Dryden tames rival Bobcats

Cortland Standard

LANSING — It was a classic soccer match-up between two long-time Interscholastic Athletic Conference North Large School Division foes when Dryden High girls traveled to Lansing’s Sobus Field to face the host Bobcats Monday night.
Through 78 minutes of scoreless action, it took a SportsCenter highlight to determine a winner when Purple Lion junior Taylor Bennett dribbled through the entire defense to score the only goal in Dryden’s 1-0 victory.
Unbeaten Dryden moves one step closer to the division title at 10-0. Lansing falls to 6-3.
As a center-back on defense, Bennett collected a loose ball near the top of box at her own 18-yard line and headed towards the Lansing goal. After a little dip move to her left, Bennett surged straight up the field, dodged seven defenders —included a double-team — and broke free for a one-on-one with Bobcat goalkeeper Sarah Geisler. Bennett kept her run towards the right post as Geisler came out of the goal. About 25 yards from her target, Bennett made a strong push on the ball that Geisler could not react to. The shot rolled true inside the left post for the game’s lone goal.
Words don’t do justice to the outstanding play.
“I’ve been playing soccer for years,” Bennett said. “You just pick and choose your chances when you get them. I don’t get as many chances from the back line, but when I see it I do take it.
“It was a great team win,” she added. “When your team is working that hard, things like that just happen. You just have to take advantage when you can.”
“I wouldn’t care if she wasn’t my daughter,” Dryden head coach Janine Bennett said. “It’s just a gift that she is my daughter and on this team. Taylor has a passion for the game. She just loves to play and hates to lose. She found a hole and decided to take care of it. That’s what she does.
“Lansing did come out and possess the ball better in the second half,” the coach continued. “They knocked it around and put us on our heels a little. When you start chasing the ball you get a little frustrated and make poor decisions. Taylor really decided that she had had enough and put the game on her shoulders and got us a nice goal.”
DRYDEN HAD THE ball in the offensive zone much of the first half which began with a missed shot over the crossbar just 44 seconds into the match. The Purple Lions had seven shots, five on target that Geisler stopped. Geisler even grabbed the ball in the air twice on corner kicks so Dryden couldn’t get a shot off.
The best scoring chance for Dryden came with 31:22 left in the first half as Taylor Bennett boomed a kick from deep in her own zone. Keri Daley ran to the ball, got Geisler out of the goal and missed the open net to her left.
Lansing had three scoring chances. Twice Westcott made saves including a bullet from 20 yards with 16 seconds left in the half. Kristin Dake missed an open net as well when her shot sailed wide left.
The Bobcats reversed the action in the second half and they possessed the ball in the offensive zone better. Unfortunately, they really only got one good scoring opportunity off a direct kick from Michelle Schafer from 30 yards. The rising shot was grabbed by Purple Lion goalkeeper Sarah Westcott for her third and final save of the match.
Dryden did not generate much offense either and Geisler (11 saves) made three stops on balls that did head towards the goal. Most of those shots were not real dangerous. The best chance was a rising ball of Bennett’s foot with eight minutes left in the match that Geisler pulled down.
Westcott faced the more dangerous chances, but the freshman never flinched.
“Together it shows our team’s defense doesn’t allow many shots,” Westcott said. “We work together very well. Sure we have some occasional flaws, but together we work as one group. I just try my best to communicate with my teammates. That’s how I can get to where I need to be at the right time.”
“SARAH DID PLAY a great game in goal,” Coach Bennett said. “She made some quality saves that she had to make. Their shots may have been on target more, but Sarah was steady and made those routine saves. Those are the ones she is suppose to make and, once in a while, she makes that great save. That is icing on the cake and gets the team ready to play.”
Despite the loss, Lansing coach Eric Stickel praised his girls’ effort.
“I was proud of the way the girls responded after halftime,” Stickel said. “We made some adjustments and stopped playing the style Dryden wanted. We possessed the ball better, but could not put the ball in the net which has been our Achilles Heel all season.
“Sarah Geisler is a stud in goal for us,” he added. “She played well and is one of those senior leaders. This loss certainly was not on her. That was a great run by Bennett through our defense. Sarah played one heck of a game.”
As far as remaining undefeated and heading towards a division title, both Bennetts and Westcott all agree.
“It is a great effort,” Taylor Bennett said. “I am so proud of my team. I couldn’t be happier with the results.”
“It’s awesome,” Westcott replied. “I am glad I get to be the goalkeeper for this team. It’s a great opportunity as a freshman to play on this team.”
“We still have to play them (Lansing) again in a couple of weeks,” Coach Bennett said. “We are two evenly matched teams. The game could have gone either way tonight and that will be the way it will go again next time. We just have to care of things. We’ll work on the things we didn’t do well and be ready for them again in two weeks.”
Whitney Point 6, Groton 1: Visiting Groton got a first half goal from Jenna Federation, but Whitney Point dominated behind a 28-shot barrage to beat the Indians.
Katelynn Warner had a three-goal hat trick and an assist for Whitney Point, the winners also getting goals from Alex Freer, Brittany Randall and Bailey Poyer.

