With a course that encompassed the lake at DeWitt Recreation Area and took runners through two fall-colored cemeteries, the Batavia Rotary Club hosted its second Trick or Trot 5K on Saturday evening.
There were 61 runners in this year's contest, and Zak Jantzi (top photo in white shirt) won with a time of 18:05.
The top woman runner was Joanne Kachelmeyer (second photo) with a time of 21:31.
Photos by Howard Owens.
North Darien Bible Church on Simonds Road hosted a "trunk or treat" on a Noah's Ark theme on Saturday. The event also featured a juggler.
Photos by Howard Owens.
Basket raffles and door prizes brought out hundreds of animal lovers to Pudgies in Batavia on Saturday to raise money to help Volunteers for Animals service all the needs of pets residing, however temporarily, at the Genesee County Shelter.
Greyson Good, 8, of Batavia, was a polite young man when he met Jim Kelly on Friday at the Legends and Stars Sports Expo at Batavia Downs, and Kelly was so impressed that he offered the youngster a special treat.
"Greyson had the most amazing night," said his mother Brenda Good (who submitted the info and photo). "He met both Dawson Knox and Jim Kelly! As we were walking away from Jim Kelly, he called Greyson back over to the table and told him that he was so impressed that Greyson said thank you. He asked for our names and address so he could send Greyson tickets to his football camp in June! Greyson is thrilled!!! What an amazing guy!"
The Batavian will have more coverage of the expo later today.
The 20th win of the season for the Byron-Bergen Girls Soccer team may not have been the team's largest margin of victory but it was still their biggest win.
It gave them the Class C2 title on Section V.
They beat Wheatland-Chili 2-0.
"All the girls played great tonight," Head Coach Wayne Hill said. "We've had a great year, but a huge shout out to Wheatland-Chili. They've given us three fantastic games this year. They are a really, really good team. We earned this one. They put us through our tests. So we're happy to come out on top."
Mia Gray scored the Bees' first goal at 27 minutes in the first half, unassisted. Gray got the assist on the second goal, a shot by Elizabeth Starowitz at four minutes in the second half.
"I think we'll remember this as an intense game and how much of a relief we had after the two goals," Gray said after the game.
Wheatland-Chili managed only five shots on goal, all saves for goalie Novalee Pocock. Byron-Bergen took 16 shots.
The undefeated Bees have outscored opponents this year by 128 points and notched 19 shutouts this season.
"It's been really great and the team has great chemistry," Ava Wagner said. "We have a lot of fun at practice and during games, so it's been great."
Now the Bees face what may be their biggest challenge of the season, the Class C crossover game against Gananda.
Gananda is also 20-0.
The game will be played at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Webster Schroeder.
Photos by Kristin Smith. To view more photos, click here.
The Oatkan Knights edged out Bath/Haverling in their sectional playoff match-up on Friday in Le Roy, 28-20.
Jackson Fix gained 141 yards on the ground in 20 rushes, scoring once. Tony Piazza added another 112 yards on 11 carries and scored twice. Drew Strollo scored on one of his 12 runs in which he gained 52 yards.
Connor Hegeman led the defense with eight tackles. Tony Piazza, Jack Tonzi, and Maverick Cole had five each. Tonzi also recorded a sack.
Photo by Ed Henry. Top photo: Knights are led onto the field by senior Ryan Murphy (75).
Tony Piazza (far right) gives the Bath RB a lift.
Piazza putting the pressure on the Rams’ QB.
Antonio Martinez (17) puts an end to this run.
Jackson Fix (5) leaving the Rams behind.
Jack Tonzi (33) gives the Bath QB nowhere to go in the backfield.
The Bath RB has a line of Knights to deal with.
LeRoy O-line providing a wall of push for QB Drew Strollo (far right).
Write-up by Coach Brandon Ricci
The Pembroke Dragons improved to 8-1 by defeating the Wellsville Lions 49-22 in the sectional Quarterfinals.
Behind the blocking of JJ Gabbey, Octavius Martin, Jayden Mast, Jayden Bridge, Ben Steinberg, Chase Guzdek and Caleb Felski; Tyson Totten rushed to become the all-time total yardage leader in school history.
Two interceptions by Cayden Pfalzer and an interception returned for a touchdown by Jacob Dulski helped lead a strong defensive effort.
Octavius Martin and Jacob Von Kramer led the Dragons in tackles while Sean Pustkulla was 7 for 7 on extra points.
