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This year’s Daily News Fall Sports cover athletes include front row L to R, Bryn Luckey (Le Roy) and Alexa Wolcott (Pavilion); second row, Abby Decillis (Avon), Claudia
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Cover Story: These athletes are among the best in the area
MANY QUESTIONS ABOUND IN 2019: As always, there are a lot of intriguing aspects to look at come the start of a new high school season
BATAVIA — Welcome to the 2019 fall
high school sports season, which is ex-
pected to be just as exciting as the 2018
year in which numerous sectional titles,
Far West Regional championships, and
NYS place finishers were crowned.
And can’t forget about O-A/Elba’s foot-
ball title during their 8-man season.
There will be a lot of questions this
coming year ...
Can Batavia football possibly make an-
other run towards the top of the Section V
Class B podium — which would be a fifth
title in six years?
Can the Oakfield/Alabama cross coun-
try team, despite losing five of their top
seven runners to graduation, continue to
stay amongst Section V’s elite programs
under the tutelage of head coach Peter
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Beuler?
Can the Avon girls soccer program, un- Batavia’s Camden White. Le Roy’s Bryn Luckey. O-A/Elba’s Zack Hall
der the guidance of Pavilion grad Katlyn repeat their titles this fall? assignment and this year was no excep- year with a 15-4 record. His season high-
(Brooks) Bennetti make a run for anoth- With one of the biggest offensive lines tion. lights were winning the GR/LCAA Division
er sectional crown and maybe take that a
in program history, can Notre Dame foot- Here are our individual bios on the IV title and leading the team in assists,
step further to the state tournament with
ball live up to their expectations and carry nine student-athletes that were selected while his career highlights thus far have
most of their players returning this fall?
Can Wheatland-Chili girls soccer coach off that block of wood? to represent The Daily News and Living- been going to states, winning a Section V
Gary Ward, the winningest coach in Sec- Before moving down to Class C next ston County News for the 2019 high school title and winning the GR twice. Kyle and
tion V history, make yet another run for year, can John Gammon’s Livonia Bull- sports season? his teammates are totally focused this fall
the NYS Final Four in Cortland? dogs get over the sectional hump and earn
after a disappointing sectional semifinal
Despite losing the GR’s top two running the program’s first title in over 20 years? Kyle Foeller (Byron-Bergen/Elba)- loss to Sodus last year.
backs from last year in Chris McClinic and Those questions will all be answered in This talented senior center-midfielder
Leah Veley (Attica)- Senior outside hit-
Rez Smith, can Alexander football get the the next three months. was a first-time all-star last year in soccer
ter was big part of successful Attica season
three-peat in Section V Class D? There are obviously a lot of talented for the 2016 state semifinalist Bees as he
as she stuffed the stat sheet with 152 digs,
Will 2018 LCAA/GR champions Alexa athletes in the GLOW region. Picking our finished the season with 10 goals to go
Wolcott (Pavilion) and Zack Hall (O-A/E) cover athletes each year is never an easy along with 14 assists as they finished the See COVER T24

Numerous Albion teams are looking for big years in 2019

By ALEX BRASKY
abrasky@batavianews.com
ALBION — Coming off of a
17-1-1 campaign in 2018, the
Albion girls soccer team re-
turns 11 key players from last
year’s team and expect to be
put together another big sea-
son.
The top-returning play-
ers for the Purple Eagles this
season will be Paige Deris-
ley, Kendall Derisley, Mariah
Plain, Abbie Pappalardo and
Alexis Creasey.
Other key returning players
for Albion are Kaitlyn Kinter,
Claire Squicciarini, Nicolina
Creasey, Alison Knaak, Leah
Pritchard and Abigail Scanlon.
“The girls have worked ex-
tremely hard in the off-sea-
ure, the Albion volleyball team
appears ready to take a major
step forward this season. Re-
turning eight juniors, many
of whom played up on varsity
as freshman during Beecher’s
first season at the helm, their
head coach believes they have
the experience needed to carry
this group to a big year.
Good Luck Purple Eagles!
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LOOKING FOR A THREE-PEAT: Trojans football has its sights set on another Class D crown; Hirsch is back to lead the volleyball squad, soccer hopes to take a step forward
By ALEX BRASKY
abrasky@batavianews.com
ALEXANDER — For the
past three seasons, the name
Chris McClinic has been syn-
onymous with the Trojans’
football team and the success
which they’ve experienced,
including two championship
campaigns. This year, howev-
er, Alexander will be forced to
endure life without McClinic
as they try to forge a new iden-
tity behind a few key seniors.
“Obviously Chris was spe-
cial, and probably holds the
all-time rushing record here at
Alexander,” said Trojans’ head
coach Tim Sawyer. “It’s easier
to sit here and say ‘these guys
graduated’ but we are sur-
rounded with good young men
and it should be another fun
enjoyable season filled with a
lot of success for our kids.”
The Trojans return six
starters from last year’s roster
which will help them fill the
void left behind by McClinic
and last year’s leading tack-
ler Jake Jasen. One of those
key returning players is se-
nior quarterback Dylan Bus-
ch, who threw 15 touchdown
passes last season and just
missed 1,000 yards passing.
Fellow senior Ty Woods Jr. al-
so returns to help the Trojans
defend their Class D title, but
after playing receiver a season
ago, where he finished with
seven touchdowns, he will
make the move to running
back this year. Woods Jr. joins
senior Hayden Walton, the
team’s fullback a season ago,
who is expected to get more
touches this season. Walton is
also a key member of Alexan-
der’s defense, as are Busch and
Woods Jr..
Two other seniors, who will
lead a young offensive line, are
guards Ethan Heineman and
Nate Luker.
“These kids are football
smart and have learned what
it takes to win,” said Sawyer,
whose JV team went 4-2 last
year. “(However,) we lack
depth. We are a small Class D
school and one or two key in-
juries could change the way
our season goes. This will be a
very challenging yet exciting
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coach Marcia Hirsch has re- ams. “I am excited to have this
turned to help lead her team to group. I have coached a lot of
success. Rylie Merle, Mya Mer- them since modified. They
le, Kiersten Przybylski and Ha- work hard as a unit and have
lie Kramer will all be important a common goal on and off the
players for Hirsch this season, field.”
as will Kayla Yax, Emily Balduf, Alexander begins the season
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“After taking the last three
The Trojans’ girls and boys
years off, I am excited to coach
cross country teams each put
this group of hard working tal-
forth quality seasons a year
ented ladies,” said Hirsch. “I
ago, with the boys finishing 15-
think their hard work in the off
4 and the girls 11-8.
season will pay off. Should be
an exciting year for us.” Leading the boys are four re-
The Trojans will open the turning runners, Bryce Davis,
season against Perry on Sep- Adam Hess, MacNeil Ruston
tember 9. and Lowell Chamberlain, all
of which will enter the season
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last season but believe with the exander boys include Cooper
hard work they’ve been put-
Davis, Dominic Lamintina,
ting in during the preseason Branden Reiser-Klier, Ethan
will lead to increased success
Washburn and Mike Reb-
this season. Senior goaltender mann. A talented newcomer,
Jayme McBride, who averaged
Jett Davis, will also help push
2.1 goals allowed per game last the Trojans’ to success this
season, along with senior for-
year.
wards McKenzie Nichols and “It’s ime to for these guys to
Taylor Fletcher will help lead a
step up,” said Alexander head
young team to what they hope coach Andrew Buckenmeyer.
will be an improved campaign.
“We’re looking to challenge for
“We move as a unit and have division and sectional titles.”
one common goal: to finish
The girls team also returns
ALEX BRASKY/DAILY NEWS strong everyday,” said Alex-
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season.” flyer this season.
Alexander opens the season “I’m looking forward to an-
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Attica volleyball team looks to be one of its best; boys soccer
will be young but exciting; football has some big shoes to fill
By ALEX BRASKY
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ATTICA — The Attica vol-
leyball team is coming off of a
fantastic season in which they
finished with an overall re-
cord of 13-4, but with most of
last year’s roster returning to
the court this season, the Lady
Devils are hoping to push for a
championship this season.
“We are returning most of
our team from last year and
are looking to continue play-
ing some high level volleyball,”
said Attica head coach Mike
Jansma.
Leading the Devils this sea-
son will be outside hitter Mary
Weber, libero Claudia Hardie
and outside hitter Leah Veley.
Joining the team’s top-trio will
be middle hitter Randsley Ber-
ry and defensive specialist No-
ra Parkhurst.
The Blue Devils open the
season on Aug. 28 at Gates-
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lieves they have what it takes to
come together as the season pro-
gresses and put forth a solid year.
“We will be a very young team as
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and sophomores on the team,”
said Dickhut. “Luckily our JV team
has a lot of players and several of
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fielder Connor Storch and soph-
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Dickhut.
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Tardy, Fuller return to lead B-B girls soccer

By ALEX BRASKY
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BERGEN — A young squad a
season ago, the Byron-Bergen
girls soccer team struggled to
remain consistent throughout
a year which they finished 11-
5-1. This season, however, the
team is one year more expe-
rienced and appears ready to
take the next step toward be-
coming a championship level
squad.
“The team was young last
year and struggled with ad-
versity,” said Bees’ fifth year
head coach Wayne Hill. “They
are ready to show what they’ve
learned and make their pres-
ence known.”
The Bees return leading goal
scorer Miriam Tardy who will
be in her senior season this
year after recording 19 goals
and six assists last year. Join-
ing her will be fellow senior
Kelsey Fuller, a midfielder who
scored 15 goals and recorded
14 assists last year. Both were
first team all-league honor-
ees last season, as was anoth-
er senior, midfielder Melissa
MacCowan, who is another
dynamic player who finished
last season with four goals and
six assists.
A trio juniors will also help
B-B this season, Eden Goff a
midfielder, Zoey Chambry a
defender and Hope Hersom
who is the team’s goaltender.
A strong list of newcomers
includes Bees’ junior Bianca
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B-B’s Kelsey Fuller (13) will be a
key returnee this fall.
every player is well coached,” said
B-B head coach Ken Rogoyski.
“Any team can end up as the Gen-
esee Region Champion and the
number one seed going into sec-
tionals. We are looking forward to
a great season of soccer where we
give our all and enjoy the journey.”
B-B opens the season against
East on Sept. 6.
VOLLEYBALL
The defending league champi-
on Bees return plenty of firepower
to make another run this season.
Finishing with a record of 16-3 in
2018, B-B will welcome back veter-
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Kyle Foeller will lead the B-B/
Elba boys in 2019.
an fifth-year varsity player Madi-
son Farnsworth who is coming off
of an all-star season. Farnsworth
has recorded 244 aces, 681 digs,
63 assists, 695 kills and 16 blocks
during her varsity career. Annabel-
la Vurraro is another savy veteran
returning to the Bees’ roster, and
has already recorded 144 aces, 859
digs, 28 assists and 14 kills during
her career. Hannah Catalino, Sara
Fraser, Amaya Gunther and Han-
nah VanSkiver round out a talent-
ed B-B roster.
“Our goals are set and we are
ready to work hard in the gym
to prepare our best for the chal-
lenging season ahead,” said Bees’
head coach Cindy D’Errico. “The
youth has some awesome energy,
passion and potential for accom-
plishing some great things in their
careers at Byron-Bergen. We look
to continue the winning tradition
into this season. Much can be ac-
complished by teamwork when no
one is concerned about who gets
the credit.”
Megan Bogue, Justine Bloom
and Cynthia Morse are other re-
turning stars for the Bees, as is Lexi
Vurraro.
The Bees open the season on
Aug. 28 at Gates-Chili.
CHEERLEADING
Despite dropping beneath the
minimum number of athletes a
team needs to compete last sea-
son, the Cal-Mum/Byron-Bergen
cheerleading squad has regrouped
and will be eligible this year. Emily
DeVore, Sarah Sue Streeter, Avery
DeMarco, and McKenna Thomson
are all returning this fall and are ea-
ger to show their skills, says head
coach Michelle Carson.
“I’m excited to work with each
of these girls,” said Carson. “Ma-
ny of them have made excellent
progress during the offseason.
Although we look to be a small
team again this year, we are seeing
growth and the future looks opti-
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The girls team finished 14-5
last season and placed second at
last year’s Class D Championships
and are expecting another strong
season in 2019. Led by returning
all-stars, senior Siomara Caballe-
ro and junior Alaura Rehwaldt the
Bees are hoping to finish this sea-
son with another title.
“I’m really excited for this sea-
son after last year’s runner-up fin-
ish at sectionals,” said B-B coach
Dave Bateman. “I am returning my
top-four girls and have several girls
competing to round out our top
seven. We are hoping to improve
in our division this year and also
compete for a sectional title.”
The boys finished 9-10 a season
ago and return 2018 all-star Travis
Lambert who hopes to help his
team in taking a step forward this
year. Zach Hannan is another tal-
ented athlete who hopes to step up
and make a push for increased suc-
cess this season.
“I am looking forward to a more
competitive year for the boys af-
ter returning a solid group of boys
from last year,” said Bateman. “We
have also added some new run-
ners who should be competing to
be our top-seven. I would like to
see this this team improve on their
league record from last year and
improve at sectionals.”
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Kendall girls soccer will be looking to defend its state crown

BIG EXPECTATIONS: Lady Eagles won the Class D title last season and return numerous stars: boys soccer looks to improve.
By NATE RIDER
nrider@batavianews.com
KENDALL — After coming
close to a sectional title two
years running, the Kendall
girls soccer team finally made
it happen last fell.
Led by New York State Class
D Player of the Year and Gen-
esee Region League Player of
the year Hailee Mitchell, as
well as a stellar defense, the
Eagles captured the Section V
Class D1 championship and
would go on to win the New
York State Class D title to mark
the best season in program
history.
And there are a lot of rea-
sons to look for a repeat this
season.
After going an impressive
18-5 for sixth-year head coach
Pam Barchet, Kendall will be
bringing back three GR All-
Stars from last season, includ-
ing senior midfielder Mitchell,
who finished with 27 goals and
three assists in her award-win-
ning season as a junior.
The other returning all-
stars will be senior defender
Lizzie Sutphen, who led a de-
fense that allowed just 25 goals
all season, as well as junior
midfielder/forward Brianna
Wakefield, who was third on
the team last season with nine
goals to go with three assists.
Senior goalkeeper Katie
Pearson allowed just 1.2 goals
VanDusen and forward Jacob
Esposito, while sophomore
Michael McCue will come up
from the JV squad and will be
responsible for running the
midfield this season.
VOLLEYBALL
Quietly, the Eagles have had
a some quality seasons recent-
ly, though they have yet to get
over the hump and into the
upper echelon.
Last season Kendall was
7-6 in the GR to finish second
in Division II and 14-8 overall,
while it has been 27-27 in the
league and 47-37 overall over
the past four seasons.
This year the Eagles will
have to replace a number of
quality seniors in order to con-
tinue that trend and will likely
rely a lot on their lone return-
ing league all-star in senior
setter Brittney Marks.
“The team will depend on
her leadership and experience
to lead them this year,” head
coach Morgan Marcello said.
Last season Marks had 178
digs, 167 assists and 74 kills
in an excellent all-around
campaign, while senior out-
side/right side hitter Autumn
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Woodward also had valuable
Kendall’s Hailee Mitchell returns this season after being the GR court time last season as a ju-
Co-Player of the Year and leading the Eagles to a Class D state nior when she finished with
title. 31 kills and 125 digs. However,
outside of those two the re-
mainder of the returning var-
sity team didn’t see a ton of the
court on a consistent basis.
Seniors Olivia Caldwell (RS/
OH), Brianna Drennan (DS/
libero), juniors Karlee Robb
(MH) and Madison Nardi (OH)
and sophomore Sara Mattle
(MH) are all going to have to
step in and improve on the
fly. Drennan will take over the
libero position this season
and anchor the defense, while
Caldwell will look to step in-
to some open positions and
make an impact.
Nicolette Buzzard is also a
newcomer to the team and will
look to put in solid time on the
court on the right side.
“We lost several key players
to graduation in 2019. Return-
ing starters Brittney Marks,
Autumn Woodward, and Bri-
anna Drennan will look to an-
chor a team made up of new
faces,” Marcello said. “Sever-
al younger players will have
the opportunity to step up
into open positions and look
to make an impact. This is a
group of scrappy, tough, ded-
icated players who will work
hard to be competitive in the
GR and throughout the sec-
tional tournament.”
Kendall will open up at
home on September 4 against

