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    A season that started slowly for the Victor hockey team finished memorably. And standing right in the middle of the comeback was the Blue Devils’ starting goalie, senior Katie Double, who has been a big part of the program since she was a freshman.

    The Blue Devils opened the season with just one win in their first eight games in the tough Monroe County North-South division, but they hung in there, continued to work hard and steadily turned things around. They ended their season with a strong postseason run that took them all the way to the Section 5 Class B championship game.
Even though Victor lost in that title game to McQuaid, turning a 1-8 start into an 8-12-2 season was quite an accomplishment for coach Mike Ferreri’s team.

    To those in Double’s tight circle of family and friends, it came as no surprise that she would be involved in such a turnaround. She has spent her whole life turning things around. The daughter of Bob and Linda Double now spends much of her time out of class and away from hockey, working at an internship in special education classrooms for teacher Mary Lally-Duel in the Victor Primary building.   Double has more than just a passing interest in helping out with the special education classes. “I like it because I want the kids to be successful,” she said. “I can relate to them because I had learning disability problems. I had to learn how to deal with the same problems these kids are dealing with. I want to be there for them. It’s what I want to do, to be a special education elementary teacher. I want to be the one to make the difference for these kids, just like the fourth- and fifth-grade teachers that made the difference for me.” Double’s learning disabilities were not discovered until she was about 5 or 6. “I was fine until about the second grade,” she said. “Once we started to get to reading and things like that, it was then that everybody started seeing that it just wasn’t happening. I wasn’t able to read.” At that point, Double started taking special classes for her learning disabilities. Things progressed well in the fourth and fifth grades. She enjoyed the teachers and the learning environment. But early into her junior high years, things did not work out as well and she changed to being home-schooled. Double said at the time, home-schooling presented a better learning atmosphere and she felt more comfortable. “Situations at the school at that time were such that we figured home-schooling was a better deal for Katie,” said her mom, Linda. In an odd set of circumstances, being home-schooled also created the connection between Double and hockey. She needed a physical education credit for her home-schooling program. Hockey at the ESL Centre became available, and she quickly took to the sport.
“Hockey became more appealing to me because it was, just like my schoolwork, something I had to work hard at to get good at,” she said. “Hockey taught me how to focus and that has in turn helped my schoolwork.” She returned to Victor as a freshman but still found things difficult at first taking regular classes. She even flunked Spanish. But she settled down, focus and with the help and support of teachers and district officials, things began to move in a positive direction.

“I have had great support from the school system now with everybody helping me and loaning me a lot of support,” she said. “Everyone has been very supportive of me getting to where I am.” Where she is now is taking IB and Gemini classes and owning a 94 average that has her ranked in the low 20s in her senior class at Victor High School. Double also has a solid idea of where she would like to go to continue her studies.
“I really like Cortland right now,” she said. “I think it would be a great place for me to major in elementary special education. But I don’t know, we will have to wait and see.”

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    It wasn’t McQuaid’s size advantage over Victor. It wasn’t the Knights’ better record or higher seed over the Blue Devils. What led to No. 2 McQuaid’s 6-1 win over No. 5 Victor in Sunday’s Section 5 Class B championship hockey game was the Knights’ depth. Rotating four lines in and out of the 45-minute game at the ESL Centre while the Blue Devils skated two lines, McQuaid hoped to eventually wear down Victor. “We have played four lines all season, reducing it a little bit in the playoffs,” said McQuaid coach Al Vyverberg. “Our big game plan, which we do against a lot of teams, is to try to wear our opponents down. We knew they played two lines and that playing three, sometimes four, lines would wear them down. That’s what we were hoping to do. It’s hard with two lines. I did it when I was in high school. It’s just very hard. You have got to be in exceptional condition and have the mental fortitude and the whole deal to make that work.”

