Update- T-Burg, Lansing Move On

Lansing’s T.J. French hit a Matt Colbert Pitch out over the right field fence to cap the scoring in a 6-0 victory over Dryden. Justin Payne pitched his third consecutive shutout helping the Bobcats into a semifinal berth.

When asked whether he’d rather face number three Windsor or number six Trumansburg, T.J. French had a clear answer.

“Right now I’d rather gate another shot at T-Burg,” French Said.”I think we should go out and get them back.”

Lansing, whose last loss was to Trumansburg, will get their wish.

In a scoreless duel earlier in the day, Trumansburg took Windsor into extra innings tied at 0. The game went past the seven innings regulation high school game, and then past the nine inning college and professional game, all the way to the 11th inning, where the Blue Raiders scored two runs and held on for a 2-0 victory.

The two teams will play Tuesday at a site to be determined, potentially Lansing.

Update- T-Burg Softball moves on, Percy strikes out 200th

Trumansburg ended Dryden’s sectional hopes today, beating them 14-0. Trumansburg’s Kaitlyn Percy struck out seven, including her 200th of the season. Trumansburg improves to 15-5 and will face Susquhana Valley on Tuesday.

For the whole story and more pictures pick up this weeks copy of the Trumansburg Free Press or the Dryden Courier.

Championships Around the Lake-Softball, Track

Section IV Class C

Groton 4- Spencer-Van Etten 1

Hosting their first home sectional game in ten years, the number six ranked Indians made the best of it. Playing good team defense behind a Heather Radcliffe five hit, six strike-out performance, Groton took the victory of the 11th seeded Panthers.

Pick up Wednesday’s Groton Independent for full game story and photos.

Section V Class CC

Pavilion 12- South Seneca 3

The Falcons run through the sectionals ended at number three Pavilion on Thursday. Molly Collins had an RBI single for South Seneca who ended their season 11-11.

Track and Field

Section IV Class B

The Dryden boys saw their five-year reign of sectional championships broken as the y ended up placing fourth out of 14 teams. Tim Sheftic won the long jump and ran on the second place 400-meter relay team. Tyler Beck came in second in the 3200 and fifth in the 1600. Randy Seltzer cam in third in the high jump, while Andy Horton and Patrick Streeter each added a fifth and sixth place finish.

The girls finished sixth overall with Tara Brenner as the only winner in the pole vault. Samantha Engel came in second in the triple jump and Laura Streeter came in third in the discus.

Championships around the Lake-Baseball

Section IV Baseball

Class B

Trumansburg 15- Watkins Glen 2

Number six seed Trumansburg broke open a 1-0 deficit in a big way exploding for five in the fourth and eight in the fifth. Kyle Sielaff was 3-for-5 with the go ahead RBI and Skylar Fairchild was 3-for-3.

The Blue Raiders will face number three Windsor in Windsor on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Dryden 9- Whitney Point 2

Pat Perkins went six allowing no runs, three hits, and striking out nine. Corey Goodenough scored the first run and knocked in the last run, all before Whitney Point scored a single run. Goodenough ended up 4-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.

“Cory had a great day at the plate today,” said Dryden coach Kim Brown. “He’s definitely the catalyst for our offense out of the lead-off spot.”

Colby Gee was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and Devin Cross added two RBI.

Dryden will face number two ranked Lansing this Saturday in Lansing at 1 p.m. Dryden is 0-2 against Lansing but is riding a nine game win streak and my be the most dangerous team in the playoffs right now. Lansing, however, could be the best team in the tournament right now.

Class C

Marathon 6- Spencer-Van Etten 3

David Mayer started the number 14 seeded Panther off on the right foot, knocking in an RBI in the first for a one nothing lead. However, Marathon would break open the game with two runs in each the fourth, fifth and sixth. The Panthers end the season 5-15.

Delhi 11- Groton 10

Pete Jackson had a two runner on base, two outs and a chance to tie or win the win in the bottom of the seventh when he hit a scorcher down the third base side. Unfortunately, the Delhi third baseman was able to snag the liner for the games final out. The Indians had used a five run third to catch up which included RBI from Jackson (on a triple), Kyle Yunger and Cody Sreet. Groton finishes 11-10 on the season.

Moravia 11- Newfield 5

Number nine Newfield fell to number eight seeded Moravia finishing 10-9 on the season. Nick Hayes was 3-for-4 with an RBI and Kyle Newhart added two hits for Newfield.

