Scott Ellman

The Brighton Barons defeated Victor Saturday by a score of 8-2. Victor scored the first and its only two goals of the game in the first quarter. Trevor O’Shea scored an unassisted goal at the 9:40 mark. About two minutes later Brian Gilbert scored on a pass from Conor Kimball giving Victor a 2-0 lead. The rest of the game belonged to Brighton. Brighton’s First goal came at the 3:31 mark when Brackett Bourne took a pass from the defense and drove the length of the field to fire the shot past the Victor goalie. Dan Pierce tied the game with 2:24 left after he scored unassisted. The second quarter saw Evan Davis score with a hard shot that beat the goalie on the stick side. Davis assisted with the next goal as he was working the ball from behind the goal. As he was moving around the cage, he spotted CJ Wool who was cutting towards the net. After a pin point pass, CJ rifled the shot passed the Victor goalie. Steven Cregan finished the Barons scoring with 6 seconds left as he scored unassisted. The score at half was 5-2 Brighton.

Scoring for Brighton was CJ Wool (2 Goals), Evan Davis (1 Goal), Conor Stucki (1 goal), Dan Pierce (1 goal), Brackett Bourne (1 goal), Steven Cregan (1 goal), and Mike Asselin (1 goal)

Scoring for Victor was Brian Gilbert (1 goal) and Trevor O’Shea (1 goal)

McQuaid scored the first eight goals on their way to a 12-5 win over visiting Loyola Academy (IL) Saturday April 18. James Sturnick of McQuaid scored the first two goals of the game. The first was with 9:18 left, James worked the ball around the right side of the defense, found a shooting lane and fired it past the Loyola goalie. His second goal came with 5:30 left. He took the ball from goalie Pat Sheridan, ran the ball up the field, dodged around numerous defenders found a crease and rifled a shot top right corner to give McQuaid a 2-0 lead. McQuaid defender Tim Caton  added the third goal when he also took a clear pass from Goalie Pat Sheridan, drove the length of the field dodging around players and put a bounce shot passed the Loyola goalie. Also scoring for McQuaid in the first was Eric Wright, Pat Jenkins, and Nick Wolak giving McQuaid a 6-0 lead after one quarter. The Second quarter started out pretty even with both teams getting scoring chances. It wasn’t until 5:18 left did  McQuaids James Sturnick score with a rip from the top of the circle to make the score 7-0. McQuaids Jack Pomeroy added the seventh goal after he intercepted a bad clear pass. He took the ball right towards the goal and fired off a hard shot while he was in the air. Loyola finally scored its first goal with 4:12 left in the second when #12 scored on a pass from #3. The Score at the end of the first half was McQuaid 8 Loyloa Academy 1. Scoring for McQuaid were Alex Pochodylo (2 Goals), James Sturnick (2 goals), Nick Wolak (2 Goals), Jack Pomeroy (1 Goal), Tim Caton (1 Goal), Mike Crawford (1 Goal) Eric Wright (1 Goal), Pat Jenkins (1 Goal), Ben Napoli (1 Goal), and Alex Pautler (1 Goal).

The Fairport Red Raiders defeated Spencerport 15-0 on Monday April 13th. Stacy Kuwik of Fairport pitched  her second no hitter of the year and she struck out 12 batters.

Fairport is now 2-0 to start the year.

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The Fairport Red Raiders defeated Churchville-Chili this afternoon 17-5. Fairport controlled the entire game by winning most of the face offs and by keeping the ball in the Churchville end of the field.

Fairport started the scoring with an unassisted goal by Aaron Jones. Brendan Saylor scored the next two goals with one a 8:39 and his second 30 seconds later. Churchville’s Jon Hemink scored on an unassisted goal by taking the ball from behind the cage and moving towards the goalies left side. Fairport finished up their scoring with goals by Martin Manilla and Aaron Jones. Churchville’s Jon Hemink scored with .50 left to make the score 5-2 after one quarter.

Fairport dominated the second quarter with six goals by Aaron Jones, Mike Lehmann, Brendan Saylor (2), Martin Manilla, Chris Button giving Fairport a 11-2 lead. Fairport scored four goals to Churchville’s one in the third. In the fourth quarter, Fairport and Churchville each scored two goals.

Scoring for Fairport were Brendan Saylor (4 goals), Martin Manilla (4 goals), Aaron Jones (3 goals), Timothy Cook (1 goal), Chris Button (1 goal), Mike Lehmann (1 goal), Mike Schwab (1 goal), James Cunningham (1 goal), Stephen Danylyshyn (1 goal).

