The Attica girls volleyball squad cruised by Pembroke Wednesday, 25-8, 25-11, 25-23.
Katie Boxler had seven kills, five aces, 10 assists and 12 digs with Jackie Alger adding five kills, nine digs and 12 assists.
Jen Ireland had four aces and two kills for the Dragons (2-8).
Attica is 7-2.
Canisteo-Greenwood (1-2) at Le Roy (3-0)
7:30 p.m. Friday
The Oatkan Knights are coasting after beating Wellsville 77-8 in Week 3 and should have a big advantage over Canisteo-Greenwood, which has only scored 66 total points through three weeks of the season.
The only way Le Roy could struggle in this game is if the players think past C-G with tough games against Avon (2-1) and Caledonia-Mumford (3-0) and Hornell (3-0) to end the regular season.
The Oatkan Knights - ranked fifth in the state in Class C - have the highest scoring offense and have allowed the least amount of points of all the teams in Livingston Conference Division II.
Le Roy is moving the ball on the ground and through the air as Andrew Alexander has rushed for 421 yards through three games and Travis Fenstermaker has thrown for 357 yards, most of which has gone to Mike Humphrey.
Humphrey and Fenstermaker are possibly the best passing duo in Section 5, hooking up for five touchdowns so far. Humphrey has been over 100 yards receiving in the last two games.
Batavia (1-2) at Midlakes (0-3)
7 p.m. Friday
The Blue Devils hit the road for the first time this season and have momentum after a big 41-28 win over Waterloo last week.
Batavia has given up a lot of points this season, but scoring has not been a problem. Dan Geiger's offense has put up 74 points over the last two games.
Rob Williams has been a big reason why.
The senior has 374 yards rushing, which is quite impressive when you throw in the 17 yards he was held to in a Week 1 loss against Le Roy.
Williams has also been a factor on the defensive side of the ball and special teams, so Midlakes will be looking out for him.
Enter Anthony D'Aurizio.
D'Aurizio is the perfect compliment to Williams and runs with a bruising style. He picked up 180 yards and two touchdowns last week.
Midlakes has struggled, scoring just 21 points while giving up 73.
Batavia enters this road game with momentum and as the favorite, with a chance to even up at 2-2.
Holley (0-3) at Alexander (0-3)
1:30 p.m. Saturday
This game features the only two winless teams in the Genesee Region League and two programs with new coaches.
Holley's Chad DeRock served as jayvee coach last year while the school did not field a varsity squad. He has some players on the line with some size and the Hawks look to pound the football.
Unfortunately, they haven't had much success doing it thus far, scoring just 30 points so far this season.
Holley had just 56 total yards of offense in last week's 41-0 loss against Pembroke.
Alexander's Dave Radley has a squad filled with juniors and has had the hardest schedule in the GR so far, having to play Oakfield-Alabama (3-0), Pembroke (3-0) and Attica (2-1).
The Trojans have done a so-so job of putting points on the board, netting 33. But the defense has been beyond porous, giving up 117 points.
Both squads are going to look to play physical football, with the winner getting their coach a first victory. The losing team will fall to 0-4.
Oakfield-Alabama (3-0) at Notre Dame (2-1)
1:30 p.m. Saturday
This is a huge game in terms of the race for the Genesee Region League title after Notre Dame's lone loss coming to Pembroke and O-A still having the Dragons on the schedule.
The Hornets are doing it again, running the ball with several different runners behind a solid offensive line, led by Division I prospect Chris Williams.
Tim Smith (304 yards, 4 TD), Brad Riner (279 yards, 6 TD), Joe Natalizia (192 yards, 2 TD) and Jason Stanley (162) all have the ability to go off at any time.
O-A - ranked 13th in the state for Class C - has already rushed for over 1,000 yards as a team and has scored a league-leading 153 points.
Quarterback A.J. Kehlenbeck can also throw the ball a little.. He has completed 7-of-14 pass attempts for 94 yards and two TDs this season.
The Fighting Irish have skilled players all over the field.
Mike Pratt went for over 100 yards rushing in a Week 2 win over Attica and Kevin Schildwaster went for over 100 in Week 3's 37-6 victory over Barker. Both will get carries and you can look for the one that is running the ball better to keep getting the ball.
But if O-A's stingy defense shuts down the run, Notre Dame has a great passing option with quarterback Nick Bochicchio and wide receiver Kevin Francis.