per game as a junior last sea-
son — including shutouts in
five of Kendall’s last six post-
season games, blanking Cin-
cinnatus Central in the semi-
lost just three seniors and one
total goal to graduation after
last season.
“We are very optimistic
about the 2019 season but we
know we have a lot of hard
BEST OF
around.
“We’re obviously looking to
improve on our disappoint-
ing season last year,” Esposito
said. “I think we have a quality
core of players to turn this year

finals and Fort Ann in the title
game.
Senior defender Olivia Reed
will also return to bolster the
back end for the Eagles.
Midfielder/forward Mad-
ison Jacob (4 assists) and for-
ward Lizzy Woodams (6 goals,
6 assists) will return as juniors
this season, while sophomore
midfielder’s Grace Levett (11
goals) and Grace Robinson
(2 goals, 2 assists) will also be
back after strong freshman
campaigns.
Sophomore defenders Julie
Coble and T’Mia Kitchings will
provide some depth on the de-
fensive end for the Eagles, who
work ahead of us,” Barchet
said. “We exceeded every ex-
pectation that we had for last
year and we are bringing back
our entire starting lineup, so
we should be very competitive
again.”
Kendall has gone a com-
bined 45-16 over the past three
seasons.
BOYS SOCCER
It obviously wasn’t the 2018
that the Eagles were hoping
for as they finished at just 2-15
but third-year head coach
Rich Esposito has some solid
upperclassmen returning this
fall as they look to turn things
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returning players and some
coming up from JV, I hope to
put a competitive group on the
field that will get Kendall boys
soccer back on the map. I’m from
looking forward to what these
boys will achieve as a team this
year.”
Leading the way for Kendall
this season will be five seniors
in goalkeeper Mason Kuhn,
midfielders Brahayan Gonza-
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Le Roy football needs a bounce

back season to get back on top
By NATE RIDER en touchdowns with eight their top two tackles in Bob
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some success last fall.
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With a block already in hand, Letsaw
football is back and looking for more
By CHRIS METCALF
sports@livingstonnews.com
GAINSEVILLE — Jus-
tin Mann and the Letch-
worth-Warsaw football team
was playing their best brand
of football last November.
They have a block of wood
to prove it.
And now the defending
Section V champions would
love an encore.
Mann, who enters his third
season at the helm, returns
an experienced group to the
gridiron this fall, including
many names that played a
factor in last year’s 9-2 season
that finished in the NYS quar-
terfinals.
Eight seniors are back this
year including linemen Na-
te DeGroff (DL/OL), Mason
Johnson (DL/OL), Ethan
Woodward (DL/OL) and Evan
Reding (DL/OL).
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound
DeGroff can wreak havoc on
both sides of the ball if you
don’t pay attention to him
while Johnson, Woodward
and Reding have enjoyed suc-
cess in the trenches and will
contribute plenty this season.
The Indians did take a hit
to their skilled players as RBs
Adrian Figoura and Sam Wolf,
QB Tom Standera and WR Ro-
shaun Scott — four captains
last year — all graduated.
Senior Brett Vasile (DB/QB)
will take over for Standera and
will be asked to manage the
game while giving the rock to
seniors Dalton English (DB/
RB), CJ Hallopeter (LB/RB)
and Josh Andrews (LB/RB)
and throwing it to junior Ed-
die Stores (DB/WR).
English was also a captain
this year and is expected to
keep the motor running this
fall.
“This year’s team has had a
productive offseason,” coach
Mann said. “They know ev-
erything we want to achieve
must be earned. They have
the mindset that we have to
attack each and every day
with ambition, the will to get
better and extreme focus. Ev-
erything we want to achieve
Fall Sports Preview 2019 August 2019 • 11
Mum and Le Roy. ing time. Jade Carpenter, Jas-
The loss of four seniors mine Ellwood and freshman
will hurt but the return of Morgan Brace will provide
top player Brooke DeGroff, solid contributions as well.
a sophomore outside hitter, At this point we’re looking for
will help. our best 6-9 players to get the
DeGroff was the lone LCAA season started. Everyone will
All-Star rep from last year’s be counted on to push their
team. teammates to make our team
Other returning players for a success.”
head coach Mark Sanderson’s GIRLS SOCCER
squad include seniors Dana It was a tough 2018 season
Callaro (MH/OH), Courtney for head coach Scotty Owens
Buchholz (Opposite), Raelyn and the Lady Indians who
Steves (MH), Jade Carpenter finished 3-15 while being out-
(MH), Jasmine Ellwood (OH), scored 55-8.
Makayla Conway (Libero) and Of course if you look at the
Kiersten Luce (Opposite). 2017 record of 0-16 last year’s
Top newcomers include squad did take a step forward
sophomores Delaney Bean in what many feel is a tough
(MH) and Maddison Strat- LCAA D-II with section-
hearn (setter); junior Jenna al champ Avon and always
Brace (MH/OH) and fresh- tough Warsaw, Le Roy and
man Morgan Brace (setter). Cal-Mum.
“Last year we were quite in- A lack of offensive pro-
experienced but we feel more duction was most notable as
confident in our team’s skills they were shutout 13 times,
this season and are hoping to including a tough 1-0 loss in
at least double our win total,” the sectional quarterfinals to
Sanderson said. “We expect Holley.
big things from Brooke again But Owens and his squad
this year as she worked hard will certainly build off the
playing club in the off-season. momentum of their 2-1 first
Dana, Raelyn and Courtney round sectional victory over
will provide our senior lead- Red Creek.
MARK GUTMAN/DAILY NEWS
ership. We brought up Del- The loss of graduated team
Dalton English will be one of the key players returning this season aney and Maddy as freshmen
as Letsaw looks to defend its Class C title. captains Brianna Dake, Grace
last season before sectionals Miller and Brooke Hessle
and they we both strong addi- won’t help the cause but the
must be earned, nothing is pected to be a very competi- tions. We expect top play from
given. There is very little room tive game. return of seniors Kristen Mills
both of them as well. Jenna
for error with the schedule we GIRLS VOLLEYBALL was solid on our JV team last
play. Week in and week out Playing in the highly com- year so she will push for play- See INDIANS T23
it will be a battle. In order to petitive LCAA D-II didn’t do
earn the right to win on Friday Letchworth any favors last
nights we have to put the work
in during practice.”
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Albion there has been nothing but positiv-

From T2
dy, Arianna McGurn and Eowyn
Pate, as well as freshman Maya
Knaak.
Albion finished 7-14 overall last
season and just 2-8 in the Niagara/
Orleans league. They will be look-
ing for more this season.
“I have seen nice growth within
the program, as many girls are put-
ting in extra effort in the off-sea-
son,” said Beecher. “I am excited
to see them put this to the test and
expect to be more competitive this
season in the N/O league with sol-
id experience behind them.”
BOYS SOCCER
Looking forward to the return
of a strong core of leadership, the
Eagles are hoping to improve up-
on their 10-7-1 overall record from
last season.
“The new players are perform-
ing well with the veterans, and
ity radiating from the team,” said
Albion head coach Casey Flynn.
“Everyone is coming together and
working very hard to fill the gaps
left by last year’s seniors.”
The top-returners for Albion
this season will be Sam Sanchez,
Angel Rosario and Omar Peterson.
Other key players coming back
to the Albion roster are Juan San-
tiago, Vincent Tarricone, Alex Gib-
son and Spencer Sietmann.
GOLF
After a 6-6 finish last season, Al-
bion returns a pair of its top-golf-
ers and is hoping for increased
success. Patick Ricker and Nick
Perry will lead the Eagles this sea-
son, while Drew Cladwell and Matt
Rowcliffe will also help contribute.
“We are looking forward to a
great season,” said Albion head
coach Bill Dambra. “We hope to
compete every match and win the
league title.”
FOOTBALL
The Purple Eagles made it all the
way to the Class B Championship
game a season ago, finishing the
year 8-1 with the only loss coming
at the hands of Cheektowaga in the
title game. This season, having lost
a number of key players from 2018,
this year’s group will be forced to
rely on hard work and dilligence in
the meeting room in order to make
the transition as smooth as possi-
ble.
Returning for Albion this season
will be Deyonci Farley, Kevin Hill-
man, Brilliance Johnson and Cody
Wilson - all of whom were solid
contributors last season. Other key
returners for the Eagles include
Thomas Furmanski, Michael Di-
Cureia and Tyray White.
“We need to be all in in order to
be successful,” said Albion head
coach Adam Krenning. “We have
some great kids coming to up from
the JV team that have worked hard ALEX BRASKY/DAILY NEWS
this offseason along with our re- One of the arms getting a look at a 7-on-7, Albion will be forced
turners. We are hoping to be com- to replace quarterback Bryce Pritchard, who graduated this past
petitive again this year.” June.

all of its defenders, including The Hornets finished at just

O-A/E
From T8
Also returning to anchor the
defensive line will be senior
defensive end Dylan Rykert,
who will enter his third season
as a two-way varsity starter.
O-A/Elba will be missing a
number of key components,
including all-star lineman
Seth Sepalla, who helped lead
the way for a team that rushed
for more than 3,000 yards. Al-
so gone are Gage Dieterle (RB/
LB, 68 tackles, 235 rushing
yards, 7 TDs) and TE/LB Kyle
Magliocco.
“The team is exited to return
most of its starters on both
sides of the ball,” Cintorino
said. “The athletes that are a
part of this team are well aware
that the road to a title this sea-
son will be much tougher as
CG Finney has a crop of new
talent and Holley returns ma-
ny of their starters. Pembroke,
Dundee and Frewsburg will be
added to the mix this season
too.”
O-A/Elba’s season will be-
gin at Dundee on September
21 and will include new eight-
man teams Frewsburg (Sec-
tion VI) and Pembroke this
season.
GIRLS SOCCER
Despite a 5-10-2 record last
The Oakfield-Alabama/Elba football team will be looking to
defend its eight-man sectional title this fall.
season, things were not as bad
as they may have seemed for
the Hornets — who will once
again be combined with Elba.
O-A/Elba was a young
squad consisting of just two
seniors and was coming off
of 6-12 and 3-14 seasons. But
2018 included a solid win over
eventual state champion Ken-
dall and numerous close loses,
including a one-goal defeat at
the hands of Alexander in the
opening round of the Class C2
tournament.
The Hornets did lose three-
year varsity member and a
captain in midfielder/forward
Brenna Ilacqua (seven goals,
four assists) but will return
ALEX BRASKY/DAILY NEWS
their leading scorer in se-
nior midfielder/forward Kel-
ly Mickey, a Genesee Region
League all-star last season
when she led the team with
13 goals to go along with four
assists. Also returning will be
third-leading scoring Isabella
Riner, a senior forward/mid-
fielder who finished with three
goals and a team-high eight
assists as a junior.
Sophomore forward Da-
kota Brinkman had four goals
and four assists as a freshman,
while senior Freda Peralta and
junior Madison Harrington
each had three goals and two
assists in 2018.
O-A/Elba will also return
Paige Heale, Adrianna Long,
Danica Porter, Lindsay Au-
5-10 in the Genesee Region
League and 5-12 last season
gello, Morgan Harrington but picked up an upset in the
(returning from a knee inju- opening round of the Class D1
ry) and Kelsey Schlagenhauf, tournament and only lost two
while top goalkeeper Brynn players to graduation. Plus,
Walczak (158 saves, save per- O-A will return their top player
centage of 76) will return for from last season in senior GR
her junior season. All-Star Brianna Smith, a mid-
“We have a good mix of dle hitter who finished with
strong senior ability and lead- 122 kills, 85 digs, 45 aces and
ership and some young play- 14 assists.
ers that got to play last year Junior middle hitter Leah
on vasrity as ninth and 10th Bezon will also return after a
graders, and we are hoping solid sophomore campaign
that translates to a competi- which included 50 kills, a serve
tive season,” head coach Da- percentage of 78.2 and 22 digs.
vid Carpino said. “I like what Another big returning piece
I see so far in pre-season. This will be junior setter Megan
group is positive, supports Johnson, who led the team
each other, and is willing to with 167 assists last season to
work hard. As a coach, I can’t go with 13 kills and 24 digs.
ask for anything more.” Oakfield-Alabama, which
O-A/Elba will open up on has never won a sectional ti-
August 29 at Class D state tle, will open up its season on
champion Kendall. September 7 at a tournament
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Two-time state champion Green back to lead Medina golf

By ALEX BRASKY
abrasky@batavianews.com
MEDINA — Led by phenom Mela-
nie Green, the Medina golf team fin-
ished last season with an incredible
11-0-1 record and a Niagara/Orleans
League title. Green paced the Mus-
tangs effort last season, winning a
third-consecutive state title.
“As a first-year golf coach, I feel very
fortunate,” said Evan Giacomini. “I
have great leadership in my seniors
and some very skilled younger players
that will only continue getting better.
The team has great chemistry, so I’m
very excited to see how the season
plays out.”
Trevor Luthart and Ian Wagner
will join Green as key members of the
team, while Dylan Lonnen and Aidan
Paul are expected to provide depth as
skilled younger players.
“We look forward to defending the
Niagara-Orleans League title this year
and watching Melanie compete for a
third consecutive state title,” added
Giacomini.
FOOTBALL
Finishing 4-5 a season ago, the Mus-
tangs’ football team graduated several se-
niors and will be entering a rebuilding year
in 2019. Led by a list of underclassmen,
coach Eric Valley’s team is hoping to learn
on the fly this year.
“This looks to be a rebuilding year,” said
Coach Valley. “This year’s team is young,
with only a handful of seniors returning.
Our JV program has had quite a bit of suc-
cess in the last couple of years so we are
looking for those kids to bring that winning
mentality to the varsity level.”
Junior defensive backs Brian Fry and Ty-
ler Chinn will hold down the back end of the
Medina defense, while sophomore quarter-
back Jarin Rhim is expected to pace a new
look offense.
Sophomore tight end Joe Cecchini and
sophomore running back Eman Taylor will
aid Rhim in propelling the team offensively,
while they will play opposite one another as
the Mustangs’ top-two defensive ends.
Four seniors return to this year’s ros-
See MEDINA T24

