The Week 8 contest winner was Cindy Baker. Baker was the only game participant to pick Detroit as the top-scoring team in the NFL for Week 8. Detroit scored 45 points against Denver.
Baker wins two grilled pizzas from Main St. Pizza Company. She has one week to claim her prize.
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Press release:
Batavia, NY – The Batavia Muckdogs, Class A affiliate of the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals, today announced ticket prices, packages and game times for the seven Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees games that will be played at Dwyer Stadium in 2012.
The Yankees will play at Dwyer Stadium on the following dates and game times:
Individual game ticket prices for those games will be as follows:
Box Seats $9
General Admission (Adult) $8
General Admission (JR/SR) $7
The Muckdogs will also be offering a ticket package that will allow fans to see all seven Yankees games at Dwyer Stadium next season. Those prices are as follows:
Yankees Ticket Package
Box Seats $50
General Admission $43
Current Muckdogs season seat holders will have the opportunity to reserve their seats for the Yankees games at $50 for box seats and $43 for General Admission. Seat holders will have until Jan. 1 to reserve their seats for the Yankees games before they will be released to the general public. Individual seats for Yankees games will go on sale March 5.
Season tickets, coupon books, ticket packages and individual game ticket prices for Muckdogs games will remain unchanged for 2012. Muckdogs coupon books will not be redeemable for the seven Yankees games at Dwyer Stadium.
All packages are currently on sale and can be purchased by calling 585-343-5454, or in person at Dwyer Stadium from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The #3-ranked Genesee Community College Men's Soccer Team won the Region III title on Saturday, defeating Tompkins-Cortland Community College 3-1. In doing so, the Cougars also advance to the NJCAA National Tournament.
GCC started the game off at a high pace and was rewarded with its first goal after 13 minutes when Brady Smith (Brisbane, Australia) played a low ball across the box for Sean Brettel (Welwyn Garden City, London) to apply the finishing touch.
The Cougars increased their lead four minutes later when Dom Francis (Huddersfield, England) scored with the assist going to Josh Gray (Norwich, England). Tompkins-Cortland drew within one with an early second-half goal off of a corner kick. Genesee netted an insurance goal In the 71st minute when Brettel scored his second goal of the game, sealing the victory and the regional title for GCC.
Barry Kinsella (Dublin, Ireland) and Dom Francis were named to the All-Tournament Team. Sean Brettel was named Player of the Tournament.
It was a great run for Elba/Byron-Bergen in 2011, but in Rochester on Sunday, a good season came to an end at the hands of the Livonia Bulldogs.
It was a close game, but the Bulldogs were just that much better.
"Livonia made the most out of their opportunities," Coach Mike Cintorino said. "We had some opportunities that we didn’t cash in on."
Final score: Livonia 26, Elba 18.
The Lancers fought hard and while opportunities may have been missed, no major mistakes assisted Livonia.
Livonia gained more yards (297 to 244) and held the ball longer (28:51 to 19:09), but Elba/BB was able to move the ball on many of its drives, yet on a couple of drives weren't able to put the ball in the end zone.
Zack DuBois scored two TDs, gaining 161 yards on 21 carries. Matt Ramsey made two catches for 32 yards.
Cody Taylor also scored a touchdown.
For Livonia, QB Wyatt Struble completed nine passes for 120 yards. Derek Bishop scored two touchdowns and Dustin Ayers and Josh Wester each scored a TD.
The loss clearly upset the Elba/BB players and Cintorino said the emotional reaction demonstrates how hard the players worked and how close they had grown as a team.
"We didn’t want the season to end," Cintorino said. "There’s a lot of teams that break it down in terms of family. When we broke it down to family, it meant something. We worked hard together and we just didn’t want the season to end."
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Spearheaded by a capable trio in the backfield and a stalwart line on both sides of the ball, the Batavia Youth Football League Bills finished the 2011 season undefeated, besting the Packers in the title game. In photo above, Cody Dioguardi prepares to take a handoff from QB Connor Logsdon.
Connor Logsdon on a keeper.
That's Anthony Gallo blocking for his backfield mates.
Yeomen work in the trenches.
Coach Zickl firing up the troops - he and Head Coach Brent Dioguardi did a fine job with the Bills.
Linebacker Jake Kasmarek sizing up the Packer offense.
Penetrate and pursue...it worked for the Bills the entire game.
