East Hampton High coach Ed Petrie.
File photo by Lonnie Webb
boys basketball coach Ed Petrie has retired after a half-century career on the bench during which he set a New York State Public High School Athletic Association record for victories.
Petrie, 78, a
New York State Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, compiled a 754-258 record. He eclipsed
Jack Halloran of Whitney Point (630) in 2004 as the public-schools association leader in boys wins.
Petrie, who grew up in Rye, coached at Pierson for a decade before arriving at East Hampton in 1969.
With Bill Merna having retired from
Ogdensburg
in the spring with 599 victories, Rod Chando becomes the NYSPHSAA's
active leader with 591 victories, followed by Mike Rapone at Batavia
Notre
Dame at 546. Jack Curran
of Archbishop Molloy
in the Catholic High School Athletic Association is the overall state boys leader with 924 wins entering the upcoming season.
Bill McKee, an assistant to Petrie since 1988, is the logical candidate to take over Petrie’s position.
FOOTBALL: SWEET HOME GEARS UP FOR THREE-PEATA year ago, defending NYSPHSAA Class A champion
Sweet Home (Amherst) turned on the jets in midseason, first with a solid win at Iroquois and then a 52-0 masterpiece in Week 6 vs. Starpoint. The games served as notice the Panthers were starting to find their stride, and seven weeks later Sweet Home walked out of the Carrier Dome with its second straight NYSPHSAA championship.
If the Panthers three-peat, observers may identify this past weekend as when the pieces started coming together. Sweet Home built a 27-0 halftime lead en route to a 34-6 victory at Grand Island for its 32nd consecutive victory.
"Every year we've had to develop a team — we had some key guys in a few spots, but our line was new and we had some other new guys and it has taken us a while to gel," coach John Faller told The Buffalo News. "We did things on offense, on defense, in special teams.”
Sweet Home fumbled on its first play from scrimmage but scored on its next four possessions to take command.
Quarterback Jordan Johnson went 10-for-14 for 132 yards and two touchdowns, senior Nick Spidell made an interception and caught a 9-yard scoring pass, and Ralph Neasman rushed 18 times for 141 yards.
The teams directly behind Sweet Home in the New York State Sportswriters Association rankings also rolled right along:
* No. 2
Aquinas Institute (Rochester) began pulling away in the second quarter and coasted past Canisius 40-16 on three touchdowns from Mike Messina (14 carries, 162 yards). The senior scored on a 57-yard carry on the third play of the third quarter to extend Aquinas' lead to 26-10. The Rochester powerhouse, which won the 2007 state Class A title but lost to Sweet Home in the quarterfinals the last two seasons, has scored 19 straight victories vs. Buffalo's Monsignor Martin Association teams over five seasons.
* No. 3
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, which has lost to Sweet Home in the last two state finals, broke open a 25-7 game with touchdowns on its first two possessions after halftime en route to beating Amsterdam 58-27. Junior Jack Guba ran back an interception 77 yards for a score 13.4 seconds before the half, then returned the second-half kickoff to the BH-BL 42. Four plays later, senior quarterback Keaton Flint (162 rushing yards and four touchdowns) scored on a 31-yard carry.
Flint, an all-state receiver and baseball player as a junior, completed both his throws and caught two passes from backup John Bennison.
MORE FOOTBALL: SECTION VIII HEATS UPNassau County is coming off its most compelling slate of games this season, highlighted by
Oceanside dominating Farmingdale 41-17 in Conference I action. Senior
Tyler Heuer was the star as the Sailors snapped an 18-game losing streak vs. the Dalers dating to 1977. The senior quarterback threw for three scores and dashed in for two more after Farmingdale had staked out a 14-0 lead.
Heuer finished 20-for-32 for 259 yards and picked up 48 yards rushing in the follow-up to his school-record six touchdown throws the previous week vs. East Meadow.
* Conference II:
Carey (Franklin Square) shut down Wantagh 30-0 as Rob Zorn ran 23 times for 200 yards and the first score of a 21-point first quarter. Quarterback Kyle Zahradka ran 11 times for 79 yards and two short touchdowns.
* Conference III: Paul Magloire hit Kendall Bruton for 13 yards on a fourth-and-6 play and then Mike Kozlakowski ran in from 5 yards out on the next play late in the third quarter to spark a 45-30 victory for
Lynbrook over Hewlett. The touchdown by Kozlakowski (10 carries, 133 yards) capped a 14-play, 91-yard drive and built a 38-24 lead against a team that had allowed only 21 points in a 4-0 start. Kozlakowski scored on a 74-yard run on the second play of the game, and Travis Lock answered Hewlett's first TD with a 90-yard kickoff return for a 14-10 lead. Lenny Canales of Hewlett returned a second-half kickoff 92 yards for a TD, but the Owls then drove more than seven minutes to the crucial touchdown.
