Sports Cancellations

Due to inclement weather, several sporting events have been cancelled for today

Geneseo:

JV/Varsity Baseball and Softball games.

York:

JV Baseball and Softball games and Varsity Tennis

Avon:

JV/Varsity Baseball and Softball games and Varsity Tennis. JV/Varsity Baseball and Softball games have been rescheduled for April 29, Varsity Tennis has been rescheduled to April 23.

No information posted about Cal-Mum at press time.

Stay tuned to this story for more information.

UPDATE:

Cal-Mum cancellations:

Tennis and Varsity Baseball/Softball

SPORTS: All games cancelled for tonight

LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Due to the snowstorm, all sporting events for tonight have been cancelled. Check back to this story as we will be updated when the postponed games have been moved to. As of now, York boys baskteball's home game against Pavilion has been moved to tomorrow at 7:30 pm.

Basketball games for Geneseo have been moved to tomorrow at the same times they would have been today.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Caledonia advances

CALEDONIA— The Caledonia Red Raiders took on the Campbell Savona Panthers tonight. It was the second round of sectionals for the two teams, whoever lost was knocked out of the running for a sectional title. Caledonia came out on top, winning 76-47.

Steve Gaffney came up huge for the Red Raiders, scoring a total of 25 points this game. During the second quarter he also made his 1000^th point. He has played a total of four years on varsity.

“It’s pretty exciting.” Gaffney said, “It’s really more about the team, we really want to win a sectional title, but that was a point that just came along the way.”

“It’s great for Steve and he has been a good player for me now for four years.” head coach Dan Dickens said. “I think that obviously he is looking forward to a sectional title than anything else.”

Kyle Kline was also a leading scorer tonight with a total of 19 points.

Ryan Dilly from Campbell Savona led his team with 14 points. Mitchell Allen did not trail too far behind him with 11 points. Todd Harrian for the Panthers was also a leading scorer with a total of 9 points and making them all within the last 3 minutes of the game.

“I thought we played pretty good defense,” said Dickens , commenting on tonight’s game. “I thought our transition was really moving tonight, we had a lot of odd number breaks. They play in a league that is a little more slow down tempo, and not that it’s not good basketball; they just play at a slower pace. I’ve seen them twice so I knew that they were going to have trouble keeping up with us. The key for us was pushing the tempo of the game.”

The Caledonia Red Raiders are looking forward to their semi-final match up against the York Golden Knights on Monday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Standings Update

LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Sectionals are right around the corner for Girls Section V basketball and our teams of Livingston County are getting ready for the challenge.

The Lady York Golden Knights, Caledonia-Mumford Red Raiders, Geneseo Blue Devils, and Avon Braves have all had fantastic seasons. Each team only has four regular season games left to play.

In Class C2 we have the York Golden Knights, who are unofficially declared as the #7 seed in their class, by the Section V Girls basketball website, and are 9-5 in the regular season. Their remaining schedule is: Away at Warsaw (2/1), Home versus Cal-Mum (2/5), Away at Pavilion (2/8), and Home versus Geneseo (2/12). Leading scorers for this Lady Knights are Alex Shepard, a center/forward with 209 points so far this season, and Katelyn Venable, also a center/forward, who has 137 points this far in the season.

Also in Class C2, we have the Caledonia-Mumford Red Raiders. As of now they are 8-6 and unofficially declared as #8 seed, by the Section V Girls basketball website. Their remaining contests include: Away at Avon (2/1), Away at York (2/5), Home versus Letchworth (2/8), and Away at Perry (2/12). Top scorers for the Lady Raiders are Emily Phillips, a forward/guard with 146 points and Maddi Flint, a guard with 168 points.

And our last but not least Livingston County Class C2 team is the Geneseo Blue Devils, whom are unofficially acknowledged as #9 seed in Class C2, by the Section V Girls basketball website, and are currently an 8-6 team. The Lady Knights have four remaining games left including: Away at Pavilion (2/1), Home versus Perry (2/5), Home versus Mount Morris (2/8), and Away at York (2/12). Aubrie Johnsen and Jordan Welch, the team’s two centers are the leading scorers for the Lady Knights. Johnsen has 93 points and Welch has 98 points.

The Lady Avon Braves are in Class C1 and are a 7-7 team. They are recognized unofficially by the Section V Girls basketball website as being #6 seed in their class. Kali Mouw, a guard, is the leading scorer for this Lady Braves with 158 points. Jill McEvoy trails slightly as the second leading scorer with 127 points. The Braves have four remaining games: Home against Cal-Mum (2/1), Away versus Keshequa (2/5), Home versus Elba (2/8), and Away at LeRoy (2/12).

The ending to this season will undeniably be an attention-grabbing finale. With these Livingston County teams being so close in records, it will be a fight to the finish.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Geneseo vs. York Video Preview

LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Tomorrow, the Geneseo Blue Devils and York Golden Knights will battle for the regular season league title in Geneseo. In preperation for the game, check out this preview video from both teams practices as they prepare for their Valentine's Day showdown.