Yatsko 16th out of 312 At McQuaid

McQuaid invite Unseeded small school races: Ben Eisenhut 1st out of 286. Abbey Yatsko 16th out of 312 @ESPNIthaca pic.twitter.com/t1RXvLS351

— Travis Miller (@ttmill) September 27, 2014

Dryden Mod XC at McQuaid

Nearly 500 mod athletes racing for a hard right turn. Little Stanley getting smushed #McQuaid #DrydenXC pic.twitter.com/dBxxypmmFW
— Travis Miller (@ttmill) September 27, 2014

New Scorer's Table - brought to you by the Dryden Sports Boosters

Great new scoring table at Dryden's volleyball game tonight! Thanks, Dryden Sports Boosters! pic.twitter.com/m51CDCFyyj

— Sandy Sherwood (@DrydenCentralSc) September 12, 2014

Pep Rally -

Pep Rally is a spirited end to Homecoming Week at Dryden. Go Lions!! pic.twitter.com/xFWYN9bl61

— Sandy Sherwood (@DrydenCentralSc) September 26, 2014

Girls Soccer - Union Springs Re-cap

From the DSC Website

Dryden vs. Union Springs

9/25/14

Scoring by half

Dryden 3-4-7

Union Springs 0-0-0

Shots/corners

Dryden 15/13

US 0/0

Saves

Dryden:

Tiffany Burgos 0

Keri Daley 0

Union Springs:

Shelby Kock 3

Goals and assists

Dryden:

Taylor Bennett 4-0

Keri Daley 3-0

Abigail Barr 0-3

Amy DeGaetano 0-1

Melina Katsiroumba 0-1

Keri Daley had a hat trick and Taylor Bennett 4 goals when Union Springs visited Dryden today.  Dryden is currently 8-0 and will go to Union Springs on Saturday.

Groton Cross Country

Close XC matchup between Dryden and Trumansburg boys. T-burg 1st with 26pts. Dryden 2nd with 38 @ESPNIthaca pic.twitter.com/880Lh726p4
— Travis Miller (@ttmill) September 23, 2014

Dryden finishes second at Groton Cross Country Race

Ithaca Journal

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Freshman Evan Whittaker cruised to victory Tuesday in an Interscholastic Athletic Conference cross country multi-team meet hosted by Groton, winning the boys' race by more than a minute.
On the girls' side, Southern Cayuga senior Bethany Murphy was the individual winner. The meet was held at Stonehedges Golf Course.
Whittaker led Trumansburg to the team victory in the seven-school event, the Blue Raiders placing four runners in the top 10 and finishing with 26 points. Dryden was second (38), followed by Southern Cayuga (91), Groton (109), Marathon (113) and Moravia (125). Whitney Point was incomplete.
Whittaker — who last year set the modified course record at Groton — crossed the line in 17 minutes, 11 seconds, well ahead of Blue Raiders junior Ben Pesco (18:23) and Dryden junior Tor Wildenstein (18:28).
Murphy finished the girls' race in 21:28, ahead of Dryden junior Abbey Yatsko (21:41) and Trumansburg junior Megan McIntyre (22:14). Trumansburg edged Groton in the team race, 28-29; all other teams ran incomplete.

Dryden Boys Soccer at Southern Cayuga

So. Cayuga 3, Dryden 2:
On Wednesday at Poplar Ridge, three players had single goals and Dylon Conklin had seven saves as the Chiefs took a 3-0 first-half lead and held on to top the Purple Lions.
Bryan Iannello and Jacob Lewis scored for Dryden, which was outshot, 19-8. Thad Leviere made 10 saves for Dryden, which scored at the end of the first half and cut the deficit in half early in the second.



