sectional football chairman Bob Campese. Liverpool's field has been closed since December due to problems with the substructure and drainage. (See:
N.Y. list of fields)
Melvin said the track surrounding the field has not been closed because it is not made of the same material, but the district has sent track samples out for testing.
Two track records fall: A pair of Section 4 track and field records were broken yesterday at Vestal. Albert Johnson of Corning triple-jumped 48 feet, 9½ inches, easily cracking the 16-year-old mark of 48-1 by Ediru Okpewho of Vestal.
Vestal sophomore Camille Ginyard cleared 11-2 1/4 in the girls pole vault to take sole possession of the mark (10-9) she already shared.
A multitude of New York's best will be in Philadelphia to compete at the Penn Relays beginning tomorrow.
Softball shorts: Williamsville South's 59-game winning streak in the ECIC dating to 2003 came to an end earlier this month at the hands of Hamburg. . . . Buffalo's Monsignor Martin Association champion will paricipate in the state CHSAA tournament for the first time this spring. The event is May 27 in new York City. . . . Buffalo Sacred Heart has lost all-league sophomore pitcher Erica Comisso to a torn ACL.
Veteran Wilson coach Larry Lash, who compiled the NYSSWA rankings for many years before handing off the duties this spring, is being recognized by having the school's field named for him. Lash started softball at Wilson in 1975 and has piled up a 432-275 record with six sectional trophies and one state championship. The school district and the booster club are planning to dedicate the field on May 17.
Extra points: BeRecruited.com, which claims to be the nation's largest free online network for athletes seeking to connect with college coaches, says it has surpassed 200,000 registered users, including 10,000 college coaches. The site says athletes from 14,900 U.S. schools have created profiles on the site.