For each Elba/Byron-Bergen score, the Livonia Bulldogs have had an answer, though neither team has had much success with extra point tries. The score is 12-12 in this Section V Class B semifinal game.
UPDATE 3:54 p.m.: Elba/BB loses 26-18.
Notre Dame had no trouble running the ball against Geneseo in their Class D Section V championship match up, but when Geneseo needed a big play, a play action run or option, it seemed to get the job done more often then not.
The tone was set in the first four minutes of the first quarter. Andrew Mullen capped a Notre Dame drive with a 7-yard run to give the Fighting Irish a 7-0 lead. Before another 30 seconds had ticked off the clock, Geneseo's Jon Ridler, on the Blue Devil's first play from scrimmage, bolted 79 yards, and with a two-point conversion, Geneseo was up 8-7.
"Good teams make big plays and they made the big plays when they needed them," Coach Rick Mancuso said.
By the half, Notre Dame was down by three, 24-21 and the two teams combined had rushed for more than 400 yards.
Sophomore Andrew Mullen scored all three of ND's first-half TDs, one on a 59-yard run.
The Irish took a leg up in the seesaw scoring battle when Doane McCulley took the opening half kick off 82 yards to put ND up 28-24.
True to form for the game, Geneseo countered with another big play. Xavier Copeland scored on a 55-yard run, but the Irish answered with another grind-it-out drive capped by a five-yard run by Nick Taylor.
Score, 35-32, Note Dame with 4:53 left in the third quarter.
Then the game took a decisive turn in Geneseo's favor.
After stopping the Blue Devils on their possession following Taylor's score, Notre Dame was moving the ball down the field again when QB Tim McCulley took off on a keeper. After gaining about 10 yards, he was gang tackled by Blue Devils defenders.
As the photo above shows, McCulley was in possession of the ball as his knees were down, but there was no whistle. This gave Geneseo's Ridler a chance to strip the ball from McCulley.
The Blue Devils recovered the "fumble."
"I thought his forward progress would stop," Mancuso said after the game. "I was waiting for the whistle. He was being driven back on his way down. I thought we’d get the whistle and we didn’t and they got the ball and that deflated us.
"We went from being very, very high and being very energized to being somewhat deflated and I think that kind of took a little wind out of our sails."
Geneseo scored 12 unanswered points and led 44-35 with 9:47 left in the game.
A fourth Mullen TD, on a seven-yard run, pulled the Irish within two points, but with two minutes left in the game, Copeland ripped off another 56 yard TD run, and with the two-point conversion, the Blue Devils cemented a 10-point win, 52-42.
In all, Notre Dame gained 394 yards on the ground and Geneseo ran for 409 yards and gained another 145 through the air, giving the teams a combined offensive total of 948 yards.
For Notre Dame, Mullen scored four TDs on 15 carries and gained 160 yards. Nick Taylor scored one TD and gained 221 yards on the ground.
Tim McCulley attempted 10 passes, completed four for 48 yards. He was intercepted once.
Xavier Copeland carried the ball 17 times for Geneseo, gaining 234 yards and scoring four touchdowns. He also passed for 145 yards on four completions. Jon Ridler carried the ball 18 times and gained 154 yards, scoring twice. Wes Smith had three catches for 118 yards and one TD.
On defense, Kyle Morse, Nate Woods and Andrew Mullen each had seven tackles. Jacob Tschiderer had 11 tackles for Geneseo.
Anthony Paladino was Notre Dame's defensive player of the game. Aaron McDonald received a lineman award.
Time of possession tipped in Notre Dame's favor, 29:25 to 18:35.
"I've been very, very proud of the effort of all the kids throughout the season and today was no different," Mancuso said. "I really felt they left everything out on the field. I don’t think we got cheated at all in what we brought to the game and I think they’ve got a lot to be proud of."
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The Redskins capped off a perfect season by topping the Steelers on Saturday. Despite the cold temps, a good crowd was on hand to witness the season finale of Batavia Youth Football's B division.
The Steelers backfield reacts as their QB takes the snap.
Redskin's running back slips past the Steelers' defender...
and breaks into the open for a long gain,
much to the delight of Coach A. J. Martino.
Obviously, it takes more than one tackler to bring down this guy!
Steelers offense getting set prior to the snap. The Steelers played tough, but in the end...
they spent a great deal of time chasing down #32.
