Wayne County Life

   WAYNE COUNTY (DEC 8 10) - Alfred University freshman free safety DavidLee Tack (Newark) took a big step up from high school football when he set foot on the Saxon field this fall. He played in five games for Alfred, including the NCAA third-round playoff contest against fabled Mount Union College on Saturday, where the Saxons absorbed a 37-7 thumping.

   The Saxons end their season 10-3; DavidLee had six tackles in his first season, playing on a team loaded with talent.

   On Friday night, MCC knocked off the ASA Lady Avengers from downstate, 75-54, with Shakista dropping in 10 points, collecting two rebounds and making two steals. In the tourney championship on Sunday, the Tribunes strafed and bombed Globe Institute, 113-47. Shakista dropped in 10 points, had seven rebounds, three assists and two steals.

   Monroe is 3-5.

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   Nazareth College sophomore guard Tyshun Stephens (Newark) scored 10 points, collected six rebounds and made four assists in leading the Golden Flyers to an 86-79 win over Buffalo State last night. Naz is 6-1.

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   The University of Buffalo had a big second-half rally against St. Bonaventure Saturday night but a jump shot with six seconds left nipped things in the bud for the Bulls, who absorbed a 76-74 loss. Freshman forward Javon McCrea (Newark) had an effort crimped by four fouls – he contributed four points and three rebounds. Buffalo is 4-3.

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   Roberts Wesleyan ran into a very good Daemon College team last night – the Wildcats are 9-1 and have wins over ranked teams. With a 38-20 lead at halftime, Daemon coasted to a 75-58 win.

   Sophomore guard Marissa Bunce (Newark) had four points, two rebounds, three assists, two steal and she blocked a shot for Wesleyan. Senior forward Brittany McMillon (Lyons) added six points, six rebounds, and she blocked three shots.

   In the NAIA Division II rankings, Marissa is 11^th in the nation in assist/turnover ratio (2.75), and Brittany is 23^rd in blocks per game (1.625) and field goal percentage (0.539), and 29^th in total blocks (13). Wesleyan is 7-4.

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   Freshman Michelle Colacino (Pal-Mac) placed fourth in the Beginning Walk-Trot-Canter Equitation at the Cornell Show on Sunday, helping the Golden Flyers to a tie for first place with the hosts and earning the Reserve High Point team honors.

   Junior Holly Gilligan (Newark) helped the Nazareth College swim team to a second-place finish at the Don Richards Invitational at TIT over the weekend. She swam the second leg of the third-place 200 Free Relay (1:40.37) and the seventh-place 400 Free Relay (3:50.40), and anchored the eighth-place 200 Medley Relay (1:57.93) for the Flyers. In individual events, she got points for 14^th-place finishes in the 50 Free (26.03) and the 100 Free (57.36) and was 16^th in the 100 Breaststroke (1:15.31). Ithaca won the women’s competition.

   The Nazareth guys were sixth overall (with Ithaca winning that portion of the event, too). Jacob Kline (Newark) had the best meet for the local guys: he took the first laps in three relays – the fifth-place 400 Medley Relay (3:44.54) and the sixth place 200 Medley Relay (1:42.20) and 200 Free Relay (1:30.23). He also anchored the fourth-place800 Free Relay (7:26.06).

   In his two individual efforts, Jacob finished second in the 200 Individual Medley (2:02.12), was fifth in the 100 Butterfly (54.65), and seventh in the 100 Free (48.93).

   Sophomore Joshua Haak (Pal-Mac) swam to an eighth place in the 1650 Free (18:03.52), was 12^th in the 500 Free (5:14.38) and 14^th in the 400 IM (4:52.54). Joshua swam the first, outbound leg of the 11^th-place 400 medley Relay (4:00.46), then joined with junior Jeff Baxter (Pal-Mac) in the 11^th-place 800 Free Relay (7:58.10) and the 12^th-place 200 Free Relay (1:47.80). Jeff also anchored the 12^th-place 200 Medley Relay (1:49.25).