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C-NS pulls away late, beats B’ville by Phil Blackwell
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quick scan of the score - CiceroNorth Syracuse 41, Baldwinsville 19 - would suggest that again the Northstars had its way with a main challenger for area Class AA football supremacy last Friday night at Bragman Stadium. Yet it was nowhere near that lopsided, with C-NS only putting the game away when it scored two touchdowns in the final four minutes against a Bees squad that worked hard to avenge last year’s defeat in the sectional title game. And there was a moment, late in the second quarter, where the Northstars had reason to worry. Despite four possessions in B’ville territory in the first half, C-NS only cored once, on Jaxon Razmovski’s three-yard run, having turned it over twice and got stopped on fourth down. Energized by this, the Bees had seen Greg Marinelli throw two deep passes to Griffin Killian - one that set up an eight-yard touchdown run by Marinelli, the other a long scramble that led to a 69-yard scoring completion. The latter of those plays came with 46 seconds to play in the half and gave B’ville a 12-7 lead, but it still was enough time to turn the game
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Cicero-North Syracuse football players emerge onto the field out of the smoke before last Friday’s game against Baldwinsville at Bragman Stadium. permanently in C-NS’s favor. Razmovski, from his own 24, threw over the middle, and Tristan Johnson caught it, dashing 58 yards deep into B’ville territory. A 13-yard pass to Zuriel Dickerson put it on the one and Razmovski scored from there just 31 seconds after Killian’s go-ahead TD. As if that wasn’t enough momentum, more came when B’ville fumbled on the first play of the third quarter. Again with a short field, the Northstars turned to Jayceon McGrew, whose 29-yard run on a sweep set up Razmovski’s three-yard TD pass to Johnson. McGrew made an even bigger play when, after a 47-yard completion rom Marinelli to Kaleb Paul set up another B’ville scoring chance, he forced a Nico Well-
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ABOVE: Cicero-North Syracuse’s Ty Daughton (59) and Farouk Ibrahim (3) combine to make a tackle in last Friday’s game against Baldwinsville. LEFT: ‘Tristan Johnson (7) takes off on a 58-yard play late in the second quarter, which set up the goahead touchdown as the Northstars went on to win 41-19. man fumble at the Northstars’ six that Roemellow Robinson recovered. A 94-yard drive followed where Razmovski missed a couple of plays, but returned and netted his third TD run
from four yards out early in the final period, stretching CNS’s lead to 27-12. Again B’ville fought back, Marinelli’s 49-yard scramble leading to a four-yard scoring run with 7:57 left, but the
Northstars put it away with a 77-yard march with key gains by Farouk Ibrahim, Nate Williams and Andrew Vinette before Razmovski found Johnson in the end zone from 17 yards out with 4:45 left. Ibra-
Veterans given heroes’ salute
By David Tyler Eighty local veterans were welcomed home at Hancock Airport Saturday evening following a day long adventure on Syracuse Honor Flight 17 to the nation’s capital. After arriving at Reagan National Airport, chartered buses transported the veterans and supporting flight team to the WWII Memorial, the USAF Memorial, and the Korean and Vietnam War Memorials. The capstone event was observing the “Changing of the Guard” at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Upon their return to Syracuse, the veterans were greeted by dozens of well-wishers at the gate before heading to the main concourse. Hundreds – perhaps thousands – of family, friends and well-wishers waved signs and cheered the veterans on as they paraded through the concourse on their way to a brief welcome home ceremony. Most of the veterans aboard Mission 17 were from the Korean War and Vietnam War eras, with more than half having served during
L’pool woman faces charges after crash 10-year-old remains hospitalized after accident By Russ Tarby Contributing Writer
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Carol Ruby of Liverpool served stateside with the 376th Combat Support Hospital. She was welcomed at Hancock Airport with a red, white and blue bouquet of flowers. the Vietnam War. There were five veterans 2012 for 27 veterans and since then, more than aboard who served during World War II. 1,200 veterans have traveled from Central and Honor Flight Network was formed in 2005 to Northern New York and the Mohawk Valley. transport veterans at no cost to Washington, DC Each veteran brings a companion, tabbed a to visit their memorials. Honor Flight Syracuse ‘guardian’, to help him or her navigate the flight conducted its inaugural mission in October Veterans l Page 2
‘No-man’s land:’ N. Syracuse considers Wells Ave. purchase BY ASHLEY M. CASEY ASSOCIATE EDITOR
At the end of Wells Avenue East and Oakley Drive in the village of North Syracuse, there is a strip of vacant land. The absentee owner owes more than $8,000 in back taxes. Since the village already maintains the grass and clears brush from the parcel, Mayor Gary Butterfield is interested in having the village buy the property and possibly divide it to sell to the neighboring homeowners for a nominal fee. “It was scheduled to go to auction on Oct. 4. We would like to get our hands on it before the auction,” Butterfield said at the Sept. 22 meeting of the village board of trustees.
him added a last-minute TD. C-NS travels this Friday to Henninger, a prelude to the Oct.7 home clash with Liverpool, who lost 39-7 to Rochester’s University Prep to fall to 1-2 on the season.
While Onondaga County reimburses North Syracuse for the cost of maintaining the strip of “no-man’s land,” as Butterfield called it, the county could decide to discontinue that arrangement. “There is never a guarantee that every year we’re going to be made whole,” Trustee Christopher Strong said. Strong said he has met with several residents of Wells and Oakley. He said photos show evidence of illegal dumping and damage to North Syracuse Department of Public Works equipment. The parcel’s swampy tendencies increase the risk of mosquitoes, Strong added. While Butterfield and Strong are in favor of purchasing the property, other board members were not convinced. Deputy Mayor Pat
Gustafson disputed the claims of illegal dumping. “What benefit to the village is that strip of land?” she asked. “It’s good for nothing. You can’t put anything on it. Nobody was dumping on it, there wasn’t any garbage on it. The only thing that was on it was branches and trees and leaves.” A resident who spoke during the public comment period of the Sept. 22 meeting agreed with Gustafson. “There is no dumping there. As Pat said, it was just brush,” said the resident, who did not give her name. Another village resident, Ken Ryan, said flooding from the swampy parcel has backed up Wells Ave.
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A 10-year-old child was seriously injured in a two-car crash on Saturday night, Sept. 17, in the town of Clay. Six days later, Onondaga County sheriff ’s detectives charged one of the drivers with vehicular assault and driving while intoxicated. On Sept. 23, sheriff ’s detectives assigned to the criminal investigations division arrested Harley VanSlyke, 39, of Liverpool. She was charged with second-degree vehicCharges
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Trucks on Tulip
Mayor wants truck drivers to take alternative routes By Russ Tarby Contributing Writer At the Sept. 19 meeting of the board of trustees, Mayor Gary White reported that resident complaints have been mounting about the increased volume of truck traffic on Tulip Street, north of Oswego Street. “It’s an ongoing issue,” White said. Ever since Amazon opened a 3.7 million-square-foot robotic Fulfillment Center at 7211 Morgan Road in June, Trucks l Page 2
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