OUT!

In Class DD Sectional Softball action, number 10 seed Arkport pulled off the upset by defeating number 7 seed Avoca 4-0 on Tuesday. Avoca had defeated Arkport twice during the regular season, but it was Arkport who would have the last laugh. In the photo above, Avoca's Alli Robords get the force out at home. Arkport's Brooke Lovell pitched a complete game shutout to record the win. With the win Arkport will take on the number 2 seeded Keshequa Lady Indians on Friday, May 29.

School Record

I've been busy doing team and individual photography plus a lot of events lately, so I'm a little behind in adding to the blog. Last night, I caught my first track meet of the season and fortunate enough to witness a school record being broken. Eighth grader, Ireland Armstrong broke the girl's pole vault record, previously held by Chelsea Adams, when she cleared 8'9". Another school record went down as sophomore, Megan Russell broke her own record in the 100 meter hurdles crossing the finish line at 16.4. Overall the Haverling girls beat Livonia 94-47 while the boys also were victorious by a final score of 86-54.

Stretch!

On Wednesday, the Livonia Bulldogs traveled to Bath to on the Rams. In the two teams first meeting of the year, the Rams won an offensive battle 16-11. The Rams came out with hot bats again, but this time shut out the Bulldogs as Jr. Drew Seager took the mound and finished the day with a complete game shutout to go with a 5-6 performance at the plate. The final score was 25-0. In the picture above, Livonia's second baseman stretches for the bag trying to get the force out. You see the full game gallery, but clicking on the picture above.

Safe!

In the picture above a unidentified Wayland-Cohocton player slides safely into home as Bath's Billy Crowe trys to get the tag. The game was a back and forth affair with Wayland-Cohocton coming away from the 11-9 road victory. In the game Bath's Montana Yastremski took the loss on the mound (11 strike outs, 7 walks), but led the Rams at the plate with 3 RBIs. The Rams' Billy Crowe and Mike Rossi each added 2 hits. Wayland-Cohocton had Kim Houtz, Brent Gibbs and Ryan Gibbs all record doubles.

Duck!!!

Above, Dansville's Nikki DeBell ducks to get out of the way of a pitch during Monday's LCAA Division I contest between the visiting Lady Mustangs of Dansville and the home standing Bath Lady Rams. Neither team generated much for offense, but Dansville squeaked in one more run than the Lady Rams in coming away with a 2-1 victory. Bath had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh inning as Courtney Coots hit a one out triple to left field. Unfortunately, the home team couldn't bring her in. The game marked the beginning of a six game in a row stretch for the Lady Rams. You can see the full gallery from the game by clicking on the picture above.

Lights, Camera, No Action

All dressed up and no game to play. Due to a scheduling snafu, the Batavia Blue Devils made the long trip to Bath only to find out that no officials were scheduled for the game and thusly had to hop back on the bus to take the 1 hour 45 minute trip back to Batavia. As I normally do, I took several pictures during warm-ups. This is typically a good time to get isolation shots of players. You can see the gallery of pregame pictures by clicking on the picture above. In this pic, Batavia's Brandon Williams gets some pregame shots in.

GRALL Victory

On Tuesday, the Haverling Varsity Lacrosse defeated visiting Livonia for their first GRALL victory in several years. The Rams scored the games first goal and never trailed. The game was played at the regular JV field due to poor conditions at the team's regular varsity field. Couple that with a late start time of 5:30PM and heavy overcast skies and the lighting was pretty poor. I gave the game a shot however and put a gallery of pictures up which you can see by clicking on the picture above. In the picture, Haverling's Zach Reed prepares to fire off a shot in the first half.