By BILLY HEYEN EAST ROCHESTER, N.Y. — After Brett Heininger threw strike three, Brooks Shepard head coach Chris Sullivan, Greece Post head coach Dan Ford and District 7 commissioner George Debay all looked at each other. That third strike had created the nightmare scenario. Brooks Shepard, Greece Post and James Cooke entered the night competing for the final two district … [Read more...] about Run it back: Greece Post and Brooks Shepard split to force play-in game
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McMullen cuts arrival close, doesn’t affect his ‘groove’ in Greece Post win
By BILLY HEYEN HILTON, N.Y. — After Neale McMullen’s last start one week ago, Greece Post head coach Dan Ford lamented that his starter shows up 20 minutes before game time because it leads to a rough first two innings. On Friday at Grace and Truth Sports Complex, with the game due to start at 6 p.m. and McMullen scheduled to be on the bump, he arrived at 5:40. Unlike a … [Read more...] about McMullen cuts arrival close, doesn’t affect his ‘groove’ in Greece Post win
Greece Post overcomes early deficit, walks-off to beat Brooks Shepard
By BILLY HEYEN GREECE, N.Y. — Greece Post’s Victor Torres had been going the other way all night Monday. He’d flown out twice to right field. He’d fouled balls out of play to the right side. Torres had nothing to show for his opposite field approach through six innings. But in the bottom of the seventh of a tie game, that changed. Torres got a pitch out over the plate and … [Read more...] about Greece Post overcomes early deficit, walks-off to beat Brooks Shepard
Greece Post grinds out win while 4 of its players graduate
By BILLY HEYEN GREECE, N.Y. — Greece Athena has held its graduation on Saturday in the past, said Greece Post head coach Dan Ford, so he never considered checking to be sure it was still then. Tuesday, he learned the graduation would be Friday at 7 p.m., beginning an hour after Greece Post’s Friday game began. Four of Greece Post’s players would be walking the stage on … [Read more...] about Greece Post grinds out win while 4 of its players graduate