HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

MAC Championships

Walton's Justin Wood and Sidney's Kim Vaccaro won Midstate Athletic Conference individual championships with the fastest times on the 3-mile course at Unatego.

Wood covered the course in 16 minutes, 41 seconds, finishing 22 seconds ahead of runner-up Josh Griswold of Delhi. Wood's finish helped Walton to the MAC team title, 52-56, over Delhi.

Afton's Prahlad Genung, Scott Gleason of Walton and Stefan Janiszawski of Delhi rounded out the top five.

Vaccaro won the girls race in 19:44, 15 seconds ahead of Kelly Billingiere of Harpursville. Teammates Christie Bedell and Kerry Vaccaro finished fourth and fifth, respectively, but Sidney ran incomplete in team scoring.

Unatego, which received top-10 finishes from Winsley Jerauld, Katie Leech, Anne Connor and Julie Rolfe, won the team title with 41 points. Unatego, which was the only complete team, won its first league crown since 1999, when the Spartans earned the Susquenango Association title.

MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

3.0-mile course at Unatego
BOYS

Team scores: 1, Walton 52; 2, Unatego 56; 3, Delhi 75; 4, Afton 89; 5, Deposit-Hancock 141; 6, Edmeston 167. Incomplete — Harpursville, Sherburne-Earlville, Downsville.

Top 10 finishers: 1, Justin Wood (Wal) 16:41; 2, Josh Griswold (Del) 17:03; 3, Prahlad Genung (Aft) 17:09; 4, Scott Gleason (Wal) 17:48; 5, Stefan Janiszawski (Del) 18:06; 6, John Leech (Una) 18:16; 7, Matt Mattson (Down) 18:22; 8, Jacob Barnhart (Una) 18:24; 9, Josh Winans (Aft) 18:32; 10, Matt Spadavecchia (Harp) 18:35.

Other Unatego finishers: 11, Andrew Ballard 18:53; 14, Jake Fairbairn 19:06; 17, Ted Ahearn 19:34; 29, Dustin Wilber 20:59; 32, Patrick Sutliff 21:33; 36, Scott Kolberg 21:56.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1, Unatego 41. Incomplete — Sidney, S-E, Delhi, Harpursville, Afton, Downsville, D-H.

Top 10: 1, Kim Vaccaro (Sid) 19:44; 2, Kelly Billingiere (Harp) 19:59; 3, Allison Furey (S-E) 20:30; 4, Christie Bedell (Sid) 21:08; 5, Kerry Vaccaro (Sid) 21:26; 6, Winsley Jerauld (Una) 21:29; 7, Katie Leech (Una) 22:44; 8, Anne Connor (Una) 23:00; 9, Julie Rolfe (Una) 23:38; 10, Katie Kline (Del) 23:41.

Other Unatego finishers: 11, Elicia Andrews 24:51; 12, Emily Underwood 25:18; 14, Amanda Neer 28:08.

Field Hockey

Walton 1, Deposit 0

Courtney Stanton's first-half goal off a deflection was enough as host Walton advanced in the first round of the Section Four Class D playoffs.

Jennifer LePinnet made eight saves for the shutout.

Third-seeded Walton plays second-seeded Afton at 3 p.m. on Wednesday in Harpursville. Walton lost to Afton, 3-0, twice in the regular season.

WALTON 1, DEPOSIT 0

Deposit 0 0 — 0

Walton 1 0 — 1

Walton (8-10): Courtney Stanton 1-0, Jade Voorhies 0-1.

Deposit: None.

Shots-penalty corners: Walton 7-6, Deposit 8-5.

Goalies: Jennifer LePinnet (W) 8, A. Stevens (D) 6.

Cooperstown 1, Canastota 0

Leah Hall scored off Meghan Sittler's penalty corner midway through the second half as Cooperstown advanced in the first round of the Section Three Tournament.

The Redskins visit top-seeded Clinton at 3 p.m. on Wednesday.

COOPERSTOWN 1, CANASTOTA 0

Canastota 0 0 — 0

Cooperstown 0 1 — 1

Canastota (7-10-1): None.

Cooperstown (11-7-1): Leah Hall 1-0, Meghan Sittler 0-1.

Shots-penalty corners: Canastota 1-3, Cooperstown 10-8.

Goalies: Amanda Carver (Ca) 4, Jacki Clark (Co) 0.