The last time these two teams met on Notre Dame's field two years ago, the game went into overtime during a rain storm, with the Hornets escaping with a win.
Attica (2-1) at Barker (1-2)
1:30 p.m. Saturday
Class B Offensive Player of the Week Andy Ruddock looks to lead the Blue Devils, who beat Elba/Byron-Bergen 40-6 last week.
Ruddock earned the honor after gaining 193 yards with a score on 18 carries in the game. He also caught a pass for 19 yards and returned a kick 43 yards.
Barker is probably going to focus on shutting Rudy down, so Blue Devil coach Jeff Cusmano might let his quarterback have a big day.
Brandon Rollins - who transfered to Attica this school year - has gotten better in each game this season and had a nice passing game last week. He went 8-of-12 for 85 yards and three touchdowns last week.
The Blue Devils always think defense first and it has shown as the team has given up a league-low 39 points.
That could be a problem for Barker, which has scored just 31 points this season. The only victory the Raiders have came against Holley.
Greg Brown is the top rushing option, gaining 238 yards with two TDs so far. Ray Paul has pitched in 136 yards with a couple of scores.
Anthony Porter and Ethan Dewart each have thrown for 57 yards this season.
Elba/Byron-Bergen (1-2) at Pembroke (3-0)
1:30 p.m. Saturday
The Dragons spread the ball around, but Andrew Wright has easily been one of the top players in the league so far.
He has nine total touchdowns so far this season and has been huge as a runner, a receiver and a kick returner.
Wright had two touchdowns and a 99-yard kickoff return for a score in Week 1, carried the ball just eight times for 185 yards and four touchdowns in Week 2 and then picked up 118 yards rushing on 10 carries with two catches for 55 yards in Week 3.
He has 18 rushing attempts for 283 yards and five touchdowns and has caught five passes for 180 yards and three scores.
Mike Dibble will spend the entire game in the backfield and does a great job of pacing the game. He has 47 rushing attempts for 240 yards and four scores.
David Kleckler has put up some very efficient passing numbers this season and also has the ability to run as a quarterback. He will typically look in tight end Ken Babcock's direction at least a couple of times in the game.
Kleckler has gone 11-of-23 passing for 317 yards with five touchdowns and three interceptions. He has rushed for 127 yards and two TDs on eight carries.
Babcock has caught six passes for 137 yards with two touchdowns.
The Lancers have had no problem rushing the ball so far, but have only managed to score 57 points.
Brandon Spurling is at almost 400 yards rushing and Zach Green has about 200 yards.
Elba has also made the switch at quarterback, making Eric Kowalik the full time QB and moving Cody Torpey to wide receiver. He could also get some rushing attempts.
Penn State Volleyball is off to a 12-0 start this fall and Byron-Bergen graduate Alyssa D'Errico is having a great season.
The Nittany Lions are the defending NCAA Division I champions and are cruising already this year.
D'Errico played in all 36 matches last season and has played in all 12 thus far in 2008 and is tied for third on the team with 68 digs.
She has 13 assists and 10 service aces.
Penn State will be hosting Purdue on Friday and Illinois on Saturday.
D'Errico led Byron-Bergen to three straight New York State Public High School Athletic Association titles (2004-2006) while earning first-team all-state honors in all three seasons.
Check out this cool little Q&A with D'Errico that is on the Penn State Web site.
The Notre Dame Boys Cross Country Team suffered their first loss of 2008, dropping a one point decision to Oakfield (27-28). The Irish cruised past Avon (18-42), Livonia (17-43), and Dansville (19-40). Quin O'Connor (17:23) again led the Fighting Irish finishing second behind an experienced Kevin Grazioplene (17:14) of Oakfield. Kevin Pawlak (17:52) placed fifth with Matt Jackson (17:57) just behind in sixth. Eric Shormann rounded out the top 10 in 18:32. Nate Flumerfeldt was the Irish fifth man placing 14th in 18:58, a lifetime best time on the flat and fast Avon course. Marshall Argenta (20:39) had the best finish for the Irish, holding off an Avon and Dansville runner for the 26th spot, while Andrew Fischer also had a lifetime best time for the Irish finishing in 21:03. The team is now 10-1.