* Conference IV:
Roosevelt rode
Donte Collier to a 36-24 win over East Rockaway. Collier ran 21 times for 243 yards and four TDs, including a 60-yard jaunt from a direct snap late in the first half. He has 770 yards rushing with 10 TDs through five weeks.
NOTEWORTHY PERFORMANCES*
Jimmy Ross of
Millbrook returned kickoffs 90 and 85 yards for touchdowns and scored three times on rushing plays to help beat Fallsburg 58-34. He finished with 339 all-purpose yards.
* Glenn Gronkowski of
Williamsville North and Frank Frehill of
Scarsdale each intercepted three passes. Gronkowski also caught a touchdown pass, returned a fumble 65 yards for another score and kicked four extra points in a 34-14 victory over Niagara Falls. Frehill returned one of his interceptions 37 yards for a score to help beat Mamaroneck 45-7.
* Josh Hoagland rushed for 245 yards and scored five times in
Whitehall's 48-7 win against Warrensburg.
* Senior Alexander Minicozzi rushed 11 times for 231 yards and scored four of
Locust Valley's touchdowns to beat Valley Stream North 53-27.
*
Steven Ferreira went 18-for-27 for 253 yards and four touchdowns to lead
Sayville past Amityville 32-12.
*
Chautauqua Lake (Mayville) beat Clymer 48-20 as senior
Steve Kenny rushed 14 times for 219 yards and a school-record six TDs.
* All-state selection
Jordan Frysinger of
Corning ran seven times for 132 yards and three TDs and also returned a punt 63 yards for a score in a 49-20 triumph vs. Vestal. Hawks quarterback
Brandon Griffin added 189 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries.
* Class A
Wayne (Ontario Center) (6-0) beat highly regarded Class B Midlakes 20-2 to remain the feel-good story of the year in Section V.
Patrick Murray had two fumble recoveries and a blocked punt for the Eagles, who had never been better than 2-0 before.
*
Tyler Lawlor threw four of his five TD passes to receiver
Joe White — covering 31, 32, 35 and 45 yards — as
Cornwall Central (New Windsor) recovered from last week's loss with a 49-14 victory against Monticello.
* Freshman
Kheriff Laboy scored on punt returns of 50 and 75 yards in
New Paltz's 54-0 victory against Rondout Valley. Laboy also rushed for 96 yards.
*
Baker (Baldwinsville) topped Cicero-North Syracuse 43-20 as sensational sophomore
Tyler Rouse (1,326 rushing yards and 18 TDs in six games) ran for 297 yards, including TDs of 14, 66, and 41 yards. Bees kicker
Mark Stanard made field goals of 20, 37 and 25 yards.
*
Herkimer quarterback Sean Crandall rushed for 225 and passed for 170 in a 55-30 victory against Adirondack. He scored on runs of 2, 5, 15 and 50 yards, and threw TD passes of 55 and 42 yards.
BOYS SOCCER: PAIR OF LONG ISLAND SHOWDOWNS* Sal Spitaleri scored with 24 seconds left in the second overtime to lead No. 12
Center Moriches, the defending NYSPHSAA Class B champion, past No. 2
Mattituck in a clash of state-ranked teams Friday. Both clubs are 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the Suffolk County League VII after splitting their season series. Mattituck led 2-0 at halftime on goals from Kevin Reyer and Andres Aldaz. Center Moriches got goals four minutes apart from James Whelan and Brian Alifano midway through the second half.
*
Brentwood, fresh off consecutive trips to the state Class AA final but unranked this fall, beat No. 17 Commack 3-1 as Julio Olivares, Frank Guzman and Davaughn Nimmons found the net. Brentwood is 8-1-1 and
Commack 9-1. Commack had ended Brentwood's 78-game league unbeaten streak early last season and owned a 1-0 win in their first matchup this fall.
The game marked a milestone of sorts for Ron Eden. Factoring in 182 wins as an assistant coach, he's now been part of 400 Brentwood victories in 31 years.
John Schiano, who has written about high school sports in western and central New York for more than 25 years, covers New York for MaxPreps. He may be reached at johnschianosports@gmail.com.