Looking to win a fourth consecu-

Le Roy
From T10
seasons defensively.
Sophomore lineman Zach
Vanderhoof has spent a lot of
time working in the offseason,
while Herdlein is also looking to
sophomore WR/DB Adam Rise-
wick and senior RB/LB Andrew
Englerth to have big seasons.
“We are looking to bounce
back this season by staying dis-
ciplined throughout the game,
playing great defense, and mov-
ing the ball better offensively,”
Herdlein said. “Hopefully with
a number of our players gaining
a year of varsity experience last
year, it will translate to more
success this season.”
Le Roy will open up at Wells-
ville on September 6.
GIRLS SOCCER
The 2018 season was certainly
an up-and-down one for the Oat-
kan Knights, who finished the year
at 9-8.
Le Roy’s longest streak of the
year was a three-game winning
streak toward the end of the regu-
lar season, while it never lost more
than two games in a row. Six of the
Oatkan Knights victories came by
two goals or less, while of their eight
losses four came by just one goal, in-
cluding a 2-1 setback at the hands of
Livonia in the opening round of the
Section V Class B2 tournament.
However, Le Roy has some fire-
power retuning this fall, mainly in
the form of three returning Living-
ston Conference all-stars in junior
forward Bryn Luckey and junior
midfielders Maddie Keister and Ma-
cy Purdy.
Luckey had an outstanding soph-
omore campaign when she scored a
team-high 20 goals to go with three
assists, while Keister found the
back of the net six times to go with
The Le Roy football team is looking to bounce back from a subpar season in 2018.
a team-high nine assists and Purdy
added two goals and eight helpers.
The Oatkan Knights will also
count on seniors Kaiya Condidorio
and sophomore Amara Condidorio
to aid the offense, with senior Katie
Carmichael and junior Ellie Dam-
bra will guide the defensive effort.
Le Roy and head coach Reilly
Schwenebraten will feel the loss of
four-year varsity midfielder Steph-
any Samis but outside of her five
goals and one assist the Oatkan
Knights only lost one more goal and
seven more assists to graduation.
Le Roy will also be bringing back
senior goalkeeper Emma Andrews,
who finished with 151 saves last sea-
son to go with a save percentage of
83.9.
“We have a talented group of
players this year who have tremen-
dous potential, Schwenebraten
said. “We will expect our newcom-
ers to make an immediate impact
on the field. These new players
mixed with our experienced upper-
classmen, we have high hopes for a
successful season.”
The top newcomers to the group
this season look to be sophomores
Megan Benware (Mid.), Kailyn
Tresco (Mid/Def.) and Emilee Scott
(Def.) and freshman forward Bella
Condidorio.
BOYS SOCCER
The Oatkan Knights put together
a solid fall in 2018 as they finished at
10-5-3 and were the LCAA Division
II runner up for head coach Bob
Hammer, who is entering his 12th
season on the sidelines.
Le Roy, though, will have to re-
place nine seniors from last years
squad that accounted for 84 percent
of its goals and 90 percent of its as-
sists from a season ago.
The Oatkan Knights advanced
to the Class B2 semifinals before
they were knocked out by eventual
champion Bath.
Junior midfielders Benjamin
Herrick (one assist) and Nicholas
Vallese (six goals, one assist) will
have to pick up the offensive slack
that left with the graduation Roan
Mallaber (19 G, 11 A), Ethan Smith
(16 G, 12 A) and William Stowell (9
G, 7 A).
The defense, which was solid last
season allowing just 30 goals, will
have a pair of key defenders coming
back in seniors Aidan Harrington
and Eliot Smith, as well as newcom-
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Biggins
“With a talented group of seniors
and a large group of juniors the Le
Roy boys soccer team will be a com-
petitive team in the LCAA and the
Class B sectional playoffs,” Ham-
mer said.
Le Roy outscored its opponents
57-30 last season and junior Kenny
Saunders will be back in net this fall.
VOLLEYBALL
The Oatkan Knights and head
coach Kelly Tyler looked well on
their way to continuing their Sec-
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the season at 7-0 and rolled to a 15-2
regular season and the top seed in
the Class C1 tournament. A pair of
three-set victories had the Oatkan
Knights in the title match before
they were upset in five sets by No. 6
Penn Yan.
Not only would that have been Le
Roy’s fourth straight block, it would
have been the program’s seventh
since 2010. The Oatkan Knights lost
six seniors to graduation — includ-
ing four big-time contributors —
but they usually don’t rebuild, they
just reload.
Le Roy will likely look to senior
outside/middle hitter Olivia John-
son and sophomore setter/right
side hitter Hailey Johnson to try and
continue the team’s impressive run
through the LCAA.
Hailey Johnson was second on
the team with 113 assists last season
to go with 38 kills and 40 digs, while
Olivia Johnson had 95 digs and 30
kills.
Senior Kayla Fussell added 64
digs and 32 kills, while junior setter
Abbigail Woodworth led the team
with 223 assists to go with 72 digs
and 11 kills.
Le Roy, though, will have to make
up for the losses of Riley Pasquale
(147 kills, 209 digs), Erika Rauscher
(86 kills, 20 digs), Sophia Jermy (47
kills, 80 digs) and Emma Kate Uber-
ty (29 kills, 11 digs).
Le Roy will open up at home
against Perry on September 5.
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Pembroke makes the transition to 8-man football
SIGN OF THE TIMES: Dragons were in the sectional semifinals two years ago; v-ball looks to keep building
By NATE RIDER
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PEMBROKE — Just like their
former Genesee Region League
foes before them, the Pem-
broke football team is headed
to eight-man football, joining
Oakfield-Alabama and Holley
out of the once-GR to go in that
direction.
Just two seasons ago, with
the likes of Zach von Kramer,
Reid Miano and a host of others,
Pembroke was in the Section V
Class D semifinals. However,
last year the Dragons dipped
to 2-6 and with an eight-man
team at the JV level, the writing
was on the proverbial wall.
The coach for that eight-man
JV team, Michael McKenrick,
moves up to the varsity level for
his first year on the sidelines,
taking over for Alan Miano.
“I’m looking forward to
working with these young men
to build around what we had
started in JV eight-man,” McK-
enrick said. “We have some
great returning talent at the
varsity level and we’re all excit-
ed to get out there and get this
started.”
Of Pembroke’s two victories
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last season, one was a thrilling
one-point win over a solid My-
nderse team, while the other
was a shocking upset of previ-
ously undefeated Notre Dame.
The Dragons, though, were out-
scored 253-112 over the season.
This year, a number of se-
niors will be returning to the
field to help the transition to
eight-man, including run-
ning back/linebacker Colby
Cerasani and defensive back
Trevor Vaughn (tied a NYS re-
cord with four interceptions in
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in juniors Garrett Totten and be working hard to earn a varsity
Brady Kimmel. position and prove themselves this
season.
BOYS SOCCER Pembroke will be returning a
Following an 11-6-1 mark in 2016 number of solid offensive players in
and a 9-9 record in 2017, the Drag- 2019 in seniors Steven Drozdiel (1
ons struggled a bit last season as G, 5 A), Dayone Heschke (1G, played
they finished at just 3-14 but 10th- defense last season), Patrick Wol-
year head coach Aaron Burch — the ford (2 G) and Gabe Johnston (5 G,
only coach in the program’s history 1 A) along with juniors Adam Dulski
— has a lot of reasons to be optimis- (2 G) and Jack Conti.
tic about the fall.
On the defensive side, the Drag-
“We have multiple returning ons will have seniors Hunter Scho-
players, all of whom are excited del, Patrick Sylvester, and junior
to get the season started,” Burch Camden Lindsley all returning to
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CONTINUING TO BUILD: Football team looks to improve on Class D semifinal trip, while boys soccer returns top two scorers
By CHRIS METCALF
sports@batavianews.com
PERRY — One year re-
moved from a berth in the
Section V Class D semifinals,
Perry head coach Jimmy
Dueppengiesser and his Yel-
lowjackets are ready for an
encore.
“We are a fortunate to have
a group of talented and ded-
icated coaches and players
that are putting in the time
and work necessary to try and
take another step forward in
2019,” the third year coach
said. “There are excellent
teams throughout our sched-
ule so we are working to be
prepared for the challenge.”
Perry opens the season with
Canisteo-Greenwood and No-
tre Dame, both expected to
be tough, competitive match-
ups.
Returning from last year’s
5-4 squad are Cam Petrie (Jr.,
6-2, 180, WR/RB/DB), Cole
Leitten (Sr., 5-9, 150 RB/LB),
Jeremy Sadowski (Sr., 6-3, 240,
OL/DL), Jamie Cowie (Jr., 6-6,
240, OL/DL), Lucas Sears (Jr.,
6-0, 220, OL/DB) and Justice
Fanaro (Jr., 5-11, QB/DB).
Petrie is expected to line up
all over the field on offense
carrying the ball plenty as
well.
A few top newcomers
Dueppengiesser is high on in-
clude Chalis Farmer (Sr., 6-3,
190, WR/LB), Erroll Chisholm
(Jr., 6-2, 170, WR/DB) and
Braeden Wolfanger (5-11, 150,
WR/DB).
GIRLS SOCCER
Perry is hoping to improve
over last year’s 4-14-0 record
which included four straight
losses to open the season and
a 7-0 loss to Williamson in the
sectional quarterfinals.
Perry’s top two scorers from
a year ago — Elissa Uveino (Jr.,
forward) and Autumn Mil-
hollen (Sr., middie) — both
return after scoring eight and
five goals respectively. Also
back is third leading scorer
Lily Jaques (Jr., mid) who net-
ted four goals.
Perry graduated nine se-
niors from last year’s squad.
BOYS SOCCER
The Perry boys soccer team is ready for the 2019 season to begin.
Tim Thomson will take over
a Perry squad that finished 9-9
a year ago.
He has several key returners
back this fall including 11 se-
niors so experience won’t be
an issue.
Seniors returning include
Dennis VanDuser (for), Wy-
atte Barrett (def), Matthew
Bush (mid), Brock Conaway
(mid, 4G, 3A), Carson DeVin-
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“This group of guys have
worked very hard the past few
years and are looking forward
to a solid season of soccer,”
coach Thomson said. “I am
very excited to be able to work
with this team as a first time
varsity coach.”
VOLLEYBALL
Taking a step in the right
direction would best describe
last year’s volleyball team,
which finished 11-9 while
winning Perry’s first sectional
game under head coach Sarah
Sherwood.
Returning to the court this
fall are seniors Maddi Hnat
(OH) and Ashlee Safford (MH/
RH) and junior Mercedes Al-
derman (OH).
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hard-driven athlete work-
ing to be an essential part of
ney (for, 12G, 6A), Zachary
our team culture,” Sherwood
Fanaro (def), Thaddeus Gri-
said. “Her consistent serve has
erson (GK), Rhett Thomson
made her a strong, depend-
(def), Tyler Uveino (mid, 3G,
able player. Ashlee has been
1A), Garrett McClurg (mid, 2G, really flexible and a great lead-
1A), and William Parker (for). er. I also believe she will be key
Junior Michael John Grover in our leadership this season.”
(mid) also returns. Sherwood likes Alderman’s
Most of these players re- versatility.
turning have played at least “Mercedes will continue to
three years on varsity. work on her outside hitting
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player,” Sherwood said. “She
was a key offensive hitter with
the highest hitting percentage
and number of kills across her
team last year with 116 kills.
I’m looking forward to seeing
her continued success this
season.”
Top newcomers include
sophomore Leah Fisher (set-
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“She will be our leading set-
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said. “I have worked with her
sister Kaitlin Fisher and Le-
ah shows great potential as
her sister did and I am excit-
ed to work with her earlier in
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quick learner and I think will
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Sherwood would love to see
her squad take an even bigger
step this fall.
“As always, I’m excited
to start a new year with the
team,” she said. “We continue
to work to build the program
and our team culture. We keep
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the pitch — “All of these gentlemen
are looking to build off of last years
development,” Burch said.
With practice just beginning,
there are still going to be some holes
that the Dragons will have to fill but
Burch is excited about what he has
to work with in terms of newcomers.
“Our tryout period has yet to be
completed, but we have a very moti-
vated group of ninth and 10th grad-
ers looking to earn a spot and prove
themselves at the varsity level,” he
said.
“Looking ahead at this years
team, our student athletes will be
very driven to work hard through-
out the season. We will focus on
continuing to recognize and devel-
op character, dedication and pride
in our district and being a part of
our soccer family,” Burch said. “The
soccer tradition at Pembroke is so-
lidifying its roots in our community
and we are fortunate to have a sup-
portive families and fans who enjoy
watching our student athletes par-
ticipate in a sport they love. We will
work to make them proud and have
a great season.”
GIRLS SOCCER
Following a winning season in
2017 when they went a solid 10-7-
1, the Dragons took a step back last
fall when they finished with a 5-11-2
mark and a second-round 7-0 loss
to Marion in the Class C2 tourna-
ment.
However, there is reason to op-
timistic in 2019 as Pembroke will
return all but one player from last
season’s team, including every goal,
every assist and both goalkeepers
that shared time in net.
The Dragons will also be wel-
coming a new head coach as Tay-
lor Barszcz takes over the program.
Previous to taking the head coach-
ing job at Pembroke Barszcz was an
assistant coach of the men’s soccer
Team at Erie Community College
for seven years, while Barszcz will
also be going into a fourth year as
head coach of the UB Women’s
Club Soccer Team.
Leading the way back will be
two-time Genesee Region League
All-Star Serene Calderon, a junior
midfielder who finished with six
goals and seven assists as a sopho-
more.
Three more midfielders/for-
wards will return as well this season
in senior Hannah Clark and juniors
Skye Magoffin and Montana Dieter;
Clark had four goals and four assists
last season, Magoffin had seven
goals and one assists and Dieter led
the team with eight goals to go with
three assists.
Senior Mackenna Johnson will
once again be looked upon to lead
the defense.
“Serene proved to be very profi-
cient in attack last year and led the
team in goals,” Barszcz said. “Mack-
enna, on the other hand, leads our
line of defense. She is a natural lead-
er and a stout defender. Mackenna
also received an honorable mention
all-star nod last season.”
Junior goalkeepers Nicole von
Kramer and Amber Duzen will also
be back in 2019 after sharing time in
net as sophomores. von Kramer had
119 saves and a save percentage of
80.4, while Duzen stopped 56 shots
with a save percentage of 79.7.
“From my understanding we are
coming off a bit of a transition year,”
Barszcz said. “With that being said,
I have heard great things about the
potential of this team. One thing
I can say for sure is that we have a
plethora of veterans on the team so
there shouldn’t be a lack of leader-
ship. I truly believe with a new style
of play and new view of the game we
will be able to compete with any-
one. I am really excited to get this
season started.”
VOLLEYBALL
At initial glance, the 9-9 record
for the Dragons last season could
be considered so-so. But after a
6-13 season in 2017 Pembroke took
a step in the right direction and
proved to be a tough out, including
a 6-8 mark in the Genesee Region.
The Dragons earned a No. 6 seed
in the Class D1 tournament but
were upset by No. 11 Oakfield-Al-
abama in the opening a round, a
team they had handled in three sets
earlier in the season.
Pembroke did lose six seniors
to graduation, including captains
Amanda Knauss (GR All-Star) and
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en experienced seniors back on the
court this fall as it looks to take the
next step for sixth-year head coach
Morgan Wagner. Knauss had 77 kills
and 72 digs last season, while Jurek
added a team-high 258 digs with 27
kills.
Senior middle hitter Dekari Moss
led the team with 121 kills with 129
digs as a junior in 2018, while Casey
Wurtz (a team captain as a junior), a
middle hitter/right side hitter, add-
ed 44 kills and 48 digs.
Two more big losses for the Drag-
ons will be their two senior setters,
as Taylore Dorman had 166 assists
and 273 digs last year, with Katelyn
Curtis adding 87 assists 109 digs. Se-
nior Olivia Metz will likely step into
the setter role full-time after she fin-
ished with 41 assists and 71 digs last
season.
Also look for senior outside hitter
Emma Gutkowski (39 kills, 138 digs)
to flourish this year.
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The Dragons girls finished
with their best record in 25 last
season when they were 14-5
and 19th-year head coach Mike
Hoffman returns a pair of all-
stars this season.
Freshman Leah Filter was a
GR all-star as an eighth-grad-
er when she finished first at the
league championship with a
time of 21:02, while junior Em-
ily Peters is also coming off of a
strong 2018.
For the boys, who were incom-
plete last season, Sebastian Kitt
moved to town from Batavia and he
had a 10th-place finish at the Mc-
Quaid Invite last season with a time
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to the sectional title game, the
Warsaw girls soccer team had
lofty aspirations for the 2018
season, especially with the
talent the Tigers had return-
ing to the field.
The regular season went
just about as planned as War-
saw finished the schedule at
12-3-1 and earned the No.
2 seed in the Section V Class
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BIG PLANS FOR 2019: Lady Braves return a plethora of talent from Sec. V title team; Can football team bounce back this fall?
By CHRIS METCALF
sports@batavianews.com
AVON — One word to de-
scribe this year’s Avon girls
soccer team — LOADED.
After finishing 15-5 includ-
ing a 1-0 victory over Addison
to capture the Section V Class
C1 title, this year’s Lady Braves
return all but two players for
the 2019 campaign.
All 54 goals Avon scored last
fall will return this season as well
as the eight shutouts posted by
now-senior keeper Abby Decillis,
an LCAA All-Star who also posted
four shutouts as a sophomore.
An offensive explosion is ex-
pected this season for head coach
Katlyn Bennetti as sophomore El-
lie Cochrane (21G, 12A), junior Na-
talie Masten (14G, 8A) and senior
Kyra Austen (7G, 1A) return after
combining for 42 goals and 21 as-
sists.
Cochrane scored the go-ahead
goal with 22 minutes left in their
championship victory over Addi-
son.
Also back are seniors Lily Fries
and Maddy Atwood who each net-
ted three goals with three assists
while junior Lauren Bondgren re-
turns after scoring three goals with
five assists.
Fries came up with the biggest
goal of her career in a 1-0 semifinal
victory over No. 1 Williamson last
year. Avon was the No. 4 seed in
sectionals.
Defensively this year’s team
will be led by Decillis, along with
juniors Bridget Hayes and Alicia
Faville and seniors Keni Read and
Atwood.
Keni Read and Maddy Atwood
all led the way in front of outstand-
ing keeping duties by junior net-
minder Abby Decillis, who posted
10 saves for her eighth shutout of
the year, and second in the post-
season.
Avon also won the title in 2016
with a 2-0 victory over Warsaw.
That year it came from the No. 7
seed.
Avon’s season ended last year in
the ‘C’ state qualifiers with a tough
2-1 loss to Wheatland-Chili.
They would love to get back to
that game again this season.
Top newcomers include Adelle
Young (defender), Courtney Yenc-
er (def/GK), Emily Muchard (for),
Hannah Cicero (def), and Emma
Bondgren (def).
“Coming into this season we
have experience all over the field
with 12 girls returning, 10 being
former starters,” Coach Bennetti
said. “As a team we are coming off
Avon returns a heavy core of their leaders from last year’s
sectional title team.
of a hard-working summer, con-
centrating on conditioning. With
the pre-season being so short I
told the girls we needed to be 100
percent ready conditioning wise
on day one so we could get right
to it, and start focusing on our
scrimmages and games. These
girls came day one, and they were
more than prepared. This group
of kids continues to amaze me in
how hard they are willing to push
not just themselves but the team as
well.”
But could this year’s group by-
pass what last year’s did?
“I am looking forward to
this season as I have one of the
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most talented groups I’ve ever
coached,” Bennetti said. “These
girls are a true example of what
hard work and dedication does to
a program. Each day we will im-
prove, learn from our mistakes,
keep a level head, and continue to
reach our goals.”
That means yes!
FOOTBALL
Head coach Andy Englert re-
turns for his 22nd season, accumu-
lating 109 wins and six sectional
championships in the process.
After struggling through an un-
characteristic 2-7 season a year
ago, Englert is looking to turn the
ship around this fall.
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And with four starters on of-
fense and four more on defense
returning, that’s a possibility.
Top returning players include
seniors Mike Carrick (WR/DB),
Nick Rowland (WR/LB), Colin
Page (OL/DL) and Jacob Malley
(OL/DL), juniors Roman Volpe
(WR/DB),
Lucas Findlay (OL/DL), Aydan
Reid (OL/DE), Anthony Wood-
worth (WR/LB) and Joe Frazier
(OL/DL) and sophomore Carter
Fronk (OL/DL).
Carrick and Rowland will be
playmakers on the outside and sol-
id tacklers on defense. Englert feels
Rowland is one of the top LB’s in
the area.
Rowland’s sophomore broth-
er, Andrew, will get the start at the
QB spot and will need to manage
the game at a high level and keep
the chains moving, something the
Braves struggled at a year ago.
Other top newcomers include
sophomores Jeremy Grovanz
(WR/DB) and Thomas Welch (RB/
DB).
“We need to stay healthy and get
better each day,” Englert said. “We
are in a strong classification, we
just need to compete every week. I
really like this group’s attitude and
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BOYS SOCCER
Head coach Tony Patti and his
Braves enjoyed a solid year in 2018
finishing 10-6-2, including a tough
1-0 loss to East Rochester in the
sectional quarterfinals.
Patti feel this year’s squad can
compete at a high level with some
excellent senior and junior experi-
ence returning.
“This year’s team brings an ex-
citing blend of seniors who have a
lot of varsity experience and young
talent with bright futures,” Patti,
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Yockel leads back what should be a talented Cal-Mum/BB team

