May 21, 2009

Greece Athena/Odys 12, Spencerport 11 Danny Vyverberg had three goals and one assist for the Thunder and Eric Bodine added two goals for the Thunder (7-6). Steve Cole made 13 saves in the win. In the second half, Spencerport tied it at 10 and then the Thunder scored two with about five minutes left to win the game.

Greece Athena/Odys 17, Greece Arcadia/Olympia 7 Nate Wallenhorst scored four goals with five assists and Dan Vyverberg recorded five goals with three assists for the Thunder (2-4). Zach Rudgers made 12 saves for the win. Brandon Wood scored three goals with an assists for the Lightning (3-4).

Greece Athena 8, Greece Olympia 0 Brian Hopkins had two hits and three RBI for Athena (2-2). Brian Hopkins had two hits and three RBI for Athena (2-2).

Chris Roeder was 2-for-2 with an RBI as Victor defeated Greece Athena 6-5 Friday in a non-league baseball game. Dustin Power went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Brandon Rhodes went 2-for-4 with a double for the visiting Blue Devils (3-0). Advertisement Senior Adam Brien picked up the win, striking out four and allowing one run in 31/3 innings of relief for Victor. Matt Bellucco went 3-for-4 and Brian Hopkins went 2-for-3 for Greece Athena (1-1).

UTICA The Greece Athena/Odyssey hockey team had completed the arduous comeback, erasing the almost-instant 2-0 deficit to finally forge into the lead late in the third period on Sunday. Sophomore winger J.T. Stenglein, Mr. Big Goal himself, produced yet again at clutch time for the unbeaten Thunder. His eighth playoff goal provided a 3-2 lead with only 4:12 remaining. But then the clock seemed to be stuck as Mamaroneck attacked with utter desperation in search of the tying goal. Why isn't it moving, the Thunder players said to themselves. Tick, dang it, tick. "That was so intense," junior defenseman Dan Vyverberg said of the frantic last 75 seconds. "I was jumping for joy inside but I kept wondering why it wasn't over." Goalie Parker Bonis, though, was once again as cool as could be in the pressure-cooker. Through traffic he found, and then gloved, the last shot by state Division 1 Player-of-the-Year Sean Hagan w

The offensive heroes seem to change from game to game for the unbeaten Greece Athena/Odyssey Thunder, who just keep marching on toward a season of perfection. "It's a different guy ? it seems like ? every day," coach Dan Webb said after Saturday's 1-0 victory over Ithaca in the New York State Division I regional at Brockport State's Tuttle Ice Arena. On Saturday, forward J.T. Stenglein took his turn in the scoring spotlight, breaking the scoreless tie off a dynamic two-zone dash with only 1:05 remaining in the second period. But while the goal-scorers gladly rotate for the 25-0 Thunder, there has been one constant; the super play of goalie Parker Bonis. Bonis wasn't busy on Saturday as the Thunder outshot Ithaca 34-13, yet he was still required to make game-saving stops. "All year he hasn't faced a lot of shots but there are always one or two really, really good opportunities an

A day that began with Parker Bonis feeling sick to his stomach ended in a jubilant celebration at the ESL Sports Centre Sunday evening. Bonis and his Greece Athena/Odyssey (24-0) hockey teammates captured the Section V Class A championship with a 3-1 win over Fairport, denying the Red Raiders (18-3-5-1) their third consecutive crown. Stout defense, two goals from sophomore forward J.T. Stenglein and steady play in net from Bonis, who stopped 21 of 22 Fairport shots, led to the Thunder winning its first sectional title since 2006. Athena/Odyssey advances into the regionals of states against Section IV's Ithaca at 4 p.m. Saturday at SUNY Brockport's Tuttle North Ice Arena. "This feels great, especially after last season's devastating (double-overtime) loss to Fairport in the AA title game," said Bonis, a sophomore who has stopped 52 of 53 postseason shots. "I wasn't confident coming in because when I woke up this mor

Greece Athena overcomes huge deficit to win state qualifier After 16 minutes of basketball, it was safe to say that the Greece Athena Trojans had issues. They struggled to score 12 points in two quarters. Their rebounding was not much better. And there was no hint that Gates Chili's forwards were going to shrink or become passive during halftime Athena's predicament actually grew worse during the first four minutes of the third quarter, but the Trojans got on track just in time to rally from a 20-point deficit and stun Gates Chili, 68-61, in overtime of the Section V Class AA state tournament qualifier at the Blue Cross Arena at th

Wallace caps Greece Athena's rally for Class AA2 title John Boccacino • Staff writer • March 8, 2009 As a pregame ritual, all members of the Greece Athena boys basketball team shoot 30 free throws the morning of a game. That practice paid off when it counted most during Athena's Class AA2 sectional title game against top-seeded Irondequoit on Saturday night. Advertisement John Wallace, just a sophomore, swished a pair of 1-and-1 situations late in the fourth and finished with 19 points as the No. 2 Trojans (19-4) defeated No. 1 Irondequoit 57-54 at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. Athena rallied from a 10-point deficit over the final 11 minutes, 47 seconds to win its third sectional title in four years.

