Posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:15 am
Congratulations are in order for a few teams and athletes this
week. First of all congrats to the Dryden golf team who qualified for
their first sectional championship meet since 2003.
The boys did so by heading out to Indianhead Golf Course, the home of Union Springs, and edging out their opponents 207-211. Their team score of 27-over-par was enough for the win and for the sectional berth.
The Purple Lions golfers were edged out of
medalist honors, however. Dryden’s top golfer junior Ryan Whitaker was
tied through eight holes with Union Springs junior Austin Thomas. By the
time the golfers had hit the ninth and final hole, a par-3, neither had
shot a bogey all day. Thomas ended up with a birdy on the hole for a
34, while Whitake had to settle for a par-36. Riley Brewer came in a
stroke behind with a 37 for Dryden. Dryden, who improved to 5-2 on the
season, still have few head-to-head matches on the schedule, including
Friday’s bout against Lansing. Additionally the IAC championship and
Individual Medalist Tournament are both before the May 24 Section 4
Class B championships.
In other news the Candor track team broke a long standing school record. Last week the Candor girls’ 400-meter relay team beat record set in 1991 during a match against Newark Valley. The team consisted of Bekah Fay, Olivia Reagan, Sierra Szwec and Rebeckah Whitmore.
Teams should all be hitting their stride now, track athletes and golfers in particular. The postseason events are just around the corner and runners should be turning in times they’re comfortable with, but still can improve. For golfers they just want to make sure that the majority of their shots are straight and they’re making most of their puts. Golfers in the area still fluctuate in relationship to par, but by now they’re hoping their scores aren’t all over the place. As it looks Trumansburg, Dryden, Lansing and Groton should all send golfers to the Individual medalist tourney and few look like they might be able to play past the first day.
As far as baseball goes, we’ve got a good idea who’s for real by now, at least in the IAC large school divisions. Lansing remains undefeated at 12-0 overall and 9-0 in the IAC. Dryden and Trumansburg are still giving chase at 6-3 each in the IAC, but at this point it’s Lansing’s division to lose. Unfortunately the small school divisions in the IAC have taken a trouncing, outside of Thomas A. Edison. The perennial baseball powerhouse is also 9-0 in the IAC, 12-2 overall. Spencer-Van Etten, Tioga and Newfield all sit next win line with three wins. Newfield will have a little bit of digging to get themselves back to a winning record but it’s not impossible. They do have to go through Spencer-Van Etten this Friday, who has been holding their own in a challenging conference. S-VE still has a good chance of finishing around .500 and getting a chance to make noise in the sectional playoffs. Waverly rules the IAC South Large School division with an 8-1 IAC record compiled against the large and small schools.
The dominance of the IAC North Large schools has created a logjam in the IAC North Small School Division. Marathon and Moravia each have three IAC wins and Groton and Union Spring have two wins each. Groton, however, runs into a buzzsaw in the form of a double header against Lansing on Wednesday.
The boys did so by heading out to Indianhead Golf Course, the home of Union Springs, and edging out their opponents 207-211. Their team score of 27-over-par was enough for the win and for the sectional berth.
In other news the Candor track team broke a long standing school record. Last week the Candor girls’ 400-meter relay team beat record set in 1991 during a match against Newark Valley. The team consisted of Bekah Fay, Olivia Reagan, Sierra Szwec and Rebeckah Whitmore.
Teams should all be hitting their stride now, track athletes and golfers in particular. The postseason events are just around the corner and runners should be turning in times they’re comfortable with, but still can improve. For golfers they just want to make sure that the majority of their shots are straight and they’re making most of their puts. Golfers in the area still fluctuate in relationship to par, but by now they’re hoping their scores aren’t all over the place. As it looks Trumansburg, Dryden, Lansing and Groton should all send golfers to the Individual medalist tourney and few look like they might be able to play past the first day.
As far as baseball goes, we’ve got a good idea who’s for real by now, at least in the IAC large school divisions. Lansing remains undefeated at 12-0 overall and 9-0 in the IAC. Dryden and Trumansburg are still giving chase at 6-3 each in the IAC, but at this point it’s Lansing’s division to lose. Unfortunately the small school divisions in the IAC have taken a trouncing, outside of Thomas A. Edison. The perennial baseball powerhouse is also 9-0 in the IAC, 12-2 overall. Spencer-Van Etten, Tioga and Newfield all sit next win line with three wins. Newfield will have a little bit of digging to get themselves back to a winning record but it’s not impossible. They do have to go through Spencer-Van Etten this Friday, who has been holding their own in a challenging conference. S-VE still has a good chance of finishing around .500 and getting a chance to make noise in the sectional playoffs. Waverly rules the IAC South Large School division with an 8-1 IAC record compiled against the large and small schools.
The dominance of the IAC North Large schools has created a logjam in the IAC North Small School Division. Marathon and Moravia each have three IAC wins and Groton and Union Spring have two wins each. Groton, however, runs into a buzzsaw in the form of a double header against Lansing on Wednesday.
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