FREE • EagleStarReview.com
Week of May 18, 2022 Home of The Wiggins Family
Proudly serving Liverpool, Salina, North Syracuse, Cicero & Clay
PENNY SAVER: CNY’S BEST BUSINESS SERVICE DIRECTORY INSIDE!
WORK BUY SELL TRADE GET IT DONE
L’pool beats ESM, West Genny by Phil Blackwell
Establishing itself as the favorite in the Section III Class AA picture, the Liverpool softball team continued to put together impressive efforts during its most crowded stretch of the season. Liverpool had started the week with 7-2 win over East Syracuse Minoa last Monday that featured another late-game comeback. For five innings, Spartans pitcher Olivia Goff had stymied the Warriors, but it changed in the top of the sixth when Liverpool batted around and struck for all of its runs. Mackenzie Frani, the winning pitcher, also had an RBI in that decisive sixth, joining Joelle Wike, Lily Stevens, Cassie Wiggins and Ava Falvo driving in runs. Stevens was the only Liverpool batter with two hits off Goff. This momentum carried over into a doubleheader sweep of West Genesee a day later. A close opening game went 4-2 in Liverpool’s favor, Wiggins striking out 12 and limiting the Wildcats to five hits. Lauren Ragonese had two hits at the plate as she, along with Joelle and Julia Wike, drove in runs. It was far more lopsided in the second game, the Warriors bashing WG 14-4 as Frani pitched, struck out eight and also had three hits and three RBIs. Wiggins went four-for-four, scored three times and drove in three runs. Joelle Wike’s trio of hits led to two RBIs as Gracie Zankowski also got three hits and scored four runs. In Saturday’s action at Carrier Park, Liverpool was shut out 7-0 by Section V’s Fairport, unable to get on the board despite earning six hits, two each by Stevens and Joelle Wike, one each by Frani and Lauren Ragonese. Next game Section II’s Ballston Spa, who also managed to beat the Warriors 7-0. Wiggins struck out six, but Liverpool again could not get a run, even with Julia Wike going three-for-three. Cicero-North Syracuse was still going through its fair share of struggles, symbolized by last Thursday’s 13-0 defeat to Baldiwnsville at the Gillette Road complex. A five-run first inning got the Bees in front, and it kept adding to the margin, notching 17 hits. Bella Nazdan went five-for-five and scored five runs as Leah VerSchneider’s double and two singles led to five RBIs. Even better was the way B’ville pitcher Taylor Tripodi shut down the Northstars, limiting it to just one hit, by Sydney Puttkamer, and four walks while
Anthony Ahn
Ha l Henty
Liverpool pitcher Cassie Wiggins (44) delivers during last Tuesday’s doubleheader against West Genesee. Wiggins struck out 12 as the Warriors defeated the Wildcats 4-2 in this game and 14-4 in the other game. recording 10 strikeouts. Like Liverpool, C-NS would also play twice Saturday, but do so at the Mudville Sports Complex, where it split those games. Against Fontbonne Hall Academy, a private school from Brooklyn, C-NS won 22-4, peaking with a nine-run second inning, but it lost the other game 11-0 to Section II’s Ichabod Crane.
Tunes at #SYRFoodTrucksTakeover
As the crowd erupts, F-M’s Stella Barlow makes the final shot of last Thursday’s Unified basketball game against J-D with an assist from F-M senior Michael OuYang.
From the publisher
Need your spirits lifted? Go to a Unified basketball game
By David Tyler If you’ve been overwhelmed with all the bad news in the world and you want to reset your faith in humanity, I suggest you check out one of the Unified basketball games that remain on this spring’s schedule. Game l Page 7
VFW Auxiliary to hold ‘Flamingo Flocking’ fundraiser By Ashley M. Casey Associate Editor
Lori Newcomb
Syracuse roots-and-blues singer Colin Aberdeen performed at the Syracuse Food Truck Association’s #SYRFoodTrucksTakeover at Great Northern Mall in Clay on May 11.
If you happen to wake up to a bunch of flamingos in your yard next month, don’t fret: you’ve just been flocked. Throughout June, the Cicero Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary is holding a “Flamingo Flocking” fundraiser. Donors can pay to prank their friends with a 48-hour invasion of plastic flamingos. “Flockees” can pay to have the kitschy birds removed — and even relocated to another unsuspecting homeowner’s lawn. Organizer Cathy Barling said the idea hatched when she participated in a similar fundraiser for the Gillette Road Middle School ParentTeacher Group several years ago. “We probably had maybe 25, 30 people that we flocked,” she recalled. “I just went on the internet and looked for fundraisers for schools.” A squad of volunteers planted the
flamingos at dusk, and most of the “flockees” were good sports about it. Onlookers got a kick out of it as well, Barling said. “Usually nobody was home [when we did it] but neighbors saw us and said, ‘Oh, that’s a great idea — can I donate?’” she said. Barling floated the flamingo concept to the Cicero VFD Auxiliary, and they agreed it was a fun idea. You can arrange for a flocking of a house in the Cicero-North Syracuse area (no businesses or apartment complexes) for $10. If you have been flocked, you can pay $10 for a “trained technician” to remove the flock early or relocate it elsewhere. Flamingo flocking insurance to safeguard your home from future flamingo invasions is available for $10. The flocking calendar is filling up quickly, so the auxiliary encourages interested donors to contact Barling as soon as possible at 315-699-3160 or cathy.barling@cicerofd.org.
Volume 130, Number 20 The Star-Review is published weekly by Eagle News. Office of Publication: 2501 James St., Suite 100, Syracuse, NY 13206. Periodical Postage Paid at Syracuse, NY 13220, USPS 316060. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to Star-Review, 2501 James St., Suite 100, Syracuse, NY 13206.
syracuse jazz fest: 36 th annual event hits downtown June 23-25.
PAGE 4
sports: Liverpool, C-NS boys both fall to West Genesee.
PAGE 13
Calendar �������������������� 2 death notices ����������� 3 Editorial ��������������������� 6 history ������������������������ 2
Obituaries ������������������ 3 PennySaver ���������������� 8 Sports ����������������������� 13