Saturday H.S Football October 2nd

I covered two high school football games on October 2nd. The first was played at St. John Fisher and was between Pittsford and Penfield. Pittsford dominated the game on the ground and defeated Penfield 35-30. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The second game was between Eastridge and Honeoye Falls-Lima at Eastridge's new stadium. It is a brand new turf field and looks great. Eastridge was able to win a shootout 40-35. Click here for the rest of the pics...

(Panther Matt Sullivan #6 is able to drag a Penfield tackler into the endzone)

(Patriot Nick Costanza #2 dives for a few more yards before landing out of bounds)

(Pittsford Running Back Dominic Delucia #22 breaks a tackle and looks for extra yards)

(Panther fans cheer on the offense after a first down)

(Cougars Running Back Ryan Quackenbush #32 breaks into the open field)

(HFL Quarterback Dylan Swetman #4 attempts to stiff arm the defender)

(Wide Receiver Adam Rabidoux #85 makes a great catch near the sideline while falling down)

Spring Baseball

Finally was able to get a baseball game in amongst all of these lacrosse games. The East Orientals took on the Spencerport Rangers at Spencerport on April 4th. The game stayed pretty close through the first 5 innings that I was able to photograph. Spencerport ended up tacking on a bunch of runs at the end to win 8-2. Click here for the rest of the pics...

One week I'm sweating from the heat and the next week, like on Friday, it's snowing during a baseball game. I was prepared for the cold Friday afternoon but it definitely slowed down the hitting early. Pittsford Sutherland took on the Irondequoit Eagles at Irondequoit on April 9th. Most of the runs were scored late innings as the teams warmed up (but not the weather). Sutherland won the game 8-4 and the weather made me think that my Hawaii trip couldn't come soon enough. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Saturday, April 10th was a beautiful day and I was able to photograph two different games. The first was baseball at Rush Henrietta as they took on Honeoye Falls-Lima. Tough game for the Royal Comets as they lost to a powerful HFL team 16-3. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Arcadia travelled to Gates to take on the Spartans on April 12th. Gates strung some hits together to give them a decent lead and had some strong pitching to win 8-3. Click here to see the pics...

This was the last game I saw before going on vacation a few weeks ago. The game was played between the Cadets and Trojans on April 14th. Hilton's hitting impressed me as they were putting up runs almost every inning. There was a scary moment in the game when one of Athena's infielders was hit in the neck by a throw. He seemed ok as he was helped off the field. Hilton ended up winning the game 11-0. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I was glad to see these teams had their aces going for them when I arrived. I missed seeing Eich last year and wanted to get a chance to photograph him pitching. Wandtke for GC was great too, the only runs scored were due to some errors in the infield by the Spartans. Eich and the Saints came out on top 2-0. Click here for the rest of the photos...

The weather in the last week has been less than sunny and on Friday it looked like the clouds were going to drop some serious rain or snow. The sky opened up in certain areas over Gates creating a small hole in the dark sky. The game did only have a few sprinkles but the threat was always there. Hilton ended up beating Gates 14-5. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I had to shoot some more portraits in Canandaigua last Saturday, so I was able to shoot the Victor v. Canandaigua baseball game. The weather was windy with a little bit of rain falling for the first 6 innings. The Braves had taken an early lead but Victor came back to tie it at 4 sending the game into extra innings. Victor scored a run in the top of the seventh but hail stopped the game in the bottom of the inning. The game was called a tie. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Early Spring Lacrosse

Spring season started with a string of boys lacrosse games. Here is a few to get my blog going again. The first game of the year was between the Bath Haverling Rams and the Mynderse Academy Blue Devils played at the Aquinas Institute on March 27th. Bath took control right away and was up big before giving up some late goals. I was excited to get back outside to shoot even if it was cold early. It did warm up by the start of the second game. Bath beat Mynderse 18-7. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The second game on Saturday put St. Francis from section 6 up against the home team Aquinas L'il Irish. St. Francis beat Bishop Kearney the day before 14-3, but section 5 had it's revenge through the Irish. I was only able to shoot the first half and Aquinas was pouring on the offense and up 8-0 when I left. The game ended with Aquinas winning 14-2. Click here for the rest of the pics...