Three TD carries by sophomore Andrew Mullen hasn't been enough for Notre Dame to keep pace with three counter strikes, with two-point conversions, by the Geneseo Blue Devils in the first half of their Class D championship game at Shlen's Stadium in Rochester.
At the half, the score is 24-21.
Mullen has scored on runs of 15, seven and 60 yards (approximately), but after each of Mullen's first two scores, Geneseo has answered with long running plays in the first series from scrimmage.
The game so far has been almost all run and no pass by either offense. Notre Dame has 277 total yards on the ground, and none in the air, compared to 244 rushing yards for Geneseo (and a bit more than 40 through the air).
UPDATE 11:33 p.m.: Final, 52-42 Geneseo. The two teams combined for 803 yards on the ground and more than 1,000 yards total offense. Andrew Mullen scored four TDs.
Press Release:
This Friday October 28th, 2011 Le Roy will Host Batavia at Hartwood Park for a Youth Football Game. All proceeds will be split in half and will go to each commmunities Back Pack program. The Back Pack Program provides food for families in need in our communities. Everday, children in our communities do not have enough to eat. Kids in this program are given canned goods at school to take home in their backpacks to help feed their families. Please come to the game and show your support. We will be accepting canned goods and cash donations.
The game schedule is as follows:
Flag football "moving up game" Le Roy players only 5:00pm
Juniors Le Roy v Batavia 6:00pm
Seniors Le Roy v Batavia 8:00pm
Please come out and show your support to our local athletes and our local families in need.
The only two teams in Division II Region III volleyball squared off for the title on Tuesday night at Genesee Community College, with GCC and Mercyhurst North East meeting for the fourth time this season. The Lady Cougars were 3-0 on the season against the Lady Saints and come away victorious once again Tuesday in three sets (25-15, 25-12, 25-17).
Genesee came from behind early in the first set thanks in part to strong serving from Deliane Lessard who served to six straight points. The Lady Cougars did not trail in the second and third sets.
Carrie Blunt lead GCC with 13 kills and Lessard chipped in with 9. Kristie Barger tallied 27 digs and Karin Davis recorded a team high 12 assists.
With the win, Genesee head coach Jim Mercer earns the Division II Region III Coach of the Year. Named to the All-Region team for GCC was Deliane Lessard, Karin Davis and Carrie Blunt. Paige Tilert was named the Region’s Most Valuable Player.
Genesee will now move on to the NJCAA District Tournament beginning on Saturday, November 5th.
The top seed Genesee Community College men’s soccer team hosted Erie Community College in the quarterfinals of the Region III playoffs on Tuesday afternoon, and cruised past the #8 seeded Kats 8-1.
In a rematch of last year’s opening round regional playoff game, a game in which Erie upset Genesee 3-2, the Cougars controlled the match from start to finish. Jonny Bonner (Donegal, Ireland) gave GCC a 1-0 lead just four minutes into the game. Ten minutes later, Dom Francis (Huddersfield, England) upped the lead to 2-0. The scored remained 2-0 at the half.
(Members of the Genesee CC men's Soccer team celebrate Jonny Bonner's first half goal in an 8-1 win over Erie CC on Tuesday afternoon)
In the second half, Brady Smith (Brisbane, Australia) gave Genesee a 3-0 lead when he scored in the 12th minute. Erie scored their lone goal in the 16th minute before Smith scored again off of a nice cross from Brandon Reiner (Attica, NY) to give GCC a 4-1 lead. The Cougars added another goal from Bonner, two goals from Sean Brettel (Welwyn Garden City, England) and a late goal from Theo Stamatopolous (Norwich, England) to win in convincing fashion.
Genesee improves to 13-1-2 on the season. They will move on in the Region III playoffs to face Tompkins Cortland Community College, who defeated Onondaga Community College 2-0 on Tuesday, at TCCC in the semi finals on Saturday afternoon.
Batavia Downs Casino is moving its first race post time on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 6:40 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. to accommodate the Breeders’ Cup Classic, which has a 7 o'clock post time. Post time will remain at 6:40 p.m. for all other race nights.
“We didn’t want to go head-to-head with the Breeders' Cup classic, so we decided to start our live program a half and hour later,” said Todd Haight, general manager of live racing. “We want our customers both at the track and at our 35 OTB’s to enjoy the classic before we get under way.”
Racing fans are reminded that the final Tuesday night of the summer-fall meet takes place on Oct. 25.
