2010 Herb Fitch All-Star Games

I was at Victor H.S. on Saturday, July 10th for both the boys and girls senior games. The girls started at 4pm and boys later at 6pm. There was a decent crowd that grew as the game went along. I was surprised at the lack of media to only a select few representatives. Both games had a very relaxed atmosphere as both the players and coaches seemed to be having a great time. The white team for the girls won 19-17. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The boys white team beat the blue team 15-12. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I tried something new and brought along the video camera in which I had the camera on a mini-tripod while I took photos. Here are both videos....

28th Annual Eddie Meath All-Star Game 2010

This year the game took place on a hot July 4th day. This was a much better played game than last year. It was good to see some improved sportsmanship by everyone involved. Offensively, Clay Harris for the East and Adam Gruschow for the West stood out. Zach Cicero and Shawn Burke seemed to be in on every tackle and played great defense for the East. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Two Hornell players (Austin Dwyer #44 and Cody Recktenwald #56) pay homage to fallen classmates

The west all-stars warm-up before the game

West all-stars exit their locker room

East all-stars await the national anthem

Captains of the west all-stars greet a child honoree

Tom Rapone (#72) looks to make a block

Nick DiMartino (#1) gets by a tackler

Gannon Osborn (#12) and team celebrates his touchdown

Duell Smith (#23) eyes an open receiver

Manny Magliocco (#17) fires a screen pass to his receiver

Adam Gruschow (#1) is tripped up by David Tack (#3)

Cheerleading all-stars show off their moves at halftime

Girls State Softball

I covered a day of girls state softball games in Waterloo this year on June 12th for MaxPreps. I decided that I would post each game I covered even if they do not include a section V team.

The first game I covered included a section V team and was between Hoosick Falls (Sect. 2) v. Gananda (Sect. 5). Hoosick Falls started the scoring with two runs after some errors by Gananda. Gananda chipped in a run later but so did Hoosick Falls. Gananda looked like they were getting back in it only down a run (3-2) in the bottom of the sixth. They had a chance to tie but a runner was thrown out at home to end any threat and seal the victory for Hoosick Falls. They would advance to play Rhinebeck (Sect. 9) in the finals. Click here for the rest of the photos...

The second game that I shot during the early hour was between the Livingston Manor Wildcats and the Germantown Lady Clippers of Class D. There was four fields used during the first few time blocks so I had to shoot two games going on at the same time while another MaxPreps photog shot the other two. I only was able to shoot the last few innings of this game but the Livingston Manor pitcher (Marissa Diescher) was throwing a no-hitter. There were a few errors by the Wildcats that had produced a run for Germantown. The end score was 4-1 and Livingston Manor moved on to the finals with a no-hitter. I also read later that Marissa has committed to Penn State. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The next group of games that I photographed started with a Class AA Semifinal between CNS and North Rockland. I had never seen a team with as many lefty hitters as CNS (7 lefties) in a lineup. Not only were they mostly lefty but all seemed to run and slap hit to get on. The strategy didn't seem to work through six innings as they were down 1-0 but in the bottom of the seventh with 2 outs CNS strung 5 straight hits together to walk off to the finals. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I was only able to shoot the first couple of innings between Pearl River and Floral Park, since there was a final I needed to cover playing at the same time. The game was a pitching duel which is funny to say since most teams have unbelievable pitchers when they get to this point. Pearl River ended up winning 2-0 and moving on to the Class A final against Pittsford Mendon. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Olean looked very strong in this game and put away Dobbs Ferry with a 5-0 win. I did not see the first few innings but the last couple were quick as Olean's pitcher was dominant throwing a one hitter. Olean moved on to the finals to play Chenango Valley. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The next game I covered was great. I was able to see the last few innings of the game before Livingston Manor ended a 1-1 tie with a base hit in the seventh. The Wildcats (Sect. 9) scored the run in the seventh inning to edge the Bolivar-Richburg Wolverines 2-1 and win the Class D Championship. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Last game of the day and once again, great pitching by both teams. Bay Shore was able to break through and score a few runs as CNS was held scoreless. CNS could only scrounge up two hits against Bay Shore's pitcher Liz Weber. Weber's outstanding pitching led Bay Shore to a 4-0 victory and the Class AA Championship. Click here for the rest of the pics...