Other Irish finishers include:
Taylor Alexander 19:23 (16th)
Vince Stadler 21:14 (33rd)
Matt Sausner 21:42 (34th)
Conlan Edwards 33:50 (45th)
James Barcomb 43:52 (46th)
The Fighting Irish Girls were victorious over Avon (24-32) and Livonia (25-30) and lost to Oakfield (22-34) and Dansville (23-35). Ashley Calarco (20:58) finished in second behind fellow state rep Kim Mills of Oakfield. Jill Marshall was again strong for the Irish running a lifetime best of 22:44 to take the ninth spot. Haley Alexander (23:56) made a strong last mile effort to place 17th with Meghan Zickl (23:58) taking 19th. Rachel Berggren ran tough to place 26th in 25:45. LeeAnn Tindell (33:59) looked very strong and showed great improvement in her 33rd place finish. The Irish are now 8-3.
Other Lady Irish Harriers:
Teresa Jackson 27:55 (27th)
Tia Arnold 31:51 (32nd)
Kate Spadaccia 36:00 (34th)
The Attica boys soccer team had not won a Genesee Region League match, until Tuesday night.
The Blue Devils scored first then held on to beat visiting Lyndonville 3-0.
"We've been behind in almost every game and we were on a six game losing streak," Attica coach John Dickhut said. "It was nice to get one early on somebody."
Brandon Reiner scored eight minutes in on a header, off a pass by Andy Hagen to get the ball rolling.
Matt Sheffield then scored an unassisted goal eight minutes later.
"We have quite a few guys that can score," Dickhut said. "We had relied on Andy Hagen a lot early on, but just about anybody can put it in. A couple of games ago I changed my strategy and added another forward to boost the offense a bit."
Joe Wolak added an insurance goal late in the second half off a pass by Reiner to cap off the victory and give Attica a 1-5 league and 4-6 overall record.
Goalie Jacob Seiferth made 10 saves.
"We haven't helped him out too much this year," Dickhut said. "This was his first shutout of the year and he didn't have to work super-hard to get it. The defense really helped him out today."
Lyndonville falls to 2-4, 3-5-1.
Brandon Comden scored with just under 10 minutes left in the game to give Holley a 2-0 win over Byron-Bergen in a boys soccer match.
The other Holley tally came on an own goal.
Keith Lutes stopped six shots to earn his first career shutout for the Hawks (5-3-1).
Tyler Sass had 12 saves for B-B (4-5-1).
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Notre Dame graduate Christian Bochicchio made his first start at quarterback for the Utica College football team this past weekend.
The freshman stepped into the starting role which was held by Keith Barone, and had a rocky, yet productive, first start.
The Pioneers turned the ball over several times in losing to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, losing a 24-10 homecoming game in front of 2,835 fans.
Bochicchio - who was the quarterback for the Fighting Irish when the team won the Section 5 Class D championship in 2006 - now looks to be the top option for Utica.
"He can do some things. Right now, he's our guy," UC coach Blaise Faggiano told the Utica Observer-Dispatch after the loss.
Bochicchio went 14-of-24 for 120 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions in his college debut.
The Pioneers (0-3) will be at Springfield College on Oct. 4.
Six new members will be inducted to the Batavia Blue Devil Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 18 at Terry Hills Restaurant and Banquet Facility.
Nancy Viola worked in athletics and served as Athletic Director from 1981-1998, where 14 Batavia teams won Section 5 championships, including a New York State football title in 1981.
Viola was a chairperson for Section 5 girls basketball from 1975-1997 and NYS girls basketball from 1978-1982.
She earned the 1985 Jean Giambrone Rochester Press Radio Award, was inducted into the Section 5 basketball HOF in 2001 and is a member of the Rochester Red Wing Walk of Fame.
Jonathan Walton was a 1974 graduate after playing four years of varsity basketball and three years of both football and baseball,
Earned all-county honors in both basketball and baseball. He earned second-team all-county honors when he helped the Batavia basketball team go 19-2 during his junior year.
Walton played baseball and basketball at Buffalo State College and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1974.
1964 graduate Douglas King played four years of football, bowling and baseball at Batavia and earned the Judd-Guinlock MVP award as a co-captain during his senior year.
King led the 1964 bowling team with a 194 scoring average.
Compiled an 11-3-2 record on the mound as a senior, tossing a no hitter, four one-hitters and four shutouts.
He was named the best male athlete at BHS in 1964 and was awarded the Mary Delbridge Citizenship award.
King was scouted by the Pittsburgh Pirates, N.Y. Yankees and San Francisco Giants.
Thomas Vincellos is a 1961 graduate and ran four years of cross country and track, and wrestled one season.
