Section III football playoffs: New Hartford, Whitesboro in finals; Adirondack wins upset

The NYSHSAA football sectional playoffs are underway. Here are Friday’s results involving Mohawk Valley programs.

Class B: New Hartford 36, Carthage 7

NEW HARTFORD - Cole Raux ran for three touchdowns and went over 2,000 yards for the season Friday in the New Hartford Spartans' 36-7 win over Carthage in Section III's Class B football semifinals.

The win sends No. 1 New Hartford (10-0) to the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse Nov. 12 for an unbeaten showdown with Indian River (10-0) in the second of three sectional title games that day. The Spartans were finalists two years ago when they were beaten by the Homer Trojans.

Raux ran for a touchdown to open the game's scoring in the first quarter and broke a 7-all tie with his second touchdown in the second quarter. Jake Rockford added a 26-yard field goal with two seconds remaining before halftime and give New Hartford a 17-7 lead at the intermission.

Raux added a one-yard touchdown in the final minute of the third quarter and finished the day with 32 carries for 219 yards. He has now run for 2,016 yards and 30 touchdowns this season, and Friday was his seventh 200-yard game. The 32 carries passed his previous high of 31 in a 34-6 win over Carthage Oct. 13.

Sophomore quarterback Johnny Vitullo threw two second half touchdown passes, a 13-yarder to Tommy Vitagliano in the third quarter, and a 45-yarder to Sal Weller in the fourth.

Vitullo completed eight of the 11 passes he threw for 158 yards. Weller caught five balls for 109 yards. Vitagliano, who caught two passes on offense, added 12 tackles on defense to go with Logan Banek's team-leading 13.

Geremiah Ademola-Sadipe, coming off his second 350-yard game for Carthage (4-5), led the Comets with 65 rushing yards in 24 carries and scored their touchdown on a one-yard run.

Class B: Indian River 18, Central Valley Academy 14

PHILADELPHIA - Indian River ran its record to 10-0 and the No. 2 seed advanced to Section III's Class B championship game with an 18-14 win over Central Valley Academy Friday.

Indian Rivers Warriors took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter and the teams traded touchdowns in the second and fourth. Ethan Hattori ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries, and Kane Lynch had 59 yards and the other Indian River touchdown on his five carries.

Central Valley Academy (7-3) had entered the game with five consecutive victories.

Class A: Whitesboro 48, Syracuse-Corcoran 24

WHITESBORO - The Whitesboro Warriors jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter Friday, stretched it to 48-0 in the third, and advanced to Section III's Class A championship game with a ninth consecutive victory.

Kyle Meier's skills were on display early as the versatile senior quarterback threw one touchdown pass and was on the receiving end of another in the first quarter of an eventual 48-24 win over Corcoran (5-4).

Meier added a second touchdown pass for Whitesboro (9-1) and Memphis Ferguson also threw two. Ferguson ran for three touchdowns and Anthony Dorozynski caught three touchdown passes, two from Ferguson and one from Meier.

Deviyne Bailey ran for two of Corcoran's three touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

Whitesboro's opponent next week will be East Syracuse-Minoa, the sixth seed and a 22-20 upset winner Friday at No. 2 West Genesee. East Syracuse-Minoa (6-4) has beaten two teams from Class A-1 in the playoffs as the second place team out of Class A-2.

Class C: Adirondack 34, Cazenovia 27

MORRISVILLE - John Hennessey ran for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter of Adirondack's come-from-behind 34-27 victory over Cazenovia, Section III's previously unbeaten No. 1 Class C seed.

Adirondack (9-1), seeded fourth, trailed 27-22 after three quarters on the road. Hennessey had already run for two touchdowns when his first one-yarder gave the Wildcats a 28-27 lead. He scored again from one yard out with 2:14 left in regulation to give Adirondack its final seven-point margin of victory.

Hennessey, the Wildcats' junior quarterback, had a three-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and a 19-yarder that put his team up 20-19 in the third. He also ran for one conversion and passed for another after his second touchdown.

Cazenovia (8-1) got the game's scoring started at SUNY-Morrisville with an 85-yard pass from Robert Livingston to Brayden Weismore in the first quarter.

Max Weiler ran for a touchdown in the second quarter to put Adirondack on the board, and Hennesssey's first touchdown gave the Wildcats their first lead with his two-point run making the score 14-7. A touchdown run by Livingston made it a one-point game at halftime.

The quarterbacks traded touchdown runs to start the second half before Cazenovia's Lakers took their final lead on a touchdown run by Weismore with a two-point conversion tacked on.

Hennessey completed two passes and ran for 181 yards on 38 carries; he was also credited with a team-high seven tackles on defense. Robert and Max Weiler added 92 combined yards on 11 carries.

General Brown, the No. 2 seed, defeated Skaneateles 39-14 at home in the other semifinal featuring Section III's last two Class C champion. Defending champion General Brown (7-2) was a 12-6 winner over Adirondack in Boonville Oct. 6 and is the only team that has beaten the Wildcats this season.

Other scores

• Class AA: Syracuse-Christian Brothers Academy 53, Liverpool 7

• Class AA: Cicero-North Syracuse 32, Baldwinsville 14

• Class A: Whitesboro 48, Syracuse-Corcoran 24

• Class A: East Syracuse-Minoa 22, West Genesee 20

• Class C: General Brown 39, Skaneateles 14

• Eight Player: Frankfort-Schuyler 38, Weedsport 8

• Eight Player: West Canada Valley 18, Morrisville-Eaton 8

• Section II: Stillwater 35, Canajoharie/Fort Plain 14

• Section II: Fonda-Fultonville 48, Hoosick Falls/Tamarac 28

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