By CHRIS METCALF
sports@batavianews.com
CALEDONIA — Just a year removed
from their Section V Class C football
title, head coach Billy Donegan’s Red
Raiders enjoyed another winning sea-
son in 2018 going 5-4 with a very young
and inexperienced group.
Cal-Mum/BB defeated Le Roy in
something neither team has much ex-
perience playing in — the Connors and
Ferris Bowl — to move over .500.
This year’s squad returns a lot of
experience to Hamilton Field this fall
including seniors Vin Molisani (WR/
FS), Bryce Yockel (TB/CB), Kyle Blaker
(OG/LB), Alex Dean (C/DE), Evan Di-
Liberto (WR/CB), Adam Estes (FB/LB),
Joe Laursen (QB/FS), Danie McElwaine
(OT/DT) and Clayton Sadler (OT/LB).
Both Molisani and Yockel are four-
year varsity players and will be team
captains this season.
Yockel is expected to get the bulk
of the touches on offense and many
coaches in the area feel he could be the
top back around.
Last year Yockel rushed for 1,290
yards and 16 TDs, averaging seven
yards per carry.
As the starting QB, Laursen threw for
563 yards with five TDs.
Also back is junior Nick Lenhardt
(OG/DE).
Top newcomers to keep a close eye
on include seniors Nick Christina (OT/
DT), Colin Guldenschuh (WR/SS),
Nathanle James (WR/DE), Troy Kolb
(FB/K/LB), Adam O’Donohue (WR/FS)
and Mike Spezzano (OT/DT); juniors
Devon Heick (OG/LB), Seth Gominiak
(WR/LB), Andrew Parnapy (OT/DT)
and Xavier Thomas (FB/LB); and soph-
omore Kyle Wade (WR/CB).
“Led by our four-year varsity start-
ers, Vinny Molisani and Bryce Yock-
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Cal-Mum/BB running back Bryce Yockel.
el, we will rely on a senior dominant
team,” coach Donegan said. “Four out
of five offensive linemen return leading
the way for Yockel and Laursen. Defen-
sively, we return five starters and wel-
come Andrew Parnapy back from in-
jury as well as Seth Gominiack, Xavier
Thomas, and Kyle Wade from the JVs.”
Placekicker Troy Kolb returns after
making 15-of-18 PATs last season.
Cal-Mum football hasn’t had a los-
ing season since 1988, over 30 years
and it is only six victories away from
600, a true football milestone.
VOLLEYBALL
Highly successful head coach Dave Tytler
returns (136 wins) after last year’s 13-6 sea-
son in which his Lady Raiders fell to HAC in
the Class D2 semifinals.
Some key returners this year include se-
nior defensive specialist Tia Davis (31 digs,
9 aces), senior Emma Keenan (21 aces, 62
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Cal-Mum/BB quarterback Joey Laursen.
digs) and juniors Haley Sherwood (MH, 65
kills, 36 blocks), Mackenzie Stetzenmey-
er (Setter, 292 assists, 45 aces) and Olivia
Woodward (OH, 81 kills, 40 aces).
Top newcomers that should contribute
include junior middle hitter Isabella Simon
and freshman outside hitter Maddy DeVore.
Tytler expects Woodward to pick up
where top player Katie Harmon left off last
season and he also expects big numbers
from Sherwood as well.
Sophomore Maille Martin and Stetzen-
meyer will be battling for the setter position.
“It’ll come down to the experienced play-
ers stepping up and the newcomers learning
our system as the season progresses,” Tytler
said. “We are moving from the tough Living-
ston County DII division to DIII this season.
I have a pretty good mix of experience and
newcomers on the team and expect to be
competitive.”
Cal-Mum has picked up a couple of tough
non-league games this season and Tytler
“hopes the challenge they present will get us
ready for sectionals.”
In a neat match-up, Coach Tytler will face
daughter Kelly’s Geneseo team twice this
season which should be good competition.
Kelly was a standout player for Cal-Mum.
GIRLS SOCCER
Head coach Chad Schalk and the Lady
Raiders suffered through a tough year in
2018, finishing 7-11 including a 3-0 shutout
loss to Wheatland-Chili in sectionals.
Senior Bri Raniewicz is back after netting
12 of her team’s 23 goals a year ago.
Classmate Sommer Kuhn is also back af-
ter adding three goals while senior Morgan
McGuirk returns after scoring two. McGuirk
was an LCAA All-Star last year.
Returning keeper Grace Walker, who re-
cently signed to play softball next year at St.
Bonaventure, is back between the posts after
making 123 saves and posting six shutouts.
Other returners include Abby Sims (Sr.,
For), Taylor Mills (Soph. Mid) and Abby
Richter (Jr., Def).
Eight seniors including top defenseman
Elyse VanAuken all graduated.
Top newcomers include Marissa Roides
(Fresh, For/Mid) and Lizzie Pies (Soph.,
Def/Mid).
“It’s always a tough schedule in the LCAA
and we start in the Wheatland-Chili Tourna-
ment,” the 15th-year head coach said. “But
our job is to just get better each day and be
the best version of ourselves we can be. If we
are mentally tough, bring positive energy
everyday, totally commit, and just compete
each and every moment, everything will take
care of itself.”
BOYS SOCCER
Cal-Mum is hoping to improve over last
year’s 8-10 mark as it was outscored 45-54 by
their opponents.
But that probably won’t happen.
Of those 45 goals, 33 of those have grad-
uated including Kevin Goodhue’s 16 goals,
Jacob Burnett’s 10 and Shane McClurg’s six.
Starting keeper Brandon Carter (185
saves) is also gone.
No player returning for the Red Raiders
scored more than two goals last year.

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and with that ended a number
of stellar high school careers.
In order to get back to the
sectional finals — or beyond
— the Tigers are going to have
to replace a number of Living-
ston Conference All-Stars, in-
cluding a pair of five-year var-
sity players in Savannah Till
and Riley Mucher. Till was one
of the leading scorers in the
area last season with 29 goals
to go with four assists, while
Mucher added three goals and
a whopping 18 assists. In her
last three varsity seasons, Till
registered 56 goals and 20 as-
sists, which is going to be hard
to replace.
The Tigers will also have to
replace their top two defend-
ers from last season from a
team that allowed just 19 goals
in four-year starter Karissa
Roggow and three-year varsity
player Genna Mann.
The cupboard, however,
won’t be completely empty
as senior midfielder/forward
Nicole Till will return after an
all-star junior year when she
scored six goals and dished out
10 assists. Senior forward San- Laubenheimer. There was Board of Education approved
ya Abbasey is also back after
being second on the team last
some question about wheth-
er he would once again be the
his status once again and he
will come into this season hav-
season with seven goals to go
coach after he was let go af- ing gone 43-13-2 over the past
with a pair of assists.
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Dansville girls soccer primed to repeat its historic season

SPECTACULAR RUN: Mustangs captured the first sectional title in program history with a Class B2 crown; football looks to build off of its taste of the postseason

By CHRIS METCALF an independent schedule.

