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...

Boys Lacrosse Sectionals

I was able to capture a few sectional quarterfinals, semifinals, and all three Section V championships.

The first sectional game was on May 27th, 2010. This was a great matchup on paper as the usual lacrosse powerhouse Irondequoit Eagles took on the surprise team of Class B, the McQuaid Jesuit Knights. McQuaid had an outstanding year but couldn't stop Irondequoit's offense early. Greg Coholan (pictured) had 5 goals for Irondequoit as they took down the higher seed 14-9. Click here for the rest of the photos...

Class A scheduled two semifinal games at SpencerportH.S. on Tuesday, June 1st. The first game was between the Red Raiders and Royal Comets. Fairport started with a four goal lead after 1 quarter. RH played Fairport pretty even for the next 2 quarters keeping it close. The Royal Comets could not keep up with the great defense and goaltending of Fairport. Fairport's offense was top notch as usual too as they move on to the championship game. Fairport 15, RH 9. Click here for the rest of the pics....

The second game on June 1st was between Pittsford and Penfield. Pittsford poured on the offense early scoring 8 goals in the first quarter against Penfield. The winner would move on to the Section V Class A Championship game at St. John Fisher. The Panthers never looked back shutting down the Penfield offense and beating the Patriots 18-4. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The start of three finals was on June 4th, 2010 at St. John Fisher College. The first game was between Aquinas and Penn Yan. Aquinas started off strong with early goals. Billy Lombardi dominated the face-offs and it never really got close. Aquinas wins the Class C Championship 14-9 and move on into the state brackets. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The second game was between Webster Thomas and Irondequoit on Friday June 4th. Thomas scored the first couple goals of the game and looked like they were on there way to a big lead. Irondequoit fought back and poured it on led by Mike Utz who had 7 goals and won the MVP. The Eagles won the Class B championship with a 16-13 score over the Titans. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The last game at St. John Fisher was between the Red Raiders and the Panthers. I really was most excited to see this game because I thought it would be the closest of the three. I was disappointed as Fairport was too strong for Pittsford. Their offense is incredible, but I have now seen their goalie (Blaze Riorden) twice and have to say he impressed me the most this year. Not only is the sophomore great in the net, he came out of the net in this game to score a goal. Fairport wins 10-3. Click here for the rest of the pics...

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...

Girls Lax Continued...

I was able to fit in the first half of a girls lacrosse game on Thursday, May 6th. The girls of Arcadia/Olympia took on the Spartans at Gates. The game started as the sun was going down casting a nice orange glow on the field and players. The Lightning won by the score of 16-13. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I shot another first half of Gates-Chili girls lacrosse and this time they were up against the Monarchs from Mercy on May 10th. Mercy played very good to start and went up big with a bunch of goals in the first half. The Monarchs ended up winning 17-10. Click here for the rest of the pics...

First of the spring sectional games was on Saturday May 22nd at Gates-Chili as they took on the Thunder. The game was close as both teams seemed to be pretty even. Gates broke a tie score late and held onto the ball for the last minute to advance in the brackets with a 12-11 score. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The first of two Class A semifinal games played at Brighton on May 28th was between the Patriots and Royal Comets. This game was back and forth as each team matched the other with goals. The game was determined on a penalty shot by Penfield with :02 seconds left. Penfield scored to go up 8-7 and the RH coach was not happy. He was given a red card and the Patriots moved onto the finals. Click here for the rest of the pics...

This was the second semifinal game of the night at Brighton. The first was close, but this game was closer going three overtimes before Pittsford scored in sudden death(victory). Both teams fought hard and both scored a goal in the second OT as Pittsford won 11-10. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Boys Lax Continued...

Here are some more boys lacrosse regular season games from Section V.

I think on this day April 8th, I wanted to photograph a baseball game but the weather was not cooperating like the previous two days. I decided to make sure to get a game in by shooting a lacrosse game because they usually don't get rained out. I decided on the Saints and Warriors who played at Churchville-Chili's stadium. While the weather stayed decent I was able to catch a great game between the two teams. Schroeder pulled out a victory 8-6. Click here for the rest of the pics...

On April 13th, I was able to shoot the first half of Brockport at Gates-Chili as the sun was setting. Some really nice color in a bunch of the shots but had to work with some odd shadows too. Gates took control early and won by the score of 16-4. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I was in Hawaii for a week and I came back to a great game between Aquinas and Penn Yan on April 29th. Penn Yan started off quick and it looked like they might runaway with this one. Aquinas came back with a streak of goals in the second quarter to close the gap. Penn Yan played an outstanding second half to stay ahead and finish off the Irish. Penn Yan 14, Aquinas 6 was the final. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The Spartans played Brighton on May 1st and played great and actually tied the Barons late in the game at 10 a piece. I was very impressed with the comeback as I have seen both teams play this year and thought GC would not be able to keep it close. The Barons scored 2 late goals in the 4th quarter to retake the lead and get the win. Final score; Brighton 12, Gates-Chili 10. I thought this photo was funny and it was something different than the normal action shot. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Boys Tennis

I shot a few photos of the Royal Comets and Spartans at Gates on May 17th, 2010. Always like to get a few galleries of the less covered sports in every season and didn't really have a chance until that week. Here are a few of my favorites from the matches. 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...