The Dragons host the sectional semifinal game this Friday at 7 p.m. against the Bolivar-Richburg Wolverines.
Submitted photos.
As expected, the Batavia Blue Devils made easy work of Dansville/Wayland-Cohocton in their first-round playoff game at home on Friday night, winning 35-0.
Scoring:
Anderson finished with 107 yards on the ground on six carries. McFollins was 8-6 passing for 136 yards.
Garrett Schmidt had seven tackles.
The Fighting Irish put up a good fight against York/Pavilion in their first-round sectional battle on Friday night but came up a bit short, losing 40-30.
Jay Antonore was 11-16 passing for 69 yards and four touchdowns.
Ryan Fitzpatrick had three TD receptions on six catches for 86 yards. The other TD catch went to Jaden Sherwood.
Hayden Groff gained 69 yards on 19 carries.
For York/Pavilion, Maddox Timothy was 11-16 passing for 185 yards and two TDs. Kadin Peete gained 132 yards on 16 carries.
Photos by Doug McFarland.
The Alexander Trojans did on Friday night in a playoff game what it has done through the season: dominated an opponent.
This time the victim was Clyde Savannah.
The Trojans won 33-0. All the scoring took place in the first half.
Scoring:
Defensively, the Trojans recorded their fifth shutout in the eight victories. Kaden Lyons led the team with 9 tackles. Ricky Townley had 8 tackles. Mason Bump had 6 tackles. Cristian Kissell recorded a QB Sack. Kingston Woods had a fumble recovery. Cole Dean also had a fumble recovery and 3 tackles.
United Memorial Medical Center and the Cancer Services Program of Genesee and Orleans hosted their annual Pink Hatters Night Out at Batavia Downs on Thursday.
The event supports those battling cancer, celebrates survivors and honors those who have passed.
And people get to wear fun pink hats.
Photos by Howard Owens.
Photo by Guy Clark of sunrise over DeWitt Recreation Area.
Photo by Frank Capuano.
A one-vehicle rollover accident is reported in the area of Batavia Stafford Townline Road, Batavia, near Fotch Road.
There is entrapment, but injuries are believed to be minor.
Town of Batavia and Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE 1:41 a.m.: Engine 20 can respond non-emergency. Engine 24 can return to quarters. One occupant out of the vehicle upon a chief's arrival.
UPDATE 1:43 a.m.: Engine 20 can return to quarters. Assignment back in service. Mercy medics are out with the patient.
Students at Le Roy Schools are getting broad exposure to STEAM skills and trades (science, technology, engineering, arts and math), STEAM teacher Luke Weaver told the Board of Education on Tuesday during a meeting.
Rube Goldberg Machines, computer coding, food sciences, robotics and drones, and environmental sciences are all getting covered with one class or another, Weaver said.
Superintendent Merritt Holly emphasized what Weaver illustrated during his introduction of Weaver to the board.
"We offer STEAM Club," Holly said. "We offer things in the library. We offer things in the summer. The kids have a ton of opportunities, so there's no like, I'll try this and then I don't care about it again for another year. It's a really a continuing program, which I think is really powerful."
Currently, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders are working on Rube Goldberg Machines and they're excited by the projects, he said.
For those who might not be familiar with a Rube Goldberg Machine, Weaver explained that it is an "unbelievably complicated machine to do an unbelievably simple task. So you would build something with pulleys, levers, catapults, dominoes knocking each other over to do something you could easily do by yourself."
(For an entertaining example of a Rube Goldberg Machine, see the music video below.)
He said when he first introduced the concept to students, they looked at him like he was crazy.
"They went from that mindset to kids coming in in the morning, before homeroom, coming in and start working because they want that extra half hour to work on their project, which is just awesome."
There are 46 students currently enrolled in a coding class. They're starting with blocks of code that fit together to make a working program.
"I've got two kids who are already done," Weaver said. "That is fascinating to me, to see kids who've never done this before, pick this up and be so cohesive going through the process."
The block program will move the students into coding languages commonly used in the business world, such as Python and C++, Weaver said.
The programming experience also moves the students into working in robotics and with drones.
Already this year the school has held a Manufacturing Day, which included a field trip to visit Orcon, Bonduelle, and U.S. Gypsum.