sports@batavianews.com
DANSVILLE — For the first
time in program history, the
Dansville girls soccer team left
the sectional field carrying a
block of wood to the bus.
The victory came in thrilling
fashion, a 2-1 win over Livo-
nia in the Class B2 finals when
then-senior Maddy Vegder
scored in sudden death over-
time sending the Mustangs
team and supporters into hys-
teria.
The victory saw Dansville ral-
ly from a 1-0 deficit with a goal
following a PK with less than 10
minutes remaining from fresh-
man Maddie Lee to force OT.
Although Dansville will have
to replace Vegder’s seven goals
as well as four other graduates,
the Mustangs return a solid core
of players that earned some
valuable experience a year ago.
Senior Grace Rittenhouse led
the team in scoring with her 11
goals and five assists; also back
are classmates Mackenzie Law-
less and Kyra Veaunt. Lawless
Senior Grace Rittenhouse is one of the key returning stars for the Dasnville soccer team this fall.
added six goals while Veaunt,
according to one LCAA coach,
“is very tough in the middle.”
Lee, who will be a sopho-
more this year, is also back af-
ter netting eight goals in 2018.
Senior keeper Jillian Schramm,
who posted 94 saves and nine
shutouts, returns between the
posts and her big game experi-
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ence will be crucial.
FOOTBALL
Head coach Richie Welch is
back for his third season after
finishing 4-4 last year playing
A first round loss to Penn Yan
in the Class C sectionals got the
red and black a taste of the post
season after not qualifying the
past few years.
Key returners this season in-
clude seniors Elliot Mapes (WR/
DB), Tanner Dettman (QB/LB),
Michael Disalvo (OL/DL), John
Wilkinson (OL/LB), Hayden
Meyer (RB/DL) and Maison
Brown (OL/DL); along with ju-
niors Shane Crandall (OL/DB),
Logan Young (WR/DB), Ryan
Carnevale (WR/DB) and Steve
Petrillo (OL/DL).
Top newcomers to keep an
eye on include Billy Barrett
(WR/DB), Cam Cartwright (OL/
DL), Nate Lafaye (OL/DL), Gus
Swyers (OL/DL) and Aidan
Mangano-Mays (WR/DB).
“This year’s team has a big
shoes to fill with 13 seniors
graduating,” Welch said. “Our
coaching staff aims to have
these guys improve each day —
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will be some new faces and
some familiar ones. Overall, we
are excited for a new season and
to see what we are made of.”
VOLLEYBALL
Head coach Tracy Gregorius
returns for her second season
as head coach although she has
spent the past 16 years with the
program.
Following their 2017 LCAA
D-I title season, the Mus-
tangs finished a solid 14-7 last
year beating divisional rival
Bath-Haverling to advance to
the sectional semifinals where
they lost to a tough Le Roy
squad.
Gone from last year’s
team are Skyler Race, Jackie
Blechinger, Maddy Akers and
Jade Simons.
“These were athletes that
really put the team first and
worked undeniably hard at cre-
ating a team culture, they have
begun a great tradition for this
newly established coaching
staff and team,” coach Gregori-
us said.
Key returners back this sea-
son are seniors Jenna George
and Madison Jacobs and soph-
omores Tessa Gregorius and
Abi Henderson.
Top newcomers include
6-foot-2 junior Arayana Young,
along with classmates Kiersten
Kennedy, Bethany Wadsworth
and Taylor Mann.
“We are ready and excited
to get started with our season,”
Coach Gregorius said. “We be-
lieve we will make our mark this
year and continue to grow to
be a presence in the Livingston
County League. We are a young
team that has been dedicated to
improving outside of the regu-
lar season. The girls on both the
JV and varsity have made an ex-
tensive effort into the program
that I couldn’t be more proud
of. I love that all Mustang vol-
leyball athletes realize they are
critical to the growth of the pro-
gram and our success. Their ef-
fort does not go unnoticed.”
Gregorius is excited for Heidi
Finger to take over the JV pro-
gram this fall “with her great en-
thusiasm and knowledge.”
CROSS-COUNTRY
Head coach Lynn Auble re-
turns for her 14th season and
with her returns seniors Alex
Rodriguez and Zach Foster for
the boys squad who finished
11-8 a year ago and senior Jessi-
ca Qiu; junior Makayla Cox and
sophomores Cierra Allen, Bri-
elle Caruso, Haley Conrad, and
Danielle Lewis from the girls
squad who finished 12-7.
Other boys that will be com-
peting this fall are Zach For-
rester, Arrik Gerber, Chase Per-
kins, Ben Caruso, and Daniel
Schmoll, all seniors; Jonah Gray
and Owen Fredericy, both ju-
niors; Chad Thomas, Brenden
Cook, and Luke Martusciello,
all sophomores; and freshman
Eli Allen.
Along with Rodriguez and
Foster, coach Auble is expect-
ing big things this fall from Al-
len, Thomas, Gray, and Martu-
sciello.
“This group is motivated,
cohesive, and up for the chal-
lenge that consistent training
and competitive racing brings,”
Coach Auble said about her
boys squad. “We look forward
to watching them reach their
full potential as distance run-
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Other runners on the girls
squad this fall include seniors
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Brooks and Joana Silva; soph-
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freshman Maggie Bacon, Riley
Nagle, and Sofia Rodriguez.
Beardsley, Silva, Brooks, Fri-
siras, Bacon and Rodriguez will
be girls to keep an eye on this
fall.
Frisiras was the 800 outdoor
track champion last spring in
Section V.
“This year’s women’s team
has outstanding leadership,
fresh ability, and a solid core of
motivated athletes ready to take
the team to a new level of dis-
tance running,” Auble said.
BOYS SOCCER
Don’t let last year’s 6-10-1 re-
cord fool you, this was a tough
Mustang squad that took some
of the area’s top teams to the
brink.
Head coach Steven French
returns for his eighth season
and will find out how life is
without LCAA D-I POY Andrew
Vogler, who has graduated.
Dansville might be still reel-
ing from their tough 1-0 loss
in the sectional quarterfinals
against Hornell last year.
Five returning seniors are
excited to be back including “Potter is working hard and
Jordan Camacho, Jacob Avery,
Nick Camuto, Landen Potter
will see his hard work pay off
this year and Puffer is looking to
and Matt Puffer. continue his success.”
“Camacho has spent the Newcomers this season in-
off season working hard and clude Caleb Pruden, a transfer
is coming into the season lean from Geneseo; juniors Gage
and mean and is looking to up Sherer, Sawyer Barron, Caeleb
his minutes from last year,” Kendal, Collin Prack, Abram
French said. “Avery earned Barron, Ty Harris, Jeff Birming-
himself a spot toward the end ham and Aidan O’Connor.
of the season and began to find “We are looking to find out
the net.” who is going to step up and fill
French had high praise for that role for us,” French said
the return of keeper Camuto about the loss of Vogler. “I know
between the posts saying, “By that every coach says they are
far one of the best in the LCAA rebuilding but we have a great
— he stopped a lot and I mean mix of newcomers and experi-
a lot of shots last year and he ence backed up by one of the
brings great leadership to the best goalies in the area. I am
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Wright takes over Geneseo football; boys soccer to defend title
By CHRIS METCALF
sports@livingstonnews.com
GENESEO — Kory Wright
is excited for the 2019 football
season.
Wright, who is taking over
the Geneseo head coach du-
ties this fall, thinks his squad
is ready to compete at a high
level, and with a recent merge
of some talented Mount Morris
athletes, this could be a match
made in heaven.
Wright has been working
with this Geneseo team the
past several years and knows
these kids inside and out, so
there will be no surprises.
“With many experienced re-
turning players and the merger
with Mt. Morris, we are look-
ing forward to a good season,”
Wright said.
Geneseo/MM opens their
season Friday, Sept. 6 at the
Don DeBadts Field of Dreams.
Last year’s squad finished
3-5 but several key players will
return including Wright’s son
junior QB/S Adam, a 6-foot-3,
180-pound junior who is more
than capable of putting up
come big numbers on offense.
As a sophomore, Wright was
46-of-99 passing for 552 yards
and eight TD’s. He also rushed
for a team-high 303 yards and
two more TD’s.
Expect a big year from
Wright.
Seniors Evan Salvaggio (5-
10, 180, RB/LB) and Nick Rivers
(5-9, 150, RB/DB) will both get
some touches this season.
Last year Salvaggio ran for
284 yards and four TD’s while
also leading the defense with
105 tackles, which more than
doubled the next best tackler
on the team.
Geneseo’s returning of-
fensive line is huge with three
linemen over 300 pounds in-
cluding senior Isaiah Chisolm
(5-10, 310, OL/DL) and juniors
Ray Salters (6-1, 410, C/DL) and
Haden Kelly (6-2, 360, OL/DL).
Other returning starters in-
clude senior Noah Reilly (WR/
CB, 6-4, 190) and juniors Caden
Willis (6-0, 200, WR/LB) and
Jacob DiFranco (5-9, 165, OL/
DL).
Some top newcomers Wright
feels will contribute this season
include seniors Jansel Martinez
(6-0, 165, RB/LB) and Colby
Geneseo’s top returning players are (left to right) Danny Kelly, Jon Edmunds, Brian Ehman and
Josh Matthews.
Scott (5-11, 215, OL/DL); ju-
nior Nick Lamb (5-10, 165) and
sophomores Eric Cole (LB, 5-9,
160) and Rowan Gross (5-10,
165, RB/LB).
Martinez and Gross are both
from Mount Morris and “ex-
tremely athletic and fast,” says
Wright.
Gross is expected to get a lot
of touches.
GIRLS SOCCER
This could be a tough season for
head coach Nick Drollette and the
Lady Blue Devils, who made it all
the way to the Class C2 sectional fi-
nals before dropping a 2-0 decision
to Marion.
Gone from last year’s 15-4 squad
are top players Grace Hainsworth
(Stony Brook), Erin Rollins, Jessica
Ruskauff, Heidi Phelps and Sarah
Hammond.
Rollins (14G, 5A) Hainsworth
(9G, 5A) and Ruskauff (8G, 4A) ac-
counted for 31 of the team’s 40
goals and that type of firepower will
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not be easy to replace.
Senior defenseman Abby Kreher
and junior keeper Faith Hainsworth
were both LCAA All-Stars last year
and should help soften the blow of
the talent lost to graduation.
Faith Hainsworth posted 13
shutouts last year, including a run
of six straight.
Geneseo’s leading returning
scorer is junior Lainey Scoville, who
will be counted on a lot this fall to
spark the offense.
Geneseo is 46-11-2 over the past
three years but a lot of talent has
just left the field and coach Drol-
lette is hoping for some of his re-
turners to step it up and fill the void.
BOYS SOCCER
Head coach Chris Masters and
his Blue Devils (18-4-1) earned an-
other block of wood last fall, beat-
ing an always tough Naples squad
1-0 in the Section V Class C2 finals.
In fact, Geneseo made it all the
way to the NYS title game before
falling by a 3-0 count to Section IV
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rep Lansing.
Geneseo easily made the state fi-
nals with the 5-1 semifinal win over
S.S. Seward (Sec. IX).
The trip to the state champion-
ship game was a pleasant surprise
after finishing the regular season
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with a 12-3 record.
The turning point came last year
early in the season when they were
shut out 1-0 by LCAA divisional ri-
val Keshequa.
Two weeks later they bounced
back and beat the Indians 4-1.
While the Blue Devils will be
missing several of their top play-
ers to graduation, including keep-
er Matt Kreher and standout field
players Jack Gagnier, Blaze McKin-
ney, Jordan Aho, Camden Malone.
Jordan Lambert and Alex Kruger,
they should be another solid team
with outstanding coaching in Mas-
ters.
Gagnier scored the hat trick last
year to put the Blue Devils into their
first ever state title game. Geneseo
also made the state semis back in
2015.
Masters, who enters his 19th
season this fall, will still have plen-
ty of talent returning including se-
niors Danny Kelly, Brian Ehmann,
Jon Edmunds and Josh Matthews,
along with junior Michael Walton.
While Kelly will supply most of
the scoring power, Geneseo will
have a strong midfield group re-
turning including Ehmann and Ed-
munds.
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Livonia looking to contend for a block in numerous sports
STRONG TOP TO BOTTOM: : Bulldogs have high hopes for football, boys soccer and girls soccer heading into 2019season.
By CHRIS METCALF
sports@batavianews.com
LIVONIA — Racking up suc-
cessful seasons the past five
years, John Gammon and the
Livonia football program are
looking to get over the section-
al hump this fall.
Since 2014, Gammon’s
Bulldog squad has been to the
finals four times coming up
short each time.
But some feel this could be
the year.
While last year’s semifinal
loss to eventual runner-up
Wayne was a disappointing
end, Livonia returns the core
of that team including seven
offensive starters and eight de-
fensive starters.
Gammon (38-10 at Livonia,
80-45 overall) finished 7-2 last
year and will open the sea-
son at Saunders Field Sept. 6
against Midlakes. Week two
will be their toughest test of
the year as they visit VanDet-
ta Field in Batavia to take on
a Blue Devils squad that has
won five straight over Livonia,
including two times in the sec-
tional finals.
“I am very excited about
our squad this year,” Gam-
mon said. “This is a very phys-
ical group that prides itself in
controlling games with our
ground game while stopping
the run on defense. This team
has multiple players with two-
to-three years of varsity expe-
rience, battle tested, they have
all shown confidence in the big
game.”
The strength to this year’s
team might be in the trenches,
although time will tell, as four
of the five linemen are back
including AJ Davin (Sr., OL/
DL, 6-2. 245), Brendan Mayo
(Jr., OL/DL, 6-3, 300), Steffan
Gwyn (Jr., OL/DL, 6-2, 265)
and Jake Futter (Sr., OL/DL,
6-2, 200).
Davin goes 6-2, 245
Davin, Mayo and Gwyn are
three-year starters for the Bull-
dogs.
Gammon said the
300-pound Mayo “was dom-
inate at numerous college
camps this summer,” so keep
your eyes on him.
At the Section V Combine
Livonia players finish off a great second day of practice. Livonia opens their season at home Sept. 6.
recently, Gwyn posted the
second highest score of all the
linemen.
While the line is expected
to be tough, Gammon feels he
has a lot still left in the tank for
his offensive weapons includ-
ing the speedy Marcus Lewis,
a 5-foot-9, 160-pound senior
slotback who had 53 touches
for 605 yards and nine touch-
downs last year.
Both Davin and Lewis will
be Livonia’s team captains this
season.
Senior Joel Smith (RB/DB),
a 5-foot-10, 185-pounder, al-
so returns to the backfield this
fall. Last year Smith led the
team with 81 tackles and will
get some touches on offense
this year.
Ryan Haugh, a 5-foot-6,
160-pound senior also returns
to the backfield for the Bull-
dogs and is expected to con-
tribute and play hard every
down. Haugh is the grandson
to former legendary Bulldog
head coach Mike Haugh.
At quarterback, six-foot,
180-pound senior Micah Ross
takes over for the graduating
Ryan Lambert, who is off to
Utica College after leading the
Bulldogs offense last season.
Ross started on defense last
year but will take his first snaps
as the starter at QB this fall.
Expect newcomers Jake
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Smith (Jr., RB/DB, 5-7, 150),
Alex Minnehan (Jr., WR/DB,
5-10, 160) and Jack Kearney
(Fr., QB/LB, 5-11, 190) to fit in
nicely says Gammon.
Minnehan and Smith will
make things exciting while Ke-
arney could see some snaps on
offense as well and according
to Gammon, “Only a fresh-
man, but will be asked to con-
tribute from day one.”
This offense should light up
some scoreboards, something
the Bulldogs offense has done
over the years.
“Offensively, we have a very
talented offensive line with
four returning starters,” Gam-
mon said. “We’ll be relying
on them to open up holes for
playmaker, Marcus Lewis, and
our power back, Joel Smith.
Shifty and smart Jake Smith
will also provide a nice change
up at the RB position.”
On defense, with the line ex-
pecting to control the trenches
and stymie the run game, Joel
Smith, Ross and Trevor Allen
(Jr., OL/LB), 6-0, 195), along
with Kearney will be there to
finish off runners if needed
from their LB spots.
Expect Lewis, Haugh and
Minnehan to play well in the
defensive backfield.
“Defensively we return our
entire front seven that did an
outstanding job against the
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run last year,” Gammon said.
“ Marcus Lewis returns in the
secondary while newcomer,
Alex Minnehan, has already
showed he can change a
game.”
While Livonia was counted
on the past four or five years to
win games simply by outscor-
ing teams, Gammon is think-
ing this year’s squad will step
things up defensively against
the likes of Batavia and Hor-
nell, two teams Livonia ex-
pects to tangle with two of the
first three weeks.
“We have a big week two
match up with Batavia and
then another tough road
game at Hornell,” Gammon
said. “We are looking forward
This year’s Lady Bulldogs have their sights set on a post season
run.
to what should prove to be a
very physical match up, and
the first big game of the sea-
son. Hornell should be stron-
ger this year with a playmaker
at QB. Hornell will be a tough
game where we must take care
of business.”
GIRLS SOCCER
Sixth year head coach Mark
Stephens always has his Lady
Bulldogs in position to fight for
a sectional title.
Despite a youthful squad a
year ago, Livonia finished 10-
6-3 dropping a 2-1 heartbreak-
er to Dansville in the finals in
sudden-death overtime.
Of Livonia’s 10 victories a
year ago, seven of them came
by way of a shutout as the Lady
Bulldogs’ defense was hard to
score against allowing just 13
goals all year.
Meanwhile, Livonia’s of-
fense last year struggled in
their final nine games — scor-
ing just five goals while going
3-4-2 down the stretch.
Three of Livonia’s top re-
turners — seniors Sydney
Lockwood (midfield), Betsy
Mohnkern (defense) and Lau-
ren Connor (midfield) — are
all back this fall. Lockwood
scored Livonia’s lone goal in
the finals last year.
A trio of other top players —
junior Emily O’Duffy (forward)
and seniors Tatum Smith
(midfield) and Sara Shellen-
barger (forward) — are also
back to give the Lady Bulldogs
some terrific depth.
Other returning players
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include seniors Jenna Fazio
(defense), Mackenzie Fos-
ter (midfield), Maddie Coons
(midfield), Ashley Carr (mid-
field) and Keeley Kretchmer
(forward) and juniors Oliv-
ia Forbes (keeper), Morgan
Haugh (defense) and Jenna
Leverson (forward).
Leverson led the team
with five goals last year while
O’Duffy and Shellenbarger
each scored four.
“I have 12 returning seniors
and many of them have been
to the finals the past two sea-
sons, and believe me they ha-
ven’t forgotten how it’s ended,
they are carrying a little extra
motivation this year,” coach
Stephens said. “We have some
juniors that played last year
as sophomores and they will
be a key element to this year’s
squad.”
Some newcomers to keep
a close eye on include senior
Jasmyn Santana (midfield)
and juniors Emma Hoffere
(forward), Rosie Engert (mid-
field), Leah Backus (defense),
Haylee Yamin (midfield), Jo-
elle Woodruff (defense), Sarah
O’Neil (midfield), Erin Kress
(midfield) and Kennedy Neck-
ers (defense).
Stephens says he expects his
defense to play on a high level
again this fall.
“There is a handful of new
arrivals of juniors that will
contribute to the team in-
cluding our biggest addition
returning junior Olivia Forbes
who will suit up in goal and will
be the anchor of this team,” Ste-
phens said. “She has been play-
ing goalie for many years at the
school level and her premiere
team Empire United. Olivia was
backup goalie last year for Ken-
dall Gottorff and was a strong
field player, but this year we will
count on her to keep the ball out
of the net.”
Stephens feels this year’s
squad is ready to make a strong
post season run, especially with
the off season work they have
already put in.
“I am excited about this
year’s team,” coach Stephens
said. “They have been doing
off season workouts and train-
ing and are becoming a family
very early. They have a chemis-
try that I believe will push them
and drive them to reach the end
result. We have come up on the
short end of the stick the last
two seasons when reaching the
finals, but this team this year is
focused and determined to not
have the previous results. It is
true they will only get out of the
season what they put into it.”
Like every year, Stephens has
put together a tough non league
schedule to help them prepare
for the post season.
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Livonia’s Sydney Lockwood
is considered one of the top
players in the area.
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(midfield) and Kristen Hast-
ings (GK) will soften it a bit.
Hastings saved 150 shots
last year and 60 the year be-
fore.
Leading scorer from last
year, Alexis Willet, a junior for-
ward this season returns after
scoring four goals with one as-
sist.
BOYS SOCCER
It was a memorable season
for the United in 2018 finish-
ing 16-1-2 earning the LCAA
D-II title and a berth in the ‘B2’
sectional finals.
A tough 1-0 loss to
Bath-Haverling still hurts head
coach Tim Eustace espe-
cially considering 46 of the
team’s 60 goals have gradu-
ated, including top players
Cedric Aschwanden (24G,
4A) and Ethan Grover (13G,
14A).
Thankfully, senior Eric
Woodworth (MF, 5G, 3A),
junior Adam Grover (MF,
6G, 9A) and sophomore Nik
Eustace (2G, 4A) are all back
bringing with them some
valuable experience from last
year.
Other key returners are se-
niors Quinn Bannister (def),
Kaine Tisdale (def/mid) and
Will Bean (mid) and junior
Mike Schafer.
Top newcomers include
junior Santosh Monger (mid)
and sophomores Johnny
Mertsock (mid) and Nick
Thompson (mid).
“We are looking to build off
of last year’s season and con-
tinue to make improvements,”
head coach Tim Eustace said.
“With he loss of several im-
portant players from 2018
there are some new opportu-
nities for some new faces.”
Eustace calls Adam Grover
this year’s “go to guy.”
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“Adam is a highly skilled
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and knowledge,” Eustace said.
“We will look to him for much
needed leadership — on and
off the field. Eric Woodworth
is another player who will be
relied upon to guide the team
this season.”
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“We are plying in what I
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Pavilion’s Alexa Wolcott.
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132 kills and 57 service aces a year ago helping her
team capture the GR title, beating Notre Dame in
five sets and beating Byron-Bergen in five sets. She
was named as an LCAA All-Star a year ago.
Bryn Luckey (Le Roy)- As a sophomore last
year led the Lady Knights with 20 goals and three
assists as a youthful Lady Knights squad finished
9-8, including a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to sectional
finalist Livonia in the post season. As a freshman
led LCAA in scoring with 22 goals and has accumu-
lated 55 goals and eight assists in her career which
started as an eighth-grader.
Zack Hall (Oakfield-Alabama)- As a sopho-
more in 2018, finished third overall in the Section
V Class DD/D Championships with a time of 17:50
on the Midlakes course. Was the top underclass-
men finisher and one of three top-10 place finish-
ers for O-A/E and just ahead of both teammate
Derek McIntire, a senior, and Notre Dame’s Austin
Carrick, also a senior this fall. Oakfield-Alabama/
Elba easily defeated runner-up East Rochester 49-
101 for the team title. Hall was also the Livingston
Conference/Genesee Region champion on the Le
Roy course with a winning time of 16:27 just two
seconds ahead of teammate Kyle Mott and 13
seconds in front of Carrick. Was O-A/E’s and Sec-
tion V’s top finisher at the NYS Championships at
Sunken Meadow State Park with a time of 17:41,
helping O-A/E to a fourth place overall finish.
Alexa Wolcott (Pavilion)- Last year as a fresh-
man, Alexa wired the field at the Section V Class
D Cross-Country Championships with a winning
margin of 34 seconds with a time of 20:46 over
Geneseo freshman Mallory Rice (21:20). Alexa also
placed second at the Livingston Conference/Gen-
esee Region Championships in Le Roy. During the
spring season in track, Alexa finished second in
both the 800 and 1500 meter events. Was the Liv-
ingston Conference champion during the spring
season in the 800 and 2000 Steeplechase events.
Claudia Hardie (Attica)- This senior is consid-
has a lot to replace
By DAILY NEWS SPORTS STAFF
sports@batavianews.com
MOUNT MORRIS — Last
year was supposed to be a dou-
ble sectional year for the Mount
Morris boys — winning both a
Section V soccer and basketball
title.
Unfortunately they only got
the latter done.
While the hoops team won
their first sectional title in 50
years, the soccer team came up
on the short end of a 3-1 score to
Jasper Troupsburg in the Sec-
tion V Class DD semifinals.
MARK GUTMAN/DAILY NEWS But the soccer team, al-
Attica’s Claudia Hardie and Leah Veley. though with a bitter ending,
had a fantastic year finishing
ered one of the top libero/outside hitters in the
GR. Last year she helped the Lady Blue Devils to
No. 3 seed in Section V Class C1 and also the GR
15-3 while winning the high-
ly competitive LCAA D-III title
over ‘C’ state finalist Geneseo
title with huge victories over Notre Dame and By- and always tough Keshequa.
ron-Bergen. This year’s Attica squad is expected The LCAA title came down to
Mount Morris’s 3-2 victory over
to be one of the toughest Blue Devil teams they’ve
put on the floor. Geneseo on the final divisional
game of the regular season.
Abby Decillis (Avon)- Will be a senior goalkeep-
er this fall for a Lady Braves squad that finished 15- Mount Morris outscored
their opponents 61-24 last year
5 winning the Class C1 sectional title with the 1-0
shutout victory over Addison. Posted eight shut-
outs and finished year with 150 saves. Won the
sectional semis (Williamson) and finals (Addison)
with 1-0 shutouts. Three-sport athlete who also
Medina
plays basketball and softball, helping the hoops From T13
team to a sectional title last winter. This kid has a
legitimate shot at three sectional titles this school
ter, including running back/line-
year. backers Bobby Geiger and Hunter
Camden White (Batavia)- Starting senior left Callen and offensive lineman/de-
fensive lineman Lincoln Pace and
tackle and defensive end for the defending cham-
David Class.
pion Blue Devils. Has developed into a key lead-
er and has put himself in position to have a great GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
senior year due to his commitment in the weight The Lady Mustangs finished last
room and his dedication to bettering himself on season 9-8 and return a few key se-
the field. Has a high motor, good wing span, and niors which hope to lead the team
athletic presence that allows him to perform at a to another successful year. Elle
Gross, Jordan Lugo, Ayzha Pitts
high level.
and Devin Griffin will all play im-
Ethan Heinman (Alexander)- There have been portant roles in their final varsity
a wide variety of special players for the two-time season.
defending sectional champion Trojans the past “We return a strong nucleus and
few years including Chris McClinic, Mitchell Gor-
don, Jacob Jasen, Erik Scharlau, Job Smith, Dylan
Busch, Rez Smith, and Ty Woods. This 6-foot-1,
195-pound senior DE/OG might not get a lot of
the headlines but ask head coach Tim Sawyer how
valuable he has been over that span and heading
into this fall and he will certainly let you know.
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but of those 61 goals all but five
have either graduated or are
now playing football at Gen-
eseo.
The biggest graduation loss-
es came from Steven Soto (19G,
11A), Cameron Regal (17G, 15A)
and Collin Young (14G, 8A),
combining for 50 of those goals.
Also gone is starting keeper Jose
Cruz (159 saves).
To make matters worst Jansel
Martinez, who was expecting to
be one of the team’s top players,
has moved over to football this
fall.
Retuning players include
seniors Chance Brooks, Jose
Coyote-Medina, Brandon Flint,
Robbie Hartigan, Marcos La-
Salle, Julian Martin, Peyton
Martin, Ryan Morgan, Joey Pa-
gano, Luis Saez, Devon Terry,
and John Yost and junior Daniel
Rowley.
Saez is the top returning
scorer from that group with two
goals and one assist.
are welcoming promising new-
comers to the squad,” said head
coach Tim Lincoln. “The girls have
great attitudes and have come
ready to work. We expect our team
to improve quickly over the course
of the season.”
FIELD HOCKEY
Medina finished 12-5 last sea-
son and should be in for another
big year as they welcome back a
few key pieces to their roster. Lac-
ey Kenward, Mary Flores, Grace
Cook, and Abi Neuman, all seniors,
will propel the Mustangs in 2019.
We are looking to continue the
positive momentum from last
year,” said head coach Amber
Cleavland. “We have lots of return-
ing varsity experience and several
youth players moving up to fill key
graduation vacancies.”
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Way-Co football will try and erase sectional heartbreak
TOUGH WAY TO END: Eagles fell in the last seconds to Attica in C playoffs; girls tennis, swimming each look to rebound in ‘19
By CHRIS METCALF
sports@batavianews.com
WAYLAND — It was sec-
tional heartbreak a year ago
for head coach Darren Knapp
and the Golden Eagles football
team, who lost in the closing
seconds to eventual Class C fi-
nalist Attica in a quarterfinal
match-up.
Entering his second season as
head coach (10th overall), Knapp,
along with defensive coordinator
Chad Pieri and offensive coordina-
tor Mike Chapman, would love to
get their program in that same po-
sition this fall, only with a different
outcome in hand.
But it won’t be easy as six LCAA
All-Stars have graduated including
QB/S Connor Englert, who was the
signal caller the past four years for
Way-Co.
Way-Co finished 5-3 on the year.
Following the regular season,
Knapp and Pieri were part of an Ed-
die Meath staff that had the West
squad winning for the first time in
ages.
“Coming off a turnaround sea-
son for the program, this past winter
and spring have been the most pro-
ductive and well-attended pre-sea-
sons in recent program history,”
Knapp said. “Starting in February,
the boys met once to twice a week
before school to lift weights, run,
and install plays for the upcoming
season. Over the summer, scrim-
Avon
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(mid).
Clarke was stingy between the
posts last year as he allowed just
over a goal a game and also posted
six shutouts on the season.
Top newcomers this year include
juniors Max Bishop (def), Michael
Oldjiez (def), Griffen Meyer (def),
Jonah Cousins (def), Nathan Helm-
bold (def), and Carson Williams
(striker); sophomores Brendan
Miron (mid) and Alex Mayen (mid)
and freshman Lee Hartke (mid).
VOLLEYBALL
Head coach Andy Braun (9th
season) and his Braves enjoyed a
tremendous 2018, finishing 14-6
while earning a berth in the Section
V Class C2 title game.
The Wayland-Cohocton football team has put in a great off
season and is expected to use that towards this fall. Pictured
are top returners (left to right) Trevor Sly, Tom Mead, DeAndre
Green, Nikolai Zastawrny, Caleb Hanggi, and Ben Wood.
mages against several LCAA and
Finger Lakes teams revealed that all
the hard work and prep leading up
to these contests is paying off.”
Although plenty of talent has
graduated, the cupboard is far from
empty says Knapp who expects se-
nior DeAndre Green (WR/DB, 6-1,
175) to be one of Class C’s impact
players.
Green is a three-year starter.
“DeAndre looks to have a big sea-
son on both sides of the ball as his
athleticism and natural football in-
stincts are tough to defend and play
against,” Knapp said.
Other returning players in-
clude seniors Trevor Sly (OL/DL,
Returning to this year’s team is
junior Ella Vanderbilt (OH/MH),
who was named to the All-Tourna-
ment team last year for sectionals.
Other returners include seniors
Danielle Owen (libero) and Brooke
Witherow (OH/MH) and juniors
MK Button (OH), Ava Hubbard
(OH), Esther Levendusky (setter)
and Olivia Montasano (OH).
Top newcomers include sopho-
more Brooke Arnold (setter), junior
defensive specialists Bela Braun
and Kaila Lattuca and senior Julia
Pinheiro Leandro (OH).
“The girls are eager to get back
on the court and build off last year’s
successful season,” coach Braun
said. “With a strong core of return-
ing players they have set their goals
high.”
CROSS-COUNTRY
Outstanding season for both the
boys (17-2) and girls (15-4) a year
ago on the trails for the Braves.
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5-10, 185), Nikolai Zastawrny (RB/
LB, 5-10, 185), Doug Shanley (OL/
DL, 5-11, 250) and Ben Wood (OL/
DL, 6-0, 180) and juniors Charles
Drew (OL/DL, 5-11, 180), Thomas
Mead (QB/DB, 5-10, 165) and Caleb
Hanggi (RB/LB, 5-10, 195).
Some top newcomers include
Ryan Belanger (OL/DL, 6-0, 250),
Joe Hint (RB/DB, 5-10, 160), Antho-
ny Schumacher (WR/LB, 5-11, 170),
Ben Teed (RB/LB, 5-9, 190) and
Ethan Trischler (QR/DB, 5-9, 150).
Knapp says Mead is also looking
to cash in on his dedicated off sea-
son as he is stepping up to fill the
Englert’s shoes.
“This year’s backfield consists of
The boys won the LCAA D-I title,
while the girls finished second.
Key returners for the boys in-
clude Caleb Courtemanche (se-
nior), Orlando Petterson (senior),
Jaden Courtemanche (junior),
Holden Volpe (junior), Colin Farm-
er (Sophomore), Aidan Ricotta (se-
nior), Henry VanRy (senior), Aum
Champaneri (junior), Brian Lew-
is(sophomore), Trevor Coleman
(senior) and Max Arlauckas (junior),
who all return for head coach Scott
Forrest’s team with Caleb Cour-
temanche returning as an LCAA-GR
All-Star.
Michael Farmer (freshman) is a
newcomer this season.
Returning for the girls squad this
fall are Libby Powers (senior), Isabel
Marzec (junior), Gabrielle Kashorek
(Sophomore), Madeline Murray (ju-
nior), Emily Krasinski (Sophomore),
Emma Kostraba (junior), Beth Pe-
terson (senior), and Abby Horne
three power runners in returner Ca-
leb Hanggi, and newcomers Nikolai
Zastawrny and Ben Teed,” Knapp
said. “The three backs will share the
load of carrying the football for us.
The offensive line has put in a lot of
work to learn the plays the off sea-
son and consists of several return-
ing starters and newcomers in Trev-
or Sly, Doug Shanley, Charles Drew,
Ben Wood, Ryan Belanger and Jack
Mulford.”
Then there’s the ‘Wrecking
Crew’ defense that will look to con-
tinue their success from last year’s
group as Sly, Green, Hanggi and
several other returners and new-
comers look to bring the physical
type of defensive play to the football
field.
“This group’s goal is to make
it deep into the sectional bracket
in Class C that has many talent-
ed teams in it,” Knapp said. “This
group’s dedication in the off season
to the weight room and each other
is a testament to their ability and
should prove to be a fun and ex-
citing season. After witnessing the
success of last year, this year’s new
wave of players are hungry to keep
the progress moving forward and
returning players are eager to lead
the team towards achieving their
goals.”
GIRLS TENNIS
Head coach Timothy Lynah en-
ters his third season in the pool as
the Golden Eagles look to improve
over last year’s 2-12 mark.
(senior).
Powers has qualified for the New
York State Championships the last
two years.
Katelyn Geary (8th grade) and
Sydney Murray (freshman) are both
promising newcomers.
“The team is hoping to have an-
other successful season,” Coach
Forrest said. “We have a great group
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Several key returners are back
including seniors Kaya George and
Emily Yeoman, junior Sarah Hop-
pough and sophomore Charina
Gray.
“We will have a competitive team
with a lot of returning athletes that
are picking up right where they left
off last year,” coach Lynah said. “We
have seven seniors that are commit-
ted to leaving the program better
than when they started. We are re-
ally looking forward to learning a lot
and improving each day.”
GIRLS SWIMMING
Nikki (Welch) Miller returns for
her eighth season in the pool at
Way-Co following a 3-7 mark a year
ago.
Miller, who will be assisted by
her brother James Jr., are products
of Dansville Central and both bring
a vast knowledge with them to Way-
Co.
Way-Co placed third in the
LCAA’s last year.
They will return a young squad
including freshmen Kendall Allen,
Sam Brown, Madi Spencer, and
Emily Feely and sophomores Abby
Gleason, Laura Mansfield, Grace
Hanggi, Chelsie Mehlenbacher, and
Emma Huber.
Top newcomers this year include
eighth graders Courtney Goodwin,
Jillian Uhl, Sarah Hart, Kailyn Mark,
and Claire Donlan.
“We have a very young team this
year made up of all underclass-
man,” coach Miller said. “Most have
less than one year of experience on
the team. I am really excited to start
fresh and see what they build.”
of seniors that provide both lead-
ership and enthusiasm for our pro-
gram. This year’s team is a dedicat-
ed and hard working group, but I am
most proud of the way they support
each other every day.”
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York/Pavilion gets back to work after magical
football season; boys/girls soccer rebuilding
Josh Davis will be one of a number of key players returing this fall
for Class D sectional finalist York/Pavilion.
By CHRIS METCALF
sports@batavianews.com
GREIGSVILLE — The 2018
football season was one York/
Pavilion head coach Kurt
Schneider won’t soon forget.
In just his first season at the
helm, Schneider guided his
Golden Knights to the Section
V Class D finals where they lost
to two-time defending champ
Alexander.
Finishing 6-4 and making it all
the way to the sectional finals was a
nice wrap for the seniors last year,
including their No. 12 state ranking
in NYS.
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But replacing those graduated
seniors this fall will be a very tough
assignment for Schneider and com-
pany including the losses of Ryley
Elliott, Sebastian Hackett, Nate
Swede and Matthew McFarland,
whom all had a huge hand in last
year’s success.
“We are excited to get back to the
grind and look forward to hopeful-
ly building upon last season’s suc-
cess,” Coach Schneider said. “Riley
Stella, Josh Davis, Ethan Doran,
Luke Maggio and James Kennedy
form a very solid core group of re-
turning athletes that played a big
role in our success last season. This
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take that next step in their develop-
ment and play a larger role and lead
a great group of newcomers that
our coaching staff is really excited
about. If we continue the hard work
and commit to one another, we be-
lieve that the success will follow.”
All but Kennedy are seniors this
year.
Doran (LB/RB) will play a big role
on both sides of the ball as he posted
59 tackles with four sacks last year
on defense while rushing for 177
yards with three TDs on offense.
Davis (DB/RB) was one of Mc-
Farland’s main weapons on the out-
side last year catching 10 passes for
147 yards and two scores. The ball
hawking defensive back also picked
off three passes and made 38 tackles
on defense.
The 6-foot-4 Stella (DE/TE) led
the team with 18 receptions for 168
yards and one TD on offense while
making 30 tackles with three sacks
on defense.
Maggio (QB/LB), who made 22
tackles on defense, is expected to
take over at quarterback this year.
Kennedy (OL/DL), a junior, will
play a force on both lines after post-
ing 52 tackles, including 11 for a loss
last year.
Top newcomers hoping to make
their mark this fall include sopho-
mores Jake Koch (OL/DE), Robert
Harberger (DB/RB) and Drew Ed-
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Matt Roth (15th season) is back
Feltham is a skilled and smart
this year and hopes to make a strong midfielder says Roth, “who can
improvement over last year’s 1-16-1 score and set his teammates up as
record. well.”
Key returning players include Carney has great skill and a mo-
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INDIANS SHOULD BE STRONG: Boys soccer has eyes on a sectional title
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NUNDA — After finishing
a respectable 10-7-1 in 2018,
head coach Pat Forrester will
need to replace some talented
graduates including All-LCAA
keeper Payton Powers, who is
heading to St. Bonaventure to
play soccer this fall.
Keshequa made the sec-
tional semifinals before it fell
2-0 to eventual champion
Wheatland-Chili.
Powers was a five-year var-
sity player for the Indians. She
posted five shutouts last year
and six as a junior, while the
past two seasons she com-
bined for 277 saves.
Also gone to graduation is
Haily Moriarty, who tied for
first on the team last year with
13 goals while leading the In-
dians with seven assists.
Senior Jasmine Mercado
will return this fall with her 13
goals and two assists, while
classmate Emily Weaver and
junior Miranda Cartwright
both return after scoring four
goals with four assists in 2018.
Senior middie Paige McK-
errow is considered one of the
top players in LCAA D-III and
will be relied on this fall.
Junior Alex Hugie will take
over between the posts for
Powers.
Other returning players
include seniors Macy Boss,
Denae Rathbun. Paige Burley,
Emma Thompson and Faith
Wood; juniors Jenna Weir,
Emerson Willett, Makalya
Abby and Claire Schiano; and
sophomores Catrina Pierce
and MacKenzie Gillen.
Top newcomers include
Heather Moriarty, who led
JV’s in scoring last year and
Milia Ras, who will play de-
fensive back in her first year
of varsity and is knowledge-
able and strong on the ball
says Forrester. Sophomores
McKenzie Gillen and Catrina
Pierce will add quickness and
strength to our team.
“This is a great group of
young women they push each
other to be the best they can
be and work together well,”
coach Forrester said. “They
have set some great goals and
The Keshequa girls return some seasoned veterans to this
year’s squad.
are ‘daring to dream,’”
BOYS SOCCER
Finishing 11-6-1 a year ago,
including 4-4 in the LCAA, Kes-
hequa should be an impact team
this fall and one of the favorites to
make a run at a sectional title.
Last year’s devastating loss to
Geneseo in the sectional semifi-
nals — by virtue of PK’s by a 3-2
deficit — saw Geneseo advance
all the way to the state finals with
the Indians heading home won-
dering what might’ve been.
Although they lost 12 seniors,
including keepers Josh Tallman
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ing is back including juniors Riley
Rease (21G, 10A) and Aidan Wood
(14G, 5A) who combined for 35
goals and 15 assists.
Other returning players back
include seniors Brent Bird, Parker
McTarnaghan, Hunter Stephens
and Brendan White; juniors Cesar
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Top newcomers include seniors
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From T26 runner this year.
“He had a very good season last
(M), Jake Taylor (M) and Dylan Dz- year finishing up front in most rac-
iekan (D). es,” Sattora said. “DJ was also a GR-
Milligan led the JV team in scor- LC All Star. With everyone back, we
ing last year and Roth says, “will are hoping to improve on last year’s
look to bring his knack for scoring to record.”
the varsity level.” The girls, who ran incomplete
Taylor should also add scoring last year, was led by sectional cham-
and depth to the midfield says Roth. pion Alexa Wolcott, a sophomore.
The defense will be solidified by Wolcott also placed 21st at the NYS
the Barrett duo. Championships.
Last year’s defense allowed over Other returners include senior
60 goals. Amber Lowery and junior Gemini
“Quintin was our most reliable McClain.
defender as a freshman a year ago Sattora expects Wolcott to lead
and Evan will move back from mid- the girls again this season.
field to utilize his size and speed on “Alexa had a fantastic year last
the back end,” Roth said. year as a ninth grader,” Sattora said.
Roth is hopeful this year’s squad “Amber also had a very strong year
will see improvements. last year earning a GR-LC All Star.
“I believe this program is moving Gemini is returning after missing
in the right direction,” he said. “This last year with an injury. With only
group of hard working boys should three runners this year we will not
be the start of a resurgence of this be able to score as a team but will be
program. I look forward to seeing looking at individual success.”
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season. in the first round of the Class D2 sec-
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Holley girls soccer primed to build on solid season

