Leading off today: Rochester’s PAETEC Park has been awarded the 2009 boys lacrosse finals by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.
The Democrat and Chronicle reported the development this morning. The paper said that no contract has been signed yet but that the lacrosse committee definitely is breaking from its tradition of alternating the finals between Long Island and the Syracuse area. The 2008 finals will be held at Hofstra University.
Despite having more schools than any other region in the NYSPHSAA, Section 5 has hosted relatively few championships in the major sports in recent years. That begins to change somewhat next March when the wrestling tournament comes to Blue Cross Arena.
Milestones: Tamarac beat Lake George, 4-0, on Monday to give coach Craig Gilbert a state-record 441 girls soccer victories. Tamarac is 6-2 this season, Gilbert's 26th on the sideline.
Lehman football coach Carmine Colasanto, 60, collected his 200th win over the weekend with a 24-20 triumph vs. New Utrecht. He's in his 32nd season as head coach at Lehman.
This could be interesting: Former Monsignor Farrell JV basketball coach Dan Melious has applied for the school's vacant varsity position, The Advance reported yesterday.
The job opened when Bob Besignano resigned as coach last week citing "personal and health reasons," the newspaper said.
Monsignor John Paddack, principal of the school, has interviewed Melious, who in July brought a lawsuit against Farrell, the Archdiocese of New York, Paddack and