"The kids had an opportunity to see different careers and how many different types of jobs that can happen in one place, which I think is mind-blowing," Weaver said. "I mean, you had electrical engineers, you had manufacturing people, you had artists, anything you could think of at all of these different plants."
The stop at Bonduelle in Oakfield was interesting because spinach was being delivered from a farm owned by one of the student's father.
"So we got to like watch that and see how they go through that whole freeze-drying process and things like that," Weaver said.
An area of expansion for the program that Weaver is working on is aquaponics, he said.
"Aquaponics is basically a huge fish tank that is fully cyclical," Weaver said. "The plants provide the nutrients for the fish and the fish provide nutrients for the plants. You don't have to clean the fish tank. You can grow vegetables, or fruit and grow flowers. They actually have huge systems where people grow or raise tilapia and actually have harvestable fish. We're going to take baby steps and start with a goldfish that are at my house, bring those in. But we're just trying to pull in other kids that might not have that engineering mindset, they might not only want to be tech-savvy, but they might like some natural science stuff."
Weaver also went through some of the entry-level STEAM projects being introduced at Wolcott Street School.
"It's fun," Weaver said. "I love this stuff. I love seeing their faces just confused and excited at the same time. That's exactly what you're looking for."
Photo: Luke Weaver. Photo by Howard Owens.
A vehicle fire is reported following a collision between a tractor-trailer and a passenger car.
Both occupants are out of the car.
A chief approaching reports heavy black smoke.
The Thruway is blocked.
Pembroke and Indian Falls initially dispatched with mutual aid from Corfu but the location now appears to be in East Pembroke's district, so an East Pembroke chief dispatched.
UPDATE 12:28 p.m.: The westbound Thruway is going to be "shut down for a while," a chief advises. There is also a large fuel spill. The Thruway is asked to assist with traffic control. The accident may involve two trucks. One truck is "burned off" and whatever fuel was there is gone "but I don't know how much has gone down into the ditch," says a chief.
UPDATE 3:30 p.m. Two semi-trucks were involved, no passenger vehicle. One driver transported to an area hospital for evaluation. The burned out truck was hauling bags of soup.
Photos by Jim Reinhardt, except bottom photo.
Photo submitted by Marge Behl.
The Batavia High School volleyball team held their first "pink game" this season, raising $1,100 for Genesee Cancer Assistance.
"We just wanted to do this because it's something that stays in Genesee County, and it's really good to just have the money stay here and benefit our community," said team captain Olivia Shell.
Head Coach James Patric said he expects pink games to become annual events to benefit Genesee Cancer Assistance. There will be more advance planning next season, he said, with a goal of raising $3,000 to $3,500.
"It's amazing to have them want to reach out and do this for us," said Nickie Fazio. "This money is going to be so beneficial to our patients. We're just very grateful. And if they want to do this next year, we're more than happy to help them."
The musical will hit the stage in March.
Video via Le Roy Central School District.
Local educator Greg Kinal was a featured speaker about immigration for a gathering of the Daughters of the American Revolution Saturday at Red Osier Landmark Restaurant in Stafford.
Kinal, who taught social studies at Pembroke High School for 52 years as well as teaching at GCC, shared how immigration shaped the nation. He drew from his own family history to illustrate the hardships, the foods, and the customs of immigrants.
Saturday's meeting brought together members and leaders from DAR's 13 chapters in the State of New York and celebrated “Hearth and Home,” the role of Deputy Husbands during the American Revolution.
The meeting was hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution Anna Ingalsbe Lovell Chapter #1197 of Genesee County. More than 60 members attended.
DAR officials in attendance were Vice President General Patrice Briner, State Chaplain Penny Nice, and Kay Green, state librarian. Also honored were state chairs Deborah Lee Ayers, NYS National Defense, Tammy Lachner, C.A.R. senior, and Joan Sinclair, District VIII director. Daughters with national appointments included Melody Joy Burow, representative VAVS at Buffalo, Margaret Z. Haney, deputy representative VAVS Buffalo, and Pamela J. Ware, representative VAVS Batavia.
Assemblyman Steve Hawley was the keynote speaker and presented a proclamation honoring “Deputy Husbands.”
During the revolution, deputy husbands were the women who stayed at home while the men joined the battle. The term comes from a book by Thomas Fuller, "The Holy and the Profane State" (1642), a woman “in her husband’s absence, is a wife and deputy-husband, which makes her double the files of her diligence.”