No. 2 Trojans (19-4) defeated No. 1 Irondequoit 57-54 at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. Athena rallied from a 10-point deficit over the final 11 minutes, 47 seconds to win its third sectional title in four years PHOTOS BY JAMES LATHROP

Canandaigua 40, Greece Athena 33 GATES - Second-seeded Canandaigua ended No. 1 Greece Athena's four-year reign as Section V champion, winning 40-33 tonight at packed Gates Chili High School for the Class AA girls basketball championship. The Braves (22-1) had been knocked out of the tournament each of the past three years by Athena (19-4), including the past two years in the title game. But this time Canandaigua did what it took to win a defensive struggle between two evenly matched teams that know each other well. The Braves won their last title in 2002. The Finger Lakes East champions, who will play Rush-Henrietta or Penfield in Monday%u2019s 7 p.m. state tournament qualifier at Gates, were led by 15 points from tournament MVP, Ashley Zahn. No team led by more than six points until the last minute. A 9-2 Canandaigua spurt, capped by Ashley Zahn%u2019s drive-and-dish to Taylo

Greece Athena 71, East 67 (Class AA2 semifinals) Sophomore guard John Wallace scored 25 points, including 3-pointers on three consecutive possessions that put Greece Athena (18-4) ahead to stay and on the way to the Section V Class AA2 final. Wallace, whose father John Wallace was a star forward at Syracuse University, finished with 5 3-pointers. East struggled as a team from that range, as the Orientals (17-5) connected on just 7 of 30 attempts. Athena (18-4), the No. 2 seed, faces No. 1 Irondequoit (20-3) and No. 4 Franklin (12-8), 7:15 p.m. Saturday at Blue Cross Arena at the Rochester Community War Memorial. EAST: Jerrold Brooks 18, Johnathon Ivy 8, Albany James 9, David Brannon 5, Brandon Caruthers 18, Trevor Tahron 2, Clint Wilson 7, Joseph Gatson 0. GREECE ATHENA: John Wallace 25, Casey Sheehan 13, R.J. Kalb 16, Willie Pantoja 9, Isaac Floyd 6, Brad Corry 0, Chris

Greece Athena 59, Irondequoit 49 Class AA quarterfinals No. 8 Irondequoit vs. No. 1 Athena Freshman guard Nicole Bini scored 15 points, including 9 of 10 from the free-throw line for the Trojans (18-3) and junior guard Nina Korn added 10 points and five assists. The Eagles finished 10-12. IRONDEQUOIT: Keri Soppe 12, Casey Brett 7, Jessica Lindsey 13, Carly Perreaud 0, Hannah Knight 0, Kelli McCauley 2, Hannah Halloran 0, Renee Perreaud 0, Deserae Maldanado 9, Erin Knauf 0, Barbara Bianchi 0, Cecilia Sigrist 6. ATHENA: Stephanie Iman 2, Brianna Capezzuto 0, Dana Cohan 4, Nina Korn 10, Sarah Alwardt 10, Brittany Quataert 0, Kathleen Sullivan 6, Katie Mibaum 6, Samantha Garbacz 6, Nicole Bini 15, Brittany Brown 0, Keri Kephart 0, Shannon Kirkpatrick 0. 3-point goals: Soppe 3, Brett, Maldanado 2, Cohan, Alwardt.

Greece Athena/Odyssey 2, Greece Arcadia/Olympia 0 Defenseman Eric Gunderson scored the game's only two goals and the unbeaten Greece Athena/Odyssey Thunder advanced to the Section V Class A hockey championship game with a 2-0 victory over Greece Arcadia/Olympia tonight at the ESL Sports Centre. Thunder goalie Parker Bonis made 13 saves for the shutout. Gunderson scored on his own rebound with just 1:17 remaining in the first period to break a scoreless tie. He scored again at 10:40 of the second period on a power play, this time tucking in the rebound of a Brandon Cheeseman shot. Lightning goalie Josh Opladen was terrific even in losing, making 18 saves as the Thunder led in shots 20-13. The Thunder, the section's top seed and state's No. 1-ranked team, take a 23-0 record into Sunday's 5:30 p.m. title game at the ESL Sports Centre against the winner of the Pittsford-Fairport game.

