The crowd at Friday's league contest between the Fayetteville-Manlius Hornets (Manlius, NY) and the visiting Carthage Comets (Carthage, NY), observed Fayetteville-Manlius's football squad defeat Carthage by a count of 35-25.

The Hornets now own a 7-0 record. They play next when they travel to Elmira/Southside for a non-league contest on Friday, October 21. Fayetteville-Manlius will encounter a Express squad coming off a 53-18 league win over Binghamton (Binghamton, NY). The Express record now stands at 4-2.

Coming up next, the Comets encounter the East Syracuse-Minoa Spartans (East Syracuse, NY) in a Section 3 A contest, on Friday, October 21. Carthage will attempt to upgrade on its 2-5 season record. The Spartans go into the contest with a 1-6 record after their 12-0 league win over Watertown (Watertown, NY).