Liverpool boys volleyball gets even with ESM

CENTRAL NEW YORK – Monday night brings another boys volleyball showdown between Liverpool and Cicero-North Syracuse but only after a busy string of matches by both sides.

C-NS, for example, got off to a solid start Wednesday night beating the Syracuse City side it lost to back on Sept. 17.

Getting all the key points in a 25-18, 25-18, 25-19 sweep, the Northstars had Grady Kennedy pick up 18 assists and Dylan Fournier earn 16 assists on a well-balanced back line.

Kevin Greer and Phillip Greer each finished with nine kills, just ahead of Jack Copeland and Ryan Leahey with seven kills apiece as Phillip Greer got a team-best 13 digs. Kennedy and Max Wolanski both got six digs.

Liverpool was dominant in Wednesday’s match with Fayetteville-Manlius, a 25-13, 25-19, 25-17 sweep that echoed the Warriors’ earlier sweep of the Hornets.

Jack DeForge gained 14 kills and five aces, with Sean Frawley earning 11 kills. James Kelly added eight kills as Kellen Conway passed to all of them with 32 assists, Chase Loveless earning 11 digs and Shahidullah Sahak eight digs.

Looking to avenge an earlier defeat to East Syracuse Minoa Friday night, the Warriors did so in four sets, each one of them tight and hard-fought.

The first, third and fourth sets all went 25-21 in Liverpool’s favor with a 25-22 Spartans win in the second set in between, Conway at the forefront delivering 40 assists along with 11 digs.

Up front, DeForge set the pace with 17 kills and three blocks, but close behind him were Frawley and Loveless earning 10 kills apiece and Kelly getting six kills. Amaree Burton added four kills, with Gianni DeFrancesco getting 10 digs ahead of Sahak’s second-straight effort of eight digs.

This happened as C-NS was turned back by F-M, not quite able to get consistent scoring in a 25-18, 25-17, 25-23 defeat to the Hornets, who were led by Patrick Horton’s 33 assists, Ben Resig’s 19 kills and Charlie Schroder’s 11 kills.