{"id":432943,"date":"2026-01-28T18:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/432943\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:42:13","slug":"syracuse-coms-boys-hockey-rankings-through-week-8-section-iii-power-takes-over-as-new-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/432943\/","title":{"rendered":"Syracuse.com\u2019s boys hockey rankings (through Week 8): Section III power takes over as new No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

High School Sports News<\/a>Published: Jan. 28, 2026, 12:32 p.m.\"HighThe West Genesee hockey team is gearing up for defense of its Section III Division I title.dennis nett | dnett@syracuse.com<\/p>\n

Syracuse, N.Y. \u2014 The new No. 1 in this week\u2019s syracuse.com\u2019s<\/a> Section III boys hockey rankings should feel right at home.<\/p>\n

Defending Division I champion West Genesee (12-4-1) has earned the right to look down at the rest of the field. The Wildcats vaulted up from No. 2 after defeating previous No. 1 Rome Free Academy in a showdown Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

That contest was a rematch of last year\u2019s sectional final and looks like a preview of this year\u2019s championship clash. But first, the Wildcats are staring at a late-season challenge vs. No. 7 Syracuse (10-5) on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Whitesboro (11-5) and Baldwinsville (9-3-3) were the big movers this week, each inching up two spots to No. 3 and 4, respectively. Whitesboro is gearing up for a big test against No. 5 Skaneateles (12-4) on Thursday. The Bees, meanwhile, face off vs. No. 8 New Hartford (9-5-1) on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how all the Section III teams stack up this week:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Lindsay Kramer is a general assignment sportswriter for Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard. He has covered CNY colleges, the Syracuse Chiefs\/Mets and the Syracuse Crunch. He currently covers high school sports… more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High School Sports NewsPublished: Jan. 28, 2026, 12:32 p.m.The West Genesee hockey team is gearing up for defense…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[52549,5,52550,52551],"class_list":{"0":"post-432943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-2026-dennis-nettdnettsyracuse-com","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-january-6","11":"tag-the-west-genesee-hockey-team-travel-to-cicero-to-take-on-cicero"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115974199986026721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}