Elba beat Wheatland-Chili 55-37 in Girls Basketball on Thursday night.
For Elba, Sydney Reilly scored 17 points, Mariah Ognibene scored 12, and Lydia Ross scored eight.
Elba is now 13-0 on the season.
Photos by Debra Reilly.
Byron-Bergen beat Kendall 58-45 in Girls Basketball on Thursday.
Scoring:
Izzy D’Agostino scored 13 points for Kendal.
"Janessa Amesbury, for the second game in a row, scored 32 points. Twenty of those came in the first half. It was the best first half we had all season, scoring 35," said Coach Rick Krzewinski. "Olivia Senf is also in double figures with 11. With the win, we move to 10-2."
Brett Beckwith took care of business Thursday (Jan. 30) afternoon at Batavia Downs when he won five races on the card and vaulted himself into first place for driving wins this meet. Beckwith’s run included a natural hat trick in races nine, 10 and 11 and a victory in one of the co-features on the program.
In the $13,000 Open Handicap pace, Beckwith sat behind Itsallaboutfaith N, who then sat behind Primo Uomo (Joe Chindano Jr.) as he marched off quarters of :27.3 and :57.1 while being pushed by the parked-out Belmont Major N (Keith Kash). Belmont Major N’s bid then fell apart approaching three-quarters as the top two horses pulled away from the field around the last turn. When the race entered the stretch, Beckwith tipped Itsallaboutfaith N off the pegs and simply cruised by Primo Uomo in deep stretch to win by a length in 1:54.
Itsallaboutfaith N ($8.40) is owned by PT Stable and trained by Gareth Dowse.
Beckwith’s other four winners were Century Grizzly (1:57.3, $23.40), Angelo J Fra (1:58.3, $4.80) who chalked up her 64th lifetime win, Venier Hanover (1:56.2, $3.60) and Maczaffair N (1:9.2, $6.00).
Beckwith now sits in first place with 24 driving wins, two ahead of Joe Chindano Jr. who was relegated to second with his now 22 wins after Thursday's action.
The other co-feature at The Downs was the $13,000 Open Handicap trot that was won by El Toro Loco with an impressive gate to wire performance in his first start at Batavia this year after a five-week stint in Ohio.
Kevin Cummings sent El Toro Loco off the gate to the front and stepped lively quarters of :29, :59.2 and 1:28.1 while Missile (Brett Beckwith) and My One Percent (Kyle Cummings) gave chase. After rounding the last bend, El Toro Loco turned for home with a 1-¾ length lead and held sway to the line where he won in 1:57.4.
El Toro Loco ($6.70) is owned by El Dorado Stable and Mike Torcello and trained by Sam Smith.
Cummings, Smith and Torcello went on to team up for a hat trick as they also won with Yo A J (1:58.2, $7.90) and Heavensdor Hanover (1:57.2, $3.30) during the proceedings.
Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Monday (Feb. 3) at 3:00 p.m. and there will be a carryover of $1,807 in the Jackpot Super Hi-5 pentafecta in the 12th race.
Free full card past performance programs for every live card of racing at Batavia can always be downloaded at the Downs’ website (bataviadownsgaming.com) under the “Live Racing” tab and all the racing action can be viewed as it happens for free at the Batavia Downs Live Facebook page.
Byron-Bergen beat Lyndonville in Boys Basketball on Wednesday 64-40.
For the Bees, Cody Carlson scored 25 points, Adam Cardenas, 15, Joe Brumsted and Noah Clare, eight each, and Cole Diquattro, 6.
Photos by Jennifer DiQuattro.
Alexander beat Elba in Boys Basketball on Wednesday, 68-49.
For Alexander:
Photos by Melissa Brooks.
Oakfield-Alabama beat Holley in Girls Basketball on Wednesday 58-27.
Scoring:
Maryvale forced 24 turnovers against Pembroke in Boys Basketball on Wednesday on the team's way to a 43-36 victory.
Scoring for Pembroke:
Le Roy beat Haverling in Boys Basketball on Monday 50-40.
It was the Knight's 10th-straight win.
Le Roy Stats:
Notre Dame improved to 11-4 on Monday on Tuesday with a 53-37 win over Pembroke in Girls Basketball.
Sofia Falleti led the way for the Irish with a game-high 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Lucia Fiorentino also contributed 10 points and 7 rebounds.