By NATE RIDER Also retuning on the offensive side will be losses again this season as four GR all-stars Hawks on the court, so last season’s 5-16
junior Kayleigh Neale, a defender/midfield- have graduated. mark could be looked at as a building block.
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er who will enter her fourth varsity season The Hawks will return one league all-star In the last 10 seasons, Holley’s high-wa-
HOLLEY — Without much fanfare, after she finished with two goals and a team- in a solid underclassman, junior forward/ ter mark for wins was six in 2016 so having
the Holley girls soccer team has taken high seven assists as a sophomore. midfielder Kayden Servais, who finished a number of experienced players coming
big strides over the last couple of sea- Junior Allison Lyndaker will look to lead with seven goals and a pair of assists as a back this fall could see the Hawks top that
sons. the charge on the defensive end this sea- sophomore. Also coming back will be senior total.
The Hawks put together an impressive
son after having a goal and three assists as midfielder Kohl Morgan, the second-lead- Senior outside hitter Ava Parr had a sol-
season in 2018. They finished with a 10-6-3
a sophomore. ing returning scorer from last season when id 2018 season with 42 kills, 69 blocks and
mark and advanced to the Section V Class C2
“We are excited for this upcoming year,” he had five goals and four assists. eight assist, while senior middle hitter Jade
semifinals before falling to top-seed Marion.
coach Renee Wold said. “We have a lot of re- Junior attacker KJ Biedlingmaier had two Hoffarth had 39 kills, 58 digs and 14 blocks
This all coming just two years after the team
turnees and the girls seem very excited to get goals and a trio of assists as a sophomore last as a junior.
went just 2-12 and that led to a trio of Gen-
on the field.” fall. Also coming back after a strong freshman
esee Region League all-stars — and two of
Holley will host a tournament in late Au- However, Orbaker will have to replace season will be sophomore setter AJ Botello,
those stars will be coming back this fall.
gust to open up the 2019 season. a lot of scoring as forward Matt Wilson (16 who led the team with 67 assists last season
Two-time all-star junior midfielder/
BOYS SOCCER goals, 10 assists), John Mounts (six goals, to go with 40 digs and 19 kills. Sophomore
forward Halee Passarell led the team last
It was another solid season in 2018 for two assists) and defender Erik Balys (six setter/libero Rachael Howard also saw some
season with 14 goals to go along with three
head coach Dan Orbaker and the Hawks as goals, nine assists) all graduated, as well as quality court time with 57 digs, 26 assists
assists and already has 24 goals and seven
they finished second in the GR at 5-3 and defender Matthew Skehan, who helped lead and 14 kills.
assists for her career. She will be joined on
10-6-2 overall, eventually falling to section- the Hawks to four shutouts and just 25 goals Holley will have to replace its lone league
the offensive end by senior forward Olivia
al champion Sodus in the Class C1 tourna- allowed on the season. all-star from 2018 in middle hitter Nicole
Radford, who finished with nine goals and
ment. Holley will opening up on Wednesday, Mrzywka, who led the team with 92 kills and
four assists as a junior.
Holley, though, will have to make up for Holley continued its solid play last fall de- September 4 at Pembroke. 89 digs to go with 14 assists.
the loss of four-time league all-star Peyton spite having graduated seven seniors from a VOLLEYBALL Holley will open up on August 29 at home
Sargent on the defensive end. good 2017 team and it will have to deal with It hasn’t been a great decade for the against Lyndonville.

