BATAVIA — Eerie was certainly a way to describe Wednesday night’s opener at Batavia Downs.

LATHAM — The New York State Public High School Athletic Association held its annual summer meeting of the Central Committee on Wednesday via video teleconference. The primary focus of the meeting was to vote on proposals and introduce discussion items pertaining to interscholastic athletics.

BATAVIA — Things are obviously going to look vastly different on Wednesday night at Batavia Downs as the track opens for its 74th season of live racing.

NORTH EAST — Jeff Kaye loved being back on his home course, the same Lake View Country Club where his dad Billy was the pro for 16 years.

“To me, officials want to go unnoticed during the game but we know that that does not always happen.” — Mark Resch, longtime Division I women’s basketball official.

NUNDA — The year was 1993.

PERRY — Reilly Wolfanger and her Perry cheerleading teammates love to spread some sunshine.

CONESUS — COVID-19 wasn’t about to overshadow the 12th Annual Conesus Lake Cornhole Championships which took place as usual July 4 at the south end.

ROCHESTER — Consistency led Dansville graduate Tommy Linehan to his first-ever RDGA title Sunday when he shot a 2-under par 70 to capture the John Ryan Memorial Golf Tournament at Brook Lea Country Club.

LATHAM — On Thursday the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, as recommended by its COVID-19 Task Force, chose to postpone or delay the start of the 2020 fall sports season until September 21, while also canceling all Regional and State Tournaments for the season in the ho…

GATES - Dansville graduate Tom Linehan, a Brook-Lea Country Club member playing on his home course, posted a 4-under-par 68 today to take a two shot lead in the opening round of the 54-hole 2020 RDGA District Championship John H. Ryan Jr. Memorial.

PITTSFORD — Mike Henchen received the news Tuesday from the Empire 8 Conference that his St. John Fisher cross-country program would not be competing this fall.

LATHAM — Though it wasn’t the doomsday scenario many possibly anticipated when it came to the 2020 fall high school sports season, the first hammer was dropped on Thursday afternoon as to how the state plans to handle athletics when, and if, school returns in September.

PAVILION — Alexa Wolcott broke on to the cross-country scene her freshman season with a bang — capturing the Section V title.

MENDON — Mason Rivera hasn’t let this pandemic slow him down one bit.

RUSH — Jeff Kaye was on fire Monday.

BATAVIA — Genesee Community College has made the decision to suspend its fall athletic season to protect the health and safety of the students and community in light of the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. This decision will affect men’s and women’s soccer, basketball, swimming a…

BATAVIA — A scorching-hot afternoon in Genesee County turned in to a combustible evening as lightning danced around the Genesee Speedway; thankfully the only thing that hit the 1/3-mile oval were nearly 100 race cars on a near-perfect race surface.

GENESEO — Avid golfer Zac Rivera, a regular at Ravenwood Golf Course in Victor, had some high praise for Livingston Country Club when he walked off the 18th hole last week after completing his round.

PENFIELD — Kirk Stauffer, PGA Life Member and his brother Keith, both from Bradford, PA, won the WNYPGA Titleist Scratch Pro-Am with a 7 under par score of 64 at Penfield Country Club as 58 teams competed in the Partners Gross Better-Ball event Monday.

BATAVIA — A historic night at Genesee Speedway featuring the return of fans, fireworks and a full moon was accompanied by a full pit area with 106 cars in competition. The return to normalcy so saw familiar winners return back to Victory Lane as well as some new names.

While waiting on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision on the fate of the upcoming school year, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association COVID-19 Task Force continues to weigh its options and prepare for any scenario thrown at them.

BATAVIA — Since a report last week by The Daily News based on independent sources stating all New York community (junior) college fall sports had been canceled has yet come to fruition, a number of New York colleges have since announced cancelation of their fall sports seasons.

BATAVIA — On Tuesday afternoon, the hammer finally came down on the Minor League Baseball season for the summer of 2020, as well the possible end to the New York-Penn League and it’s longest running — and original member — the Batavia Muckdogs.