Both teams provide in-depth analysis of how they are preparing for the biggest game of the season and what the regular season title would mean to each respective school. The York vs. Geneseo rivalry has been one of the biggest games in Livingston County history. The game will be live broadcasted at tv.geneseesun.com at 7pm.

Watch the game live tonight at 7:00 PM by CLICKING HERE.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Standings Update

LIVINGSTON COUNTY — It has been an amazing season for Section V basketball, as the local teams of Livingston County prepare to march towards Sectionals.

In Class C2, the York Golden Knights, Geneseo Blue Devils and Caledonia-Mumford Red Raiders have all had tremendous seasons.

All three teams are sitting at 12-2 and would have first round byes in the Sectional tournament, but are still battling for the coveted #1 seed, currently held by the 11-1 Lyons Lions, according to the basketball tournament bracket on SectionV.org.

For the Blue Devils, their remaining schedule includes: Home against Pavilion (2/1), Home against Letchworth (2/4), Away against Perry (2/6), Away against Mount Morris (2/8) and Home against York (2/14)

The Golden Knights remaining schedule includes: Home against Warsaw (2/1), Away against Caledonia-Mumford (2/6), Home against Pavilion (2/8) and Away against Geneseo (2/14)

The Red Raiders remaining schedule includes: Home against Avon (2/1), Home against York (2/6). Away against Letchworth (2/8) and Home against Perry (2/14).

Over in Class C1, the Avon Braves are 9-6 and are currently the #5 seed to determine the Class C1 Champion, according to the basketball tournament bracket on SectionV.org.

The Braves remaining schedule includes: Away against Caledonia-Mumford (2/1), Home against Webster-Christian (2/11) and Home against LeRoy (2/14).

The finish to the basketball season will undoubtedly be a good one and will cap off one of the strongest basketball seasons in recent memory for Livingston County.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: York tops Geneseo

RETSOF— The York Lady Knights defeated the Geneseo Lady Blue Devils tonight in overtime. This was an intense game of well-played defense on both teams. The final score was 33-31.

The first 6 points of the game tonight for York were scored by Danielle Perry. The Golden Knight freshmen stepped up this game to help out her team, due to Katelyn Venable’s knee injury.

“We were short tonight with Katelyn Venable’s knee injury, taking 10 points and 10 rebound out of our line up. We had to fill that in with our freshmen Danni Perry.”  head coach Tom Sherwood said.

At the end of the first half Anna Miskell for the Blue Devils hit a three point shot giving Geneseo their first lead of the game. They ended the half up 14-12.

By the end of the third quarter, Geneseo was up 25-18. They played excellent defense. Aubrie Johnsen for Geneseo had 18 points against the Knights, a majority scored in the third quarter.

York stepped up their game in the fourth, Alex Shepard had two back to back steals and lay ups that gave York the lead with only a minute left in the fourth, 27-25.

Kiara Torres for the Knights shot a long three with 10 seconds left in the game that just barely rattled out to prevent the Lady Knights from taking the lead.

Johnsen for the Blue Devils also had a chance to take a lead. She shot a jumper from the foul line that was just short bringing this rivalry game into a 4 minute overtime, tied 29-29.

The Lady Knights used a man-to-man press earlier this year against the Blue Devils, tonight they mixed it up with a 2-2-1.

“We have worked hard at pressing, at different times throughout the year we have used it and we have had success with it.” Sherwood said.

York came in hot at the start of the overtime. Danielle Perry scored a base line jumper to bring the score 31-29 York winning with 3 minutes left in the game.

Naomi Prentice was fouled; she makes both and brings York to a four point lead with a little less than two minutes left in the game.

Geneseo came back and scored a bucket, but couldn’t get another one to drop. With 10 seconds left, York regained possession of the ball and won the game 33-31.

“This game had a lot of implications,” York’s head coach said in response to tonight’s game. “One is, we couldn’t win our division this year…but we wanted sole possession of second place and until this game we could have tied with Geneseo and Mt Morris. Even though we are 13-5 we are the 7^th seed in our sectional bracket which gives us a home game. We play Geneseo again on Saturday as a result of this. They are a tough team, we were nervous. They are big and their guards move the ball well.”

You can bet it is going to be a close game this Saturday for the Lady Knights and Devils for both teams’ first round of sectionals. 

SWIMMING: Rundown of the pool

LIVINGSTON COUNTY— In preparation for the LCAA Championship meet, the high school swim teams of Livingston County have a week to rest and taper to peak competition level.

As they stand, the teams and their seasonal records are as follows: Livonia 9-0, Wayland Cohocton 10-1, Avon 8-3, Dansville 6-5, Bath-Haverling 4-6, Geneseo 7-5, Hornell 2-8, Letchworth 1-10, Perry 2-6, York 8-3, and Mount Morris 0-11.

Livonia is the only undefeated team in the county and is leading the meet, according to the score cards.

Psych sheets are out and swimmers are buzzing their heads and shaving their legs to trim precious seconds off their personal bests in attempt to qualify for the next bigger, more encompassing meet, Sectionals.

The divers have a separate meet held on Thursday, at Bath-Haverling.