On Monday, March 29th, the Honeoye Falls-Lima Cougars took on the Fairport Red Raiders at Fairport. The game started with a somewhat cloudy day and was overcast. Fairport scored early and often and led 13-1 at halftime. Fairport switched goalies at half and the scoring continued into the third. I left for the Canandaigua/Pittsford game after three quarters because Fairport was ahead 15-2. The game ended 16-4. Click here for the rest of the pics...

After the Fairport-HFL game, I drove over to Nazareth college for the Canandaigua-Pittsford game. I stayed 3 quarters as Canandaigua were dominating the game but not really the score. It was 7-2 and I felt Canandaigua's offense was too much for Pittsford. King in goal was also having a great game. I was mistaken as I found out that Pittsford fought back to within 2 goals. That was as far as they got though and the Braves pulled out the victory 7-5. Click here for the rest of the pics...

On April 1st, the Penfield Patriots took on the Webster Thomas Titans at McAvoy Park. This was the best lacrosse game that I have seen so far this year. It was evenly matched as both teams traded the lead throughout the fourth quarter. The game went into overtime and was ended by JT Hauck of Thomas on a shot that sent him to the turf. At first, I thought he was protecting himself from being mobbed but noticed that everyone stopped when they got to him and that he was injured, Luckily, it was just a leg cramp and he eventually walked off the field smiling. Click here for the rest of the pics...

After the Penfield-Thomas game on Thursday I decided to catch some of the Lightning-Barons game at 7pm. I only stayed for the first half because Brighton already had the game in hand at that point. It was 11-2 at half and Brighton ended up winning 17-5. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The last game of this blog was between the Gates-Chili Spartans and the Webster Thomas Titans at Gates. The Spartans look like a young, rebuilding team and it showed Saturday. Thomas came out on fire, scoring 10 in the first quarter while Gates did not score. Thomas ended up winning 20-6 with many players showing up on the scoresheet. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Rush Henrietta Football Camp

I decided to get up early Saturday and take a look at a few teams scrimmaging at Rush-Henrietta's football camp. There were six teams practicing in a 7 on 7 format. I mostly concentrated on the QB's during the camp because this is their opportunity to show off their passing skills. They throw almost every down. The six teams were RH, Avon, Geneseo, Spencerport, Honeoye Falls-Lima, and Irondequoit. Here are the showcase quarterbacks from the camp.

Gallery: RH Camp

27th Eddie Meath All-Star Game

East battled West in Section V's Eddie Meath All-Star. The game was not a great game as East beat the Westside 27-0. It was good to see a few seniors that I did not see play this year. I was impressed with East's running back Anthony Short, wide receiver Jasper Collins, and defensive lineman Mike Raplee. On the westside I was very impressed with Brett Harrington and Devin Washington's defense. On a sour note there was a fight towards the end of the game that included alot of trash talking and way too many penalties called for a all-star game. I took alot of photos so check out the gallery...here are a few.

Gallery: East v. West pics

JV Lacrosse with a Touch of Baseball

JV lacrosse followed up the varsity team by playing HFL also. On this friday they played the cougars to a tight game. After getting in 3 quarters, I made my way over to the varsity baseball field and shot about 2 innings of the game. They were playing Rush Henrietta and the light was starting to dim.

I am way behind with the blog and may start doubling up for a couple days. I also have to catch up because in a week I will be making my road trip to Yellowstone.

JV Lacrosse Gallery: GC v. HFL

Baseball Gallery: GC v. RH

Rainy Day Sports

It was overcast as I shot JV tennis early in the evening. The tennis team was playing Greece Athena at the middle school courts. I rushed to get as many athletes in as possible because I knew the rain was coming. The photos didn't come out how I wanted them too, but there were a few decent action shots.

An hour later the boys lacrosse game against the Honeoye Falls-Lima Cougars began and the rain started to fall too. It was my opportunity to try out my rain cover for the 300mm and my new rain jacket and pants. The cover worked great with a few kinks to work out from going horizontal to vertical quickly. The rain gear kept me dry and I was able to pull off some shots I would normally have a difficult time getting in that weather.

Tennis Gallery: GC v. Athena

Lacrosse Gallery: GC v. HFL