Cross Country teams do well at Pittsford Invitational

By Bill Mullaly

The past week saw all four of the Hudson High School fall athletic teams in competition. The cross country teams took the short trip west to Pittsford last Saturday for an invitational and both teams did well. The volleyball team had a tough week falling in league play and struggling in tournament play at the JCC invitational. The girls golf team had two matches and fell both times. Here is a look at how the four teams fared over the past seven days.

Girls and Boys both do well at Pitt Invite

Hudson Lady Tiger senior Emily Austin won the senior race with a time of 21:16. Austin ran a great race and turned in her best performance of the season to date. The event was run by classes with seniors going against seniors and so on down to the freshmen level. Tiger junior Cassie Bailey was eighth in 24:10. Mara Lyons was 32nd in 31:27 as a junior. Liz Austin was 12th as a sophomore in 24:03. Jennifer Adams was 16th as a sophomore in 24:29. In the frosh race it was Chelsea DeSeranno running a time of 28:57 for 18th place. The Hudson girls ran very well despite the fact that no team scores were recorded. Veteran Hudson girls coach John Enerson likes this type of format as it gives all the runners a chance to compete against runners in their own class and his girls responded to the challenge and opportunity that the Pittsford meet offered.

For the boys the top Hudson runner was senior standout Sabin Enerson who ended up fourth overall with a time of 17:54. Brett Merillat was next as a senior with an 18th place finish in 19:07 and senior Andrew Weasel was 34th in 20:32. In the senior race Hudson was fourth with 56 points. In the junior race the top Tiger finisher was Zach Pearce in ninth at 18:08, while Nathan Chamberlain was 18th in 20:15 and Greg Gose was 21st in 20:44. In the junior race it was Hudson in third with 48 points. Hudson had an individual winner with Stephen Tennis winning the sophomore race in 17 flat as he lead the Hudson team to a second place finish with 37 points. Next, for Hudson in the tenth grade race was Derick Clark in 10th at 19:07 and Nate Nastase was 26th in 20:50. In the freshmen race Hudson was fifth with 72 points. Cullan Wilkerson was 14th in 20:50, while Nathan Wilkerson was 15th in 20:50 and Thomas High was 43rd in 26:20. It was a very solid day for the boy's team in this unique race format that is part of the tradition of the Pittsford Invitational. The next event for both the boys and girls will be an invitational at Haslett on Saturday.

Volleyball team still searching

Hudson was at Ida a week ago Tuesday for its lone match of the week and the Lady Tigers fell easily to league power Ida by a score of 25-5, 25-10 and 25-16. "Ida was very good and they made it tough for us to do much," said Hudson coach Connie "Hazel" Varney. "We just couldn't do much at the net and didn't have many kills or blocks. Also, we had trouble with serve-receive and that helped Ida score a lot of easy points."

Leading the Hudson effort was Jessica Varney and Mykahla Frayer both with eight points serving. Frayer added three blocks.

A week ago Saturday it was Hudson playing in the inaugural Jackson Community College (JCC) Invitational. Hudson fell in pool play to Grass Lake 25-12, 25-14. Next, it was Chelsea winning 25-13, 25-20. The third win came over North Adams-Jerome 25-21 and 25-19, In the fourth pool play game it was Hudson falling to Hanover-Horton 25-10, 25-11. Finally, it was Leslie winning 25-17, 25-16. Hudson is now 0-15-1 overall and 0-4 in the LCAA. "We started slow in the JCC tournament but we ended up a lot better and it seemed like we improved as the day went on," said coach Varney.

Jesscia Varney had 33 points serving to go with four aces, while Frayer had 30 points serving with five aces and Rachel Pawson had 26 service points and five aces. Frayer ended with 10 kills and Varney added seven kills. Pawson ended up with 11 assist.  Hudson will host Dundee this evening (Thursday) and then the team will be at a tournament on Saturday at Stockbridge.  

