Nike's Upstate Risings Tournament Results

The Upstate Risings Tournament is the perfect example of the old saying that there is usually a silver lining in any dark cloud. Held at the Sunnycrest/Henninger Athletic Complex in Syracuse on Saturday, July 17th, this now annual tourney was born from the NYS Nike Shootout held here in 2009 as a replacement tournament for the cancelled Empire State Games.

This year's format was really two tournaments in one, with 2009-10 freshmen all-stars from NYS Sections 3-6 playing a round-robin schedule, followed in alternating hours with their counterpart sophomore all-stars. That's a pretty nice chunk of Upstate - everything west of a line from Carthage to Binghamton.

With plenty of sunshine, beautiful fields, supportive fans, the great smells of sausage with peppers and onions coming from the concession stand, and great lacrosse, a finer summer day could not have been wished for.

Photos from four of the games can be found here.

Here are the results:

9th Grade:

Section Four  5,  Section  Six  4

Section Three 6, Section Five 6

 

Section Three  10,  Section Six  4

Section Four 7, Section Five 4

Section Six  5,  Section Five 3

Section Three  5, Section Four  3

Final Standings:

Section Three: 2-0-1
Section Four:  2-1
Section Six: 1-2
Section Five: 0-2-1

10th Grade:

Section Four  7,  Section  Three  4

Section Five 9, Section Six 7

Section Five  5,  Section Four  3

Section Three 6, Section Six 5

Section Five  6,  Section Three 4

Section Six  6, Section Four  2

Final Standings:

Section Five: 3-0
Section Three:  1-2
Section Five: 1-2
Section Six: 1-2