Candor 11- Elmira Notre Dame 7

The 15 seed made the number two seed Candor work on Thursday, as the Indians had to rally for five in the sixth capped by Mick Thomas’ two run single. Thomas was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, and Jorden Updyke added two hits and three runs scored for Candor.

Championships Around the Lake- Sectional Track, IAC Golf

Teams started off the sectional meets on Tuesday by participating in the Section IV Steeplechase and Pentathlon events.

Class C Boys

Lansing’s Josh Barber and Eddy Potter finished third and fourth respectively in the Steeple chase. Newfield’s Corey Coon finished third in the Pentathlon.

Class C Girls

Lansing’s Ryann Cretney finished second in the steeplechase, four seconds behind the leader. Newfield’s Micki Volpini placed second in the pentathalon winning the high jump and placing second in the shot put.

Interscholastic Athletic Conference Golf Championship

Lansing came in third overall on the strength of brothers Craig and Jess Esposito’s 82s on the day. Trumansburg placed Max Kohler in the top six with an 81, scoring a fifth place finish and a medal.

Groton placed fifth by a slim margin on an 82 from Bryan Murray.

The golf season ends at the Robert Trent Jones golf course at Cornell with the state competition on Sunday and Monday.

Section V Tournament Update

South Seneca each played a play-in round game yesteday and both teams came away with the victory.

The Number six ranked girls softball team topped number 11 Red Creek at home 21-6. Jackie Dresser was 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBI. Ashley Langley went 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI and Shelly Voorheis added a 3-for-5 day with two RBI as the Falsons improve to 11-10. The girls will move on to play number three ranked Pavilion at Honoye at 4:15 on Thursday.

The boys also won, something they haven’t done in the sectional tournament in the past 10 years, beating number eight ranked Geneseo 6-5. The ninth ranked Falcons were buoyed by solid defense making only one error and making three high-reel worthy catches, according to coach Brian Oddi. Ray Zajac pitched a complete game for the win and Ricky Johndrew and Jeff Sirurano each had two hits and an RBI for South Seneca. Zajac and Dave Barnick also had key RBIs to keep the Falcons out front. South Seneca will face number one ranked Lyons in Lyons at 4:15 p.m. on Friday.

Baseball and Softball Sectional Match-ups

It’s the last hurrah for some teams and start of a long playoff run for other teams, here are the previews for Sectional match-ups.

Class B baseball can get real interesting. Dryden (12-8 ) is a scary team going into this postseason and all you have to do is ask Whitney Point (3-14) about that. Whitney was the latest victim of the Purple Lions’ eight game win streak. They might be the ninth win as well. Dryden will host Whitney point in the first round of the playoffs on Thursday.
Should Dryden win they will play Lansing (20-3) at Lansing on Saturday. Lansing beat Dryden twice this, but that was during Dryden’s 4-8 stretch not their 8-0 stretch. In fact, as far as I know Lansing is the last team to beat Dryden.
Trumansburg (12-7) is in the same half of the bracket and will face off against Watkins Glen (7-12) at home on Thursday at 4:30. Barring an upset, Trumansburg will face third seeded Windsor (15-6). The winner of that match will face the winner of the Lansing quarterfinal match. Lansing has loses to three teams, one to a team they won’t face in Utica Norte Dame, one to Waverly, who they’ve beaten twice since, and one to Trumansburg.

Class C Sectionals is a bit more wide open. Newfield (10-8 ) is the only team in the top half of the bracket and they will play IAC Division III champion Moravia (12-10). The Trojans just missed a home game and will travel to Moravia for the game on Thursday. This should be a close match up between eight and nine seeds. Like it has all season, it will depend on whether Newfield show up and play defense. In their last two games they scored 10 runs and allowed only four. A similar showing could move them on.
Spencer-Van Etten (5-14) has a tough draw at number three seeded Marathon (11-5) on Thursday. The Panthers have shown the ability to play up to any team and have what it takes to beat Moravia, it’s just a matter of whether they will that day or not.
Groton (11-8 ) will travel to Whitney Point to host Delhi (10-9) on Thursday. Groton has been a big of a feast or famine team and struggled a little down the stretch, but as long as Kyle Yunger and company continue to wield hot bats they should move on.
Candor (16-3) came off a disappointing loss to Lansing in the IAC playoffs, but a loss to (1-19) Elmira Norte Dame would be embarrassing. Almost a scrimmage to open the sectional tournament, it will be a good chance for Candor to fix the mistakes they made against Lansing and regain their composure before facing the winner of the Groton/Delhi game on Saturday.
In softball, the section tournament picture is a little more concise. Number six Trumansburg (14-5) will host number 11 Dryden (5-13) on Friday at 4:30 p.m. The two teams split their matches but T-Burg took the last match up 6-1 on April 30. Kaitlyn Percy struck out 12 Purple Lions and hit a homerun in the contest.
In Class C Groton (14-5) will host its first home game in the playoffs in eight years against Spencer-Van Etten (9-11). Groton, a team that plays solid defense and can break out the bats when they need to may have their hands full with S-VE. If Tricia Brock is on for the Panthers, Groton may have a tough game ahead of them.
In Section IV CC class ball both the South Seneca boys’ and girls’ play on Tuesday May 27 and results and breakdowns can be found here tomorrow.

