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Maureen and Macallen's Wedding!!!!!

October 20, 2012

Complimenti Sarah!

Congratulations Sarah!

 You have been chosen to attend Universita degli Studi di Parma Customized Exchange Program for the spring 2013 (January - May 2013) semester through the CALS International Exchange Program.  You will be representing Cornell and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at our partner university.

Freshman Mitch Fessenden Gets His First Varsity Soccer Goal!

Remembering with hair: Southern Cayuga boys soccer goes blonde in honor of former students as team blanks Groton 








Southern Cayuga's Mitch Fessenden scores as Groton's Alan Codner (2) and Joel Twitchell (17) close in on Wednesday at Southern Cayuga High School.





 

October 4, 2012

Scorebox
Chiefs 4
Indians 0

POPLAR RIDGE | They do it every year.

In honor of tradition, and former students that were killed in a car accident in 2003, nearly all of the Southern Cayuga boys soccer players dye their hair blonde every fall.
“It is a way to remember and a way to get pumped for homecoming,” said Chiefs’ captain Mike Killian about the bleached hairstyles. “It gets everybody going for homecoming and the rest of the season.”
“It is such a team-building thing,” freshman Mitch Fessenden said. “It is such an honor to be part of supporting a memory of people that were special to Southern Cayuga.”
The Chiefs, nearly all towheaded, shut out Groton on Wednesday at Southern Cayuga High School, 4-0.
Kurtis Bianconi scored less than half a minute in, Chad Reeves got credit for a goal when his crossing pass was headed in by the defense, and Fessenden got his first varsity mark as time expired in the first half.
“It felt pretty good,” Fessenden said as if he had been there before. “Sometimes it is better to have things quickly there isn’t time to think right away and you just have to make a decision. That helped me there.”
Killian scored with 27:34 left to play after being frustrated by errant tries, the right post, and goalie saves in the first half. Overall, Southern Cayuga out-shot Groton, 19-2. Ben Malone made both saves for his second-straight clean sheet.
“I know I can keep my shot down,” Killian said. “When I don’t, it really frustrates me.”
“He is just always positive,” Southern Cayuga head coach Matt Bancroft said of Killian. “He is always trying to make it so his teammates are in position to do the right things. He is a powerful player.”
The Chiefs, 4-10 on the season, are the lone Class D in the Interscholastic Athletic Conference in Section IV. The record is a little lopsided the wrong way every year playing Class C and B foes, but the experience is invaluable for Southern Cayuga when the Section IV tournament begins later this month.
“That is what we are always looking at,” Bancroft said. “I think we are looking at a home game to start sectionals. As long as we keep doing good things here at the end of the season I think we are going to do very well.”
“Our schedule prepares us because we don’t get as many wins, but we learn a lot more,” Fessenden said. “As long as we make it to sectionals, we have a chance to learn from mistakes that we make against some teams that are deeper than anyone else we will see in sectionals.”
“Playing against such skilled, and bigger teams, all year long makes us ready for our sectional tournament,” said Killian. “We have come a long way. We are making some mistakes, but we are getting there when it comes to making all of the right decisions.”
Opposite of his bleached blonde head were fluorescent orange cleats.

Sports writer Ben Meyers can be reached at 282-2257 or at ben.meyers@lee.net. Follow him on Twitter @CitizenMeyers.