He was the Section 5 cross country champion as a senior and led Batavia to four straight Genesee-Wyoming team titles, setting the course record twice.
Vincellos was the best athlete of senior class and earned the Babe Ruth Sportsmanship award in 1961. He was also a three-time recipient of the Dominic Valle Cross Country MVP award.
1943 graduate Don Johnson played football and ran track for four years while playing baseball and basketball for three each.
He was awarded the 1943 Cope-Dowd Award for excellence in Track & Field and was named to the 1943 Section 5 basketball tournament all-star team.
Johnson earned a letter in four sports in his junior and senior years.
Ralph "Buddy" Houseknecht is a 1968 graduate and played three years of baseball and two years of football and basketball.
He won the Judd-Guinlock MVP award as captain of the football team as a senior. Was also a captain on the baseball team.
Houseknecht was named best BHS athlete in 1968 and received a scholarship to Edinboro State College in Pennsylvania where he played football.
Has been a long-time Batavia High School and Blue Devil Athletics supporter as member of Batavia Rotary Club and as President of Pepsi-Cola Batavia Inc.
The 7th Annual Induction Ceremony has a social hour beginning at 5 p.m., followed by a 6 p.m. dinner.
Tickets are available at the Athletic Directors office at Batavia High School. For more information you can call 585-343-2480 ex. 2003
Well, it took three weeks but a local football player was finally named Section 5 Player of the Week.
Attica's Andy Ruddock rushed for 193 yards on 18 carries as the Blue Devils beat Elba/Byron-Bergen 40-6 Friday night and he earned the offensive honor for Class B.
Ruddock also had a 2-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
Attica is 2-1 and will be playing at Barker this Saturday.
Alexander dropped a 4-1 decision to Wheatland in Wheatland on Monday to see their league record drop to 5-2-1 and overall drop to 5-4-1. The halftime score was 1-1 after Wheatland jumped out to an early 1-0 lead and Alexander tied it with around 10 minutes left to go in the first half. The first half was very even possession wise but Wheatland had several chances that were saved by Alexander keeper Hannah Wilson in the games opening 10 minutes.
The 2nd half was a different story as Wheatland came out flying and never slowed down. Wheatland buried a shot off a giveaway in the center of the field 10 minutes into the 2nd half and took only 4 minutes to make the score 3-1 after a great give and go that was finished off by Lauren Drago. 8 minutes after that it was 4-1 and the rout was on after Drago finished off her 2nd goal of the game.
Alexander struggled to complete passes in the 2nd half and Wheatland punished us for every mistake we made. Alexander's best chance in the 2nd half came on a cross from Anna Dominick to Rachel Pettys but Pettys failed to get off a good strike and the keeper handled it easily.
Alexander's goal was scored by 8th grade midfielder Abby Shilvock. Alexander finishes their 6 game in 10 day stretch Wednesday when they are home to Elba and are in need of a win to avoid falling further off the pace in the GR Division I race. Wheatland improves to 7-2 overall and 6-1 in the league and is undefeated against the Division 1 teams in their crossover games thus far.
Just found this video from he first game of the NY-P Championship in Jamestown. The only real interesting part is at 2:35 in or so and you can see Jermaine Curtis hit his game-winning home run.
Here's another video of the final out of the championship.
It's official! City Council this evening proclaimed September 22, 2008: Muckdogs Day. The 2008 NY-Penn League champions have since dispersed, many of the young players heading to St. Louis for the Cardinals post-season training camp, so that means no go on a parade for this year. But plans are already in the works to hold a victory parade when the champs return to Batavia in June.
We'll be sure to pass along more info as it becomes available.
In other City Council news...
A public hearing has been set for October 14 to discuss a local law that would abolish the city's Board of Ethics. If the action goes through, the city will in future refer all "ethics issues" to the county's Board of Ethics.
The current Genesee Region Girl's Soccer Standings as of 9/21/08
Division 1:
Alexander 5-1-1
Holley 4-2-1
Bergen 3-1-1
Pembroke 3-1-1
Attica 1-4
Kendall 0-5
Alexander picked up 3 league wins this week beating Attica, Oakfield, and Kendall. Bergen beat Pembroke in OT Saturday night meaning that in the loss and tie column Alexander, Bergen, and Pembroke are all tied at the current moment with Holley one loss behind. Big games in the upcoming week that will have impact in the standings are Alexander @ Wheatland 9/22, Elba @ Alexander 9/24, and Holley @ Lyndonville 9/23. The next couple weeks finishes up all the cross-over games and will set the stage for the last round of divisional games.