    Victor coach Mike Ferreri said his players, while being relatively smaller, didn’t let size dictate the game. “I don’t really think their size made that much difference because I thought our kids did a very good job of being physical,” he said. “At the end of the first period, we talked about matching up physically with them, and I think we did a good job of doing that, the physical part of the game anyway. “Come the second period it kind of frustrated them a bit and they started taking some penalties they usually don’t take. So I think our boys did a good job at matching up to their bigger size. Eventually, though, they wore us down.”

    The Knights were led by both senior Nick Caton and junior Brent Sanderson with two goals each. Caton and Sanderson, along with Sanderson’s brother Blake, comprised a line that produced four goals. Brent Sanderson added two assists while Caton added had one. Caton scored the first goal, 2:45 into the game. “I chipped it in past the defense and started skating as hard as I could down the boards,” he said. “I knew the defender was going to catch me, so I just put on the brakes, took a quick spin and, as I knew she (Victor goalie Katie Double) was dropping early from watching their warmups, I just turned and fired it up high over her left shoulder.” Brent Sanderson and Mike Filice had assists on the goal which was the lone one of the first period.

    Victor continued to do a good job of keeping the Knights in check in the second period with several penalties being called on both teams. However, with 6:21 left, Caton scored his second goal on a scramble between five skaters in front of Double. A little less then a minute later, Matt Grabowski got the Blue Devils on the board with a power-play goal. “We worked it down low and someone, I’m not quite sure who, worked it out front to Mattie who was alone in front of the goal,” Ferreri said. “He threw it on net and it trickled in.” Trickled in it did, rolling down the back of Knights’ goalie Ian Harris’ right leg and very slowly, while spinning, trickling over the goal line. Assists were given to Vince Pettrone and Andrew Lane. With 1:06 left in the period, however, McQuaid struck again. “I think we were just getting off a penalty and I took a shot that bounced off of somebody’s shin,” said Brent Sanderson of his goal that made it 3-1. “It went to someone who ended up shooting and missing. It came around the point and I slid in around to the back door. No one on the Victor team saw that I was there. It just came to me and I had the whole net to shoot on. I faked her left and went right.”

    The Knights’ superior depth began to take its toll in the third period as McQuaid scored three more goals, the first 1:15 in by sophomore Woodruff Hudson. On the goal, Double was bowled over after being hit in the midsection by on onrushing attacker. Gamely, she got up and gave it a go but 2 1/2 minutes later, Ferreri replaced her with sophomore Chris Butusov. “Her ribs kind of got run into in the middle of the second period,” Ferreri said. “I left it up to her whether she could go or not. She tried but eventually she needed to come out.” The Knights then went on to cap their second straight sectional title with goals by senior Bill Napoli and Brent Sanderson. Dugan and Kelly Sloan had the assists on Napoli’s goal with Caton assisting on Sanderson’s goal. Harris made 12 saves for McQuaid, while Double and Butusov combined to make 24 saves for Victor. “They are a little bit deeper than us and they are fast,” Ferreri said. “Probably one of the fastest, quickest teams we have seen all year. We did a great job but they had just a little more speed than us.”

    “You know the scoreboard says 6-1, but the kids fought. I thought it was a great effort. The season was great. I mean we started out at 1-8 so I don’t think many people counted on us to get to where we are. The second half of the season the guys really came together. Last night at our team dinner Nate (VanKouwenberg, assistant coach) and I were talking about how everybody on our team seems to get along. They are all pulling in the same direction and it showed. It showed just to be able to get here.” Grabowski also had an upbeat attitude after the game. “We knew they were going to be tough coming into it,” he said. “We knew they were real strong and that they were deep. Basically we were just going to have to play our hearts out. I thought we did but it just didn’t turn out in our best interest I guess. “As the season, it started out kind of slow but eventually we started clicking. It kicked in at the most important time, the sectionals, and we managed to win a few games and make it to the championship. We had a good season. I’m not disappointed at all.” Vyverberg was quite complimentary of Victor. “They are young but I give them a lot of credit,” he said. “I really do. That’s a hard-working team over there. I was really worried of their work ethic. That’s why I was hollering at my guys. We needed to work on them. Try to wear them down. They have a nice team.”

