Sports Around the Lake Column 7-9

The Fourth of July brought fireworks and fun to the area, though organized sport was noticeably missing.
Besides heaving down to the Glen for some Indy Car racing over the weekend, there was hardly an local action outside of family pick-up games..
One big event that occurred locally as part of the holiday weekend was the ATV festival put on by the 907 Wheelers in Candor.
The two day event featured a sled pull, similar to a tractor pull, several heats of kids racing and a chance to get you machine good and dirty trying to cross the bogs filled with a foot and a half of mud.
No one was able to make it through the s-curve bog but several riders made it all the way through the straight bog. Eric Leech, Brian Lamphere, Chad Clark, Jason Warner, Kevin Lance, Mike Quick, Scott Potter, Leeroy Vanderpool and Walt Cobley all made it rhough. Jessica Boyton and Micky Foster were the only female riders to make it through and Zeb Quick was the only under-18 rider to power through the bog.
The kids’ races were all very exciting and featured kids from age two on up to 12. Kamren Lehmen, Brandon Clark, Jacob Boda, Nathan Mack, C.J. Hall, Issac Quick and Austin Krauss all won at least one heat.
An omission from our Fingerlakes Newspapers Girl’s Track All-Stars was made a couple of weeks ago. Section V All-Star and South Seneca junior Missy Navarro should have received an All-Star slot. Also senior Candessa Jordon should have been named as an honorable mention.
The Empire States Games rosters will be up following sometime after July 9. Check out this sports blog, sportsaroundthelake.wordpress.com, during the next few days and stay tuned for previews over the next couple of weeks and coverage of the events at the end of July.