Leading off today: Lanky Johnson City senior Jeff Martinez's final 3,200-meter race on Friday was a gem and earned him the title at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association track and field meet at Cicero-North Syracuse.

   Martinez finished in 8 minutes, 57.60 seconds to demolish the Section 4 record of 9:05.2 posted by Brian Clas of Union-Endicott to win the 1990 championship.

   Chris Stogsdill of Marcellus pushed the early pace and led at the midpoint with a 4:24.4 split, but Martinez went 1:01.38 on the bell lap to fend off John Miller of Arlington (9:00.60). Stogsdill faded to fourth in 9:08.84.

   "I don't know what could have gone better my way," Martinez told The Press & Sun-Bulletin.

   Some other noteworthy moments from the meet, which concluded yesterday:

   Roslyn junior Emily Lipari won the 3,000 of Friday for the third straight year, finishing in 9:38.66 to hold off Aisling Cuffe of Cornwall (9:40.25). She tacked on a second place in the 1,500 the next day as Megan Patrignelli of Monroe-Woodbury clocked 4:25.65, third in the country this season.

   Speaking of distance work, Chaminade's Michael Kiley wired the steeplechase field in 9:13.92 to take over the national high school lead and Alex Hatz of Fayettevile Manlius took the No. 3 spot on the 1,00 list with a meet- record 4:06.11.

   At the other end of the distance spectrum, Saratoga sophomore Madalayne Smith ran the 100-meter hurdles in :13.88 and :13.80 on consecutive days to win the NYSPHSAA Division I and Federation championships, respectively. NaTasha Greggs (Rochester Wilson) and Will Cole (Hamburg) sizzled in the intermediate hurdles in 1:01.26 and :52.77, respectively.

   Ashley Fields of Amherst swept the girls Federation dashes in :11.85 and :23.66. Fellow Section 6 star Melissa Kurzdorfer of Lancaster swept NYSPHSAA Division I and Federation firsts in both weight events, flinging ths discus 158-9.

   Suffern's Jenn Clayton long jumped 20-6.25 and 20-7 on consecutive days en route to Federation honors.

   Baseball finals recap: Mamaroneck defended its NYSPHSAA Class AA championship with a 12-2 victory over Clarence at NYSEG Stadium on the heels of a 4-3, 11-inning victory over Massapequa in the semifinals.

   Senior and four-year starter Matt McGovern scored three runs in the final and hit a home run vs. Clarence to give the Tigers an 8-2 lead. In the semifinal, he threw seven scoreless innings of three-hit relief after entering a 3-3 game with two on and none out in the fifth. He retired the first 13 batters he faced en route to running his streak to 13 shutout innings during the playoffs.

   Mamaroneck, which is 74-10-1 since the start of the 2007 season, won the semifinal when junior cleanup hitter Mike Rosenfeld hit a walk-off single with the bases loaded following an intentional pass to McGovern.

   Mamaroneck has won 16 straight postseason games.

   In Class A, senior outfielder Alan Komoroswki delivered run-scoring hits in the fourth and sixth innings of Aquinas' 3-1 triumph against W.T. Clarke in support of a four-hitter by junior Ray Kelly hours after classmate and staff ace Jed Lemen threw a four-hitter during a 4-1 win over Mexico.

   Komorowski's fourth-inning single plated what proved to be the winning run for the Little Irish, who outscored their final four playoff opponents by 23-2.

   Clarke had won state championships in 2002 and 2005.

   Westhill ran the table against New York competition this spring, capping a 29-2 season with an 8-1 triumph against Dobbs Ferry in Class B. Mike Carr drove in a combined seven runs against Dobba Ferry and the 4-2 victory against Fredonia in the semifinals.

   The Warriors' only losses were to out-of-state opponents during a spring trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. They won their final 28 games of the season, including seven in the postseason by an aggregate 48-14.

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   Patrick Lemmo won the semifinal in relief and three five innings of four-hit ball in the final. He totaled 14 strikeouts in nine innings of work for the day.

   In Class C, Maple Hill escaped with a 3-2 victory over Oyster Bay in nine innings and then collected the championship plaque with a 19-2 laugher against Frewsburg in which Nick Papas went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and four runs scored.

   Jaime Schultz singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth against Oyster Bay. He also picked up the win by throwing 4 2/3 innings of one-hit relief and striking out 11.

   Arkport scored the game's final 13 runs while rallying to a 14-6 victory over Schenectady Christian in the Class D championship game at Union-Endicott.

   With the score 6-4, No. 8 hitter Jason Lewis opened the six-run third inning with a walk and the Blue Jays put up four straight hits, capped by a double to left by Kevin Crosson.

   Shawn Kerr, who'd eliminated Hamilton, 2-1, with a complete-game effort in the semifinals, pitched the final four innings and struck out four while allowing just one hit.

   Softball finals recap: In Waterloo, Nicole Flint's one-hitter carried Brentwood past Fairport, 4-1, for the Indians' first championship hours after she threw a perfect game during a 7-0 victory against North Rockland.

   Flint had also thrown a perfect game against Bay Shore in the Section XI championship game.

   In Class A, feshman Sam Giovanniello threw a one-hitter, struck out 12 batters and starred at the plate during Floral Park's 4-0 victory over Pearl River. Giovanniello singled, doubled and tripled in four at-bats.

   Floral Park broke open a scoreless game with four runs on five hits in the sixth inning. Giovanniello doubled home the first run, Melissa Correa singled home another and then Rachel Battle and Allison Bostrom followed with run-scoring hits.

   Mechanicville repeated as the Class B champion and won its sixth crown since 2000 without the benefit of a senior on the roster.

   "These kids are unbelievable," Mechanicville coach Don Arceneaux told The Times Union after a 3-1 win over Fredonia in the title game. "They get down and they come back. This is one big family. ... It doesn't get old to come here and win them."

   Arceneaux was an assistant on the team that won three straight Class C titles beginning in 2000 and has guided the Red Raiders to the championships in 2005, 2008 and 2009.

   Rhinebeck won Class C via a 6-1 victory over Tioga with the help of Kristin Herr's two-run single in the first inning.

   Tioga cut the lead in half in the second on Amanda Fama's two-out double, but sophomore Megan Michie did not allow another hit until the seventh inning. Michie finished her five-hitter with eight strikeouts.

   Earlier in the day, Michie carried a perfect game into the seventh inning of a 1-0 win over Hoosick Falls.

   Afton ended its string of four straight losses in championship games by downing Batavia Notre Dame in Class D, 7-4.

   Jessie Winans hit a solo home run and center fielder Jennifer Boudreau threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the first inning to pace the way for the school's seventh NYSPHSAA softball title and first since 2002.

   Afton routed S.S. Seward, 18-2, in the semifinal game earlier in the day as Abbie Martin went 4-for-4 .