SECTION X EYING TO TWEAK DIVISIONS FOR 2013-14 YEAR
By Bob LaRue, North County
SportsNet
May 9: After two years of structural changes, Section X
officials are about to again tweak the divisional setup to
resolve some concerns regarding scheduling, particularly for
East Division schools, or in the case of some sports, North
and East Division schools. North Country SportsNet has
learned that a proposal will be brought before the Section X
Athletic Council on May 30th which could return the Section
to a balanced three-division structure with eight teams each
in the East, West and Central divisions. Currently, there
are seven teams in the Central, eight in the West and nine
teams in the East for softball. However, during soccer and
basketball seasons, the East was split into a North Division
of five Class C schools, with the remaining four schools in
the East. However, those schools and coaches pointed out
that there were just six or eight divisional games, as
opposed to 14 divisional matchups for West teams. The
proposed changes for the May 30th meeting would have no
direct impact on the West Division, which will keep its
current eight teams. To balance the East and Central to
eight teams each, one proposal calls for the East teams to
take turns in the large-school Central Division to help
balance the schedules. The reconfiguration appeared to come
to a head in recent weeks when St. Lawrence Central
volunteered to put its boys and girls basketball teams into
the Central Division for one season to help expedite the
plan and bring harmony. However, Section X Coordinator Carl
Normandin told NCSN that there are no clear-cut solutions
just yet. He suggested the Council might rotate which East
team plays in the Central each year, as a fairer solution,
which could also be based on strength of each school's teams
to match up against the bigger schools. Meanwhile, the
schools are also waiting for the New York State Public High
School Athletic Association to issue new enrollment cutoff
numbers, also known as BEDS or Basic Educational Data
Survey, to determine which class each school will be in for
the 2013-14 school year.
GOUVERNEUR LEADS CANTON IN RAIN-SUSPENDED GAME
Gouverneur’s Aaron McEathron (15) makes contact to send the
down the rightfield line for a single and an RBI to plate
Hunter Ayen for the Wildcats. Gouverneur took a 3-0 lead in
the top of the first inning and opened a 4-0 lead over
Canton into the fourth inning, before the game was suspended
due to rain and lightning. The game will be resumed at
the point of stoppage at a later date. (Cody Jenne
photo)
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