Golfers have two meets

On Tuesday of last week the team was at Petersburg-Summerfield and lost 241-254. Samantha Stern was the top scorer with a round of 55 and that earned her the title of medalist for the meet. Aubrey Laughlin had a 59, while Janet Verdon shot a 62, Emily Frantz a 65, Lauren Stanley a 68 and Stephanie Jackson had a 79. The team's second match last week came on Thursday at home at Shaffer's Evergreen Golf Course as the Tigers fell to powerful Hillsdale Academy by a score of 180 to 220. Stern shot a season-low 49 for her best effort of the season so far. Laughlin had a 55, Verdon a 57, Emily Frantz a 60 and Stanley had a 69. The team is still searching for its first win of the season. Up next was a match two days ago on Tuesday at East Jackson and then today (Thursday) at Shaffer's Evergreen the team will take on Grass Lake and Onsted in a three-way meet at 3:30. 

Hudson loses to Dundee 27-20

By Bill Mullaly

The streak is over for the Tigers of Hudson. After beating Dundee for 14 straight games the Vikings pulled off a small upset defeating Hudson 27-20 on Friday night at Thompson Field. The last win for Dundee came in 1992 over in Dundee by a score of 40-0. The Vikings didn't beat the Tigers until last Friday and the long drought for them is finally over. The loss leaves the Tigers at 2-3 overall and 0-3 in the LCAA. “We just made some small mistakes that added up to a loss,” said Hudson coach Chris Luma, who saw his team drop its third straight game after opening with two wins. “We changed things up on offense and got better production but it wasn’t enough. Again, for the third straight game we gave up a long run for a score early in the second half.”

This was a game of two momentum swings. First, it was all Dundee to start the game as the Tigers fumbled the opening kickoff and the Vikings recovered it. They then went 42 yards on eight plays to score with 8:17 to play in period one. The touchdown came on a three-yard run. The kick was good making it 7-0 Vikes.

Then Dundee scored again early in period two as Joe Lake ran in his second touchdown this time from seven yards away and again the kick was good. The Vikings led 14-0 with 11:38 to play until halftime. The Tigers bounced back and the momentum swung their way. Taylor Milligan hit Mitchell Webb with a nice 24-yard pass to keep a drive alive. Webb finished the 10-play 43-yard drive with a run of seven yards for the score. He added the two-pointer and it was 14-8 with 7:08 to halftime. Then late in the first half Keith Walworth broke free for an exciting 40-yard run for the score and the game was tied. Hudson missed the point after and it was 14-14 with just 31 seconds until intermission.

Then the Tigers came out in the second half and kicked off but it was Dundee losing the ball as Tiger Colin Wollet stole the ball from the returner. Hudson then went 29 yards in only six plays with Gannon Curtis pounding it in from a yard out. Again, the point failed and Hudson lead 20-14. Hudson now had the lead and the momentum but the play the coach says has been happening too much in the second half took place. Luma was referring to the back-breaking 77-yard Viking touchdown run by Eric Dermanelian on the first play after the Tigers had went ahead 20-14 with 10:22 left in the third quarter. With the score the Vikings went on top 21-20 at the 10:05 mark as the extra point was good again. Dundee added a final score on a three-yard run by Dermanelian with 9:03 to go in the game. The Vikes went for two and missed and Hudson was now down just seven at 27-20. A touchdown and two-pointer would win the game for the Tigers but they couldn't get the late key score. Hudson got down inside the Viking 20-yard line late in the game but came up short.

Curtis ran for 91 yards to lead the Tigers as Hudson ran for 203 yards, while Dundee ran for 235. Milligan ran from the shotgun spot for 40 yards on 13 carries and Walworth ran four times for 37 yards. The Tigers threw a season-high 13 passes and hit six of them for 84 yards. Backup quarterback Milligan was four of nine for 80 yards. Starting quarterback Zach Warner led with two receptions for 33 yards and he was two of four passing for four yards. Catching passes were Webb for 24 yard and Curtis for 23.