Racing will be conducted at America’s oldest lighted harness track on a Wednesday, Friday, Saturday night basis through Dec. 3.
When racing resumes on Friday night the Pick-6 will start out with a carryover pool of 3,023. The Pick-6 wager begins on the 7th race.
“We could have over $5,000 in there (the pool),” Haight added. “We had a strong advance sale of programs and I think many are going to be focusing on the Pick-6.
A third-quarter interception by Matt Ramsey helped spark the Elba/Byron-Bergen Lancers both offensively and defensively, turning a 0-7 deficit into a 21-7 victory in Saturday's Class B quarter-final playoff game against Pal-Mac.
Zack DuBois came up big again on offense carrying the ball 25 times for 262 yards and two TDs, including an 88-yard, fourth-quarter sprint that sealed the deal for the Lancers.
Ramsey had two interceptions on the day, to go along with seven tackles, and DuBois added another pick.
Cody Naylor, who carried the ball for 14 yards, also scored a TD.
Naylor had 13 tackles, including three for a loss.
Brandon Naylor had 14 tackles, including four for a loss, and two sacks.
Tom Fowler had 12 tackles, including three for a loss, and Emiliano Acosta had 13 tackles, including four for a loss.
Pal-Mac's offense: Stephen Morrell, 14 for 35, 147 yards, one touchdown, three interceptions; Derek Wager, three receptions for 44 yards and one TD; Sean Nolan, 20 carries for 80 yards.
In other weekend football action:
In Class C quarter finals, Wellsville beat Le Roy 42-14 and Attica beat Pembroke 21-6.
In the Connors Ferris Bowl games, Alexander beat Warsaw 21-6. Batavia plays ER/Granada at 3 p.m. today.
Also this weekend, Oakfield-Alabama lost to Perry 34-28.
In JV Action, the Batavia Blue Devils finished out its season undefeated, 8-0, with a 22-16 win over Greece Olympia. Down 16-14 with 3:11 left in the game, Tyler Pratt returned a kick 92 yard for a go-ahead TD. Also scoring were QBs Brandon Stevenson and Dakota Swimline.
PHoto of Elba's Zack DuBois by Destin Danser.
With 1:09 left in the game, Clyde-Savannah needed just one point to tie the game, but in high school football, PATs are not automatic.
Eagles Head Coach Nick Dercola decided to roll the dice on a running play. A two-point conversion would all but guarantee a win for the Eagles in the Class D semi-final playoff game.
Derrick Wright took the hand-off and sprinted to the far side corner of the end zone, but Andrew Mullen and Nick Taylor beat Wright to the goal line.
Final score, Notre Dame 27, Clyde-Savannah 26.
Through nearly three quarters of football, the Fighting Irish appeared dominant, using a ball-control running game and a well-executed defense to keep the Eagles on the ropes.
But defensive lapses in the fourth quarter by Notre Dame and a key fumble with less than three minutes to go turned a 27-13 lead into a nail-biter for the Irish.
"They’re a good team," said Coach Rick Mancuso. "When you make mistakes in a big game, good teams are going to capitalize and that’s what they did."
Mistakes by the Eagles -- particularly interceptions -- helped Notre Dame's cause.
Nate Woods helped set up ND's first TD when he picked off a pass early in the first quarter.
Tim McCulley added two more interceptions, including one with less than a minute in the first half and Clyde-Savannah threatening to tie the game at 14. McCulley pulled down a Tom Molisani pass on the three-yard line.
On offense, Nick Taylor led the way with 120 yards on 30 carries. He crossed the goal line three times.
Andrew Mullen added another TD on a 15-yard reception. Mullen also carried the ball 12 times for 68 yards and had six tackles and half a sack on defense.
McCulley was 5-7 for 33 yards and no interceptions.
Notre Dame turned by ball over twice on fumbles, including the key fourth-quarter fumble on the 43 yard line that allowed Clyde-Savannah to pull into a point.
Taylor also had six tackles and half a sack. Also with half-sack credits were Doane McCulley and Aaron McDonald.
Nate Woods returned three punts for 107 yards.
Eagle's QB Molisani was 15-30 for 249 yards.
"They throw ball over yard," said Mancuso. "But that works to our advantage to get a team like that because one of the teams that’s playing now (in the other Class D semi-final game) is also going to be a team that’s going to throw the ball, so this was good experience for our young kids."