“This was a big Genesee Region match-up for us tonight," said Coach VInny Falleti. "We knew Pembroke was a good team and could shoot well. Our team did a great job defensively and was able to have the majority of our team contribute offensively as well.”
Photos by Jaden Radam (Notre Dame student)
Wind gusts of up to 60 mph that blew down the homestretch made it very challenging for everyone lining up to race at Batavia Downs on Monday (Jan. 27) afternoon. However many big performances were still turned in, including the one by the 4-year-old pacing mare Maggie Bell, who won her third straight race in the $11,000 upper-lever condition race for distaff sidewheelers to stay perfect in 2024.
Brett Beckwith got away fourth with Maggie Bell, while Oaxacan Dream N (Dave McNeight III) marched on the lead in pedestrian fractions of :29.1 and 1:00.2. As the race rolled by five-eighths, Maggie Bell pulled first-over with the wind to her back and drew alongside Oaxacan Dream N in the last turn. As the girls thundered down the lane, Maggie Bell wore down Oaxacan Dream N while also holding off a fast closing Mcvera (Shawn McDonough) to win by a head in 1:59.1.
It was the fifth win in the last seven starts for Maggie Ball ($9.80) who is owned by Delpozo Scwartz Paoleti and trained by Jaymes Mcassey.
Maggie Bell was one of four winners for Beckwith on Monday. He also won the $15,000 final of the Batavia Downs Trackmaster 74 Series with Samosa Hanover after tipping three-wide at three-quarters and edging out Shoreview (Drew Monti) by a head at the line in 1:58.3. Samosa Hanover ($7.00) is owned by Lucky Label Stable and trained by Taylor Fritz.
Beckwith’s other two winners were Kathy’s Moment (2:01.2, $7.00) and Blue Glamber (1:56.4, $4.60).
In the $12,500 Trackmaster 72.5 Series trot final, Caviar’s Yankee (Mike Baumeister) grabbed the lead before the half and turned away the pocket-sitting Poets N Pirates (Drew Monti) in the lane to win by 1-½ lengths in 2:00.4. Caviar’s Yankee ($6.00) is owned by Jennifer Signor and trained by Jake Baumeister.
Finally, the $12,000 Trackmaster 70 Series final was won by Koup Kruiser (Jim McNeight Jr.) who led from gate to wire and stopped the clock in 2:00.1. Koup Kruiser ($2.80) is owned by Two Gals Stable and trained by Jim McNeight.
Other horsemen turning in stellar performances on Monday include driver Joe Chindano Jr. and trainer David Russo, who both posted hat tricks during the program.
Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Thursday (Jan. 30) at 3:00 p.m. with a carryover of $1,318 in the Jackpot Super Hi-5 pentafecta in the 14th race.
Free full card past performance programs for every live card of racing at Batavia can always be downloaded at the Downs’ website (bataviadownsgaming.com) under the “Live Racing” tab and all the racing action can be viewed as it happens for free at the Batavia Downs Live Facebook page.
Oakfield-Alabama beat Kendall in Girls Basketball on Friday 49-32.
Scoring
"Great team win with balanced scoring and contributions from all 10 players," said Coach Jeff Schlagenhauf. "We played well offensively in the second half, and defensively, we played well for 32 minutes."
Photos by Jordyn Tobolski
Press release:
Tonight at Gates-Chili High School, Byron-Bergen/LeRoy ended their regular season unbeaten, with the boys and girls winning the GRL Championship meet.
The BBLR girls cruised to victory with 579 points, clinching their fifth GRL Championship win in a row. Senior Haylee Gartz won the Girls Swimmer of the Meet award, continuing her record-breaking streak by taking down her own BBLR school record and meet record in the 100 freestyle (54.39). She also placed first in the 200 IM with a 2:20.26.
Gartz, along with Anna Kent, Mikayla Yohon, and Kara Valdes broke the BBLR school record and placed first in the 200 medley relay with a 1:57.95 and broke the school record, tied the meet record, and won the 400 freestyle relay (3:50.38).
Yohon also won both her individual events, with a 26.39 in the 50 freestyle and a 1:06.34 in the 100 butterfly. And Valdes placed first in the 500 freestyle with a season-best 5:57.44.
Harley Allendale Columbia placed second with 327 points. Maria Nichols, Chloe Terio, Carolina Muelas, and Elise Pinch placed first in the 200 freestyle relay with a 1:50.57. Pinch was also an individual winner, coming in first in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:21:55.
