We're sending ANOTHER Blue Devil to Albany! Congratulations to Astro Johnson on qualifying for the NYSPHSAA State Girls' Wrestling Championship for the first time! After an early setback in the 185 quarterfinals at the Section III Championship, the senior ran the table in the consolation bracket, then won the true second match over Fulton's Hayleigh Lenz to secure a spot at states.
Astro will join our newly minted Section III champion, Rylie Meagher, at the NYSPHSAA Girls' Wrestling Championship on February 26th. Way to go!
Rylie advances to the 2026 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Girls' Wrestling Championship, to be held on Thursday, February 26th at Albany's MVP Arena.
This will be her third appearance at a season-culminating NYSPHSAA event, and her first at one held under "State Championship" status. She appeared in the 2023 and 2024 NYSPHSAA State Girls Wrestling Invitational tournaments in Syracuse, landing a third place finish in 2023.
At today's Section III Division II Boys' Wrestling Championship Meet, sophomore Talon Kimball placed second at 144 lbs, and senior Mason Butler was third in the 132 lb. weight class!
Both will advance to represent Camden and Section III in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association boys' wrestling championship tournament, to be held on February 27th and 28th at Albany's MVP Arena. This will be Talon's second journey to states, and Mason is making his first appearance.
It's a great day to be a Blue Devil, and we hope for more great news tomorrow as the Section III girls' championship hits the mat in Syracuse!
Fourteen Camden wrestlers are on the entry list for the Saturday's event, and wrestling begins at 10 AM.
Keep up with the brackets here as they happen!
https://www.flowrestling.org/nextgen/events/15182981/teams
Tickets:
https://section3.org/sports/2021/4/29/hometown-ticketing.aspx
The Camden Girls' Bowling team takes aim at top honors on Sunday, February 8th at the Section III Girls' Bowling Championships hosted by Flamingo Bowl in Syracuse. Bowling is set to begin at 9 AM.
Live Scores: https://www.section3bowling.com/girls-scores/
Tickets: https://section3.org/sports/2021/4/29/hometown-ticketing.aspx
Fourteen Blue Devils are headed to tomorrow's Section III Class A & B Winter Track and Field Championship Meet, to be held at Onondaga Community College's SRC Arena!
Competition begins at 9 AM Saturday.
Tickets: https://section3.org/sports/2021/4/29/hometown-ticketing.aspx
The Blue Devils finish off regular season competition on Friday against New Hartford, with the TVL’s regular season title on the line for Camden. After that, Gerow and Lallier will have a considerable amount of time to dial in their game for their next test. Both have qualified for the Section III Individual Shootout to be held on February 26th.
Kim was unable to make it, so our own Megan Buckingham stepped in to help accept the honors on her behalf.
The Jugglers are a cooperative effort between Districts in the Utica/Rome area that do not sponsor their own boys' hockey program. There are currently 11 schools represented, including Camden, on this year's roster.
Today, February 4th, is National Girls and Women In Sports Day!
On the afternoon of Wednesday, January 28th, the Camden varsity bowling programs celebrated their class of 2026 with senior night festivities at King Pin Lanes in Rome. Congratulations to Braylon Lyke, Ayden Gerow, Pietra Van der Werff, and Harley Kenyon on great careers, and hopefully the best is yet to come for our bowlers!
Section III Championships are upon us for both teams! The Camden boys will compete on Sunday, 2/1, at Strike-N-Spare Lanes in Syracuse, and the Camden girls will follow on Sunday, 2/8, at Flamingo Bowl in Syracuse. The Section III Individual Shootout begins on 2/26.
For more information including tickets, visit https://section3.org
For championship results, head to https://www.section3bowling.com/calendar/
Graduating wrestlers Astro Johnson, Peyton Kelley, Ryley Narolis, and Mason Butler were celebrated, and three of the four graduating seniors won their matches to add to the festivities.
On Tuesday, January 27th, the Camden High School boys’ basketball team notched a second straight win, and honored a group of six seniors in the process. Ahead of a 74-62 win over Oneida, the Blue Devils basketball and winter cheerleading programs recognized their Class of 2026 for an immense contribution of time and energy to their respective squads.
Mykenzie Gardner was the lone senior representing the winter cheerleading program, and was joined in the festivities by boys’ basketball players Landon Loomis, Adam Gonzalez, Zack Odom, Cody Piersall, and Trenton Brower.
The program also took the opportunity to honor longtime coaching staff member Mark Trusso. Trusso, a retired CCSD technology teacher, has dedicated his time working with the boys’ and girls’ basketball programs at Camden during his career, with a coaching tenure that began in 1978. As he gets ready to depart the Camden area for a new chapter, Trusso was presented with an engraved piece of the current high school’s original gym floor, which was recently replaced.
In the game itself, the Blue Devils overhauled an early deficit to take a one point lead at halftime, then methodically expanded their lead in the second half to lock down their fifth victory of the season.
Photos: Braelin Page / Imagesbyb
