	Hannan	14:08		21	Taylor	Parry	16:01
121	Nick	Erwin	14:34		35	Jillian	Norris	16:27
135	Kevin	Cialfi	14:51		49	Maddy	Kolakowski	17:04
150	Paul	DeGennaro	15:06		57	Emily	Dolan	17:15
	11th out of 30 teams					2nd out of 45 teams
	Boys JV E Race  ( Winning Time 14:01 )					Girls JV B Race  ( Winning Time 16:16 )
Place  ( 252 runners )			Time		Place  ( 217 runners )			Time
17	Andrew	Berkland	14:29		19	Savanah	Stevens	17:09
29	Jared	George	14:39		26	Sarah	Shannon	17:28
57	Seth	Steele	15:00		38	Amanda	Lerch	17:45
67	Brian	Traub	15:05		52	Lauren	Carr	18:04
73	Evan	Russell	15:10		52	Lexi	Pirro	18:11
97	Cameron	Nichols	15:30		72	Micaela	Donabella	18:26
133	Ryan	Assisi	16:06		97	Marissa	Colburn	19:01
	8th out of 36 teams					6th out of 31 teams
	Boys JV A Race  ( Winning Time 13:43 )					Girls JV D Race  (Winning Time 16:05 )
Place  ( 203 runners )			Time		Place  ( 224 runners )			Time
79	John	Smith	15:17		38	Kristin	Schug	18:07
88	Andrew	Salmons	15:23		46	Caitlyn	Morris	18:21
107	Aaron	Weekley	15:43		60	Rachel	Wisely	18:39
109	Zach	Wagner	15:44		72	Tori	Pirro	18:49
114	Cameron	Verrette	15:48		85	Alexis	Polimino	19:04
122	Jake	Dehm	15:55		114	Haley	Pestle	19:32
140	Mike	Wallon	16:31		DNF	Laura	Losito	–
	16th out of 29 teams					9th out of 32 teams
	Boys JV C Race ( Winning Time 13:52 )
Place  ( 266 runners )			Time
74	Owen	Ukelya	15:36
102	Brent	Young	15:57
108	Rob	Duclos	15:59
121	Evan	Tracey	16:13
161	Andrew	Hughes	16:39
162	Mike	Schug	16:40
163	Matt	LaPaglia	16:41
	20th out of 38 teams

		EJ Hermann Cross Country Invitational
		Saturday, September 29, 2012
	Boys Varsity						Girls Varsity
1	Notre Dame- Bishop Gibons			28		1	Holy Name			20
2	Cicero-North Syracuse			96		2	Cicero-North Syracuse			72
3	Thousand Islands (Canada)			138		3	Nanuet			81
4	Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk			141		4	Colonie			113
5	New Hartford			150		5	Thousand Islands (Canada)			124
6	Colonie			152		6	Niskayuna			172
7	Proctor			159		7	Amsterdam			209
8	Rome Free Academy			186		8	Rome Free Academy			243
9	Nanuet			201		9	Whitesboro			259
10	Niskayuna			203		10	Mohonasen			290
11	Whitesboro			272		11	Westhill-Luden			317
12	Amsterdam			346		12	Scotis-Glenville			320
13	Westhill-Luden			385		13	Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk			360
14	Watertown			411		14	Proctor			365
15	Scotia-Glenville			420
16	Mohonasen			446
17	Camden			463
	Boys JV (Top 10 Teams)						Girls JV (Top 10 Teams)
1	Cicero-North Syracuse			34		1	Niskayuna			41
2	Scotia-Glenville			52		2	Cicero-North Syracuse			54
3	Niskayuna			95		3	Colonie			56
4	Thousand Islands (Canada)			99		4	Thousand Islands (Canada)			112
5	Colonie			154		5	Holy Name			137
6	Whitesboro			169		6	Nanuet			167
7	Rome Free Academy			174		7	Whitesboro			221
8	Amsterdam			178		8	Sauquoit Valley			223
9	New Hartford			222		9	Utica Notre Dame			257
10	Notre Dame- Bishop Gibons			303		10	Ilion			259

EJ Hermann Cross Country Invitational Saturday, September 29, 2012 Boys Varsity Girls Varsity 1 Notre Dame- Bishop Gibons 28 1 Holy Name 20 2 Cicero-North Syracuse 96 2 Cicero-North Syracuse 72 3 Thousand Islands (Canada) 138 3 Nanuet 81 4 Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk 141 4 Colonie 113 5 New Hartford 150 5 Thousand Islands (Canada) 124 6 Colonie 152 6 Niskayuna 172 7 Proctor 159 7 Amsterdam 209 8 Rome Free Academy 186 8 Rome Free Academy 243 9 Nanuet 201 9 Whitesboro 259 10 Niskayuna 203 10 Mohonasen 290 11 Whitesboro 272 11 Westhill-Luden 317 12 Amsterdam 346 12 Scotis-Glenville 320 13 Westhill-Luden 385 13 Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk 360 14 Watertown 411 14 Proctor 365 15 Scotia-Glenville 420 16 Mohonasen 446 17 Camden 463 Boys JV (Top 10 Teams) Girls JV (Top 10 Teams) 1 Cicero-North Syracuse 34 1 Niskayuna 41 2 Scotia-Glenville 52 2 Cicero-North Syracuse 54 3 Niskayuna 95 3 Colonie 56 4 Thousand Islands (Canada) 99 4 Thousand Islands (Canada) 112 5 Colonie 154 5 Holy Name 137 6 Whitesboro 169 6 Nanuet 167 7 Rome Free Academy 174 7 Whitesboro 221 8 Amsterdam 178 8 Sauquoit Valley 223 9 New Hartford 222 9 Utica Notre Dame 257 10 Notre Dame- Bishop Gibons 303 10 Ilion 259

