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Batavia edges Notre Dame in defensive struggle to win Lions Club Tourney
Many coaches will say that the key to winning is defense, and that’s exactly what propelled Batavia to their eighth consecutive Lions Club Tournament championship, 46-36.The game featured two of the...
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Batavia, Notre Dame to meet for Rotary Tournament Crown
The 25th edition of the Rotary Club of Batavia Basketball Tournament has certainly been eventful.After the tournament was postponed because of the blizzard earlier this week, the teams finally took to...
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Notre Dame comes out on top in tough, physical game with Batavia in Rotary...
If you saw last year’s Rotary Club Tournament final between Batavia and Notre Dame, you would expect a similar tough, hard-fought matchup between two of the top teams in the area.After winning a close...
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Greece Arcadia out-muscles Batavia
They say you can’t teach size, and that was evident as Greece Arcadia out-muscled Batavia en route to a 61-56 win in Monroe County League play.The Blue Devils got off to a slow start in the first...
View ArticleA tough month for Notre Dame improved by victory over Blue Devils
The month of January has been a nightmare for the Notre Dame Hockey Team, but yesterday afternoon it may have woken up as the players defeated Batavia/Alexander, 2-1.The Fighting Irish came into the...
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Pembroke girls shoot for a cure
An estimated 220,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, and every 1 out of 8 women will be diagnosed in their lifetime.Tonight Pembroke High School took a big step in helping to find a...
View ArticleElba rolls past Northstar Christian
This season has been a different one for the Elba girl’s basketball squad. Prior to this season, they had not lost a regular season game since Feb. 8, 2010.This season they already have two losses...
View ArticleMcCulley, ND sting Oakfield-Alabama
Prior to opening tip-off, Notre Dame’s Tim McCulley jokingly rubbed his hands together as if to say he was going to “make it rain.”It must have worked, because it rained in buckets for McCulley, as he...
View ArticleMcCulley scores 1,000th point as ND tops Alexander
Only four players in the history of the Notre Dame basketball program have ever scored 1,000 points in their careers.Make that five.Tim McCulley added to his already impressive athletic resume by...
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Notre Dame dominates Elba to complete season series sweep
The Notre Dame girls are just one win away from clinching their 11th Genesee Region League title in school history after pounding Elba, 69-37.The resounding victory also marks the first time that the...
View ArticleVescovi drops 37 as Le Roy shocks Cal-Mum
It’s a game every athlete dreams of.It’s senior night on the road against your big rival, with sectional implications on the line.That’s what Le Roy was facing against Cal-Mum…and Montana Vescovi...
View ArticleNotre Dame tops Wheatland-Chili for eighth-straight Genesee Region League crown
Around Christmastime, things were looking bleak for the Notre Dame basketball team.In a span of 10 days, the Fighting Irish had their 70-game Genesee Region League winning streak snapped by...
View ArticleAlexander opens sectional play with a bang
Sectional play is under way and it is now win or go home for local area high school teams.Alexander got off to a strong start, defeating Marion 59 to 27 in the first round of the Class C2 bracket.The...
View ArticleMcCulley shoots Batavia girls past HF-L
Much has been written about Notre Dame’s Tim McCulley this year, but Batavia has their own McCulley…Madison.The sophomore has become one of the best girl’s basketball players in Section V, and she...
View ArticlePembroke survives in overtime
It’s not quite March yet, but that madness has begun in Western New York.Second-seed Pembroke survived a nail-biter, defeating seventh-seeded Cuba-Rushford, 55-49 in overtime of a Class C2 quarterfinal...
View ArticleBatavia shuts down HF-L
The saying is that defense wins championships, and if that’s true, Batavia could be raising another sectional trophy next Saturday.The Blue Devils’ defense was in full lockdown as they defeated Honeoye...
View ArticleHornets stung by Wheatland-Chili
The clock has struck midnight on Oakfield-Alabama’s Cinderella run.After upsetting third-seeded Dundee in the Class C3 quarterfinals, the Hornets were blown out by Wheatland-Chili, 62-32.In last...
View ArticlePembroke advances to first title game since '87
It has been a long time since Pembroke was a factor in Section V girls basketball.The Lady Dragons can now say that they are, as they punched their ticket to the Class C2 finals for the first time...
View ArticleND boys advance to Class D1 finals
Notre Dame head coach Mike Rapone will find himself in a familiar place on Saturday evening…in the Class D1 sectional finals.The Fighting Irish earned Rapone his 18th trip to the finals, the second...
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Lyons slays the Dragons in the Class C2 final
The historic run by the Pembroke Girls Basketball Team came to an end just one victory shy of their goal…to win the first sectional championship in school history.The Lady Dragons were out-muscled all...
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ND shows Hart as Rapone earns record-tying 9th Section V title
What more can Notre Dame Head Coach Mike Rapone accomplish in his career?He became the first coach in Section V history to reach 600 wins. He’s won two state championships, 30 Genesee Region League...
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Batavia gets battered by Geneva in Class A2 final
After losing five starters from last year’s state semi-final team, not many people expected Batavia to reach the sectional finals this season…but they did.Unfortunately, the magic ran out in the Class...
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Notre Dame advances to Far West Regional
They say that championship teams peak at the right time of the year.It’s March and things are coming together at the right time for Notre Dame, with one game separating them and a trip to Glens Falls...
View ArticleWith a little history between them, Notre Dame set to meet Sherman in Far...
Saturday’s New York State Class D Far West Regional contest will feature two programs that are no stranger to the magnitude of the game.Notre Dame is appearing in the Far West Regional for the sixth...
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Slow start ends state dreams for Notre Dame boys
Have you ever heard the phrase "It’s not how start, it’s how you finish"?Well, today that didn’t turn out to be true, as Sherman used a monster first half to end Notre Dame’s spectacular postseason...
View ArticleBatavia baseball bounces back to beat Akron
After winning the first two games of the season, the Batavia baseball squad was handed its first loss of the season in an emphatic fashion, losing to Honeoye Falls-Lima 15-2 on Thursday...
View ArticleBatavia clips Eagles as Scheuerlein tosses no-no
In baseball, getting strong play from your pitcher is as important as a quarterback in football, and that was evident as Batavia topped Wayne 8-2 in the Class A quarterfinals at Dwyer Stadium.The...
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Covel, ND shut out Fillmore to advance to DD semis
Sometimes in sports a star player can get rolling and it’s hard to stop him.That’s what happened as Alec Covel started off hot on the mound and never looked back as Notre Dame blanked Fillmore 5-0 in...
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ND conquers Arkport, wins Class DD Title
It has been quite a week for Notre Dame senior Alec Covel.On Thursday he signed to play for Division II Mansfield University, and the very next day, he pitched the Fighting Irish past Arkport 11-5 to...
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Blue Devils come tantalizingly close to berth in final four
Batavia is no stranger to Far West Regional games. The Blue Devils have been to a few under Head Coach Buddy Brasky, including a thriller against Olean in 2013 that saw Jeff Redband's game-winner find...
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