On defense the Tigers were led by linebacker Nick Hart with 12 tackles, while Wollet and Nathan Smith both had 11 stops. Walworth, Milligan, Kyle Benschoter and Caleb Ely all had 10 tackles. Wollet had the lone Viking turnover when he actually stole the ball but it goes as a recovered fumble.     

The Tiger Defense tries desperately to stop a Dundee Runner in the loss at Thompson Field last Friday night

Homecoming on Friday

Up next will the annual homecoming game on Friday against Erie Mason at 7 at Thompson Field. The Tigers are in the midst of a three-game skid and need a win and what better time than the homecoming game. Erie Mason comes in with an identical 2-3 overall record. If anyone is thinking playoffs then they had better start thinking win every game from here on out. Hudson needs to run the table and get wins in its final four games to make the playoffs as six wins are needed. Don't miss the annual homecoming game and all the festivities that go with it on Friday like the parade and crowning of the king and queen at halftime. Hudson will bounce back and get a win, as the Tigers will fly by the Eagles. Final score 28-21.

Pop Warner Week Three 

By Bill Mullaly

The third week of Pop Warner football is in the books. There were four exciting tackle games and here are the results. No game this year was as thrilling as the first one last Saturday as the Addison Red team won in overtime beating Madison 19-13. Addison’s Tyler Clark scored from three yards away on fourth down in overtime. Had Clark not scored the game would have went into a second overtime. His score ended the game and was a win for Addison Red. Addison scored first with a 40-yard run by Clark and the point after run was good by Tristan Fuqua. Then the Red scored again as Clark ran it in from seven yards out and it was 13-0. Madison scored on a nine-yard run by Nolan Anschuetz and he hit Tito Cabellero for the point after. Down 13-7 the Trojans scored again on a sneak by Anschuetz to tie the game. The try for the point failed and we went to overtime. Madison didn’t score in four plays and Addison won it on Clark’s run into the end zone. For Addison Mark Meckley had two interceptions and Tylor Serrin had a fumble recovery. For Madison Trevor Fowler fell on a fumble as did Zach Fisher. Addison Red is now 1-2 and Madison is also 1-2.

In game two it was Hudson winning 29-0 over Pittsford as the Tigers moved to 3-0 and the Wildcats are now 0-3. Hudson scored first on a one-yard run by Tyler Woody and Dustin Mattison ran in the point for a 7-0 lead. Next, it was Mattison scoring on a nine-yard run for a 13-0 lead and Cole Weaver soon made it 14-0. Weaver tackled a Wildcat runner in the end zone for a safety and a 16-0 lead. Then Cody Nelson scored his second touchdown of the year on a nine-yard run as he bulldozed his way into the end zone. It should be noted he scored in week two but the wrong name was recorded. Sorry Cody. J.D. Waters got the point for a score of 23-0. The final Tiger score came on a Clayton Brockway run of two yards in the third quarter for a lead of 29-0. Roddy Hamdan had an interception for the Tigers, while Jacob Baker, Woody and Joe Weatherwax had fumble recoveries. Jacob Morgan and Waters both had crushing tackles on defense for Hudson. For the Cats’ it was Levi Hollis making a spectacular catch on offense.

