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October 29, 2009

Area sports: Oct. 30, 2009

DID YOU KNOW?


You can look back over the last 70 years at some of the area athletes and personalities who made headlines in area sports. Flashback will revive memories of great local athletes and outstanding team successes.

TODAY

Men's hockey

SUNY Geneseo at Plattsburgh State, 7 p.m.

Boys' football

Playoffs

Semifinal round

Class A

Potsdam at Massena, 7 p.m.

Class C

Gouverneur at Ogdensburg, 7 p.m.

Class D

Tupper Lake at Ticonderoga, 7 p.m.

Crossover

Seton Catholic at Plattsburgh High, 7 p.m.

St. Lawrence Central at AuSable Valley, 6:30 p.m.

Girls' soccer

Section VII Playoffs

Class B

Quarterfinal round

Saranac Lake at Plattsburgh High, 4 p.m.

Boys' soccer

Section VII Playoffs

Class D

Quarterfinal round

Schroon Lake at Chazy, 5 p.m.

Lake Placid at Westport, 3 p.m.

Crown Point at Elizabethtown-Lewis, 3 p.m.

Indian Lake/Long Lake at Willsboro, 3 p.m.

Section X Playoffs

Class D

Semifinal round

at Potsdam High School

Harrisville vs. Lisbon, 5 p.m.

Chateaugay vs. Parishville-Hopkinton, 7 p.m.

Women's volleyball

Plattsburgh State at Skidmore Classic

Adult basketball

Malone Adult League

St. Joseph's School

Nichols Trucking vs. PAPAS Dairy, 6 p.m.

Tavernier vs. King Clark Insurance, 6:50 p.m.

SATURDAY

Men's hockey

SUNY Brockport at Plattsburgh State, 7 p.m.

Boys' football

Semifinal round

Class C

Saranac at Saranac Lake, 1:30 p.m.

Women's hockey

Plattsburgh State Red/White Intrasquad Game, Stafford Arena, 2 p.m.

Collegiate cross country

Plattsburgh State at SUNYAC Championships, Cortland, 11 a.m.

Scholastic cross country

CVAC Championships

at Point au Roche Park

Girls' modified, 10 a.m.

Boys' modified, 10:45 a.m.

Girls' varsity, 11:30 a.m.

Boys' varsity, 12:30 p.m.

Women's volleyball

Plattsburgh State at Skidmore Classic

SUNDAY

Women's basketball

Onondaga CC at Clinton CC, 2 p.m.

Flag football

M. Lahtinen Penfield Park

E&E; Construction vs. Coors Light Silver Bullets, 8:30 a.m.

Budweiser vs. Team Maliniak Masonry, 9:45 a.m.

Wooden Ski and Wheel vs. Met Life, 11 a.m.

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