By BILLY HEYEN ROCHESTER, N.Y. — When May 27, 2017 was brought up to several McQuaid Knights recently, they spouted off one-word synonyms of each other. “Craziness.” “Chaotic.” “Pandemonium.” That’s the day Frontier Field played host to the Class AA Section V final between McQuaid and Rush-Henrietta. That’s the day that a sophomore homered to half a deficit, then … [Read more...] about ‘A crazy story forever’: Looking back at McQuaid’s 2017 sectional title
Tyler Cyrus
Pappalardo leads Fish to back-to-back victories; Freese delivers for Monsters
LAKE MONSTERS 6 FLYIN' FISH 10 Evan Pappalardo (Finger Lakes CC) hurled six innings and picked up his second win in as many starts as the Flyin' Fish (10-9) won for the fourth time in five games. Pappalardo struck out three, walked two and allowed four runs on six hits. Kole Brink (SUNY Fredonia) and Jason Schulz (RIT) combined for five hits, three RBI and three runs scored … [Read more...] about Pappalardo leads Fish to back-to-back victories; Freese delivers for Monsters
Far West Region action set for Saturday
NYSPHSAA Far West Regional action will take place at three sites on Saturday: Rochester's Frontier Field, Niagara Falls High School and Russell Diethrick Park in Jamestown. Here's the rundown. Class AA: Section V Champion McQuaid (16-5) vs. Section VI Champion Clarence (18-5) Saturday at Niagara Falls High 3 p.m. McQuaid, ranked No. 7 in the latest NYS Class AA poll, … [Read more...] about Far West Region action set for Saturday
Sectional games rescheduled
The D1 and D2 finals will be played on Friday. The tournament will resume Saturday featuring finals in Classes A1 and A2, C1 and C2. Saturday's action will also see the Class AA and B finals originally scheduled for the day. Class A2 final: No. 3 seed Sutherland (13-9) vs. No. 8 seed Aquinas (10-12) Saturday at Dwyer Stadium 10 a.m. Sutherland cruises into the final on … [Read more...] about Sectional games rescheduled
Class AA semi-final preview: Will the upsets continue?
No. 5 seed McQuaid will play No. 8 seed Victor while No. 2 seed Fairport is set to face No. 6 seed Rush-Henrietta. On the line will be the two spots in the Class AA final. No. 5 seed McQuaid (14-5) vs. No. 8 seed Victor (13-9) Wednesday at Dwyer Stadium at 4:30 p.m. Players to Watch: MCQUAID- Tyler Cyrus (Sr. DH/1B .341, 12RBI), Erik Johnson (Jr. LHP 28.1 IP, 2.71 … [Read more...] about Class AA semi-final preview: Will the upsets continue?