Just a quick note.
My high school football previews have been pushed back until Thursday this week because I'm working on something special.
So make sure you check back throughout the day as I will be posting them as I complete them.
There is a very interesting race going on in Genesee Region League girls soccer.
There is a three-way race for the goal scoring title and a two-way race for the goal scoring title. It is mixed with players from Division I and II.
Wheatland-Chili's Lauren Drago has 20 goals and 12 assists, for 52 points to lead Division II.
The Wildcats are currently 9-2 and lead Division II. Elba is second at 6-3-2.
W-C is the most potent scoring team in the division as Taylor Smith is third in the division with 13 goals and eight assists for 34 points.
Carrie Grande is fourth with eight goals and nine helpers, for 25 points.
Drago is currently one goal behind Pembroke's Nicole Sharick for the goal scoring title. Sharick leads all GR scorers with 21 goals, but has nine assists and is at 51 total points, one behind Drago.
The Dragons are in first in Division I with a 9-2-1 record with Alexander in second at 8-3-1.
Alexander's leading scorer is Rachel Pettys, who is eighth with seven goals, two assists and 16 points.
Byron-Bergen's Stacy Maskell and Holley's Emily Troup are tied for second in scoring with nine goals, three assists and 21 points apiece.
Elba's Chelsi Clark is just one goal behind Drago and Sharick with 19. She also has five assists for 43 points.
You can check out all of the scoring leaders for Division I here and Division II here.
I was just taking a look at the current standings for the Section 5 Tournaments and figured I would relay where are local teams are and what that means come playoff time.
The most exciting tournament locally will be in Class C, where local team currently hold the top 3 spots.
Le Roy sits at 5-0 and has the top seed at this point with two big games left on the schedule. A pair of victories over Class DD Caledonia-Mumford and Class B Hornell would wrap up that spot.
Oakfield-Alabama and Pembroke are both also undefeated and are No. 2 and 3, respectively. Those two teams will be playing each other on Friday night and the winner will have the upper-hand on the second seed, with a shot at No. 1 if Le Roy loses either of its final two games.
Pembroke will host Class B Attica in the final week of the season and O-A will host Class C Holley.
Elba/Byron-Bergen (1-4) and Holley (0-5) are the other two local teams in Class C and at this point it looks like the Hawks are eliminated and will be playing Pool Play games.
The Lancers are probably going to need a victory over Class D Notre Dame this weekend and/or a victory over Section 6's Bishop Walsh in Week 7 to get in. Elba/B-B is the 9th seed right now with the same record as No. 8 Dansville. No. 7 South Seneca (3-2) is too far ahead to be caught.
Attica and Batavia are both 3-2 and look to be fairly safe in Class B as far as making the tournament.
Wayland-Cohocton, Penn Yan and Waterloo are all 1-4 and would need a lot of things to go their way to get in.
But both local Blue Devil squads have a chance to move up as high as No. 5 as Palmyra-Macedon and Livonia share records with Attica and Batavia.
Batavia will play East Rochester/Gananda - the current No. 4 seed - and Geneva - the current No. 1 seed - to wrap up the regular season.
Attica will play Holley and then Pembroke.
Cal-Mum is 5-0 and has the top seed in Class DD, but Alexander moved closer to getting the No. 3 seed with last week's victory over Elba/Byron-Bergen. The Trojans are 2-3 and the fourth seed, with Avon at No. 3.
Alexander will need a win over Barker - which is 1-4 with the No. 6 seed in Class DD - and an Avon loss against Class C Letchworth to move up to the No. 3 seed.
The Class DD and D playoffs start a week sooner than the higher classes.
Notre Dame is 3-2 and currently has the No. 4 seed in Class D. As far as I can tell, the Fighting Irish could end up anywhere from No. 2 through No. 6 depending on the outcome of the games this weekend.
Pembroke and Alexander squared off in Pembroke Monday with sole possession of 1st place on the line and Pembroke came away with a well earned 1-0 victory in a hard fought game. The 1st half saw only two real scoring chances, one by Pembroke which rang off the crossbar and one by Alexander that was blown offsides (quite possibly incorrectly) on a direct kick from midfield. Pembroke had the better of the posession in the 1st half but neither team generated many good looks on the goal.
The 2nd half was a highly entertaining half which saw both teams create several scoring chances with none finding the net. Alexander's 8th grade defender Abby Shilvock had Pembroke's top scorer Nicole Sharrick under wraps for the majority of the game as Sharrick only managed to put a couple dangerous crosses at the front of the net throughout the game.
