Clymer/Sherman/Panama celebrated Friday night at Vestal High School with a 43-14 win over Dolgeville in the NYSPHSAA Class D West semifinals. Pajama photo: Matt Spielman
VESTAL – Climber/Sherman/Panama and Dolgeville were the top-ranked Class D teams in the state entering Friday.
As it turns out, the gap between them is quite large.
Tate Catanese scored four touchdowns and No. 1 Climber Sherman led 36-0 at halftime in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association West semifinals at Vestal High School. defeated the second-place Blue Devils 43-14. school.
The Wolfpack’s next game is the title game against Division IX Burke Catholic next Friday at 3 p.m. at the JMA Wireless Dome on the Syracuse University campus. The Eagles defeated Greenwich 25-18 in overtime in the East semifinals on Friday at Middletown High School.
If the Climbers/Shermans/Panamas play as well as they did in the first 24 minutes at Dick Hoover Stadium, it’s hard to imagine Burke Catholic being a big test.
The Wolfpack took less than three minutes to score their first touchdown on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Catanese to Bryce Hinsdale, then Catanese connected with Carter Brink for a 23-yard touchdown. It took just over two minutes to add up the second score. 2:45 left in the first quarter. Two point kicks made it 14-0.
On the Blue Devils’ next possession, Travis Owens recovered a D’Orgeville fumble, and just over three minutes later, Clymer/Sherman/Panama turned it around on Owens’ 2-yard touchdown run and 2-point conversion plunge from the basket. The over led 22-0. Catanese.
Brink caught Catanese’s second 16-yard touchdown of the game with 3:01 left in the first half, and Alex Barmore capped off the first-half scoring with a 16-yard touchdown catch after the Blue Devils held the kickoff. With 1 minute 20 seconds left in the second quarter, he scored his own score on a 4th down screen pass.
All that remained in the second half was whether Hinsdale would chase the state’s all-time receiving record. Hinsdale, who entered Game 7 off Bruce Williams’ 227 points, caught four passes in the first half.
After D’Orgeville turned the ball over on downs to start the third quarter, Catanese immediately targeted Hinsdale on a Wolfpack drive. On first-and-10 and second-and-5, the pair led to Hinsdale’s 225th and 226th catches. After Owens ran for 11 yards, Hinsdale tied the record with a 6-yard catch on a screen pass.
Hinsdale then set a new record by running 6 yards to the Dolgeville sideline on a second-and-4 from the 50-yard line with 3:47 left in the third quarter.
Two plays later, Catanese hooked up with Hinsdale for a 9-yard gain on his 229th reception.
Owens pushed the ball to the 1-yard line with a 17-yard run, capping off the drive with his second score of the game to make it 43-0.
Hinsdale’s night ended on offense, as they ended Dolgeville’s final drive with an interception inside the 1-yard line.
The Climber/Sherman/Panamanian reserve team was tasked with running out the clock while Catanese and his weapons decided to travel to the Orange’s home base next weekend and celebrated on the sideline.
Dolgeville 0 0 0 14 – 14
Climber/Shaman/Panama 14 22 7 0 – 43
C/S/P-Hinsdale 3 pass from Catanese (Hinsdale kick)
C/S/P-Blink 23 pass from Catanese (Hinsdale kick)
C/S/P-Owens 2 runs (Katanese run)
C/S/P-Blink 16 pass from Catanese (Hinsdale kick)
C/S/P-Barmore 16 pass from Catanese (Hinsdale kick)
C/S/P-Owens 1 run (Hinsdale kick)
Dollar-Moore, 55 pass from Borst (Comstock kick)
Dor Borst 14 runs (Comstock kick)