Pembroke/Alexander placed third with 273 points with several top 3 finishes and Attica placed fourth with 221 points with their own share of great performances.
Oakfield-Alabama's Tori Davis helped the girls clinch fourth place (243 points) by winning the 100 backstroke with a 1:01.98.
Batavia/Notre Dame placed sixth with 155 points. Senior Maddy Bellamy placed first in the 200 freestyle with a 2:03.65. Wheatland Chili's girls came in seventh with 110 points.
The BBLR boys won for the second year in a row. The boys started out strong, winning the 200 medley relay with Jack Walker, Lucas Morrison, Carter Fix, and Malacai McGrath finishing in 1:46.84. Fix also won the 200 (1:53.03) and 500 freestyles (4:59.60), earning him Boys Swimmer of the Meet honors.
HAC's boys had an amazing night with Dylan Mayall winning the 200 IM (2:10.93) and 100 backstroke (58.46). Mayall, Andrew Fouraker, Landon Krul, and Hayden Williams won the 200 freestyle relay with a 1:37.10.
It came down to the last relay; with BBLR's Walker, McGrath, Sam Hersom, and Fix placing first in the 400 freestyle relay (3:37.03) and Zachary Gay, GJ Donofrio, Colton Erion, and Levi McGrath coming in fourth that secured the win for BBLR. In the end, BBLR had 523 points to HAC's 522 winning by only one point.
Pembroke/Alexander placed third with 403 points with several season-best swims. Wheatland-Chili's Miguel Gonzales won the 100 butterfly with a 58.25, helping secure fourth place for Wheatland with 159 points.
Batavia/Notre Dame's Dominic Southall placed first in the 100 freestyle with a 51.67 and 100 breaststroke with a 1:07.53, earning the team fifth place (130 points). And Attica's Samuel Dunlap placed first in the 50 freestyle with a 23.72, with the team placing sixth with 45 points.
Photo credit Julie Donofrio
Five players for Elba on Friday scored in double digits as the Lancers beat Attica in Girls Basketball 86-31.
Scoring:
Photos by Debra Reilly.
Fired by 32 points from Janessa Amesbury, Byron-Bergen beat Wheatland-Chile in Girls Basketball on Friday 51-38.
Megan Jarkiewicz scored six points for the Bees.
For Wheatland, Vanessa Guerro scored 14 points.
"WC played well with a very young team," said Bees Coach Rick Krzewinski. "Chad Annis is doing a really nice job with his team. The win moves us to 9-2 with a home game Tuesday against Lyndonville. Tonight’s game was only our third in a month, so it will be nice to get into a rhythm for the last month before sectionals."
Photos by Jennifer DiQuattro
Pembroke beat Attica in Girls Basketball on Friday, 61-31.
Scoring for Pembroke:
Notre Dame, now 9-4, beat Alexander in Girls Basketball on Friday, 56-37.
The Falleti sisters, Gianna and Sofia, led the Irish in scoring with 17 points each. Gianna Falleti added 4 assist and 4 steals while Sofia added 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. Shirley Thompson contributed 9 points and 6 steals. Emma Fitch had 6 points and 6 steals.
“We started out very slowly tonight after eight days off but were able to come around in the second half and get a good effort from the whole team on offense and defense," said Coach Vinny Falleti.
Genesee County Undersheriff Brad Mazur was there for Buddy Brasky's first win as Batavia's varsity basketball coach, and on Friday, he was in the Batavia High School gymnasium for Brasky's 500th win.
Mazur played on Brasky’s first squad in 1990-91, and this season, his son Brady, a senior, and his son Casey, a sophomore, who is a big part of the team's current success.
"What a great honor for Coach Brasky to win number 500," Brad Mazur said. "He's done a great job throughout all these years. His dedication to the program, the dedication to the student-athletes, the community, and I tell you what, he won 500 games in the Monroe County League. So that says a lot. The Monroe County league is a difficult League, and doing that is an incredible accomplishment."
The win didn't come easily on Friday, with Eastridge holding close through all four quarters before the Blue Devils locked down a 83-79 win.
Over two dozen former players who Buddy Brasky coached in his 35-year career were on hand to support him.
It was tremendous, Brasky said, to see so many former players turn out for what was expected to be his 500th win.
"As a coach, you hope you're making an impact on kids that goes beyond basketball, and you never really know until the players get older, and they get on with their lives, and to have so many of them take their time to come back and just in case I won that game last night, to be there, it really meant the world to me," Brasky said.