In a 8 minute span in the middle of the 2nd half Alexander had 6 shots from inside the 18 but didn't strike any of them that well and none managed to find their way into the net. Pembroke had a couple crosses that went through the 6 yard box on the ground but none of them were connected on the back post.
With both teams playing at such a high level it was going to take a mistake or fantastic shot for either team to put a goal in the back of the net. With just over 3 minutes left in the game both happened on the same play. An Alexander defender committed an unnecessary foul near the right sideline about 18 yards off the endline and the direct kick was fired in at the far post. Goalkeeper Hannah Wilson couldn't get enough on her jump and the ball found the far side netting to give Pembroke a 1-0 lead. Alexander pushed everything forward for the last 3 minutes but was unable to get a ball in the net.
It was a very even game overall with both teams accounting for 3 corners, around 8 saves for each goalie, and around 12 shots on goal. It was a fantastic game, congrats to Pembroke on the hard fought win. They are alone atop the GR standings 1 game ahead of Alexander (and they also hold the tiebreaker) with 3 games remaining for each team. Holley is a game and a half behind with 4 to play and Bergen is 2 behind with 5 games remaining.
Cornerstone Church of Eat Pembroke, 2583 Main Road, will host a chicken and biscuit dinner Sunday, Oct. 26 at 12:30 p.m. until sold out.
Price is $8 for adults, $300 for children 5-12 and children under 5 are free.
dinner include homemade biscuits, mashed potatoes, vegetable, cabbage salad, dessert and beverage.
A cash drawing will follow the dinner, with a first prize of $300.
Five different Pembroke rushers helped the Dragons pound host Barker 48-6 Saturday afternoon.
Andrew Wright again had the big day, in fact he had a huge day.
Wright rushed the ball eight times for 113 yards and a touchdown, caught all five passes completed by David Kleckler for 115 yards and a score and returned a punt 58 yards for a TD. That gives him 286 all-purpose yards.
Mike Dibble had 11 carries for 58 yards and two touchdowns and Josh Phillips had nine rushes for 50 yards and a pair of TDs. Andy Gabbey carried the ball five times for 32 yards.
Kleckler had four rushes for 45 yards and completed 5-of-10 attempts for 115 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
Gabbey had 13 tackles and Dibble added 10.
Greg Brown had 20 carries for 75 yards to lead the Raiders (1-4), who plays at Alexander (2-3) next Saturday.
Pembroke improves to 5-0 and will be at 5-0 Oakfield-Alabama next Friday night in what will probably decide the Genesee Region League title.
Pembroke (4-0) at Barker (1-3)
1:30 p.m. Saturday
This is one of those games that the Pembroke football team has to worry about.
With the Genesee Region League title possibly on the line next week against Oakfield-Alabama, the Dragons have to make the longest trip to play in the GR and are facing a Barker squad that has the potential to play with any team in the league.
The victories have come easy so far for Chip Foster's squad and his players are putting up some crazy numbers. But the Raiders are physical and a team on the rise, always looking for the upset at home.
Pembroke's offensive line deserves a lot of the credit for the numbers the team has been putting up. The telling stat is what quarterback David Kleckler has done this season.
Kleckler has completed 16-of-28 attempts for 415 yards with six touchdowns and three interceptions. But he has only been sacked ONCE all season long.
That is unbelievable.
Andrew Wright and Ken Babcock have both had receiving numbers that are pretty close.
Wright has caught seven passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns while Babcock has hauled in nine balls for 198 yards and three scores.
And the running game has been just as good.
Wright has gained 426 yards on just 31 carries (13.74 yards per attempt) with six touchdowns, Mike Dibble has 332 yards with six scores, Josh Phillips has 216 yards and four TDs and Kleckler has gained 185 yards with two touchdowns.
Barker is a physical team that traditionally likes to run the ball, but has done some passing this year.
Anthony Porter (9-of-17 for 63 yards) and Ethan Dewart (9-of-16 for 122 yards) are putting up about the same amount of passes per game.
But the Raiders will run.
Greg Brown has 348 yards and three touchdowns on 81 carries and Ray Paul has 175 yards and two TDs on 39 attempts.