Southern Cayuga 3, Dryden 2

Dryden	1	1	—	2
Southern Cayuga	3	0	—	3

Dryden goals-assists: Bryan Aianello 1-0, Jake Lewis 1-0. SCgoals-assists: Conor Lauster 1-0, Jack Stebbins 1-0, Steve Farkas 1-0, Jon Dean 0-1. Saves: Thad Leviere (D) 6; Dylon Conklin (SC) 7. Shots-corners: Dryden 8-4; Southern Cayuga 14-4. Records: Southern Cayuga 7-0.

Friday Night Football

Lansing-Dryden highlights area Week 4 football slate http://t.co/DbahbXbZSR by @TomF_IJSports #football pic.twitter.com/kSyhbtLVKX
— IthacaJournal (@ithacajournal) September 26, 2014

More Groton Cross Country

Evan Whittaker(Tburg)Boys 1st-17:11. Abbey Yatsko(Dryden)Girls-2nd-21:41. @ESPNIthaca pic.twitter.com/GhYsCUur3z

— Travis Miller (@ttmill) September 23, 2014

Dryden Girls Soccer Debuts at #4 in Class B in first State Rankings

New York State Sports Writers State Rankings

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The Dryden Girls Varsity Soccer Team debuts at #4 in the state for class B teams this week. 

Varsity Football vs. Watkins Glen

From the Coach -

Varsity Football vs. Watkins Glen

9/19/14

Watkins Glen-24, Dryden-17. The story of the game comes down to two

things- penalties and a dominating performance by the Watkins Glen offense.

First quarter was scoreless but things picked up in the 2nd quarter.

Dryden opened the scoring with a 35 yard field goal by sophomore

Gavin Marsh. Watkins scored next to make the score 8-3 then the Lions

bounced back with a 1 yard run by Duran Joyce. The half ended 11-8 in

favor of Dryden. Another Watkins Glen drive put the Senecas up 16-11.

Noah Welgoss then ran in from the 3 to put the Lions back on top,

17-16...then came the fireworks of a 4th quarter filled with penalties,

an ejection of a Watkins player. Dryden scored late in the game but the

touchdown was called back by a penalty. This would have iced the game

for the Lions. Instead, the WG offense took control and drove the ball

70 yards for the go ahead score. With the score at 24-17...the Lions

went on an amazing 60 yard drive that ended with the clock running out.

Great game by both teams.

Noah Welgoss led the Lions rushing attack with 8 carries for 50 yards

Stu Stahlman had 11 carries for 41 yards.

Noah Welgoss had 145 yards passing in 10 completions

Matt McHerron had 8 catches for 176 yards

Chris Simonett and Tristan Dewey both had fumble recoveries

Tristan Dewey, Connor OBrien and Stu Stahlman shared the lead in tackles

with  9.

Girls Swim at EFA Invitational

From DCS Website

The Dryden girls varsity swim team produced a strong effort on Saturday, 9/20,  at the 38^th annual Dr. Jack Thomas Invitational at Elmira Free Academy.  The girls competed against 14 other schools and finished fourth in Class B.

A second place medal was won by Erin Daley for the 50 Free (26.41) and a fourth place medal was awarded to the 400 Free Relay team of Erin Daley, Cassie Miller, Marita Miller, and Jainyn Wood (4:04.40).

Ribbons were also won in several events including 11^th place ribbons in the 100 Free (Cassie Miller; 1:01.93), and 100 Breast (Taylor Cain: 1:18.70), 10^th place ribbons for the 200 Free (Cassie Miller: 2:15.47), and 200 Free Relay (Cassie Miller, Taylor Cain, Miranda Seymour, and Allison Morrow: 1:58.35), 8^th place ribbons for the 200 Medley Relay (Erin Daley, Taylor Cain, Jainyn Wood, Marita Miller: 2:04.48), and 500 Free (Marita Miller: 5:50.66), and a 7^th place ribbon in the 100 Back (Erin Daley: 1:06.94).

Swimmers producing season’s best times were Veronica Cator-Szymanski (100 Fly: 1:21.58), Jada Chaires (100 Breast: 1:33.31), Erin Daley (50 Free: 26.41 – tie), Cassie Miller (200 Free: 2:15.47), Marita Miller (200 IM: 2:33.50, 500 Free: 5:50.66), Allison Morrow (100 Free: 1:06.57), and Hayley Tanner (50 Free: 40.34, 100 Free: 1:30.81).  Marita’s time in the 500 Free was also a personal best for her as a Dryden swimmer.

The girl’s next meet is Tuesday, September 23^rd, at home against Whitney Point.  Go Lions!!