Attica ward to another difficult season,

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Bryce Davis will be one of the
top-runners for the Alexander
cross country team after a
strong 2018 campaign.
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Alexander’s Taylor Fletcher
will return as the Trojans try
and improve off of a tough
2018.
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In addition to his returners,
Coach Dickhut also expects to get
solid contributions from sopho-
more midfielder Daniel Biniasze-
wski and junior defenders Travis
Kauffman and Dan Kibler.
“The core of our team will be
Simon, Mike, Connor, and Evan,”
said Coach Dickhut. “They will
all serve as captains of our team.
These four have really fantastic
soccer skills and have been play-
ing together for the past 4 years
between the JV and varsity levels.”
After a 6-12 finish last season,
the Blue Devils will be looking to
improve upon that mark as they
return to the GR League after being
merged with the LCAA last season.
Coach Dickhut expects his league
schedule to be difficult this season,
and has added non-league games
against Pavilion/York, Letch-
as they will be very young this year.
However, if you ask Attica head
coach Marissa Sell, she will tell you
her team is looking for improve-
ment in 2019.
“My returning players are
equipped to bring the younger
ones up to speed,” said Sell. “The
goal is to do better than we did last
season.”
Sell’s key players this season will
be goal keeper Alex Foley and for-
ward Emily Tait.
“Since taking over the Attica
soccer program we have improved
by a little bit each season and the
expectation is for us to do the same
this year,” added Sell. “We have a
few dynamic players offensively
that should keep our offense roll-
ing. Alex, my goalie, is the heart or
our defense and is ready to lead the
team this year.”
Attica opens the season August
30 against Canandaigua.
FOOTBALL
Coming off a Cinderella run
playing a difficult schedule,” said
Sabatino. “We have guys coming
up who have played tough compe-
tition and are ready to go. Our old-
er guys, who are seniors now, have
taken the younger guys under their
wing and have been teaching them
the ins and the outs and things
they learned last year to help them
be a little bit better. We are a family
and we stick together. Everyone is
on board for one common goal.”
The Blue Devils’ top-return-
ing player this season will be Zach
Strzelec, who came on toward the
end of the year and was a major
contributor to the Devils’ sectional
run.
“He’s good, he’s special. He
could be really special,” said Saba-
tino about Strzelec. “He works very
hard that’s what people don’t see.
He works extremely hard, it’s not
just god given talent. He is very tal-
ented, but he puts in the time. Hav-
ing that type of talent come back
and be a main part of what we’re
doing is awesome. He is quiet but
he leads by example because he

Trojans Alexander. Newcomers Jadyn

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plenty of quality runners, in-
cluding Alyssa Lafferty and
Mackenzie Donovan, who will
lead the Lady Trojans’ roster
this season. Abby Bykowski,
Cayna Bliss, Emma Cline and
Claire Slenker are other im-
portant returning runners for
Mullen, Mya Stroud and Erin
Hess will also help Alexander
work toward a successful sea-
son in ‘19.
“We can be better than we
were last season,” said Coach
Buckenmeyer. “Our goal is to
repeat as division champion
and challenge for sectionals.”
The Tojans will take on Oak-
field-Alabama to begin the
year, on September 6.
worth/Warsaw, Avon and Batavia.
“I am really looking forward to
this year’s team,” said Coach Dick-
hut. “I believe that they have a lot
of potential, and hopefully we can
improve on last year’s record de-
spite the fact that we will have sev-
eral underclassmen on the team.”
Attica opens the season on Au-
gust 30 against Pavilion/York.
GIRLS SOCCER
The Lady Devils graduated nine
seniors from a team which finished
3-13-1 and could be looking for-
which led them to the sectional fi-
nal last season, the Blue Devils are
going through a major transition
works so hard.
Other returning players for the
Devils include Alex Biehl and Jacob
this year after losing much of what Gross who will help anchor a new
propelled them in ‘18.
look offensive line.
A 7-3 finish under second-year
“We want to get to that cham-
head coach Caleb Sabatino was
pionship game, and beyond if we
the best which Attica had seen in a can,” added Sabatino about his ex-
few seasons, and Sabatino believes
pectations for this team, this year.
that in the third year of a new sys-
“That should be our goal every
tem, his program is ready to take
year. We’ve been working hard and
another step forward.
“Our JV team the last two sea-
we have hit the ground running.
We are chasing that block as hard
sons have outstanding season and as fast as we possibly can.”

