BALDWINSVILLE – Just two wins separate the Baldwinsville boys soccer team from repeating as Section III Class AAA champions – something their girls counterparts achieved without having to go through any early-round playoff drama.
As the top seed in the seven-team sectional AAA bracket, the girls Bees had a bye straight into the semifinals where, next Wednesday night at Jamesville-DeWitt, it will face no. 5 seed Rome Free Academy, who ousted no. 4 seed Liverpool 2-1 on an overtime goal by Amelia Furbeck.
Whoever wins between B’ville and RFA gets to the finals against no. 2 seed Cicero-North Syracuse or no. 3 seed Fayetteville-Manlius next Saturday night at 7:30 at SUNY-Cortland.
As the girls Bees practiced all week, B’ville’s boys mostly did the same, with the only difference that, with an eight-team bracket, it would have to go through a quarterfinal first.
That game Friday at Pelcher-Arcaro Stadium pitted the no. 3 seed Bees against no. 6 seed Christian Brothers Academy, who won the sectional Class AA title a year ago but had gone 6-8-2 this season after heavy graduation losses.