The East Syracuse-Minoa Spartans football team (East Syracuse, NY), was tipped 23-20 in Saturday's league challenge with the visiting Rome Free Academy Black Knights (Rome, NY)

The Black Knights (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Public Service Leadership Academy (Syracuse, NY). The Falcons come into the non-league challenge with a 1-0 record. In their last challenge, Public Service Leadership Academy nipped Oswego (Oswego, NY), 48-7, in a non-league challenge.

The Spartans now sport a 0-1 record. They take the field next when they host Whitesboro for a non-league challenge on Friday, September 8. East Syracuse-Minoa will meet a Warriors team coming off a 25-15 non-league loss to Shaker (Latham, NY). The Warriors record now stands at 0-1.