Jeff Redband, part of the 2013 squad that vied for a state championship, said it was an honor to return to his alma mater to watch Brasky pick up his 500th coaching win.
"Tonight was very special to see all the alumni, all my old teammates, and just the camaraderie that we all had from playing for Coach Brasky, going through that experience together, and just what he taught us," Redband said. "It was great to give back to support him as much as he supported us in the past."
The Batavian reached Brasky on Saturday to talk about the big win.
"It's a big accomplishment. Obviously, I know how big of an accomplishment it is. I mean, I didn't know this, but I found out today that I'm only the sixth coach in Section V history to get 500 wins," Brasky said. "That's very gratifying to me."
Among Brasky's 500 wins are six Section V titles and four regional titles, which have sent the Blue Devils to the state's final four. But Batavia has never made it to the championship game.
The closest a Brasky-coached squad came, he said, was in 2005. The Blue Devils took the semifinal game to overtime after being down 19 points. Kevin Saunders hit a three-pointer with 16 seconds left in OT to put Batavia up by one point.
"It looked like we were going to win, and they hit a shot at the buzzer to beat us," Brasky said. "Funny how you don't forget those things."
It was pretty special, Brasky said, to have Brad Mazur at the game, who was part of that big first win, while his son, Casey, played a big role in the 500th win.
Casey Mazur was Batavia's top scorer on Friday, hitting seven three-pointers, all in the first half, for 21 points. Carter Mullen and Justin Smith each scored 20 points, and Gavin White scored 19.
Every season, every year, Brasky finds the boys playing for him are a special group of guys, and the 2024-25 team is no different. They're young, but they're willing to be coached and learn.
He called the team a "work in progress."
With two big guys who can score at forward, Smith and White, matched with guards who can shoot, Mazur and Mullen, he had to convince the team that the best strategy is for the guards to feed the big guys early in the game to open up the outside shooting later in the game. That means Mazur and Mullen need to pass up open shots to get the ball in low.
"They have been willing to buy into the change," Brasky said. "I wasn't sure they would be willing to do it. Winning helps, for sure."
The second team, Brasky noted, is a big part of this team's success, and he thinks those players don't get enough recognition for what they contribute.
"I got two sophomores and two juniors on that second unit, and some of the games they play a little bit, and some games they don't, and they're good players," Brasky said. "On a lot of teams in this area, they'd be starters and there is no sign of unhappiness. They cheer for the first group, and when they get in, they play their tails off and try to do their best job, no matter how many minutes they're getting."
The big test for the team and how it holds together will come if some adversity hits. That will be the "true sign," Brasky said.
"When some adversity hits, an injury, someone gets in trouble in school., that's when we'll see if it's really taken hold, but so far, it's been really enjoyable," Brasky said.
However, some adversity did hit the team this season -- when their coach was diagnosed with cancer and took a break after the first two games of the season to have a kidney removed.
Brasky's surgery was on Dec. 17. He attended the Christmas Tournament, sitting behind the bench, but wasn't able to coach a game until the Blue Devils played Newark on Jan. 4. Batavia won 67-53 and hasn't lost since. The team is currently 10-3.
"It was a different experience. It was not easy," Brasky said. "While sitting out, with the new technology, I could watch practices on the computer, and it showed me I'm not ready to retire. It was very hard to just sit at home."
After his cancer timeout, there is an extra dimension to getting his 500th win just a few weeks later, Brasky said.
"I had cancer in my kidney. They removed the kidney, so the cancer is gone, and I kind of hope that it doesn't reappear anywhere else in the body because there's no evidence that it's anywhere now," Brasky said. "After going through something like that, you know, I've been a pretty healthy guy my whole life, and it just makes you realize -- tomorrow's promised to nobody. When something you love is taken away from you for a period of time, it makes you appreciate those moments, to be honest with you. So yes, that really, really made it even more special in that way."
Perhaps the biggest reward of a career that brings 500 wins is the success in life he sees of his former players as adults, Brasky said.
"Some guys are successful, you know, lawyers, doctors, coaches, and there's also guys who are successful working in the factory and raising a family," Brasky said. "When I see guys when I go out to dinner or whatnot, and I see guys out, and they'll come over and make it a point to talk to me and thank me and let me know that I made an impact on them -- that's why you coach. Everybody thinks it's the wins and losses, and it is. Every coach wants to win, but those other things are what really make coaching special. It's the greatest job in the world."