The Blue Devils ended the season at 10-13-2 while the Knights head into Western Regional play with a 12-11-3 mark.
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Sophomore winger Vince Pettrone scored the go-ahead goal on a power play with just 4:14 to play and senior winger Matt Grabowski clinched the victory with an empty-net goal as Victor defeated Batavia Notre Dame 4-2 tonight in the Section V Class B hockey playoffs. Grabowski also assisted on two goals for the fifth-seeded Blue Devils (10-14-2), who will play the winner of the second semifinal between McQuaid and Geneva-Waterloo in the title game at 2 p.m. Sunday at the ESL Sports Centre. Sophomore winger Ivan Maddafferi scored the first goal and set up the other by Jason Harasimowicz for eighth-seeded Notre Dame (4-20).

Notre Dame led 1-0 after the first period, fell behind 2-1 after two, and tied the score on Harasimowicz%u2019s power-play goal at 6:10 of the third period. Pettrone shoveled in a Mike Domizio rebound on a power play to put Victor back on top.

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Katie Double has been around Victor hockey, it seems, forever. Playing Notre Dame of Batavia, who upset top seed Canandaigua last Saturday night in the quarterfinals of the Section 5 class B playoffs, Double, a senior in her last year at Victor, didn’t want all those years of early morning and late afternoon practices to come to a halt. To that end, Double went out and made 15 stops on 17 saves, combining with a suddenly multi-faceted Blue Devil offense that saw four different skaters score, leading Victor to a Class B semi-final 4-2 win over Notre Dame Tuesday night at the ESL Sports Centre. Matt Mincin, Mike Domizio, Vince Pettrone, and Matt Grabowski’s open-netter with seconds left in the game, supplied the scoring for Victor.

    Victor coach Mike Ferreri pointed to his goalie and goal scorers in a post game interview. “Katie did a great job,” said Ferreri. “She has been our starter for three years now. She is a senior and is very confident out there. She played a great game tonight.” “Mikey Domizio, he just sort of came alive in the second and third periods. He made a great move, threw the puck on the net and look what happens with that big rebound there and he finishes. We expect a lot of offense from Vince. He is one of our skill players. That whole line -Mikey, Mattie, and Vinnie- they are kind of our go-to-line offensively.” Ferreri knows of what he talks about as that line was responsible for three of the Blue Devils goals. At the drop of the puck, the Blue Devils came out skating, forcing the Fighting Irish into icing the puck three times in the games first two minutes. But behind some nice saves from ND freshman goalie Tom Dehr, no goals were scored until, on a Victor penalty, Beau Richter fired a hard shot from about 25 feet out which Double made the initial save on but could not coral the rebound. With 4:30 left in the first quarter, sophomore Ivan Maddafferi pounced on the rebound and slid it past Double for the games first score.

    The second period was all Victor. Rallying behind a defense that kept the puck in their own offensive end, the Blue Devils buzzed around the Fighting Irish’s net. They had several nice shots, but Dehr was equal to the Blue Devil challenge early. However, with the Blue Devil pressure, it was only a matter of time before they, specifically Mincin, found the back of the ND net, deflecting a ripper of a shot from the right side blue line by Trevor O’Shea.
Victor (10-14-2) then took the lead on Domizio’s rush from the right-side blue line that Ferreri had referred to earlier. “It all started out with Vince Pettrone crushing the kid at the blue line,” said Domizio. “I had some stride and I came across the blue line and it fell right to my stick and I just had a full steam ahead of me. I got by one kid, shot the puck. The rebound came out and I got it again.”