Mike Auble has coached the area’s top pole vaulters for the past 23 years.

SYRACUSE – The State University of New York Athletic Conference will split into two divisions in the sports of men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball for the 2020 athletic season, while women’s tennis will move its entire conference schedule and championship to the spring of 2021.

PERRY — Before the recent NYS classification schedules came out last year, Livingston Conference football has always been considered one of the most competitive football leagues in the entire state.

BATAVIA — Each year there seems to be talk whether the Batavia Muckdogs will field a team, have a new owner or leave for a new city.

GENESEO — Luke Harris remembers getting the call-up to varsity baseball his freshman season.

LIVONIA — Bill Schuster has looked very good in stripes for nearly 40 years.

Spring training for the Yankees and Mets will be held at home this year, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Saturday, before encouraging the major league teams to play at least part of a season.

LAS VEGAS – Only one qualified ride separated Teams Boot Barn and Cat when the dust settled inside the Let ‘Er Buck Saloon at South Point Arena in Las Vegas and it was Team Boot Barn that won the middle game of Division B action of PBR’s new team tournament, 169-83.75.

The Livingston County Athletic Association awards six $250.00 scholarships annually to graduating seniors.

AVON — Avon girls soccer is off back-to-back sectional championships — winning the Class C1 title in 2018 followed by their Class B2 crown last fall.

WARREN, PA. — Mike Sweazy, PGA Professional at Wild Wood Country Club and assistant, Michael Mancari, posted an 11-under par 60 to win the Doubles Golf Pro-Pro Scramble by four shots at Conewango Valley Country Club in Warren, PA.

LE ROY — Le Roy High School senior Andrew Englerth certainly decided to make the most of his final year as an Oatkan Knight, at least athletically. Having concentrated nearly solely on wrestling for much of his high school career, Englerth decided he was going to become a three-sport athlete…

I would like to dedicate this column to all the men and women out there that serve and protect this area.

OAKFIELD/ELBA — In the past number of years, there have been some big shoes to fill for high school football coaches in the local region — Brian Moran at Le Roy, Mike Monacelli at Caledonia-Mumford, Steve Girolmo at Livonia, to name a few. And if a few more ever stepped down — Brennan Briggs…

Thanks to an initial vote of 7-3, New York wrestling has decided to potentially move from 15 weight classes to 13 for the 2020-21 season which will need to get the final approval by the NYS Executive Committee next month.

LIVONIA — Livonia football got over the sectional hump last year — winning their first title since 1993 — and doing so in Class B with their dominating 12-0 victory over Honeoye Falls-Lima.

BRADFORD, PA. — Kirk Stauffer, PGA Life Member from Bradford, PA, won the WNYPGA Stableford Championship at The Pennhills Club in Bradford PA., Monday afternoon.

PUEBLO, Colo. – Ahead of the newly-launched PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Monster Energy Team Challenge, presented by U.S. Border Patrol, the league has announced the rosters and competition schedules for the six teams set to compete in Division B of the new tournament as well as the corpor…

LIVONIA — When legendary Livonia boys soccer coach Ray Maxwell first came to the states from Scotland he was just 12 years-old.

PAVILION — In high school, Cameron Milligan absolutely killed it.

GENESEO — Avon’s Rob Fries describes him as “the best coach in the county — hands down.”

DANSVILLE — Grace Rittenhouse has enjoyed her share of memorable moments during the past four years representing the Dansville Lady Mustangs in both soccer and, most notably, basketball.

GENESEO — Evan Salvaggio dedicated last summer to getting stronger.

As the sports world has been buzzing about “The Last Dance,” Jasmine Jordan has been holding out hope that plans for her first dance as Mrs. Rakeem Christmas can remain intact for this fall.

GREIGSVILLE — For those who have watched Riley Stella compete in sports during his high school career — whether on the football field, basketball court or the baseball diamond — nobody had more fun competing with his teammates than the 6-foot-4 York senior.