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It was close but Byron-Bergen came out on the down side of the score against Wheatland-Chili in Boys Basketball on Thursday, losing 53-50.
Cody Carlson scored 16 points for the Bees. Cole DiQuattro scored 14, Andre White, 11, and Noah Clare, six.
Leighton Williams scored 35 for Wheaton.
Photos by Jennifer DiQuattro.
Notre Dame snapped Alexander's nine-game winning streak on Thursday with a 75-68 win.
Fighting Irish stats:
Notre Dame hit 11 threes on the night.
No stats were submitted for Alexander.
“What an atmosphere tonight," said Notre Dame Coach Mikey Rapone. "We played very well tonight against a very good team. Our shooting confidence finally came around, and tonight, we were able to make some threes. We had four guys in double figures, and everybody contributed to the win. Our guards did a great job of handling the pressure that Alexander put on full court. We limited the live ball turnovers, not allowing them to get easy buckets. Our press was active, and we were able to get our hands on some passes. We game-planned to try to stop Dylan Pohl and make him earn every basket. In the third quarter he got away from us a little bit, we allowed him to get 11 points. But overall, I thought our zone did a great job tonight, which is different from what we normally play, man-to-man. I’m proud of our kids, all thirteen of them. They really worked hard together in preparation for this one, and hopefully, we can stay the course and continue to get better.”
Notre Dame is now 9-4 on the season. The Trojans are 10-3.
Photos by Pete Welker.
It was another cold and windy evening in Genesee County with snow bands that increased in intensity as the card rolled on. But the real storm on Thursday (Jan. 23) afternoon at Batavia Downs came from drivers Brett Beckwith and Kevin Cummings, who each won four races during the program.
Beckwith’s big win came in the co-featured $13,000 Open Handicap trot that went to Up Helly Aa, who led at every station before pulling away to a gapped-length victory.
After several horses left, Johnny Boy (Kevin Cummings) took the lead before Beckwith and Up Helly Aa roared forward in the breeze to claim the top at the :28.2 quarter. After crossing over, Up Helly Aa settled in and marched off back-to-back :29.4 quarters before heading into the final bend on top by 2-¾ lengths. When he entered the stretch, Up Helly Aa had no imminent threats from behind and just kept on going to eventually win by 3-¼ lengths in 1:58.4.
Up Helly Aa ($11.40) is owned by Ian Fromowitz and trained by Jaymes Mcassey.
Beckwith also won with Venier Hanover (1:58.4, $2.90), Admiral Hanover (1:58.1, $4.50) and Six Degrees (1:57.3, $3.40).
Kevin Cummings' four wins came with Silvershoe Halie (2:00.4, $15.20) along with Hp Running Mass (2:01.4, $34.20), Famous Dan (2:00, $4.60) and Yo AJ (1:59.3, $8.40), all of whom were trained by Sam Smith, who topped all conditioners for wins during the proceedings.
Both Beckwith and Cummings drove a total of 13 races each and posted identical numbers of four wins, three seconds and two thirds, giving each one of them a lofty UDR of .487 when the day was done.
The other feature race was the $13,000 Open Handicap pace, where Primo Uomo had absolutely no competition whatsoever as he won his second straight top-class pace at the Downs with a very convincing gate-to-wire romp.
Joe Chindano Jr. rocketed off the gate and to the front with Primo Uomo, who opened up a 2-¾ length gap as he cruised past the quarter in hasty :27.3. Chindano then downshifted quarter two, but got right back to business on the second circuit. Primo Uomo stretched out to a three length lead at three-quarters in 1:26.1, rounded the last turn and then bolted away to a nine-length victory in 1:54.4, setting a new seasonal mark.
Primo Uomo ($2.70) is owned by Chris and Dale Lawton and trained by David Dewhurst.
Chindano added wins with Thinking Of Slim (2:01, $11.20) and Mauries Bonus A (1:58.3, $4.50) to grab a hat trick of his own.
Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Monday (Jan. 27) at 3:00 p.m. and there will be a carryover of $1,012 in the Jackpot Super Hi-5 pentafecta in the 14th race.
Free full card past performance programs for every live card of racing at Batavia can always be downloaded at the Downs’ website (bataviadownsgaming.com) under the “Live Racing” tab and all the racing action can be viewed as it happens for free at the Batavia Downs Live Facebook page.
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