2012 Brockport College Celebrations

Arnold De La Cruz (77) of the Brockport Golden Eagles, hoists the I-90 Bowl trophy over his teammates at Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium, in Brockport, NY. The Golden Eagles defeated the Buffalo St. Bengals 38-24. September 8th, 2012.

Brockport Golden Eagles Senior Karen Bianchi (24), celebrates her 3rd goal against the RIT Tigers at the RIT Turf Field in Rochester, N.Y on March 21st, 2012.

Kody Vaisanen and Mike Hayward of the Brockport Golden Eagles, celebrate a goal against the Western New England Golden Bears in Brockport, N.Y. September 8th, 2012.

Nick Tata (10) airplanes towards his teammates after scoring his first goal of the season for the Brockport Golden Eagles against the RIT Tigers at RIT College in Rochester, N.Y. August 31st, 2012.

Brett Jendra (16), of the Brockport Golden Eagles, celebrates after scoring against the Western New England Golden Bears at Brockport College in Brockport, N.Y. January 12th, 2012.

Brockport College Sophomore, Chelsea Ross (1) celebrates with her teammates against the Nazareth Golden Flyers at SUNY Brockport in Brockport, N.Y. September 26th, 2012.

Brockport Golden Eagle Defender, Nikkia Russell (15), celebrates her goal with a heel click against the Nazareth Golden Flyers at SUNY Brockport in Brockport, N.Y. September 11th, 2012.

Jean Farrell celebrates after the Brockport Golden Eagles take the lead against the Fredonia Blue Devils in Brockport, N.Y. April 27th, 2012.

Senior Jordan Hogan (5), gestures to his teammate for a chest bump after scoring against the Buffalo St. Bengals at SUNY Brockport in Brockport, N.Y. September 8th, 2012.

Ben Woolston (52) screams after his team scores against the Buffalo St. Bengals at SUNY Brockport. in Brockport, N.Y. September 8th, 2012.

Spring 2011

Fall season is approaching quickly, so here is another catch-up blog on some of my favorite pics from the spring season. I also want to blog about some recent portrait shots that I am shooting for NSR...coming soon. High school sports can be found here... H.S. Gallery

SUNY Brockport Athletics can be found here... Bport Athletics

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...

Girls Softball

I plan on updating my blog with all the games that I was busy with during the spring. The summer is a slowdown period for photography and hopefully it will give me time to catch up on a lot of things.

I did not get a chance to shoot too much softball this year. Here are some of the galleries from Section V. I will have another blog later with a bunch of galleries from states. The first softball game of the year for me was Gates-Chili v. Eastridge. The Spartans and Lancers played at Gates-Chili on May 4th. It was a good game but I did not stay the entire game as I had to get home. Eastridge ended up beating Gates in the end. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The next game was also at GCand put them up against Greece Athena. Greece Athena showed their power against Gates-Chili on that Friday beating them 9-1. The Trojans were led by Nina Korn who went 3 for 4 with 2 home runs. This girl has a great swing with some serious power. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The third Gates game was between Gates and Olympia. The classic Spartans v. Spartans matchup was on a Wednesday at Gates-Chili. Olympia's pitching stifled the Gates-Chili girls and Olympia brought out the bats as they won 16-2. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I was able to get in an early round sectional game that did not involve Gates-Chili. Wayne travelled to Thornell Park to take on Pittsford Mendon on a Thursday night. Danielle Grage threw a no hitter against the Eagles. While the pitching was great for Mendon, they also put together some rallies to win 10-0. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Season Favorites 2008-09: Softball

I decided I wanted to finish off my first full high school sports season with a "best of" for each sport. Softball is a little more challenging than baseball but it did not take long before I was getting some good results. Here are my favorites for the 2008-2009 season.

Galleries: 2008-09 Softball

Sunny Girls Softball

Here are some more varsity girls softball photos taken on a very bright sunny day showing some harsh shadows. Gates played at home against Rush Henrietta. I didn't get to see the whole game because I had to leave for boys lacrosse. I shot about 6 innings so I am unsure who won. Here are some shots...

Girls Gallery: GC v. RH