Brockport Men's Basketball (Section V Alumni)

   Checkout the Section V Alumni currently on the College of Brockport.  The Golden Eagles are flying high on a 15 game win streak and ranked 20th in the country. Here they are:

Mitch Cote (2) Brockport Golden Eagles

Penfield Alumni

January 14th, 2014;  Brockport, NY; USA; Mitch Cote (2) passes to a teammate during the Brockport Golden Eagles Men's Basketball game vs. the Fredonia Blue Devils at Jim and John Vlogianitis Gymnasium.

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John Ivy (3) Brockport Golden Eagles

East Alumni

January 14th, 2014;  Brockport, NY; USA; John Ivy (3) lays in the finger roll during the Brockport Golden Eagles Men's Basketball game against the Fredonia Blue Devils at Jim and John Vlogianitis Gymnasium.

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Bobby Bell (14) Brockport Golden Eagles

East Alumni

December 4th, 2012;  Rochester, NY; USA; Bobby Bell (14) dribbles by a defender during the Brockport Golden Eagles game vs. the Oswego Lakers at Jim and John Vlogianitis Gymnasium.

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Brandon Caruthers (22) Brockport Golden Eagles

East Alumni

December 6th, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Brandon Caruthers (22) looks for an open pass during the Brockport Golden Eagles game vs. the St. John Fisher Cardinals at Roberts Wesleyan Gymnasium.

Brandon in the Ronald McDonald All-Star game in his East uniform.

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Patrick Coyle (25) Brockport Golden Eagles

Bishop Kearney Alumni

December 6th, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Patrick Coyle (25) grabs a rebound during the Brockport Golden Eagles game against the St. John Fisher Cardinals at Roberts Wesleyan Gymnasium.

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Jake DiLallo (44) Brockport Golden Eagles

Greece Olympia Alumni

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November Soccer Sectionals

Sectional Semifinals....Hilton and Webster Schroeder was the late game. Click here for the rest of this gallery...

First game was between Penfield and Webster Thomas. Click here for the rest of the gallery...

Gates-Chili Field Hockey

On October 21st, I shot a game between Gates-Chili and Penfield at the Spartans home field. I was there to get some shots to make some senior posters for the coach, but I also got to photograph a great moment for the Spartans team. I was able to capture a goal celebration for the Gates team. Most would say big deal, but if you know about the fairly new varsity field hockey team then you would understand. Goals do not come very often for the Spartans so this was great to catch, next year I am hopeing to catch a celebration for a win. Penfield did end up winning this one. Click here for the rest of the pics...

(Jasleen Dhaliwal #7 and a Penfield player battle for control of the ball in the rain)

(Keirstin Briggs #19 slaps the ball upfield after a foul)

(Claire Barnwell #4 celebrates and runs towards her teammates after scoring on a penalty shot)

(Claire Barnwell #4 celebrates with a teammate after scoring on a penalty shot)

Baseball and Sectionals

On May 20th of this year, Aquinas played McQuaid at McQuaid H.S. I was expecting a better game between these two teams on that Thursday but the Knights worked the Aquinas pitching to score 7 runs. Aquinas could only muster 1 run against the Knights' pitcher Nate Harris. McQuaid with a good win over the Irish 7-1. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The next day, Friday May 21st, was my last game to shoot before sectionals began and it had two teams battling for the division. Victor's hitting started off hot knocking the starting pitcher for Sutherland out early. Sutherland did make a run, putting some hits together but not enough before the rain came down. Victor ended up winning 8-5 and winning the division. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The first of two games on June 3rd, was between McQuaid and Webster Thomas for the Class AA title. The Titans pitcher, Cam Scalzo, started off great and actually carried a no hitter through four innings keeping a 1-0 game. He eventually gave up a string of hits that gave McQuaid a 3-1 lead. Nate Harris pitched outstanding for McQuaid and was given the MVP as the Knights won 4-1. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The second game on that Thursday night was between Churchville-Chili v. Penfield for the Class AAA title. Both pitchers were outstanding but Rob Mabee from the Patriots outlasted Jordan Eich to get the victory and MVP award. Penfield won 5-3 and took the Section V Class AAA crown. 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...

Swimming and Wrestling

On December 8th, I planned to cover two Gates-Chili Sporting events. First, the boys swimming team took on Penfield at the new facility. It was early enough so that I could go home eat and come back for wrestling. Here are a few from early in the afternoon. Click here for the rest...

The wrestling team was taking on Holley at 8 PM. I was back at the high school around 7:30 to find out the matches had already started. I asked and found out that it was changed to a 6:30 start. Instead of heading home, I shot the last few matches and was able to get a few decent shots. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Junior Varsity Sports

Last week I wanted to fit in a few JV matches for Gates-Chili. I try to get at least one game in for some of the sports but it doesn't always happen. Anyways I shot the girls JV soccer team a week ago and decided to catch the boys too. I only shot the first half between Gates and Olympia because available light has become scarce in NY after 5:30 PM. The JV team was very good and had many scoring opportunities early with no results. Here two players get tangled battling for the loose ball.

The battle for the ball continues in the air as two players jump for a header.

Later that week I also shot the JV football team as they took on Penfield. These Spartans also were dominating early as I watched them score early and often. After three quarters I had enough shots to put up a decent gallery for the team. The offense had it's normal Gates-Chili format of running the ball numerous times with great results.

The defense stifled the Patriots offense to get the ball back to their run heavy offense.

JV Gallery: Olympia v. GC

JV Gallery: GC v. Penfield

Cold Weather Soccer

This week the temperature has dipped down into sweatshirt and raincoat weather. I shot two soccer games this week and the weather was horrible Monday for the Gates-Chili boys game against Hilton. It started as a cold late afternoon game but took a turn for the worse as the rain and wind kicked in. I was prepared for the rain with my rain pants, jacket, and most importantly a thinktank camera cover. Everything stayed dry so the protection did its job and I took some cool photos of the rain affecting the play. Gates ended up losing 2-0 in this horrible Rochester weather.

Hilton's Corey Sherman (23) slides into Spartans midfielder Paul Altobelli (17) during a cold rainstorm in Gates.

Gates midfielder Joe Plummer (16) and Cadets defenseman Kyle Bryan (17) keep their eyes on the ball.

Wednesday, I drove over to Rush Henrietta high school were they took on #1 Penfield in boys soccer. Again, the weather was cold but the rain never showed up for this one. It was overcast with some dark clouds which produced some rich saturated photos. RH scored an early goal that stood after one half of play. I planned on leaving at halftime but with a chance of an upset I decided to stick around longer. Ten minutes into the second half Penfield tied up the game. I decided it was time to go, but found out later that RH scored again to upset Penfield. I was upset I missed probably a decent celebration but I wasn't as prepared for the cold. I knew I made the right decision because I already was feeling the effects of a cold.

Royal Comets defender Josh Olinger (2) keeps Penfield attacker Alex Swanger (12) away from the ball.

RH's goalie Antonio Donoso (1) punches the ball away from Patriots midfielder Steve Mounnarat (10).

Soccer Galleries:

GC v. Hilton

RH v. Penfield

Season Favorites 2008-09: Wrestling

I decided I wanted to finish off my first full high school sports season with a "best of" for each sport. I only shot a few wrestling matches for Gates-Chili this year, but I did shoot sectionals and super-sectionals. So here are my favorites for the 2008-2009 season.

Galleries: 2008-09 Wrestling