Way-Co upends Haverling

Despite being over half way through the season Way-Co and Bath meet for the first time on Friday. Bath, in the same way that they have all season, jumped out to a quick double-digit lead early in the second quarter. Way-Co, the defending Class BB champion, would make a run and would tie the game going into half. The third quarter stayed tight with Way-Co outscoring Bath 7-5 to take a 2 point lead into the fourth. In the final frame, Way-Co got the stops they needed while Bath struggled to get the ball in the basket. Above, University of Hartford (DI) bound, Alyssa Englert of Way-Co attempts to get a shot over Bath's Rachel Oest. You can see more pics from the game by clicking on the picture above.

A-A Girl's Trip up Haverling

Under the Friday night lights, soccer style, visiting Alfred-Almond handed Haverling a 3-0 loss. With rainy conditions Haverling couldn't get anything going as they were outshot 15-2. A-A's Kalee Mulheissen first half goal at the 11:19 mark would prove to be enough as the A-A defense refused to give Haverling any good looks at the goal. A-A would tack on two more second half goals with Mary Hendee scoring twice. In the picture above, A-A's Hannah Holmok jogs out during pre-game introductions. You can view the full gallery of pics from the game by clicking on the picture above. You'll several pictures that I converted to black and white. The black and white picture when placed in a black bordered glass frame look great hung on the wall. Any pictures in any of the galleries can be converted to black and white. Just send me an email with the filename (found under the larger version of the picture) and I'll convert it for you.

Bath upends St. Mary's

Under the Friday night lights on Bath's home field, the Rams played host to Section VI's St. Mary's. After the long trip to Bath from Buffalo, St. Mary's showed from the first series that they were going to be a team that was there to compete as they drove the length of the field to take a quick 7-0 lead. That would be the only score though as the Rams defense would stiffen en route to a 17-7 victory and a 1-0 start on the season. The Rams will have little time to celebrate as they next will travel to LeRoy to who had their 43 game home winning streak broken by Livonia and will be hungry to get a new streak started. In the picture above, Bath's Nick Carroll makes a diving tackle. By clicking on the picture above you can view the full gallery of pics.

Corning East and Bath Square off in Volleyball

On Tuesday Corning East made the I-86 trip up to Bath to kick start the local volleyball season. East (1-0) came away with the victory with games of 25-19, 25-12 and 25-16. East's Danielle Lazore (pictured above) finished the night with 3 aces, 4 kills and 2 blocks. Bath's Brittany Havens led her teams with 11 service points to go with 3 kills and 3 blocks. You can see the full gallery of pictures by clicking on the one above. Good luck to both teams this season

Youth Football Action

With the fall season come youth football time! On Sunday I I covered Avon at Bath youth flag, junior and senior football games. What a great atmosphere. Kids and parents all over the place, chicken BBQ going on and of course some football! I heard one parent say as they came into the complex "I thought it was the super bowl with the amount of cars parked". The picture above is what I like to see at the flag level. This young man was just smiling the whole time. He was having fun. Of course the action gets a little tougher with some hard hits once you get into the junior and senior games. Congrats to both Avon and Bath teams on games well played. You can view a full set of images from the different games by clicking on the picture above.

Scrimmage Time

While the fall sport teams are preparing for their regular seasons so am I. I took the opportunity to get a little pre-season shooting practice in by catching the Corning District at Bath boy's varsity soccer scrimmage on Thursday. The action was typical of the preseason, but I will say that both teams played hard and certainly both wanted to win. The final score was 1-0 with Bath getting the lone goal. There was actually two other scores for Bath that didn't count: Jon Smith, who does an awesome flip-throw actually sent one directly into the goal which doesn't count as no one could get a touch on the ball first. Bath actually had another score, but were called for being off sides. In the picture above, Bath's Justin Sherwood get his shirt pulled by a Corning player. You can see the full set of pictures by clicking on the pic above. Good luck to both teams this fall.

Buffalo Bills Training Camp

I had a chance last week (thanks to Chris and Michael at the LCN) to attend one of the Buffalo Bills training camp sessions at St. John Fisher College. This was my first time shooting a professional level sport. It was a great time, but gave me a feel for what it is like battling with several other photographers all at the same time. By the time you factor in the photographers, television cameras and reporters in addition to being limited in the space where we could shoot from, there was a lot of jockeying around to get shooting angles. Regardless of that, it was a great time and something that I'd like to try again. The picture above is starting QB, Trent Edwards. I've got to tell you this guy has a great touch on the ball! Unfortunately for me, Terrell Owens was out with a toe injury and wasn't at practice so I missed him. You can take a lot at the entire gallery of pictures by clicking on the picture above.