Empire State Games area preview

The 25th Empire State Games will be held in the Cortland/Syracuse area with Opening ceremonies July 31 and competition August 1 to 4. Western Monroe County and eastern Orleans County is represented well by dozens of athletes in both the scholastic and open divisions.

Archery - Cortland Fairgounds, August 1-4
Michael Chadsey - Brockport - Open Men's FITA All-Around

Baseball - SUNY Cortland and Beaudry Park, Cortland, August 1-4
Nick Napolitano - Hilton - pitcher
Andrew Parrino - Brockport - infield
Phil St. Amant - Brockport - catcher

Basketball - Carrier Dome and SUNY Cortland, August 1-4
Meghan Dahlman - Spencerport - Scholastic Women's forward

Bowling - Flamingo Lanes, August 1-3
Barb Reynolds - Hilton - Open Women's Singles
Traci Spanitz - Holley - Open Women's Singles

Fencing - SUNY Cortland, August 1-3
Robert MacClaren - Holley - Scholastic Men's Foil

Ice Hockey - Cicero Ice Complex, August 1-4
Andrea Maluta - Spencerport - Scholastic Women's
Lyndsay Wall - Churchville - Scholastic Women's

Rugby - Cicero/North Syracuse High School, August 1-2
Sarah Bradley - Brockport - Open Women's forward

Soccer - SUNY Cortland, August 1-4
Megan Hosey - Spencerport - Open Women's defender
Ashley Squires - Churchville - Open Women's defender
Gavin Hickey - Spencerport - Open Men's midfielder
Patrick Odriscoll - Churchville - Open Men's midfielder
Kevin Thornton - Spencerport - Open Men's midfielder
Nathan Wiley - Churchville - Open Men's defender

Softball - Syracuse University-Skytop Field, August 1-4
Kristen Clark - Hilton - Open Women's pitcher

Swimming - Nottingham High School, August 1-3
Andrew Fink - Bergen - Open Men's 400m Freestyle
Open Men's 200m Fly
Zachary Grobengeiser - Spencerport - Open Men's 200m Freestyle
Open Men's 50m Freestyle
Open Men's 100m Freestyle
Kevin Kewin - Brockport - Scholastic Men's 800m Freestyle
Scholastic Men's 100m Backstroke
Scholastic Men's 200m Backstroke
Natalie Smith - Brockport - Open Women's 800m Freestyle

Track - Cicero/North Syracuse High School, August 1-3
Jesse Doty-Holley - Open Men's Hammer (16 lb.)
Tim Hodkinson - Brockport - Open Men's Javelin
Jason Menzio - Bergen - Open Men's Pole Vault
Whitney Dupra - Brockport - Scholastic Women's Pole Vault
Samuel Heman - Bergen - Scholastic Men's Long Jump
Allison Hill - Holley - Scholastic Women's High Jump
Jimmy Sorel - Brockport - Scholastic Men's 110m 39" Hurdles

Volleyball - SUNY Cortland Park Center, August 1-3
Eric Palumbo - N. Chili - Scholastic Men's hitter

Wrestling - Carrier Dome, Syracuse University, August 1-3
Ben Doty - Holley - Scholastic Over 275 lb. Freestyle
Scholastic Over 275 lb. Greco-Roman
Anwar Goeres - Holley - Scholastic 106 lb. Freestyle
Matthew Paeth - Holley - Scholastic 178 lb. Greco-Roman
Ronald Ryan - Holley - Scholastic 192 lb. Greco-Roman
Steve Stulpin - Spencerport - Scholastic 178 lb. Freestyle
Troy Tooley - Holley - Scholastic 143 lb. Freestyle
Carlos Wallace - Brockport - Open Over 275 lb. Freestyle
Open Over 275 lb. Greco-Roman
Brett Woodward - Spencerport - Scholastic 123 lb. Freestyle