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Sunday, July 19Mallers on top at end 36-28, Lawson hits 400
For 59 and 1/2 minutes, the Sting was either leading or tied with the Mallers. With 31 seconds left, Scott Lawson hit a wide open Culture Branch in the left corner of the end zone and Mallers had their first lead. Lawson's toss to Branch was also the 400th TD pass of his career. And after CJ Tarver's 2-pt try fell into the waiting hand of TE Bo Gaudreau, the Mallers put the Sting on notice that they couldn't regain the lead in regulation and it proved to be the game as the Mallers (3-0) would hold off a late Sting (3-1) challenge and prevail 36-28.
Lawson would finish with 3TD passes on 20-33 for 376 yards. Jesse Bennett would account for 145 of those yards on 5 receptions with a TD. Branch finished with 6 catches for 100 yards and 2 TD's. Sylvester Cooperwood contributed was 'FedEx' tonight as he carried 18 times for 80 yards and 2TD's and caught 4 passes for 42 yards.
The Mallers defense, depleted by the wedding of the now Mr. and Mrs. Carson Johnson, shut down the Sting offense in the 2nd half and was led by the linebacking corps of Jamie 'AZ' Longmire who had 8 tackles, a sack and an interception, the ever present Greg Woodward, who added 9 tackles and the return of last season's highly touted rookie Alex Brace who had 8 tackles.
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Fighting Irish Giving Back To Local Athletes
Members of the Fighting Irish, and Lucky Charms, stop for a quick picture as they help out during the annual Capital District Special Olympics Track and Field Events. The Track and Field Events were held on Saturday May 9th at Hudson Valley Community College sports complex in Troy. The day was a huge success for all athletes and volunteers! Some of the Fighting Irish members even made some lifelong friends and fans that they currently speak with on a consistent basis.
Currently New York State Special Olympics has over 25,000 volunteers that provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-style sports for all children and adults with intellectual disabilities, including mental retardation giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of skills and friendship with their families, Special Olympics athletes and the community. Through their participation in Special Olympics New York athletes gain confidence and build a positive self-image, which carries into the classroom, the home, the workplace and the community.
For more information on how to help in your area of New York State please visit http://nyso.org/.
Tuesday, April 21
Tigers Take On Canal Clean Up
By Rikki Cason
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The Journal-Register
ALBION — Many gathered Saturday to clean-up the canal in Albion. The Albion Main Street Alliance and the Orleans County Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event that brought several organizations together to pick up the trash and garbage around the canal and beautify the community.
“There is a lot of littering going on through the season,” said AMSA member Michael Bonafede. “We’re picking it up and getting rid of it.”
Bonafede said that the state donates water and trash bags for the event and each year more and more people are coming out and helping clean-up Albion.
Among those in the clean-up was the Lyndonville Tigers semi-pro football team. According to their foundation president Taylor McCabe, the group recently re-organized and decided to do a number of things throughout the season to give back to the county. He said that the team is made up of players from all over Orleans County and they want to raise awareness and also make a positive difference in the community.
Tiger’s general manager Joe Suhr said that instead of just being a football team, they want to be an organization. As part of that, he said they want to give back to the community.
The Lyndonville Tigers are part of the Northeastern Football Alliance and their sixth season will begin soon, playing Saturday games at Roy-Hart.
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Shock in the Community
Katie Costello, 6, of Solvay, gets some help lining up her shot from Rick Collard, a member of the Syracuse Shock Football Club, during the 10th annual fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters Sunday at Flamingo Bowl in Liverpool. Program director Oscar Vergara said the local Big Brothers Big Sisters, which serves Onondaga and Oswego counties, is always looking for mentors. Currently, it has 109 children on a waiting list. Lauren Long / The Post-Standard