Victor wins Kerr Cup for best best sports program in NYS

Published: 06/28/2018 @ 08:00 am

Victor High School is the best of the best. The New York Sportswriters Association named Victor the winner of the Kerr Cup on Wednesday. The Cup is given to the school that accumulates the most points from state championship competition throughout the school year. Victor is the first Section Five school to win the Kerr Cup, which is in its 10th... more

Meet the All-Greater Rochester spring sports selections

Published: 06/29/2018 @ 08:00 am

Meet the 2018 All-Greater Rochester Spring Sports picks — 128 athletes and 10 coaches selected to represent eight all-star teams. One Athlete of the Year finished her decorated career with 56 state titles and another was the best player in the state and led her team to a state championship in her first year on varsity. First-team picks include a... more

36th annual Eddie Meath All-Star football game canceled due to heat

Published: 07/02/2018 @ 08:00 am

The 36th annual Eddie Meath All-Star Football Game was canceled Sunday due to the heat index. The game for high school seniors was originally scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Eastridge, but organizers attempted to beat the heat by pushing the start time back to 6 p.m. and eventually 8 p.m. However, game Chairman Dick Cerone was forced to cancel... more

Funds being raised to send Waterloo girls softball team to state tournament

Published: 07/13/2018 @ 08:00 am

The 13 girls who make up the Waterloo Little League Major Softball All-Star Team and their coaches are heading to Fishkill today to participate in the state championship tournament. The community has been raising money to help support the team, and monetary donations are still being accepted. Checks should be made out to Waterloo Little League and sent to Waterloo... more

Warren “absolutely” wants Pegulas running Blue Cross Arena long-term

Published: 07/14/2018 @ 08:00 am

Mayor Lovely Warren introduced Pegula Sports as the interim manager of Blue Cross Arena on Friday, with an eye toward a long-term deal. “Absolutely that is the plan,” she said when asked if the city wanted the Rochester Americans, Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bills owners in charge from now on. The interim pact will run from Aug. 1 through Dec.... more

Q&A with NYSPHSAA’s Robert Zayas

Published: 07/15/2018 @ 08:00 am

Nearing the start of his seventh year as executive director of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, Robert Zayas still sees himself more toward the beginning of his tenure. “This is a position that people really don’t leave,” Zayas said Thursday at the NYSPHSAA office. “I enjoy every single day with it. I really do, so I... more

25 questions entering the 2018 Section V football season

Published: 08/06/2018 @ 08:00 am

The Section V football season opens with the third annual Teddi Bowl featuring Victor and Pittsford at 7 p.m. Aug. 30 at St. John Fisher College. As team’s prepare to begin official practices on Aug. 13, here are 25 questions from the Democrat & Chronicle to consider 25 days before the first game. Read More High school football: 25 questions entering... more

Skaneateles girls lacrosse’s section title streak snapped

Published: 05/30/2018 @ 08:00 am

Skaneateles’ streak has come to an end. The Lakers fell behind early and couldn’t keep up with the Spartans’ offense, as No. 3 Skaneateles fell to No. 1 South Jefferson, 12-5, in the Section III, Class D girls lacrosse championship at SUNY Cortland Tuesday. The Lakers had won the section title and made a trip to the state final four... more

Geneva captures Class C boys lacrosse title with 13-2 victory over Wayne

Published: 05/30/2018 @ 08:00 am

Geneva boys’ lacrosse coach L.J. Russell firmly believes in the old saw that it’s always tough to beat a team a third time after you’ve already defeated it twice, even though he’s seen firsthand that it can be done. “Oh, I do, trust me I do,” he said with a smile Tuesday afternoon after his Panthers throttled rival Wayne 13-2... more

Pal-Mac girls top Penn Yan to capture lacrosse title

Published: 05/30/2018 @ 08:00 am

The Pal-Mac girls lacrosse team defeated Penn Yan by a final score of 12-7 in Pittsford on Tuesday night to capture the Section V Class D title. It was the second straight championship for Pal-Mac and Coach E.J. Burse. Pal-Mac defeated Penn Yan in the sectional final game last season, 16-5. Emma Arnold led the way with 6 goals and... more

Canandaigua baseball heads to Far West Regional with 2-1 win over Wayne

Published: 05/30/2018 @ 08:00 am

Dale Werth strolled to the Frontier Field mound for his second visit in the bottom of the sixth. The Canandaigua head coach had a guy warming up in the bullpen ready to go. He looked that way. Then he turned toward center field. Werth waved in his centerfielder, Michael Sculli, to try and close it out. Two runners were on... more

Penn Yan dynasty rolls on with 8-6 win over Aquinas for Class D lacrosse championship

Published: 05/31/2018 @ 08:00 am

There haven’t been too many afternoons at St. John Fisher College where Penn Yan’s dynastic boys’ lacrosse team has been pushed to the limit in a Section V championship game, be it in the Class C or D tournament. But on a steamy and sunny Wednesday on the Growney Stadium turf that they have owned for years, the Mustangs got... more

Victor pulls out thrilling 10-9 double-OT victory in Class B final

Published: 05/31/2018 @ 08:00 am

This was never going to be easy for Victor, no matter how many championships it has won, no matter how many future Division I lacrosse players it has on its roster. Sure enough, in a scintillating Section V Class B championship game at St. John Fisher College Wednesday night, as good a high school game as you’ll ever see, Webster... more

Mynderse falls in sectional softball final to Bishop Kearney

Published: 05/31/2018 @ 08:00 am

Tournament MVP Emily Phelan struck out 16 batters to lead top-seeded Bishop Kearney to a 6-2 win over No. 3 seed Mynderse in the Section V Class B softball final at Canandaigua on Wednesday evening. The defending Class C state champs did most of their damage in the 2nd inning scoring 5 runs. Read More: D&C Let’s go Mynderse Girls’... more

Eight-man football comes to Section V this fall

Published: 06/01/2018 @ 08:00 am

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association is examining if reduced-man football can be a solution where there are concerns whether schools have enough players to field a team for an entire season. The varsity Holley and Finney/Northstar coaches said the teams would have struggled to maintain the 16-player roster required by the NYPSHSAA to play 11-man football.... more

Pal-Mac grad Ben Reeves wins Tewaaraton Award

Published: 06/01/2018 @ 08:00 am

Yale captain Ben Reeves and junior attack Sam Apuzzo of Boston College have won the Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the most outstanding male and female college lacrosse players in the nation. Reeves closed his college career with one goal and three assists in a 13-11 victory over Duke on Monday for the national championship. He finished the season with... more

Geneva’s Fishback advances to state tennis quarterfinal round

Published: 06/01/2018 @ 08:00 am

Geneva Panther tennis standout Ryan Fishback is the last Section V singles competitor standing after the first day of the Boys Tennis State Championships on Thursday at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens. The #2 seed Fishback advances to Friday’s quarterfinals after a 6-0, 6-1 victory in the second round after earning a first-round bye. Second... more

Geneva’s Fishback in state championship tennis match

Published: 06/02/2018 @ 08:00 am

Ryan Fishback will represent Geneva in the state championship tennis finals. The high school sophomore will compete on the hard court in the NYSPHSAA Tennis State Championship title match at 8 a.m. Saturday. On Friday at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing, Fishback won quarterfinal and semifinal matches. Fishback won 6-1, 6-1 in his quarterfinal appearance over... more

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