Paul Gotham

GREECE ATHENA (11-9) 6 HILTON (17-3) 7 (eight innings) Michael Whelehan's walkoff base hit capped a late-inning rally as Hilton closed the regular season with its fourth straight win. Whelehan drove in Preston Prince with a two-out single for the game winner. Michael Heise reached on a one-out walk to start the rally and gave way to Prince as a pinch-runner. Prince moved to … [Read more...] about Smashburger Saturday Baseball Wrap: Hilton caps late-inning rally with walkoff; Brotz breaks Haverling program mark

BROCKPORT (14-6) 8 GATES CHILI (5-15) 3 Zach Richards finished 3-for-4 including an RBI single in the first inning when Brockport scored three runs to take a lead it did not surrender. Cooper Hassall started the scoring with a two-run home run. Brayden Scaccia scored on the play. Hassall finished the game with three RBI and two runs scored. Richards added two RBI in the win. … [Read more...] about Smashburger Friday Baseball Wrap: Hopkins connects on career-first slam in A/P win; Geneseo erases first-inning deficit in victory

By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A trio pitchers combined on a shutout as the East High Baseball team defeated School of the Arts, 9-0 to win the 2022 City Tournament. Miguel Matos hurled four shutout innings in relief for the Eagles (19-1) who won their 11th tournament title in the past 17 seasons and fourth in the past five. "I’m proud of these guys," Kyle Crandall said of … [Read more...] about East pulls away to take 2022 City Tournament

By PAUL GOTHAM LE ROY, N.Y. -- What started as an exercise in gaining self-respect turned into a dramatic, albeit unlikely comeback. Trailing 13-0 on Senior Day and heading into the bottom of the fifth, the Le Roy baseball team rallied to beat Caledonia-Mumford, 16-14 in Livingston County AA action on Wednesday. "When you get down like that, it’s tough to keep the morale … [Read more...] about Le Roy erases 13-run deficit in victory

GENEVA 2 GREECE ARCADIA 3 Allison Sywulski struck out six and allowed three hits for the win. Carly Cegielski and Alana Martinez collected an RBI apiece in the win. RUSH-HENRIETTA 6 AQUINAS 0 Kadyn Hartel struck out 18 and at the plate added two hits as Rush-Henrietta (11-9) closed the regular season with back-to-back wins. Hartel retired eight straight batters and 12 of 13 … [Read more...] about Smashburger Wednesday Softball Wrap: Wright strikes out 14 as Bloomfield finishes undefeated season; Mendon clinches top seed in A2