An Icy Hot Start For Spring Sports
For most spring sport athletes meetings, practices, and games are only canceled by the water droplets we call rain. But in this one case, in this one school, all after school activities were canceled by this one hail storm.

Formed by ice bits blowing through freezing thunderclouds, hail hit the Liverpool High School complex at approximately 5:30 pm on April 26 where numerous athletes were stuck waiting for rides.

“Everyone basically freaked out. We were standing in-between the doors and the gym entrance, in which the roof is glass so we all ran inside,” said junior Katlyn McNamara, a member of the Liverpool Outdoor Track team. “I jumped like five feet in the air when I heard it hit the school, I was in awe. That entire storm was just insane.”

Along with the track team, junior Varsity Lacrosse midi Michael Russo was stunned by the “four”.

“The hail was huge and lightning [struck] in the parking lot (laughs), it was loud we were on the bus and it struck right next to us. It was loud,” said Russo. “We were surprised, have never seen hail that big.”

For every teenage driver that just passed their road test, beware of hail- the stuff dents your hoods.

Apart from the many car jobs done in this week of sports, our Warriors completed the week at an impressive 9-1 record throughout all competition. Check it:

4/25/2011: Girls Lacrosse
In a late April match up the seven win Liverpool squad took on an Auburn team hovering below .500. Junior Mary Fadden carried the Warriors to an early 10-1 score after the first half. The second half wasn’t much different for the ‘Pool, call it 16-6.

4/26/2011: Boys Lacrosse
In a much tighter game than the girls, the Warriors took the field against a hungry Nottingham team that hung around in a fourth quarter where they scored two points. The three goals of senior Matt Savlov were too much. 9-3, Liverpool.

4/27/2011: Boys Track & Field
Of the thirteen events, powerhouse Liverpool pulled off ten victories lead by Junior Zavon Watkins, who won the 1,600 and 800 meter runs. Staying undefeated, Liverpool takes it 92-44.

4/27/2011: Girls Golf
In their first competition of the year, our Lady Warriors snagged a victory tree strokes under Oswego, 165-168.

4/27/2011: Boys Tennis
With both teams—Liverpool and Cortland—hovering around the .500 mark, the match served as an easy turning point for each team as Liverpool snagged a 5-2 win after only losing two scoring singles matches.

4/28/2011: Boys Baseball
An interesting match-up going into Thursday night was our Warriors taking on the Wildcats of West Genesee. The two teams combined had one loss on the season (Liverpool) so something had to give. After a five run fourth inning the Warriors kept the pressure on for a 8-1 victory.

4/28/2011: Girls Softball

Like the boys, our Lady Warriors packed runs early and a strong pitching performance by senior Ashley Kovarik, only giving up six hits and one earned run. 11-1 Liverpool over West Genesee.

4/28/2011: Girls Lacrosse
In the always heated Liverpool-Baldwinsville match up things were all knotted up at the half being 8-8. With pressure looming, senior Tess Tracy let up Baldwinsville’s eleventh goal of the contest leading to their victory, 11-10

4/28/2011: Boys Lacrosse
Senior Joe Corapi slung six goals in the back net of rival Baldwinsville with the Warrior’s thirteen goal performance. Irh ophomore Dom Madonna’s .778 save percentage, the Warriors slip through a 13-4 victory.

4/29/2011: Boys Baseball
For Senior Shawn Peake three was the magic number as his three runs batted in and perfect 3-3 batting average on the night lead the Warriors to an impressive 19-5 win over Corcoran.

4/29/2011: Girls Softball
Rounding off the week in impressive fashion, junior Carrie Stoddard threw six strike outs and only allowed one hit against a week Corcoran team. Call it 19-0 Liverpool.