Those other teams were Geneseo and Dundee. Geneseo won 64-16.
Notre Dame will face Geneseo on Friday in Rochester.
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The Genesee Community College Women’s Volleyball team finished in 2nd place at the 2011 Western New York Athletic Conference Tournament, losing only to Niagara County Community College in the finals on Saturday afternoon.
After a double bye to start the tournament, the Lady Cougars knocked off Erie Community College in four sets, 25-20, 15-25, 25-23, 25-22, in the semi finals and moved on to the championship.
The final match was a rematch from October 18th against Niagara County Community College. NCCC handed Genesee their first conference loss of the season in four sets earlier in the week. The Lady Thunderwolves came out on top once again, downing GCC in three sets (10-25, 16-25, 17-25) to claim the WNYAC Tournament title.
“We were flat. We just never got on track in the finals,” said head coach Jim Mercer.
Tournament totals:
Paige Tilert: 81 digs, 11 kills
Deliane Lessard: 35 digs and 20 kills
Sabrina Wilhoite: 25 assists and 5 aces
Maria Antsupova: 74 digs and 5 aces
Carrie Blunt: 23 kills
Kristie Barger: 94 digs
Paige Tilert (Derby, NY) was named to the WNYAC Tournament first team and Carrie Blunt was named to the third team. The Lady Cougars will now shift focus to the Regional Tournament. They will host an opening round game on Tuesday, October 25th at Genesee Community College at 6pm.
The 10th seeded Genesee Community College Women's Soccer team lost to #7 Onondaga Community College 1-0 in the first round of the Region III Playoffs on Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Cougars gave up the game's only goal halfway through the first 45 minutes of play.
"From then on we kept pressing but we weren't able to connect with a goal to tie," said head coach Charlie Woods. "It just wasn't meant to be. We played great as a team and left it all out on the field."
Genesee finished the regular season on a four game winning streak but finishes 9-10 with the loss.
It was Sophomore Night at Genesee Community College and the Women’s Soccer team continued their hot streak to end the regular season by beating Bryant and Stratton College 5-1.
Cady Hume (Batavia, NY) scored her second goal in three games in the 15th minute to give GCC the early 1-0 lead. Bryant and Stratton answered just seven minutes later to tie the game at one, but the Lady Cougars regained the lead in the 27th minute when Katie Smith (Akron, NY) put away a nice cross from Carly Shaw (Kendall, NY).
(Marissa Pecora #9 and Katie Smith #10 both score a goal in GCC's 5-1 win)
Genesee held the 2-1 advantage at the break and added to their lead early in the second half. Summer Bliss (Bethany, NY) scored her first goal of the season in the 4th minute, and assisted on a Marissa Pecora (Rochester, NY) goal in 42nd minute. Bliss added another goal with about 45 seconds to play, and Genesee earned their fourth straight win.
The Lady Cougars improve to 9-9 on the season and will move on to the Region III playoffs. Genesee is seeded 10th and will travel to #7 Onondaga on Saturday afternoon.
For the first time in the regular season, the Genesee Community College Men’s Soccer team came out on the losing end. Their unbeaten streak was snapped on Thursday night after they were beaten by Bryant and Stratton College (Syracuse) 4-2.
Coming off of their win over the number one team in the country at Herkimer County Community College on Tuesday night, the Cougars scored the first goal of the game. Jonny Bonner (Donegal, Ireland) scored his fourth goal of the season in the 22nd minute to put GCC out in front 1-0. The Genesee defense kept the Bryant and Stratton offense in check for the majority of the first half, until the Bobcats were able to get the equalizer with seven minutes remaining.
Bryant and Stratton gained the momentum in the second half by scoring goals in the 13th and 18th minutes, holding a 3-1 lead with 27 minutes to play. A slick pitch due to rain made it difficult for the Genesee offense to form any type of rhythm. The Cougars were able to draw within one when Josh Gray (Norwich, England) scored on a penalty kick in the 32nd minute. The PK was set up by a hand ball in the box.
Playing with a sense of urgency, the Cougars were unable to create another scoring opportunity. The Bobcats added a goal with 8 minutes to play, preserving the win and ending the Genesee unbeaten streak.
The Cougars fall to 12-1-2 on the season and will now move on to the Region III playoffs. GCC has already earned the #1 seed in the playoffs and will have a first round bye. They will host a second round game at GCC on Tuesday afternoon, the opponent and time to be determined.
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