Greece Athena/Odyssey 6, Aquinas 0 (Section V Class A Quarterfinals) Sophomore Riley Bourbonnais scored three goals, J.T. Stenglein had a goal and two assists and Greg Ryan added two assists for the top-seeded Thunder (22-0). Parker Bonis stopped 18 shots for the shutout. Athena/Odyssey will face the winner of McQuaid/Greece Arcadia/Olympia in the Class A semifinals at 6 p.m. Tuesday night at the ESL Sports Centre. The Thunder is the top-ranked Division I team in the state. No. 8 Aquinas finished 11-12-2-1.

Gates Chili 56, Greece Athena 54 (Monroe County Tournament Bracket B Champ) Teddy Tuggles hit two free throws with 21 seconds left to lift the Spartans. The free throws made the score 55-52. Athena's Casey Sheehan came down and scored on a layup with 10 seconds left to cut the deficit to 55-54. Rickey Stevens hit one of two free throws for Gates Chili and the Spartans stopped Athena on their final possession for the win. Tuggles finished with 12 points and Chad Dillard had 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Spartans (16-4). Sheehan finished with 16 points and John Wallace scored 15 for Athena (16-4).GC: Rickey Stevens 6, Teddy Tuggles 12, Chad Dillard 21, C.J. Russell 4, Eli Thomas 5, Chris James 0, Cordell James 2, Fred Walker 6. ATHENA: Casey Sheehan 16, Chris Dean 0, Trevor Eggleston 0, Bryan Nudd 0, Buddy Miles 0, Isaac Floyd 4, Brad Corry 0, RJ Kalb 15, Blake Schirtz 0,

Greece Athena 71, Fairport 56 No. 8 Fairport vs. No. 5 Athena Casey Sheehan scored 15 points with 11 assists and R.J. Kalb added 16 points and 15 rebounds for the Trojans (16-3) Isaac Floyd chipped in 12 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. Kevonte McClain had 20 points for the Red Raiders (13-6).FAIRPORT: James Cunningham 0, Geoff Soja 7, Brian McMillen 0, Andy Magee 0, Keith Dapprich 0, Mike Glenn 2, Kevonte McClain 20, James Hamill 7, Marc Regan 0, David Kozar 14, Phil Mormon 2, Zach Firth 2, Tyler Massie 2. ATHENA: Casey Sheehan 15, Chris Dean 3, Trevor Eggleston 0, Buddy Miles 0, Isaac Floyd 12, Brad Corry 0, RJ Kalb 16, Blake Schirtz 4, John Wallace 10, Darren Green 1, Willie Pantoja 10, Jaquan Forman 0, Ryan McKenna 0. 3-point goals: McClain, Kozar, Sheehan 3, Dean, Pantoja 2, Wallace.

Greece Thunder hockey wins one for coach 'Webby' James Johnson • Staff writer • February 11, 2009 GREECE — After all of 16 seconds had elapsed, Riley Bourbonnais made it clear that the Greece Athena/Odyssey Thunder would not be stopped. Greece Olympia/Arcadia did recover after the early goal by Bourbonnais started the Thunder, but the Lightning could not keep up and lost 7-3 Tuesday to a Greece Athena/Odyssey team thankful it will get its head coach back. Thunder team leaders Eric Gunderson, Greg Ryan and Pat Sofia walked in their skates thr

Last game of the 2008-09 Season.

Recognized Staff Members.....Thank you for all the hard work that you do! The presentation took place on Feb 1 before the start of the Webster Thomas game. Photos by Jack Brown

Greece Athena/Odys 6, Hilton 2 The Thunder went up 3-0 after one period and then had a 5-1 lead after two. Greece Athena/Odyssey scored again in the third period before Hilton closed out the scoring with 1:30 left in the game. The Thunder (21-0) had six different goal scorers: Greg Ryan, J.T. Stenglein, Matt Lane, Eric Gunderson, Curran O'Brien and Mike McNeil. Matt Fracassi and Corey Sherman scored for Hilton. Hilton goalies Brad Delgatti stopped 13 shots, Dan Hurlimann had four saves and Tyler Kelly had one save. Parker Bonis and Andrew Simonelli split time in goal and combined for 19 saves for the Thunder. Bonis had 13 saves.

Greece Athena/Odyssey 2, Fairport 0, (Lakeshore Hockey Arena) Text from D&C Staff Reports, (Feb 5, 2009): Video Clip J.T. Stenglein scored with an assist from Matt Lane three minutes into the game for Greece (19-0). Greg Ryan scored with an assist from Riley Bourbonnais midway through the period to make it 2-0 for the