Tim Irving

By TIM IRVING Leadership and UPrep Saturday featured a battle of opposing styles of play. The Lions finished with a 74-65 victory, but it was anything but a comfortable nine-point win. The Griffins came out dominating inside with the combination of Andrew Edwards, Jaden Simms and Cam Dyer going to the basket. While Maurice McKinney started slowly for Leadership, Sean … [Read more...] about Leadership’s Mo-mentum shift keys win over UPrep

By TIM IRVING “We like to say, our expectations are little higher here at Cal-Mum for basketball.” Coach Dan Dickens has turned expectations into tradition for the Raiders. On Friday, he earned his 300th career win as Cal-Mum topped Keshequa 90-38. Dickens has earned nine Section V titles at the Livingston County school, six as the softball coach and three in boys … [Read more...] about Dickens earns 300th win at Caledonia-Mumford

By TIM IRVING For the past 33 seasons, Rick Giuffrida has stood behind the bench coaching Irondequoit hockey, the first 16 years as an assistant and the last 17 as the varsity coach. And in a season unlike any of the other 32, he recorded win number 200 in a 7-3 victory for the Eagles over Brockport. “The whole mindset of coaching, for somebody whose programmed, like … [Read more...] about Irondequoit’s Giuffrida earns 200th victory in win over Brockport

By TIM IRVING Last April when the All-State girls basketball teams were announced, most of us were dealing with the reality of a global pandemic. So, we might have missed that East Rochester’s Sam Lewis earned second-team Class C honors, best among returning Section V players. And basketball isn’t even her first sport. The junior accounted for 22 points Wednesday … [Read more...] about East Rochester flies past Clyde-Savannah in Wayne County Girls

By TIM IRVING Webster Thomas and Victor were both within a day of heading to the State hockey semifinals last season when all the remaining winter State Championships and all since, were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Every day’s a blessing and we tell the boys every day that, don’t take anything for granted because you never know, it could be taken away at any … [Read more...] about Victor edges Thomas in battle of defending hockey champions