It’s sectional title or bust for ND football; XC looks tough
LOFTY EXPECTATIONS: Irish return a ton from last season’s 4-3 gridiron squad; cross country brings back 4 of its top 5 runners from title team
By NATE RIDER
nrider@batavianews.com
NOTRE DAME — Follow-
ing a pair of tough seasons, the
Notre Dame football team got
a taste of winning last season
that it hadn’t had in a while un-
der first-year head coach Joe
Zambito.
“The team started to learn
what it takes to win after hav-
ing back-to-back 1-7 seasons,”
Zambito said. “We now have
some experienced players,
which should help.”
The 2018 campaign started
as promising as they come —
three straight wins to start the
season had the Fighting Irish
with sectional title thoughts.
But Notre Dame would go on
to lose three of its final four
games, including a home upset
at the hands of Pembroke and
a shutout at the hands of York/
Pavilion in the Class D opening
round, as the Irish finished at
4-3, their first winning season
since 2016.
This season will bring back
a number of key contributors
from that team, including Gen-
esee Region League all-stars
Gabe Macdonald, Keith Szcze-
panski and Mason Randall and
what looks like a lethal running
back trio in the backfield.
Macdonald was the work-
horse on the offensive end last
season. Battling a multitude
of injuries, the now-senior
rushed for a team-high 943
yards on 154 carries, while he
also caught nine passes for 115
yards and scored eight total
touchdowns. On the defensive
end Macdonald finished with
45 total tackles, four intercep-
tions and 2 1/2 sacks.
With both getting some work
in the backfield last season,
Macdonald will be joined by se-
nior Jed Reese and sophomore
Cody Henry. Reese showed
his talent off last season and
should be one of the most ex-
plosive backs in Class D, while
Henry is a bruiser with decep-
tive speed. Macdonald, Reese
and Henry will also lead the
linebacking corps on the de-
fensive end for a team that gave
up just over 16 points per game
in 2018.
Led by Szczepanski and Ran-
Notre Dame has some high aspirations for the 2019 football
season.
dall — both of whom have been
garnering numerous Division
I college looks — the lines in
the trenches will be huge once
again this season. With Randall
at 6-4, 280 and Szczepanski at
6-7 and well over 300 pounds
at the tackle spots, they will
anchor an offensive line that
will also feature senior Dakota
Sica (5-11, 250), junior Donato
Fiorentino (5-10, 260) and se-
nior center Noah Kollarik (5-11,
200), as well as talented senior
tight end Jayson Reinhart (6-2,
190).
Last season Szczepanski had
25 total tackles, 6 1/2 sacks and
two blocked punts, while Ran-
dall had 25 tackles — 11 for a
loss — with four sacks, a forced
fumble, a fumble recovery and
13 QB pressures.
“We will rely heavily on our
ground attack and have three
running backs who can score,”
Zambito said. “We have a lot
of size up front and a great line
coach in Tim Maid, which will
help.”
After being called up from
the JV squad last season, soph-
omore left-hander Colin Mc-
Culley will take over the quar-
terback spot on a full-time
basis, while junior Tony Zam-
bito is a speedster who will look
to step up at the wide receiver
and cornerback positions.
“We have a very tough
schedule,” Zambito said. “For
the fourth year in a row we only
have three home games and we
will be playing a great Alexan-
der team for the fourth year on
the round, which will be very
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tough.”
The Fighting Irish will open
the season on September 7
against the same York/Pavilion
team that ended their year last
season, while the schedule will
also feature trips to Clyde-Sa-
vannah and Sodus/Lyons in
back-to-back weeks on Sep-
tember 27 and October 4.
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each of the past three seasons,
going 9-8 in 2016 and 8-8-1 in
the last two campaigns but will
have to replace some longtime
varsity members this fall in or-
der to take the step to the next
level.
Notre Dame lost a five-year
starter in forward Callie Mc-
Culley, a four-time Genesee
Region League all-star that fin-
ished with 12 goals and five as-
sists last season and leaves the
program as its all-time points
leader.
Though she didn’t play last
season due to an injury, the
Fighting Irish have also lost
five-year varsity member Ad-
dysen DiMatteo, as well as
four-year varsity goalkeeper
Emma Finch (102 saves, 83.6
save percentage) and four-year
varsity midfielder/forward Au-
drey Farrell (1 goal, 3 assists) to
graduation.
Notre Dame will bring back
its second leading scorer from
last fall in junior forward Ava
Reinhart, who finished with
eight goals and three assists as
a sophomore. Senior defend-
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her fourth season on the var-
sity squad this season and she
finished with three goals and a
pair of assists last season.
Freshman Rebeka Nick-
erson will likely take over the
full-time goalie duties after she
had 53 saves and a save per-
centage of 79.1 last season as an
eighth-grader.
Other key returning mem-
bers will include seniorde-
fender Mai Bayoumi (1G, 1A)
m junior defender Rachel Nick-
erson, fresman midfielder Ara-
bella rogers and freshman de-
fender Maylee Green.
“We are a young team, but
it looks like we have some nice
new additions to the team with
lots of energy, and good skill
sets,” head coach Jarrod Clark
said. “This should make for
great practice competition for
the starting lineup.”
A number of newcomers will
be looking to crack the starting
lineup, including junikor Cia-
ra Werner, freshmen Autumn
Mathiesen (Mid.) and Brenna
Munn (Def./Mid), eighth-grad-
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W-C girls soccer in a
league of their own
By ALEX BRASKY
abrasky@batavianews.com
SCOTTSVILLE — Over the
past five years, the Wheat-
land-Chili girls soccer team
has built a dynasty the likes of
which is not seen around this
area many times before.
Under head coach Gary
Ward, who has been at the
helm for 38 seasons, the Wild-
cats have gone 523-169-62 in-
cluding a couple of NYS cham-
pionships and five-straight
sectional titles. Last season,
after finishing with a league
record of 13-0 and an overall
mark of 20-3, which included
a loss in the NYSPHSAA Class
C Semifinal, the Wildcats re-
turn a load of top-contributors
from ‘18 and will have another
great opportunity to make a
push for the state crown this
year.
“We have a solid core of
veteran players returning and
some exciting new players
up from the JV’s,” said Coach
Ward. “If we can stay healthy,
and our young players devel-
op over the course of the sea-
son, we will have a chance to
compete for another sectional
championship.”
Propelling the Wildcats ef-
forts this season will be a pair
of seniors, Lindsey Clar and
Jenna LaMere, as well as last
year’s leading goal scorer, ju-
nior Niyah Rosado. Rosado
finished with 33 goals in 2018
and was selected to the All
Greater Rochester first team.
Clar was a first team all-state
honoree, while Beldue joined
Rosado on the AGR first team.
W-C has a list of other re-
turning contributors, in-
cluding Hannah Beldue and
Morgan Parker, both juniors,
senior Ali Wing and eighth
grader Emily Parker.
Other key players for the
Wildcats will be Scout Brandes
and Angelina Burry, both
sophomores, as well as eighth
graders Hannalee Hotaling
and Ella Chitaphong.
The Lady Wildcats will be-
gin the season against Avon on
September 5.
BOYS SOCCER
Despite recording a sub-par
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8-10 overall record last season,
the W-C boys finished with a
league mark of 5-3 which tied
for second place in the GR
League. Under third-year head
coach Steve Call, the Wildcats
will be looking to improve up-
on that mark despite carrying
only three seniors on their ros-
ter.
Key returning players for
W-C are Joey Sutherland, Troy
Smith, Jordan Richards and
John Lynch, all hoping to help
propel what is a young team.
Other key returning players
are Gabby Rosado, Brian Napi-
er and Aaron Lund.
“We are still young with on-
ly three seniors, but we have PROVIDED
a year of varsity experience Wheatland-Chili returns several juniors and seniors to their girls soccer team, which has been the
under our belt and expect to top-program in the GR League for the past several years. Head coach Gary Ward has been at the
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The Notre Dame cross country team runs along Richmond Ave. in
Batavia on the first day of practice, led by Austin Carrick at left.
Irish
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er Emma Sisson (striker/mid.),
seventh-graders Hannah Ten-
ney (Def.) and Jamin Mcdonald
(def.) and senior Maddie Pay-
ton (def.).
VOLLEYBALL
It has been since 2014 that the
Fighting Irish have hoisted a sec-
tional block but it looked like last
year that they would end that minor
dry run.
Notre Dame finished an impres-
sive 18-4 overall and earned the No.
2 seed in the Class D3 tournament.
The Fighting Irish advanced all the
way to the title match before falling
in five heartbreaking sets to No. 1
seed Hammondsport.
Notre Dame won 12 matches in a
row during the season and finished
second to Byron-Bergen in the
Genesee Region League Division
I standings and though the Irish
lost a few key pieces to graduation,
they will have a pair of GR all-stars
combing back again this fall.
Senior middle hitter Adryona
Miller will lead the way back after
she led the Fighting Irish with 151
kills to go with 75 digs, 51 aces, 45
blocks and 18 assists as a junior,
while junior outside hitter Jewel
Shenck finished with 102 kills, 91
digs, 23 aces and 13 blocks last fall.
Notre Dame will also have to
replace outside hitter Clare Misiak
and middle hitter Stevie Wilcox,
though setter Alexis Danosos will
return for her senior season as well.
CROSS COUNTRY
It was a stellar 2018 for the Fight-
ing Irish who finished the regular
season at 15-4 and capped it off by
winning the Section V Class DD ti-
tle — and there is no reason to think
they can’t do it again.
At the sectional meet Notre
Dame had five runners finish in the
top 15 and four of those athletes are
returning this season — Senior Aus-
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tin Carrick, juniors Andrew Ricu-
pito and Ben Skalny and freshman
Jordan Welker.
Carrick led the way as the Divi-
sion III LCAA-GR champion runner
who won two league meets this past
season. Carrick also medaled at the
Le Roy, McQuaid, Midlakes and
Pembroke Invitationals, and post-
ed a 5K best of 16:42.
Ricupito medaled at the Le Roy,
Midlakes, Pembroke and McQuaid
Invitationals, and placed sixth in
Division III at the LCAA/GR Cham-
pionships. He also posted a per-
sonal best time of 17:43; Skalny
medaled at the Midlakes and Pem-
broke Invitationals and placed
eighth in Division III at the GRAA/
LCAA Championships with a best
5K time last year was 17:58; Welker
medaled at the Le Roy, McQuaid,
Midlakes and Pembroke Invitation-
als and was fifth in Division III at the
LCAA-GR championships. Welker’s
best 5K time was 17:39.
The girls team will be paced
by junior Skye Colantonio, who
medaled at Le Roy, McQuaid and
Alexander last season, while she
was the runner-up among Division
III runners at the LCAA/GR cham-
pionships and had a top 5K time
last season was 21:43.
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Milligan, a returning LCAA All-
Star led Pavilion with 173 kills and
77 service aces last year.
Also returning is junior Kodi
Beehler, who will move to libero.
Freshmen Karlee Zinkievich
(OH) and Lauren Kingsley (MH),
along with sophomore Shannon
Campbell (setter) also return after
being brought up mid-season a
year ago.
Newcomers include freshman
Paige Landers (MH) and sopho-
more Abby Lemley (RS).
“As with many teams in LCAA
we are a young team,” Coach Eigh-
mey said. “We have no seniors on
the roster.”
Pavilion’s potential starters will
be the three freshmen, three soph-
omores and one junior.
“Our goal this year is to improve
on last year’s record,” Eighmey
added. “We potentially have a
good core of players that are com-
petitive, that get along with each
other, and are willing to work hard
to improve. The LCAA is a tough
league so each match should help
us get better and prepare us for the
post season. ”
Junior Kyra Fedus will miss this
season with an injury.
YORK GIRLS SOCCER
York’s 2018 magical run was
halted in the Class C3 sectional
finals 4-0 to NYS power Wheat-
land-Chili last year as the Lady
Knights finished 10-9.
A 3-2 first round victory over
Naples followed by a 2-0 semi-
final win over Bishop Kearney
really made last year’s season a
success.
Gone from that team is Jen-
nifer Mandarano (Buffalo), who
amazingly accounted for 43 of
the team’s 46 goals last year (29G,
14A). She led the entire LCAA in
scoring last year and will be hard
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to replace. 121 assists from last year while she
Senior Jayden Richardson re-
turns with her seven goals and
also added 77 digs.
Returning this season are ju-
three assists, while sophomore niors Stephanie Santiago (OH/
Addison Plank is back after scoring MH), Stephanie Schunk (S/RS)
four goals with two assists. and Mackenzie Routly (MH/OH)
Starting keeper Alyssa Chur- who recorded 29, 26 and 22 kills
chill also graduated as senior Em- respectively.
ily Leone is expected to take over
PAVILION GIRLS SOCCER
between the posts.
It was a tough 2018 for the Pa-
YORK GIRLS VOLLEYBALL vilion girls soccer team finishing
It was an outstanding year last 0-16-1 while being outscored 64-
fall for head coach Kaitlin Kolb and 16 overall. Their lone tie came in
the Lady Knights, who finished 16- a 4-4 game against Oakfield-Ala-
5 winning the LCAA D-III title. bama/Elba.
They would go on as the No. Unfortunately leading scorer
2 seed that lost their semifinal Jordan Barrett, who accounted for
match in Class D2 to No. 3 Kearney 10 of team’s 16 goals, has graduat-
in a heartbreaking five-set match. ed.
Kearney would end up winning Senior keeper Lindsay Lowe,
the title. who stopped 204 shots last year,
Gone from last year’s team are
three graduated all-stars including
Jessie McCann, Bekah Voisey and
will return in goal for the Lady Go-
phers.
The schedule makers were not
Maegan Klugh. kind to Pavilion as they open up
McCann will be the biggest loss, at home Sept. 3 against defending
trying to replace her 122 kills and Class B2 champion Dansville.
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Jayden
Richardson
is the
leading
returning
scorer this
season for
York.
HAIRY SITUATION
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“Hairy tongue,” the term used to describe the growth of small, dark
projections (filiform papillae) that give the tongue a furry appearance,
develops due to defective shedding of the tongue’s covering tissue.
Fortunately, this condition, which occurs in as much as 13 percent of
the population, is temporary and harmless. The tongue is normally
covered with conically shaped filiform papillae that are approximately
one millimeter long. Due to lack of stimulation or abrasion to the top
of the tongue, a buildup of keratin (protein), bacteria, yeast, and other
debris can create a hair-like mesh. Good oral hygiene, including the
use of a tongue scraper, helps resolve the issue.
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or even heard of before? We recommend a professional assessment
of your situation to ease your mind and correct your condition. Call
BATAVIA FAMILY DENTAL at 585.343.4246 so we can send you on
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Batavia
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tember 6. It will be a rematch
of last year’s Section V Class B
Final.
VOLLEYBALL
The long, illustrious coaching
career of longtime Blue Devils’
volleyball coach Jeremy Met-
tler has come to an end, but the
success of the program which
he is leaving behind is sure to
continue. New head coach Kim
Houseknecht has taken the reins
and inherits a young team which
she will have to mold over the next
few seasons.
The Devils’ top-returning play-
er this season is Courtnee Yasses,
who leads a relatively inexperi-
enced group which finished 9-10
a season ago.
“Hard work, dedication and
respect makes for a great team,
and this team has all three,” said
Houseknecht about her group.
Batavia opens the season on
August 30 against Attica.
GIRLS TENNIS
The Blue Devils’ girls tennis
team finished last season with a
dismal 5-11 record, but made it
all the way to the Class B semifinal
where their Cinderella run came
to a close.
Three super sophomores will
lead Batavia this season, as Lindia
Pehrson, Christina Sabb and Kylie
Tatarka are the team’s top-return-
ing players and hope to propel
their squad to an improved sea-
son. All three qualified for individ-
ual sectionals last season and will
be in the mix for top-spots at both
singles and doubles.
Coach Fazio says the most-im-
proved player on his team’s ros-
ter is Dallas Lama, who will also
provide the Devils with solid play
at singles and doubles. Aubrey
Towner is another talented player
for Batavia. Jordyn Mott returns to
the program following a year off,
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players this season.
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“We have a very young team
with only two seniors, so this sea-
son will be about progress and
being as competitive as we can
and to gain as much experience as
possible,” said coach Fazio. “It will
be a very coachable group, who
will be eager to learn every time
they step out onto the court. I am
pleased with the workouts we had
this summer and very much look-
ing forward to this season.”
Batavia opens the season Au-
gust 29 against Pittsford Suther-
land.
GIRLS SWIMMING
Head coach Courtney Pilc is
looking forward to the upcoming
season as she will have a strong
trio of senior swimmers returning
to help lead her team. Maiya Rein-
hart, Anna Amico and Norah Janes
are all top-talents and expect to
compete at a high level this sea-
son.
Reinhart is a five-time state
qualifier and three-time section-
al champ, while Anna Amico was
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Devils finished 9-6 a season ago
and will be looking to improve up-
on their fine season with another
fine year in 2019.
Hailee Lowe is back for her se-
nior season after competing at the
state tournament last season. She
was a first team league all star a
season ago.
Other key returners include
Haylie Leitten, Cameron Parker
and Ellie Sorensen.
“This is our third year of the six-
school merger and the girls work
well together and are highly mo-
tivated to succeed,” said Coach
Hamilton. “I am looking forward
to working with this group of
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gymnasts and see what they can
Batavia head coach Brennan Briggs has another talented team accomplish together as well as in-
this season. dividually.”
events last season. Janes is the
team’s strongest distance swim-
mer.
Sophie Fulton is an off stroke
specialist and will also contribute
to the team’s success.
“We have a very exciting year
ahead of us with a lot of new fac-
es,” said Coach Pilc.
The Devils will begin the season
September 5 at Gates-Chili
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