    Up 2-1 after the second period, Victor again had a penalty cost them as, with eight minutes and 50 seconds left in the game, the Irish scored on a nice pass play from Chris Cavanaugh, to Maddafferi, to Jason Harasimowicz who scored on the play to tie the game at two. Three minutes later, Victor scored the eventual game-winner, a power play goal with nine seconds left in the penalty. Again it was the, ‘Mikey, Mattie, Vinnie line,’ with all three poking and banging for the loose puck in front of Dehr. Pettrone, after a battle with his teammates and Dehr, finally shoved the puck under the Irish goalie for the score. Grabowski then put the icing on the Blue Devil cake, scoring the empty netter on a nice pass around the boards from Portland that found him with just one move to make before he calmly and deliberately slid the puck into the open Irish goal as he slowly skated across the crease.

    Domizio, after the game, was still amped about the way his team played. “The flow was amazing,” he said. “It was awesome. Passes connecting to each other. Shots on goal. Going for the rebounds. It was just a great game for us.” “We didn’t do too many things different,” explained Ferreri of his game plan. “We knew we had to shut down Chris Cavanaugh. He is a very good player and we really needed to shut him down. The other thing we needed to do was to stay out of the penalty box. We have a little bit more depth then they do, but if you are in the box it tends to put you behind the eight ball. We did that OK. I mean, we took a couple of penalties that we shouldn’t have and they scored two power play goals. That was kind of their answer. They did a great job on the power plays. Double agreed with her coach. “Our defense in front of me did great,” she said. “Especially Matt Portland in the second, when he cleared the puck from out in front after it hit the post. That was close. I just don’t want the season to be over. I want to keep going. Going to practices.”

Victor will play McQuaid, who defeated Geneva-Waterloo 4-2 in the other Class B semi-final, Sunday afternoon, 2 p.m. at the ESL Center in the finals.
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Mike Domizio, Chris Roeder, Matt Grabowski, Vince Pettrone, Matt Mincin and Bryan Kavanaugh each scored for Victor. Katie Double made 20 saves for the Blue Devils.

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In Geneseo, the Blue Devils are putting it together at the right time, exploding for three goals in the first period and two more in the second to send them on their way to the Class B first round win. Victor is getting things done with strong team play, with six different goal scorers in the game. Scoring for Victor was Mike Domizio, who also added two assists to his stats. Also scoring for Victor were Chris Roeder and Matt Grabowski, who added one assist to his stats, Vince Pettrone, who also added an assist, Matt Mincin and Bryan Kavanaugh who added two assists. Also garnering assists for Victor was Matt Portland and Collin O'Shea. Katie Double made 20 saves for the Blue Devils. For G-L, Sean McTarnaghan and Shaun Welch scored and Rick Frost made 22 saves.

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Visiting Victor was already up by a goal and then poured it on in the final period for a 4-0 win over Notre Dame Thursday in a Monroe County North/South League hockey game. Bryan Kavanaugh two goals, including the first, while teammates Vince Pettrone and Christian Gunn scored the other two. Matt Mincin and Pettrone assisted on Kavanaugh's first goal with Matt Grabowski assisting on his second. Pettrone's goal was unassisted while Kavanaugh and Matt Portland assisted on Gunn's.

"It was definitely a team win tonight," said Victor coach Mike Ferreri. "We played some great defense out there, giving up not one quality shot the whole night." Chris Butusov made 20 saves for Victor, while Tom Dehr made 25 saves for Batavia-Notre Dame. *****************************************************************************************************

Bryan Kavanaugh scored two goals for Victor with Vince Pettrone and Christian Gunn scoring the other two. Chris Butusov made 20 saves for Victor. Tom Dehr made 25 saves for Batavia-Notre Dame

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B/ER/HF-L scored two first period goals but the Blue Devils evened it up with two goals in the second period. After a scoreless third period the game went into overtime. Bryan Kavanaugh scored Victor's first goal off assists from Chris Roeder and Matt Portland and Roeder notched the second goal with feeds by Matt Mincin and Trevor O'Shea. Garrett Hoffman and Cameron Johnson scored the other goals for B/ER/HF-L. Katie Double made 23 saves for Victor. Bracket Bourne made 18 saves for B/ER/HF-L. *****************************************************************************************************

Sophomore Hayden Walsh scored the winner 3:55 into overtime to lift B/ER/HF-L. Chris Roeder tied the game 2-2 for Victor at 14:40 of the second period. Brian Kavanaugh scored the Blue Devils' first goal.