Scoring for Churchville-Chili were Jon Hemink (3 goal ), Keith Preston (2 goal).

The Brighton Barons defeated the Eastridge Lancers 9-5 on a cold March night at Reifsteck Field in Brighton. The Barons started off the game with the first four goals. Brackett Bourns scored the first goal with 9:00 left when he took a pass and scored on a fast break. Senior Evan Davis scored the next two goals at 6:12 and 3:44. On his second goal, he took the ball and went hard to the goal and fired the shot past the Eastridge goalie. Twenty Two seconds later, CJ Wool scored to make it 4-0 Brighton. Eastridge scored its first goal of the game with 2:52 remaining when Patick Moyinhan picked up the loose ball and shot it
passed Kyle Hohmann. The first quarter ended with Brighton in the lead 4-1.

In the second quarter, Eastridge struck first with a goal by Matt Doehler with 10:06 left. Brighton added two more goals, one by Evan Davis with 7:30 left and one by Mark Henrichs during a man up opportunity with 4:40 left. Eastridge finished the second quarter scoring with a goal by Matt Doehler with 3:56 left. The halftime score was 6-3 in favor of the Barons.

Scoring for Brighton were Evan Davis (5 goals), CJ Wool (1 goals), Brackett Bourne (2 goals), Mark Henrichs (1 goals).

Scoring for Eastridge were Matt Doehler (2 goals), Riley Austin (1 goals), Patrick Moynihan (1 goals), Kevin Stapleton (1 goals).

East Rochester created history on Saturday by hosting Brighton in its first Varsity game. Brighton defeated east Rochester by a score of 19-1. Both teams started out rusty with poor stick work, errant passes and overall sloppy play. Brighton finally got it together and scored their first goal with 842 left. Evan Davis picked up the loose ball in front of the goal and drove it home with a shot over the goal to give the Barons a 1-0 lead. Brighton scored its second goal 38 seconds later after CJ Wool took the ball down the field after the clear and fired it past the goalie. Brighton scored the next six goals. CJ Wool scored with 439 left while Conor Stucki scored twice, one at 404 left and one with 229 left. Mark Henrichs took the pass from Max Brauer and scored on the fast break with 222 left. When the first quarter was done, five different players scored giving Brighton a 9-0 lead. Brighton started the second half right where they left off scoring the first three goals. CJ Wool scored on a pass from Mark Henrichs and Henrichs also assisted on a goal by Mike Asselin with 811 left. Asselin scored again on a man up giving Brighton a 12-0 lead. Nick Reiss made East Rochester history as he scored East Rochester’s first goal on an unassisted shot with 616 left. Reiss drove hard through the Brighton defense bouncing a shot past Brighton goalie Kyle Hohmann. Brighton scored the next four goals with goals by Aidan Corbitt, Drew Trausch, Max Brauer and  Matan Cohen. Cohen took the pass from Steven Cregan after a loose ball push foul and drove to the goal making the score 15-1. The second half saw four goals by Brighton. Brackett Bourne scored with 1034 left, CJ Wool scored with 830 left and Mark Henrichs scored with 258 left. Max Brauer added an unassisted goal with 853 left in the game. Brighton head coach Mike Gottko was pleased with their game ”The Barons were excited about attending East Rochester’s historic moment for their first Varisty program”

Scoring for Brighton were CJ Wool (5g-1a), Evan Davis (3g-1a), Mike Asselin (3g), Mark Henrichs (2g-2a), Conor Stucki (2g) and Max Brauer (1g-2a). Brackett Bourne, Aidan Corbitt (1g) and Drew Trausch each scored 1g. Steven Cregan recorded 3a and Jared Ricks and Alex Jordan each added 1a for the Barons (1-0). Scoring for East Rochester was Nick Reiss (1g).

