Phil Blackwell
Sports Editor
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Phil Blackwell has been sports editor of Eagle Newspapers since 1998 and is the co-host of the Inside High School Sports show, Saturday mornings from 10 to 11 a.m. on ESPN Radio 97.7 and 100.1.
He can be reached at pblackwell@eaglenewsonline.com.
Recent Stories
Liverpool, C-NS baseball both take close losses
Warriors start AA title defense as no. 2 playoff seed
Nothing has proven smooth for the Liverpool and Cicero-North Syracuse baseball teams, as they both had to absorb close defeats in the last week of the regular season.
Liverpool softball beats West Genny, Auburn
Warriors no. 2 seed for AA playoffs, with C-NS top seed
Though it knows that it will chase favored Cicero-North Syracuse in the Section III Class AA playoffs, the Liverpool softball team still has plenty of reason to think it can prevail, too.
F-M baseball takes win streak into sectionals
Hornets beat West Genny, but faces rematch with Wildcats
For its last week of regular-season work, the Fayetteville-Manlius baseball team had an odd mixture of opponents and intentions, but it all seemed to work out as it went 3-0.
J-D softball, baseball head for Class A playoffs
Both sides will host sectional quarterfinal games
With most of its roster back from 2011, the Jamesville-DeWitt softball team had nothing less than a Section III Class A championship in mind. Now the Red Rams’ post-season quest begins. With a no. 3 seed in Class A, J-D hosts no. 6 seed New Hartford in the quarterfinal round, with the winner to get Phoenix or Chittenango in the semifinals.
Boys lacrosse Brothers split OT thrillers
CBA enters Class C playoffs, routs Clinton in opening round
Only by a narrow margin did the Christian Brothers Academy boys lacrosse team miss dropping its last four games of the regular season in the wake of an 11-1 start.
B’ville baseball wins Ilacqua Tournament title
Bees close regular season with rush, improve to 16-3
A good reputation may have much to do with the Baldwinsville baseball team’s no. 4 state Class AA ranking, but its play in the last week of the regular season offered a lot of justification to that high standard as the Bees won all five games it played to improve to 16-3 on the season.
Girls track Bees win invitational at C-NS
B'ville boys are third at site of sectional, state championships
In a span of 23 days, Baldwinsville’s track and field teams will make as many as seven trips to Cicero-North Syracuse’s Bragman Stadium for various competitions, all the way to the state championships on June 8 and 9. But it started with last weekend’s invitational meets. And in the inaugural C-NS Star-Light Girls Invitational on Friday, the Bees finished well out in front, earning 149 points, more than double the total of runner-up West Genesee, who had 73 points.
Skaneateles boys lax opens playoffs, rips J-E
Lakers score first seven goals in 16-7 romp of Eagles
Expectations for the Skaneateles boys lacrosse team for the 2012 edition of the Section III Class C playoffs are the same as in years past, even if the Lakers are in a far different position than normal. But when the sectional tournament began on Saturday night, the Lakers were ready for it, as it proved by controlling things from start to finish in a 16-7 victory over Jordan-Elbridge in the opening round.
Girls acrosse teams share fateful playoff Saturday
Marcellus, J-E beaten in close calls; alums shine in college spotlight
The fact that the Marcellus and Jordan-Elbridge girls lacrosse teams were eliminated in Saturday’s opening round of the Section III Class C playoffs was difficult for fans of both teams to take. However, those feelings were tempered by the immense pride shared in the fact that, across the country and across the divisions, local stars were busy shaping national-championship chases.
Marcellus, Westhill boys advance in lacrosse playoffs
Mustangs rout General Brown; Warriors take out Cortland
In their own particular ways, and on home fields both permanent and temporary, the Marcellus and Westhill boys lacrosse teams passed their first tests in the Section III Class C playoffs. Going first, the no. 8 seed Warriors knocked out no. 9 seed Cortland 15-9. A couple of hours later, it was the no. 6 seed Mustangs pulling away from no. 11 seed General Brown for a 16-7 victory.