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At SUNY Geneseo, the hosts snapped a 1-1 tie with two late second period goals and then added two more in the third period to pull away. Vince Pettrone tied the game for Victor midway through the second period, scoring on a feed from Matt Grabowski. Geneseo/Livonia, however broke the tie with just a minute and a half left in the second period and then added a breakaway goal with two seconds left to make it 3-1. Sean Welch had 3 goals for the winners. *****************************************************************************************************

Geneva-Waterloo scored twice in the first period and once more in the third in a win over the visiting Blue Devils. Jeff Wadhams netted the hat-trick for G-W. At 12:58 of the third, Victor got a power-play goal from Matt Portland off a Matt Grabowski feed. Greg DeFayette made 23 saves for G-W while Katie Double made 20 stops for Victor.

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Junior Jeff Wadhams scored all three goals for Geneva/Waterloo. Matt Portland scored a power-play goal for Victor off an assist from Matt Grabowski with three minutes remaining in the game.

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The Victor hockey team, stuck in third place in the Monroe County North/South League, still managed to put their fingerprints on the division race Tuesday night. Fighting back from a trio of one goal deficits at the Thomas Creek Ice Arena, the Blue Devils pulled out a 3-3 tie against rival and league-leading Canandaigua. Second place Geneva-Waterloo won on Tuesday night so the Panthers are back to within striking distance of Canandaigua. Both teams will attempt to keep their records clean until next Friday's showdown in Canandaigua.

Meanwhile, Tuesday night, the Blue Devils' Mike Domizio scored the tying goal with a little over eight minutes remaining. Victor then left it up to senior goalie Katie Double and a stingy defense to hold the Braves' multifaceted offense in check and preserve the tie. Victor coach Mike Ferreri explained the game-tying goal: "Somebody dumped the puck in deep into their zone and Matt Grabowski went in and fought hard for the puck, throwing it out to Vince Pettrone, who made a perfect backhand pass to Mikey Domizio on a real nice move, Mikey just hit a hard one-timer into the net. The play was set up by the hard work of Matt to get the puck out."

Grabowski led Victor with two goals while Christian Phelps and Evan Roth led CA with a goal and an assist each. CA's C. J. Roberts got the Braves on the scoreboard first scoring off assists from Kolby Erb and Ryan Cronin. Grabowski scored his first goal in the second period to tie it at 1-1 off assists from Christopher Roeder and Matt Portland. A little over a minute and a half later CA's Phelps put the Braves back up 2-1 on assists from Roth and Mark Greer. Grabowski again drew the Blue Devils even, scoring off an assist from Domizio. Then Roth, as he had done in the Brave's key win over Geneva/Waterloo last week, put the Braves back in front 3-2, in the third period, scoring off assists from Phelps and Conrad Saxby. That was before Domizio, Pettrone and Grabowski spun their magic on the game's last goal.

Double, a senior, ended up with 25 saves and talked enthusiastically about her teammates. "Matt did a great job scoring those two goals tonight," she said. "And Mike did a great job also. It was a great game for the seniors. All the seniors did a great job." Grabowski also talked about the seniors' involvement in the win. "It was a battle out there," he said. "Before the game, we all got together. As seniors we were pumped up because of this being the last game against Canandaigua for most of us." He then went on to talk about the tying goal. "It was textbook," he said with a laugh. "Pretty goal. Our line had been moving the puck well for most of the game and this one worked out for us. Just great teamwork on that goal."