Division II:
Wheatland 5-1
Elba 4-1
Lyndonville 3-3
Oakfield 1-4
Notre Dame 0-6
Lyndonville knocked off Elba this week in what could turn out to be a big loss for Elba as they were out in front of this division and after knocking off Wheatland early. The crossover games could really put one team out in front of this division if they can pick up a handful of wins against the division 1 teams. Both Wheatland and Elba play Alexander this week and a win by either or both could further distance themselves from Lyndonville. Lyndonville plays Holley and needs a win if they want to keep pace with the top two teams in this division.
For the 3rd straight year it was York versus Alexander in the finals of the Kendall tournament and for the 3rd straight year York took home the crown. Most of the York lineup returned from the team that knocked off Alexander 2-0 in OT in last years championship game while Alexander returned just 2 starters and only three other players that saw action in the game but Alexander hung tough throughout the game.
For the 2nd straight game 8th grader Abby Shilvock drew defensive responsibilities marking #11 from York who is their leading scorer and limited her to only a handful of shots. #11 managed to score the first goal of the game on a full volley after #8 won a header and there was not much either Shilvock or goalkeeper Hannah Wilson could do as she buried it in the top right corner of the net. The score was 1-0 at the half.
In the 2nd half York got an early goal on a corner kick that was nearly headed in and the attempted clearance was fired into the right side of the net for a 2-0 lead. York would pick up a 3rd goal about 10 minutes later as a ball was stolen on the right sideline and crossed into the center where an Alexander defender's clearance ended up in their own net for a 3-0 lead.
York kept the pressure up for the remainder of the game and Alexander managed to hold them off thanks to solid defensive efforts from the entire backline and goalkeeper Wilson who made 14 saves on the night.
For Alexander defender Savannah VanSon, Midfielder Tessa Bigelow, and Forward Rachel Pettys were named to the all tournament team while Abby Shilvock was named Defensive MVP of the tournament. Fantastic performances were also turned in by Goalkeeper Hannah Wilson and Defender Gabby Kwiatek.
Alexander sits at 5-3-2 overall and 5-1-1 in the league going into another big week where they will face Wheatland (@ Wheatland) on Monday and Elba at home on Wednesday.
After a slow start in the first quarter , the Notre Dame football team had multiple touchdown quarters in the second and third to beat host Barker 37-6.
Kevin Schildwaster started the scoring with a 1-yard dive in the second quarter, with Mike Pratt adding a 13-yard touchdown run in the frame.
Pratt had two touchdown runs and Kevin Francis caught a 3-yard TD pass from Nick Bochicchio in the third quarter.
Matt Thompson nailed a 30-yard field goal in the fourth quarter and also kicked four extra points in the contest.
Ray Paul had a touchdown run for Barker (1-2).
Notre Dame is 2-1.
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.
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The College at Brockport web site has a short profile of Kelsey Conn, a runner originally from Batavia, who participated in Sophie's Run.
Conn was recently been named Female SUNYAC Cross Country Runner of the Week after finished 1st in the Brockport Invitational on September 13 with a time of 19:48.60. It was her first season running cross-country for the Golden Eagles and her first race of the season. The sophomore Communications major is also a key member of the Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field squads at Brockport and qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships and finished ninth in the 10,000 meter run.
Andrew Alexander found the end zone four times while picking up 163 yards rushing on just 17 carries as Le Roy demolished Wellsville 77-8 Friday.
Alexander also was a defensive star, picking off a pass and recovering a fumble.
Anthony Macaluso rushed the ball five times for 100 yards while Travis Fenstermaker threw two touchdown passes to Mike Humphrey and another to Quentin Humphrey,
Quentin also had an interception returned for a touchdown.
Wellsville falls to 1-2 while the Oatkan Knights improve to 3-0.
Attica rushed for 376 total yards in blasting Elba/Byron-Bergen 40-6 Friday night.
Andy Ruddock led the way with a whopping 18 carries for 183 yards and a touchdown, with Luke Pariso adding 63 yards and a score.
Brandon Rollins went 8-of-12 passing for 85 yards and three touchdowns, including a pair to Greg Boxler.
Shawn Dupuis also caught a 34-yard TD pass from Rollins.
Brandon Spurling had the lone touchdown run for the Lancers (1-2).
Attica is 2-1.
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