Livingston County Gets Ready For the New Year

LIVINGSTON COUNTY — As 2011 draws to a close and 2012 gets ready to take over, the folks in Livingston County are making plans with friends and family for New Years Eve.

Some people plan to stay at home and watch the ball drop on TV in the comfort of their own home, while others will travel to a friend or family member’s house to enjoy the many New Years Eve TV specials. Still others plan to sit down and write up their list of resolutions for 2012.

Many Livingston County folks will travel to Perry Elementary and Middle School for Last Night Perry 2011 and some family friendly New Years Eve fun. The event runs from 5 p.m. until midnight and features over 35 performers to entertain guests of all ages.

Customers at Geneseo’s Muddy Waters Café shared their New Years Eve plans in the video below.

VIDEO: Avon Stays Unbeated, Defeats Geneseo in Section V Football 56-42

AVON — The Geneseo Blue Devils learned a valuable lesson in losing to Avon, always fight the fight.

In what easily could of been a route Geneseo Head Coach Tim Dolgos kept his starters in the game despite being down 42 -12 at the half. The effort paid off as they climbed back into the game 49-42 with 3:20 left in the 4th quarter.

VIDEO: SUNY Geneseo Fans Toss Teddy Bears for Charity at Hockey Game

GENESEO — Last week was the Geneseo Teddy Bear Toss at the Men's Hockey game where fans threw more then 600 Teddy Bears onto the ice after the first goal.

The Bears will all be donated to three local charities: Catholic Charities, Focus on the Children and Foster Children of Livingston County.

Geneseo would go on to win the game 7-4, Ryan Bulach scored the first goal.

There are many other traditions similar to this in SUNY Hockey. In one of the greatest hockey rivalries between Plattsburgh and Oswego they throw tennis balls onto the ice.

Check out the video from the game below.

Deer Run Winery Fall Grape Harvest

CONESUS LAKE — The crisp air and leaves beginning to turn mean one thing for Deer Run Winery, time to harvest the grapes at Deer Run Winery.

Geneseo Halloween Parade a Frightfully Good Time for All

GENESEO – Participants of all ages marched down Main Street Monday night for the annual Halloween parade sponsored by Geneseo Rotary and Geneseo Kiwanis.

Judges gave participants with the most creative costumes ribbons, but everyone who entered the contest received a small prize.

The Geneseo Rotary president Howard Stewart said the parade has been a Geneseo tradition for at least 20 years.

VIDEO: Avon Defeats York in Football

AVON − The 2011 Livingston County High School football season kicked off with lightning speed and lightning in the air with Avon defeating York 26 -12.

VIDEO: Geneseo Defeats Dundee in Section V Playoffs

ROCHESTER — The Geneseo Blue Devils have picked a fight with the Notre Dame of Batavia Fighting Irish in next weeks  Class D Section V final after soundly defeating Dundee 64-14.

The Blue Devils ran away with the game with a halftime score of 44-7. Geneseo was led by Sr. QB Xavier Copeland who had 3 rushing TD's in the first half. Copeland finished with 182 total yards rushing and Geneseo had 494 total yards on offense.

"We just got off the best week of practice all season," said Xavier Copeland. "Coach has been preaching from the beginning of the season that we have to finish and that's what we've got to do to win next week."

Geneseo had the better crowd support during the game thanks to the school providing a bus for transportation.

Genesee Suncast While Training for The Oak Tree Race

Check out Labor Day Weekend's Genesee Suncast filmed running while training for the Oak Tree Half Marathon and 5K to benefit the Genesee Valley Conservancy.