		Cross Country League Meet
			Oneida Shores
		Wednesday, September 26, 2012
	Boys Varsity						Girls Varsity
	CNS 23  Syracuse East 38						CNS 15 Syracuse East  50
Place      ( 106 runners)	Last	First		Time		Place	Last	First		Time
1	Greenseich	Colin	CNS	16:49		1	Norris	Jilliann	CNS	20:41
2	Mugisha	Alphonse	SE	17:11		2	Kolakowski	Madison	CNS	20:41
3	Luban	Adam	SE	17:18		3	Shuman	Amanda	CNS	20:42
4	Crough	Matt	CNS	17:28		4	Watterud	Nicole	CNS	20:42
5	Hannan	Chris	CNS	17:38		5	Parry	Taylor	CNS	20:52
6	DeGennaro	Paul	CNS	17:49		6	Stevens	Savannah	CNS	21:44
7	Erwin	Nick	CNS	17:53		7	Pirro	Lexi	CNS	21:47
8	George	Jared	CNS	18:16		8	Lerch	Amanda	CNS	22:49
9	Bearkland	Andrew	CNS	18:20		9	Manuel	Jasmine	SE	22:53
10	Russel	Evan	CNS	18:30		10	Polimino	Alexis	CNS	22:58
11	Tucker	Andrew	SE	18:33		11	Schug	Kristin	CNS	23:07
12	Steele	Seth	CNS	18:36		12	Smith	Margaret	CNS	23:09
13	Legesse	Ataklti	SE	18:39		13	Wisely	Rachel	CNS	23:14
14	Lupia	Anthony	CNS	18:43		14	Donabella	Micaela	CNS	23:18
15	Nyang	Deng	SE	18:46		15	Dolan	Emily	CNS	23:19
16	Traub	Brian	CNS	18:47		16	Morris	Caitlin	CNS	23:32

The Boys & Girls Varsity & JV Cross
Country teams placed 1^st in the New Hartford Invitational

		New Hartford Cross Country Invitational
		Saturday, September 22, 2012
	Boys Varsity ( wt 17:25.5 )					Girls Varsity ( wt 20:04.0 )
	( 39 runners)					( 39 runners)
Place      ( 106 runners)	Last	First	Time		Place	Last	First	Time
2	Greenseich	Colin	17:54		1	Halstead	Jacqlynn	20:04
6	Crough	Matt	18:43		2	Watterud	Nicole	20:52
7	Hannan	Chris	18:50		5	Parry	Taylor	21:47
9	Erwin	Nick	18:45		6	Kolakowski	Madison	21:58
11	Bearkland	Andrew	18:53		7	Dolan	Emily	22:19
13	George	Jared	19:03		8	Stevens	Savannah	22:28
15	DeGennaro	Paul	19:12		9	Norris	Jillian	22:34
	1st out of 5 Teams				10	Pirro	Lexi	22:38
					11	Shannon	Sarah	22:45
					12	Carr	Lauren	23:13
						1st out of 5 Teams
	Boys JV ( wt 19:30.3 )					Girls JV ( wt 24:05.5 )
Place        ( 103 runners)					Place	( 45 runners )
5	Steele	Seth	19:52		1	Lerch	Amanda	24:05
7	Smith	John	19:56		2	Morris	Caitlyn	24:12
8	Nichols	Cameron	20:27		4	Polimino	Alexis	24:54
9	Russel	Evan	20:37		6	Donabella	Micaela	25:04
10	Traub	Brian	20:49		7	Schug	Kristin	25:17
11	Lupia	Anthony	20:49		9	Wisely	Rachel	25:21
13	Wagner	Zach	21:16		10	Anderson	Karissa	25:33
14	Weekly	Aaron	21:20		12	Morrison	Amy	26:26
18	Assisi	Ryan	21:31		14	Cuculich	Megan	26:45
19	Verrette	Cameron	21:38		15	Pestle	Haley	26:59
20	Ukelya	Owen	21:40		24	Revelle	Kaili	28:32
21	Salmons	Andrew	21:45			1st out of 6 Teams
24	Young	Brent	21:55
26	Perrigo	Darryl	22:03
28	LaPaglia	Matt	22:07
30	Duclos	Rob	22:13
31	Schug	Mike	22:19
33	Tracy	Evan	22:27
35	Eymer	Jeff	22:35
38	Dehm	Jake	22:51
42	Nichols	Connor	22:57
45	Wallon	Mike	23:06
53	Collins	Joe	23:32
59	Hewson	Aaron	23:42
61	Spivak	Kyle	23:51
71	Hoffman	Caleb	24:44
75	Poirer	Noah	24:50
81	O’Neill	Zach	25:38
84	Rose	Henry	26:04
86	Kavanagh	Matt	26:17
	1st out of 12 Teams