Game three was all Adrian Maples as big Jay Reed has had team ready and they rolled to an easy 45-13 win over Addison White. The Maples are now 2-1 and Addison White is 0-2. Speedy Kody Galvan scored on a run of 25 yards for Adrian and it was quickly 6-0. Addison responded with a score by Tyler Corbin and it was 6-6 as he went in on a sneak from a yard out. Don Lofton then raced 56 yards for a score and the point was added by David Dennis for a 13-6 lead for Adrian. Dennis then scored from six yards out and he ran in the point after for a lead of 20-6. Dennis scored again from five yards out and it was 27-6 in favor of the Adrian Maples. Then Chris Knorr scored on a 50-yard run for a lead of 33-6 at halftime. Next, Reed went to his bag of tricks and used a double pass as Galvan three to Zach Etter behind the line and Etter then hit a wide open Knorr for a 55-yard score for a lead of 39-6. The best run of the day came from Addison’s Drew DeFay. Corbin hit Hunter Biggs with a pass then Biggs pitched the ball to DeFay who went 60 yards on the hook-and-ladder play for the score making it 39-12. R.J. Walch ran in the point for a score of 39-13. Finally, Lofton scored on a run of 20 yards for the last score of the game making it 45-13. For the Maples it was Knorr with a pair of interceptions and Tyler Probst had a pickoff as well. Lofton had a fumble recovery as did Auggie Rodella and Jonn Dotson fell on a fumble. Three onside kicks were recovered as Maple kicker Austin Garcia put on a quite a kicking display that three times led to the Maples recovering his kicks.

In the last game it was Adrian Blue beating Waldron 27-0. David Thompson scored first on a run of 11 yards and Caleb Copeland ran in the point for a 7-0 lead. Carlito Hamden ran a touchdown of 12 yards and it was 13-0 Adrian Blue. Zebb Ruple ran in the point for a score of 14-0. Copeland made it 20-0 with a scoring run of 11 yards for Adrian. Then quarterback Matt Clark hit Mitchell Dempsey with a 65-yard scoring pass for the lead of 26-0 and then it was 27-0 as Joe Sheldon ran in the point. Hamden had a fumble recovery for Adrian, as did Nate Fisher who had two recoveries and Dylan Murin fell on a fumble. For Waldron Matt Fix and Keith Lindeman had a couple of good runs. Jimmy Champion fell on a fumble and Shane Baldwin had a real hard hit on defense. Adrian Blue is now 3-0 and Waldron 0-2.

Flag Results for week three. In game one the Hudson Buccaneers were beaten by the Adrian Bears. In game two it was North Adams beating Waldron. In game three it was Madison beating the Addison Gladiators and in game four it was the Adrian Maples beating the Addison Patriots. The last game saw the Pittsford Wildcats winning over the Hudson Tigers. Get there next Saturday at 9:00 in Addison for more Pop Warner football. See you at the games!

Tiger JVs lose to Dundee 30-13

By Bill Mullaly

The Hudson High School junior varsity football team suffered its first loss of the 2007 season on Thursday night over in Monroe County as they played Dundee. The Vikings were less than gracious hosts were as they whipped the little Tigers 30-13. The Hudson team came into the game at 4-0 but left with an overall record of 4-1. “We went over there to win but also with the idea of playing all of our kids as much as we could,” said Tiger head junior varsity coach Scott “Scooter” Marry. “I have no regrets in playing kids and that was what we did. As coaches we realized a lot of kids didn’t play the last two games against Blissfield and Onsted so we wanted all the kids to play in the Dundee game. At this level of ball kids want to play and not get discouraged so we put in all the kids and mixed them up. We had starters playing along side kids who had not played much and it worked out pretty good. I still felt that we could have won the game even with the way we were playing kids.”

Hudson scored first taking the ball right down the field and they went up 7-0. Dundee scored the next 20 points and was on top 20-7 at intermission. Hudson fell behind 30-7 before they scored its final touchdown but it was too little, too late. “Dundee knew what we were doing but they definitely played to win and that is okay,” said Marry, who knows there is no such thing as an official junior varsity league champion. “They don’t give away league championships at the junior varsity level and we would have liked to have went unbeaten this season but playing all the kids was more important. We are trying to keep kids interested and build this program for the future.”

Hudson will try to get back on the winning track when they head to Erie Mason tonight (Thursday) to take on the Eagles in another LCAA contest. The Tigers are currently 2-1 in league play and are still tied for first as all the league teams have at least one loss. No junior varsity team or individual statistics were available at press time.
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