ROCHESTER — It has been quite the week for Nazareth women’s tennis.
MENDON — For the first time in state history, girls tennis teams have a chance at a state title, and Mynderse wanted to grab a piece of history on Monday.
PALMYRA — A promising start turned into a lopsided loss for the Geneva girls tennis team in the Class B1 team sectional championship.
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It had been two years since we last saw a boys tennis season in Section V. Now, it’s time to recognize the Finger Lakes All-League selections from the 2021 season.
ITHACA — Revenge is sweet, and the William Smith Herons lacrosse team got its revenge against Ithaca in the Liberty League Championship on Saturday.
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Shortly after sending 12 emails to the different athletic directors in our area like a Gatling flare gun, I was pancaked by emotion and elation in anticipation of next week.
UTICA — The Keuka baseball and softball teams both split their doubleheaders this past weekend.
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Hobart lacrosse was forced to play their third road game in a row following last weekend’s postponement against Sacred Heart.
PITTSFORD — Not soon after the Hobart Statesmen began their 2021 season, the rest of Hobart and William Smith spring athletics “sprang” into action. The William Smith lacrosse team saw their first action in over a year taking on No. 11 ranked St. John Fisher in Pittsford.
GENEVA — The cliche of “back in business” doesn’t get old when it references sports returning from COVID-induced hiatus.
GENEVA — High-risk winter sports began practice this week, with games set to begin next week. In less than a month, the winter season will ramp up and overlap with the Fall II sports season — a rare crossroads of football and basketball meeting before spring sports get underway.
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PENN YAN — Hard work finally paid-off on Wednesday afternoon for Penn Yan’s Claire and Molly Pullen.
Last fall, Geneva senior Kiersten Ryan played in her final season of varsity tennis for the Geneva Panthers. Ryan played in the No. 2 singles spot for the Panthers and amassed a senior season record of 10-4-1 overall and 6-3-1 in league play. Throughout her two years of varsity singles match…
It was over three weeks ago when the girls tennis season came to a close. Initially in doubt, the 2020 season was completed and gave seniors their fall sports swan song.
MENDON — It was the final day of team sectionals for Section V girls tennis as No. 2-seeded Palmyra-Macedon Red Raiders faced off against the No.1-seed Penn Yan Mustangs for the Class B2 Sectional Final at Mendon Racquet & Pool.
PITTSFORD — In 2019, Mynderse girls tennis squeaked out a victory over East Rochester, 3-2, in the Class C1 semifinals on their way to a Section V championship.
A relatively quiet high school sports week typically signifies the break between the regular season and postseason. After just a month of regular-season action, it’s hard to believe that sectionals are even possible, given the parameters put in place earlier this fall.
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LYONS — As different as 2020 has been for fall sports, playing a regular season match after already starting sectionals seems normal.
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This has been a wild fall sports season, and I’m not talking about national sports. The high school campaign has given my colleagues and I emotional whiplash from the constant cycle of postponements, cancellations and changing start times.
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GORHAM — The end of the regular season arrived out of thin air, and while Penn Yan claimed another the Finger Lakes West title, the Finger Lakes East title will at the very least belong to Palmyra-Macedon.
Nearly two months ago athletes, players, coaches and the like were thrilled to have competition back at the high school level, albeit minus the full fall offering of sports. As teams began to get back into game shape, league championships and sectionals seemed to be an afterthought; getting …
WATERLOO — The Waterloo girls tennis team had to wait a month for its first win of the season, which came in a match last Friday against Newark.
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GENEVA — Not only did the return of high school competition in the Finger Lakes bring with it heaps of joy, it provided a hint of a return to normalcy.
PENN YAN — Penn Yan Mustangs head coach Nate Kraemer knew it was going to be a dominant year for his tennis team — much like many who pay attention to Finger Lakes tennis — but through three games, even he seems taken aback by how the Mustangs have looked thus far.
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GENEVA — It has been known for approximately two weeks that high school student-athletes will get the chance to compete in interscholastic sports this fall season.
The last high school sports event that took place in the Finger Lakes was March 11, when the Geneva boys basketball team routed Avon 84-56 to advance to the New York state tournament for the first time.
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GENEVA — It may not be perfect, but fall in the Finger Lakes will have sports.
WATERLOO — Waterloo High School’s 54th annual sports award ceremony wasn’t the usual night of celebration it has been in years past. Nonetheless, the Athletic Department ensured the district’s student-athletes were honored for their hard work and dedication.
SENECA FALLS — Mynderse Academy still found a way to honor its athletes for the hard work put in during the fall and winter sports seasons.
PENN YAN — Area high schools continue to come up with clever ways to make sure their student-athletes receive recognition for their hard-fought fall and winter seasons.
LATHAM — The New York State Public High School Athletic Association has put together a task force to begin examining the potential impact of COVID-19 on the upcoming fall 2020 season — as well as the entire 2020-21 school year.
GENEVA — Not much solace can be taken from getting the spring sports season ripped away from a senior athlete ready for their swan song. If asked, any athlete would say they rather would have had a few playing opportunities instead of none.
GENEVA — As of Friday, when schools officially closed for the school year, Geneva’s Ryan Fishback high school tennis career came to an unexpected end after five unbelievable years with the varsity program.
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LATHAM — The announcement that many suspected came down from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Monday morning: There will be no state championships for spring sports in 2020.
LATHAM — There is still hope that high school spring sports seasons will happen and that the Geneva boys basketball team will get to compete for its first state title.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Hobart and William Smith sailing began their Spring 2020 season with a road trip to George Washington University for the GW Team Race.
GENEVA — The Hobart men’s ice hockey team (20-4-3) hosted New England College at the Cooler Saturday in the New England Hockey Conference semifinal and used a late shorthanded goal to seal a 4-2 victory and advance to the NEHC championship for the third consecutive year.
GENEVA — The fifth-ranked Hobart hockey team showed a lot of heart and guts against Skidmore in the first round of the New England Hockey Conference tournament Saturday.
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MENDON — Twin sisters Molly and Claire Pullen are hoping to qualify for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships.
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MENDON — Twin sisters Molly and Claire Pullen are hoping to qualify for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships.
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CANANDAIGUA — Teams always remember tough losses, but when teams lose just one match out of 15, that single loss sticks out all the more.
PITTSFORD — Penn Yan tennis has had an excellent season thus far.
GENEVA — Colleen Boardman’s voice began to crack when she reflected upon the 2019 season for her Lyons girls’ tennis team.
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