Local President Pam Ware said, "Colonial records yield evidence of female blacksmiths, silversmiths, shoemakers, shipwrights, tanners, gunsmiths, barbers, butchers, teachers, and shopkeepers. Wives were responsible for operating the family farms and businesses, raising and educating their children, supervising the workers, harvesting, and purchasing and selling of crops and livestock. Wives would transact business, settle accounts, and even initiate court proceedings."
Printers, of considerable importance, Ware said, included Mary Katherine Goddard (1738–1816). Upon receiving word from the Second Continental Congress to print and widely distribute the Declaration of Independence, Goddard set to work in 1777, printing her copy with the added typeset names of the signatories, including John Hancock. Hers was the first copy to bear all of the signers’ names. This Goddard Broadside was proudly labeled: Printed by Mary Katherine Goddard.
Two members of the Pembroke Veterans Outreach Club, Lilly Senko, who read the Proclamation from State Senator Ed Rath, and Amelia Geck, who read the Proclamation from the Genesee County Legislature, courtesy of Gordon L. Dibble.
Matt Moscato, Advisor to the PVOC, presented a slide show of the origin and success stories of how the PVOC students honor and support the Pembroke school’s military service personnel with the Wall of Honor, the C. Jay Hall Memorial Highway, the annual Wreaths across America at the National Cemetery in Indian Falls, numerous outreach programs, and fundraising events.
Membership in DAR is open to (from the DAR website) "any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution."
Ware said it's a rigorous process and prospective members must provide documentation for each member of the family tree dating back to the person, or persons, who fought in the Revolutionary War. The process can take more than a year.
Press release material contributed to this story. Photos by Howard Owens.
Isaiah Lorenzo Poole, 22, of South Clinton Street, Albion, is charged with 16 counts of possession of a forged instrument and criminal contempt 2nd. Poole allegedly possessed 16 counterfeit $100 bills at 4:45 p.m., Oct. 23, at the Crosby's in Elba. He also is accused of violating an order of protection.
Breanna Michelle Cragg, 29, of Richmond Avenue, Buffalo, is charged with DWI and driving with a BAC of .08 or greater. Cragg was charged following a roadside check at 1:19 a.m., Oct. 23, on Route 33, Stafford, by Sgt. Mathew Clor and Deputy Nicholas Chamoun. She was issued an appearance ticket.
Johnnie M. Waston, 39, of Dodge Street, Rochester, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and harassment 2nd. Waston is accused of being involved in a disturbance reported at 7:04 a.m., Oct. 21, at a residence on Shady Lane, Batavia. He was arraigned in Town of Stafford Court and released.
Kevin P. Kage, 35, of West Avenue, Medina, is charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance 5th and criminal possession of a controlled substance 5th. Kage is accused of selling methamphetamine to an agent of the Local Drug Task Force in Batavia on two separate occasions. He was arrested on a warrant stemming from a sealed indictment and jailed pending arraignment in County Court. He was arraigned on Oct. 20 and released.
Connie Rae Todd, 51, of Slayton Sett Road, Gasport, is charged with DWI and speeding. Todd was stopped at 1:12 a.m., Oct. 26, on Lewiston Road, Batavia, by Sgt. Mathew Clor. She was released on an appearance ticket.
Margareta Tamasi, 75, of Le Roy, is charged with unlawful dealing with a child/alcohol. Tamasi was arrested by State Police on Oct. 24 in the Town of Batavia in relation to an incident reported at 7:04 p.m. on Oct. 21 in Le Roy. She was released on an appearance ticket. No further information released.
With a 6-0 Section V semi-final win at Cal-Mum on Tuesday over Warsaw, the Byron Bergen Bees continued the team's Class C2 dominance in Girls Soccer.
The 19-0 Bees have outscored opponents this year by 126 points and notched 17 shutouts.
Scoring Summary against Warsaw (14-4):
Warsaw managed only five shots on goal, all blocked by Novalee Pocock.
The Class C2 championship will pit Byron-Bergen against Wheatland (15-2-2) at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at Cal-Mum.
Photos by Howard Owens. Top photo: Mia Gray after a kick that hit the back of the net for the team's second goal of the game.
MacKenzie Hagen battles for the ball.
Elizabeth Starowitz
Elizabeth Starowitz
Julia Will
MacKenzie Hagen
MacKenzie Hagen
Mia Gray
Elizabeth Starowitz
MacKenzie Hagen
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