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1 month ago | 
pickinsplinters.com | Bob Chavez
The start was as ideal as it could be for Webster Schroeder but as anyone in sports can tell you, it’s the finish that counts. And it’s not that the Warriors aren’t aware of that. But it’s a helpless feeling when a team like Aquinas kicks into gear to render fruitless all efforts to stop it. That’s what happened Saturday night at Finger Lakes Community College as the Lil Irish found their stride in the second quarter and rode that momentum to a 55-44 win in the Section V Class AA championship.
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1 month ago | 
pickinsplinters.com | Bob Chavez
The game was taking a familiar turn when Keshequa took an 11-point lead into halftime, then opened the third quarter with 10 unanswered points. But this is championship basketball, where the unexpected can happen. And dealing with the unexpected is what makes a champion, which is where the Keshequa girls are today.
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1 month ago | 
wp.me | Bob Chavez
By BOB CHAVEZHe still gets the attention everywhere he goes, which is what happens when you’re 7 feet tall. And since Connor Williams isn’t expecting to grow shorter anytime soon, it’s attention he’s learned to accept. But what’s different since his 2021 graduation from Victor is how to live with the attention. And as he thinks back on the basketball he’s played at Victor, followed by four years of NCAA ball at St. John Fisher University, he’s as comfortable as he’s ever been.
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1 month ago | 
pickinsplinters.com | Bob Chavez
Emily Hawyrschuk has seen plenty of quality lacrosse, but this? “Top to bottom, everything the WLL did to create this experience was awesome,” said the 2016 Victor graduate and three-time All-American at Syracuse University. That’s quite the review from an athlete who graduated SU as the program’s all-time leading goal scorer and has won box lacrosse gold with Team USA.
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1 month ago | 
casportshistory.wordpress.com | Bob Chavez
If you were fortunate enough to attend any part of your Canandaigua schooling in the building on Fort Hill Avenue, you’ll have an easier time envisioning the scene on Thanksgiving night in 1955. The gymnasium at Canandaigua Academy is exactly what you’d expect from the 1950s: Parque flooring with a dark stain and poor lighting by today’s standards with the faint smell of chlorine from the nearby pool in the basement.
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2 months ago | 
13wham.com | Bob Chavez
Canandaigua, N.Y. — When the opening tip and the first basket of the game went for Canandaigua Academy, the thought was natural: Here we go. After all, it was just over a month ago that the Gray Wolves pressed Greece Athena to a surprising overtime game that the Trojans eventually won. But in Wednesday’s rematch at The Academy, Athena didn’t need overtime. It barely needed four full quarters.
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2 months ago | 
pickinsplinters.com | Bob Chavez
When the opening tip and the first basket of the game went for Canandaigua Academy, the thought was natural: Here we go. After all, it was just over a month ago that the Gray Wolves pressed Greece Athena to a surprising overtime game that the Trojans eventually won. But in Wednesday’s rematch at The Academy, Athena didn’t need overtime. It barely needed four full quarters. The Trojans had the energy and the shooting to lead comfortably throughout and travel home with a 73-60 victory.
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2 months ago | 
casportshistory.wordpress.com | Bob Chavez
Football at Canandaigua Academy has 102 season under its belt, give or take. Either way, that’s a lot of football and to the best of my knowledge, every game since the first one played in 1888 is recorded here. This includes scores (though some are not available), final record for each season and coach. Rosters for each team from 1888 through 1910 also are included, and I’m hoping to add rosters from 1940 onward at a later time.
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2 months ago | 
pickinsplinters.com | Bob Chavez
By BOB CHAVEZ HONEOYE, N.Y. — It was 6 a.m. on a winter Sunday recently when the dogs woke Adam Parker at home. He rose to investigate, discovering his garage door wide open on the chilly, snowy morning. Heading to the garage while considering the words he’d offer to whichever of his children left the door open, he was greeted with a surprise. There was his daughter Kendall, deep in meditative thought. With the door wide open. And that is the mindset of a champion. A scoring champion, to be precise.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
casportshistory.wordpress.com | Bob Chavez
It was 1974 when a car accident took the life of Robert Bradshaw, a Canandaigua Academy graduate and former wrestler. Two years later, a wrestling tournament was established in his memory. This weekend, the 50th annual event takes place at The Academy and as you can imagine, 50 years of tournaments can provide a solid list of highlights, including this clip from the 1978 tournament that shows Steve Pancio of Olean. Pancio was coached by a name many Canandaigua sports fans will recognize.
