Leading off today: Jordan-Elbridge senior Colleen Ryan recorded her 1,279th softball strikeout Wednesday to break the state high school record.
The milestone came during a 4-0 loss to Marcellus. The previous mark had been set by Sarah Reed of Jamesville-DeWitt in 2004. Ryan is in her sixth varsity season and has 167 K's as a senior after racking up 325 as a junior.
Taking a stand: Kudos to Newfane boys soccer coach Bob Roach for his hard-hitting letter to The Buffalo News regarding the death penalty handed down against Lackawanna boys soccer program by the district's school board.
"Any team with players who charge an official, shove that official and repeatedly speak in a vulgar or obscene way to an official deserves to be punished," he wrote. "Should the team be suspended for an entire season? On these actions alone, maybe not, but this isn’t the first time that this team has been in trouble."
Astonishingly, Roach reports that Lackawanna has more red and yellow cards in the last six seasons than the rest of Section 6 combined.
"A number of talented soccer players have come through Lackawanna’s program," he concluded, "but I would take a kid with class over a talented soccer player with a disrespectful attitude any day of the week."
Capurso picks Hofstra: St. John Villa junior Nicole Capurso has made an early commitment to play