Fairport opened its season Saturday March 29th on its new turf field with a convincing win over Honeoye Falls by the score of 19-5. Fairport scored its first goal with 725 left in the first by a shot from Senior Aaron Jones. Aaron scored the second goal after picking up a deflection and shooting it past HFL goalie  Jay Tallon with 433 left. Fairport Midfielder Connor Lowe took the feed pass and shot to the upper right side of HFL goalie Jay Tallon scoring with 321 left. HFL scored the next two goals, first Bryan Gardner took the feed pass and scored with  244 left. Then Bryan who was working the ball behind the goal, when the Fairport defender slipped and fell. Bryan then charged from behind the goal shooting the ball low and scoring making the score 4-2 with 114 left. Faiport scored the last goal with under a minute left making  the score 5-2 at the end of the first quarter. Fairport dominated the second quarter scoring 6 goals. First, wtih 944 left Chris Button took a feed pass from Martin Manilla making the score 6-2. Chris scored again with 744 left after he picked up the loose rebound and shot it in. With 643 left, senior Aaron Jones drove hard to the net and scored on a bouncing shot. Continuing the scoring, Chris Button took the feed pass from Connor Lowe and scored with 429 left. Timothy Cook picked up the loose ball with 206 left and created a fast break. While in transition, Timothy passed it off to Brendan Saylor who scored the goal. Brendan payed for the goal by taking a hard hit after the shot. Connor Lowe finished up the Fairport scoring with a hard shot from the top of the crease with 22 seconds left making the score 12-2 at halftime. Fairport started out the second half where they left off. They took the face off down the HFL side and took valuable time off the clock with several good scoring chances but coming up empty handed. Once HFL was able to get possession, they marched down to the Fairport side and also had several good scoring chances along with some man up time but they to were unable to score. Finally, with 318 left in the third, TJ Walsh of HFl passed to Tommy O`Leary as he was cutting towards the goal to make the score 12-3. Fairport came off the ensuing face off and marched down the field to score. Chris Button passed to Chris Benza as he was cutting towards the goal making the score13-3 at the end of the third quarter.

Scoring for Fairport were Connor Lowe (5g-1a), Chris Button (5g-1a), Martin Manilla (5a), Aaron Jones (3g), Brendan Saylor (2g-1a), Chris Benza (2g), Derek DeJoe (1g-1a), Stephen Danylyshyn (1g-1a), Timothy Cook (1a), Paul Dancy (1a) and Tim Modesti (1a). Scoring for HFL were Bryan Gardner (3g), Mickey Allan (1g-1a), Jake Lee (1g), Tommy O’Leary (1a) and Clai Kuhn (1a).

RIT men’s hockey lost in overtime to Mercyhurst 5-4 in the semifinals of the AHL Tournament. The game was played at the Blue Cross Arena on March 20th. Brennan Sarazin of RIT scored the tying goal with 58 seconds left in the third period. Mercyhurst scored the first goal in just 37 seconds. The puck took a weird bounce and came in front of the net while RIT goalie Jared DeMichiel was looking the other way. RIT tied the game at the 14 minute mark with a goal by Cameron Burt. RIT Scored two more goals in the second period, but Mercyhurst was able to also add two goals in the second period for a 3-3 tie. For the second time in the game, Mercyhurst scored a goal in the first minute of the third period giving them a 4-3 lead. RIT finishes the season with a 23-13-2 record. More photos click here.

The Rochester Fire Department is holding its spring 2009 recruit class. The academy is designed to prepare the recruits for the mental and physical demands required of a firefighter/EMT with the City of Rochester Fire Department. With an increased emphasis on safety and health, the training includes academic and hands-on instruction in firefighting skills, rescue techniques, emergency medical care, hazardous materials response, fire prevention methods, and fire apparatus driving and operations. When the newest members of the department leave the academy, they are assigned to a fire station. The crew at the station will oversee the recruits continuing training and education on the job, insuring that they safely learn how to apply the education and techniques they learned in the academy. The class is scheduled to graduate in June.

My first assignment on Saturday was to shoot the Greece Thunder vs Ithaca at Brockport. As I got to the arena, the parking lot was packed with cars from the first game where Webster Thomas played. It was a long walk in the rain to get inside the arena. Once inside, it was even more crowded with fans from the first game still there and fans for the 4pm game starting to come in. After staking out the arena, I decided to shoot from the visitor side at the red line. This would give me a shot of the Greece fans if there was a lot of celebrating. This was my first time in Brockport, and it was a nice and bright. There were a lot of Ithaca fans there and they were vocal. Ithaca had on bright red and yellow uniforms and so did many of their fans. The game was really close till the end of the second period when Greece scored what would end up being the only goal of the game. Both teams played really hard and skated well. Greece had a bunch of shots go off the post. It is a cool to hear the ding when the puck goes off the pipe. The only thing that surprised me was the lack of enthusiasm from the Greece fans. They only went crazy when they scored and the end of the game.