Paul Gotham

Section V Boys' Soccer Class D1 heads to Wayland-Cohocton and Perry for its Final Four. Three of the top four seeds remain. Here's the breakdown: No. 1 seed NAPLES BIG GREEN (15-1-1/Finger Lakes West) vs. No. 5 seed ARKPORT/CANASERAGA (11-5-1/Steuben County Division II) How they got here: Naples opened with a 3-0 win over No. 8 seed Marion. Arkport/Canaseraga defeated No. 4 … [Read more...] about Section V Semifinals Preview: Boys’ Soccer Class D1

Section V Boys’ Soccer Class D2 heads to Bolivar-Richburg and Churchville-Chili for its Final Four. The top four seeds remain. Here's the breakdown: No. 1 seed HINSDALE BOBCATS (11-3-1/Allegany County Division II) vs. No. 4 seed SCIO TIGERS (8-6-2/Allegany County Division I) How they got here: Hinsdale opened with an 2-0 win over No. 8 seed Hammondsport in the quarter-finals. … [Read more...] about Section V Semifinals Preview: Boys’ Soccer Class D2

By PAUL GOTHAM AVON, N.Y. --  A penalty kick converted in the 51st minute broke a scoreless tie and ultimately served as a wake-up call. Trailing 1-0, Alex Mayen and Lee Hartke scored goals less than three minutes apart as third-seeded Avon rallied to defeat No. 6 Sodus in Section V Class C1 quarter-final action, Saturday. "We just knew that we had to step it up a notch … [Read more...] about Hartke and Mayen deliver; Avon boys rally to beat Sodus

By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Earl Blackmon couldn't help but laugh. Four minutes removed from the end of the season, the C.G. Finney girls' soccer team managed to survive. And Blackmon thought about the age of his team. "We don't have any seniors," he said.  "Seventh, eighth, ninth graders that’s all we got." Ninth grader Grace Kearney and seventh grader Kate … [Read more...] about Finney girls advance on PKs

By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- With little more than two minutes remaining in the first half of Friday's Section V Class B1 Girls' Soccer matchup, Kuditra Derosa fell in heap after a collision inside the opposing six-yard box. Nearly 19 minutes of game time later, the Greece Olympia senior finished off the eventual winning goal as the second-seeded Spartans went on to beat … [Read more...] about Olympia girls hold off Geneva for quarterfinal win