Two undefeated teams walked into the Carrier Dome on Saturday afternoon for the Section III Class C championship game.
Skaneateles (9-0) beat General Brown 35-14 and walked out as the only unbeaten team in Class C.
“This was certainly on our list of goals, and I couldn’t be prouder of these kids for accomplishing it,” Skaneateles coach Joe Sindoni said.
Quarterback James Musso and running back Grayson Brunelle teamed up for 331 total yards and accounted for all five of the Lakers’ touchdowns on Friday. They combined for 47 touchdowns through nine games this season.
“It just feels amazing. We put so much work into this,” Brunelle said. “It’s all worth it now. We all knew that it would be worth it.”
The Lakers limited General Brown quarterback Elijah Rawleigh to 89 rushing yards on 22 carries and kept the Lions off the scoreboard until the fourth quarter.
“I thought our kids flew to the ball. Rawleigh is really dangerous,” Sindoni said. “They played us a couple of years ago at our place and scored 54 points on us, and Rawleigh embarrassed us. We wanted to make it our goal not to let him beat us with his legs, and I think for the most part we did that today.”
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The Lakers struck first late in the first quarter on a 33-yard touchdown pass from Musso to Cooper Purdy inside the left seam. Musso found Brunelle for his second touchdown pass of the afternoon on a fourth-and-six from nine yards out with less than a minute in the half.
Brunelle, who pitched in 137 rushing yards on 25 carries, scored Skaneateles’ third touchdown of the game on a nine-yard swing pitch midway through the third quarter. Musso found Nate Shattuck down the left sideline for a 35-yard touchdown on the Lakers’ next possession and extended the lead to 28-0.
“We knew (General Brown) was going to be aggressive in certain things, so we took advantage of that,” Musso said. “Nate came open on a great play and a great call by coach.”
General Brown broke the shutout early in the fourth quarter on a four-yard pitch-and-catch from Rawleigh to Derian Salter. Brunelle answered on Skaneateles’ ensuing drive with a five-yard rushing touchdown before Rawleigh trucked in the final score of the game with 1:11 left to play.
Skaneateles won its first sectional championship since the 2018 season. Sindoni, who has coached Musso since he was a freshman, said it’s special to watch players develop and earn this title together.
“Taking these kids from ninth-graders and sophomores that aren’t confident, that aren’t necessarily built physically, and taking them and having them over a two-, three-, four-year period, and having them do something like this,” Sindoni said, “I think by far that’s the most rewarding part of being a coach.”
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