Lansing Captures IACs in Baseball and Track

Lansing took Interscholastic Athletic Conference championships in baseball, and boys’ and girls track over the weekend.

The Bobcats jumped all over four Candor errors and some Jordan Updyke pitches to jump out to a 10-0 lead by the end of the third. They would eventually wrap it up 13-0 on Justin Payne’s one hitter. Teagan Barresi was 3-for-3 with two doubles and three RBI.

The boys’ track team ended a four year reign of Dryden titles, snagging the IAC crown from the defending champs 104.5 to 89. Henry Potter was named MVP of the track events, winning the 400-hurdles and the 800. Dryden’s Billy Pargh was named the Field MVP with a victory in the triple jump.

The girls’ team was led by Ryann Cretney, as she earned track MVP for the Bobcats. Cretney won the 1500 and the 3000. She also ran a winning leg on the 3200 relay.

IAC Dvision I All-Stars

Here are the baseball all-stars as voted by the coaches.

First Team

Pos Name-year   School

• IF/P Matt Colbert- Jr.   Dryden

• IF/P Brian Milliman- Sr.   Lansing

• IF Kyle Sielaff- Sr.  Trumansburg

• IF Vincent Redmond- Sr. Lansing

• IF Matt Ford- Jr.  Lansing

• IF Colby Gee- So.  Dryden

• IF/P Juston Smith- Sr.  Trumansburg

• IF Bryan Marsh- Sr.  Newark Valley

• OF Zack Homerda- Sr.  Elmira Notre Dame

• OF Ben Robertson- Sr.  Trumansburg

• OF Rich Lynch- Sr.  Waverly

• OF Pat Finnerty- Jr.  Dryden

• C- Chase Emerson- Sr.  Waverly

• C- Teagen Barresi- Sr.  Lansing

• P- Mark Kuzma- Sr.  Waverly

• P- Justin Payne- Jr.  Lansing

Honorable Mention

Dryden-  Pat Perkins

Elmira Notre Dame- John Seidman

Lansing-  Will Opperman

Newark Valley- John Durand, Bryant Craft, Kevin Coleman, Corey Short, Tim Woodard

Trumansburg-  Hank Newman, Ethan Van Houten, Skylar Fairchild

Waverly-  Zack Hugg, Kevin Gorman

Tuesday Around the Lake

Baseball

Dryden 10-Whitney Point 7

The Purple Lions finish the regular 12-8 and on a eight game win streak going into sectionals. Corey Goodenough was 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored and an RBI. Pat Finnerty had two hits and added a run and two RBI. Andrew Sterling went the distance to get the win for Dryden.

Thomas A. Edison 8- Newfield 3

Niko Nuñez was 2-for-4 and Marcus Dunham had a double and two RBIs for the Trojans.

Groton 14- Spencer-Van Etten 5

Logan Randall was 4-for-4 with a double, Kyle Yunger added a double and a home run, and Cody Street fell just a single shy of the cycle for Groton.

Charlie Wright and Geoff Hall each had a single and a double for the Panthers.

Groton hosts Lansing at 4 p.m. today.

Softball

Groton 12- Spencer-Van Etten 1

Kellie Rongo was 4-for-4 with two runs, and Lauren Brown was 3-for-4 with four RBIs for the Indians.

Heather Radcliffe struck out eight in the complete game win for the Indians, who also got a 3-for-4 performance from Brittany Madigan and a pair of doubles from Stephie Senter.

The Indians host Lansing in their Senior Night game at 4 p.m. today.

Tennis

Section 4 C/D

East-West playoff

Bartishevich/Freeman IV was more of the same as Trumansburg’s Jay Bartishevich lost to Dan Freeman 6-0, 6-2 in the Sectional finals. Bartishevich still advanced to the state qualifier in Binghamton on Friday.