Genesee Region League
Standings
Team Record PF PA
Pembroke 4-0 187 55
Oakfield-Alabama 4-0 181 47
Attica 3-1 157 61
Notre Dame 2-2 91 94
Alexander 1-3 42 174
Elba/Byron-Bergen 1-3 78 153
Barker 1-3 58 143
Holley 0-4 39 99
Pembroke scored 29 points in the second quarter and had a 49-7 lead after three in taking care of Elba/Byron-Bergen 56-21 Saturday.
The Dragons continued putting up absurd offensive numbers.
Andrew Wright picked up 138 yards and a TD with a fumble recovery for a touchdown and Josh Phillips had just eight carries, but gained 118 yards and scored twice.
Mike Dibble gained 98 yards and scored three times and David Kleckler went 5-for-5 for 98 yards with a 36-yard touchdown pass to Ken Babcock.
Zach Green scored two fourth quarter touchdowns for the Lancers (1-3) and finished with 137 rushing yards. Eric Kowalik also tossed a touchdown pass to David Garnish.
Pembroke is now 4-0.
Holley's defense was solid in the first half. Pembroke's was throughout the game.
That meant the Dragons picked up a solid 41-0 victory in Holley Saturday afternoon, holding the Hawks to just 56 total yards of offense.
While Pembroke started slow, a multitude of players put up solid numbers.
Mike Dibble rushed for 92 yards on 18 carries and Josh Phillips gained 56 on seven rushes.
Andrew Wright had another huge day, rushing the ball 10 times for 118 yards and catching a pair of passes for 55 yards.
Quarterback David Kleckler ended up going 4-of-10 for 104 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He also rushed for 28 yards.
The Holley defense had done a good job of holding the Dragons in check early on the opening drive, but the first score of the game came on a 45-yard touchdown pass from Kleckler to Wright on a fourth-and-15.
Holley punted the ball away, then managed to force Pembroke to do the same thing.
Guy Hills picked up a rushing first down for the Hawks and then Mike Pernicano picked up 25 yards on a rush, but the play was called back on a holding call. The Hawks wound up attempting a punt, which was blocked.
The Dragons started at the Holley 20 and Wright went for 15 yards and Kleckler scored from five yards out, giving Pembroke a 13-0 first quarter advantage.
Wright broke off a 25-yard run early in the second quarter before Ken Babcock made the play of the game a few plays later, hauling in a 25-yard TD pass.
Babcock actually caught another touchdown pass in the first half, but it was called back due to offensive pass interference.
With the Pembroke defense shutting down the Holley offense, the Hawks were almost able to get a score near the end of the half because of their defense.
Hills intercepted a pass near midfield with 39 seconds left, allowing Kyle Steadman to get a 10-yard run. Unfortunately, time ran out on the Holley offense.
Wright had a 15-yard touchdown run and Phelps added one from six yards out to give Pembroke a 34-0 lead at the end of the third quarter.
The Dragons did add a final score midway through the fourth quarter.
Backup quarterback Andy Gabbey found Dibble on a screen and he took it in for a 9-yard touchdown pass.
The Dragons improve to 3-0 and will be hosting Elba/Byron-Bergen (1-2) next Saturday.
Holley falls to 0-3, but is showing signs of life, especially on the defensive side of the ball.
They will be at Alexander (0-3) next Saturday in a matchup of teams looking to win for the first time this season.
UPDATED WITH VIDEO
We're back! After an intensive three-day video training workshop in Fairport, Philip is back in Batavia, more capable than ever to get out there and record the news. In the meantime, here's what you'll find at WBTA this morning:
Batavia's Charter Review Commission will meet Monday at 6:30pm at City Hall.
Batavia families welcome some inner-city kids to the open country as part of the Fresh Air Fund experience.
Professional Turf Services breaks ground today on the company's 12,000-square-foot facility in Pembroke Commerce Park. The company based in Grand island and Lockport distributes fertilizer to golf courses.
Check out WBTA.com for more on these and other stories.
UPDATE: Here's the video. Original post below. We have no additional information at this time.
Fire dispatchers received a call of a house fire at 8700 S. Lake Road in Corfu area at about 2 p.m.
Apparently, nobody was home and there were no reported injuries.
A family of five rents the two-story structure. Reportedly, their cats were in the house and may have perished.
The fire appears to have started in the kitchen area, which sustained the most damage, and spread to the living room and up the stairs.
The Red Cross has been notified.
A cause has not been determined.
Units from Pembroke, East Pembroke, Corfu, Akron, Batavia and others responded.
We expect to post a video within a couple of hours (assuming no technical difficulties).
A reporter from WBTA was also on scene, so tune into 1490 for further reports.
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