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Mike Domizio tied the game 9:24 into the third period for Victor. Evan Roth had given Canandaigua a 2-1 lead three minutes earlier. C. J. Roberts scored in the first period and Christian Phelps scored in the second period for Canandaigua, which held a 28-20 advantage in shots. Both times Matt Grabowski scored to tie the game for Victor. Grabowski also had an assist for the Blue Devils. Katie Double made 25 saves for Victor. Mitch Collum made 17 saves for the Braves. ********************************************************************************************************

Victor was on both ends of a dramatic finish this weekend as part of the Geneseo/Livonia Tournament. A late goal by Vince Pettrone beat Amherst in the opening round, but Kenmore's goal with 42 seconds remaining beat the Devils in the finals. Victor trailed Kenmore 2-0 after the first period but scored twice in the second period to tie the score. After K-E scored in the third, Matt Mincin scored with 2:49 to play to tie it up. But the section 6 team netted a goal with 42 seconds left in regulation to escape with the win.

John Crean and Bryan Kavanaugh also scored for Victor. The opening-round game was also dramatic but Victor was on the better end of it. They trailed 2-0 with under four minutes to play but scored three times in the final 3:08 to steal the win. Matt Grabowski scored with 3:08 left to make it a one-goal game and Mincin tied it with 28 seconds left. Vince Pettrone netted the game winner just 13 seconds later for coach Mike Ferreri's team. Katie Double had 43 saves over the two games for Victor. ******************************************************************************************************

Matt Mincin, John Crean and Bryan Kavanaugh scored for Victor. Mark Arnone scored his second goal with 32 seconds left to lift Kenmore-East at SUNY Geneseo. ******************************************************************************************************

Matt Grabowski, Matt Mincin and Vince Pettrone scored for Victor. ******************************************************************************************************

Sports Staff******High School Hockey East Chester/Tuckahoe/Bronxville 6, Victor 4

Matt Grabowski scored twice to lead Victor at Thomas Creek. Trevor O'Shea and Mike Domizio also scored for the Blue Devils. ******************************************************************************************************

The Victor Blue Devils downed Saranac/Peru 3-0 Saturday at Thomas Creek Ice Arena. Matt Mincin opened up the scoring with a goal assisted by Bryan Kavanaugh. Matt Grabowski slid it into S/P's net twice, putting the Blue Devils up by three. Katie Double's 14 saves sealed the shutout for Victor. ******************************************************************************************************

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At Thomas Creek Ice Arena, Victor got two goals from sophomore Vince Pettrone and defeated BK-EI 4-3 Tuesday. The Blue Devils scored a goal in each period of the first two periods to lead 2-0. Victor went out and scored two more goals in the final period, and its a good thing as BK-EI scored three in the third to make it a one-goal affair. Matt Grabowski scored Victor's goal in the first period with Pettrone scoring in the second and once in the third. Senior Mike Domizio scored what became the game-winner for Victor. Grabowski added two assists with Pettrone and Domizio adding an assist each. Katie Double made 18 saves for Victor. Riley Austin led BK-EI with two goals with teammate Kevin Holahan scoring the third. Dan Smallridge made 14 saves. ************************************************************************************************

At Thomas Creek in Perinton, R-H led 3-0 half way through the second period of this non-league game. The Blue Devils then scored two goals, both by Chris Roeder, to get to within one; Matt Grabowski and Vince Pettrone each had assists on both of Roeder's goals. R-H then added an empty-netter to win the game by two. Corey Stuck led R-H with two goals, with teammate Anthony Burgess making 19 saves. Katie Double made 28 saves for Victor. ************************************************************************************************

Christopher Roeder scored both goals for Victor. Corey Spuck scored twice to lead Rush-Henrietta at Thomas Creek. Justin Kessler and Tory Whitcher also scored for R-H, which led 2-0 after the second period and never trailed. Brandon Burgess recorded 19 saves for the Royal comets. ******************************************************************************************************

Doug Tay is playing his first year of varsity hockey with the Victor Blue Devils, but it didn't come easily. A junior now, he was cut during his freshman and sophomore years. His love of the game kept him coming back, and his hard work and determination paid off, landing him a spot on this year's squad. "I just like the excitement of the game and being part of it.," Tay said. I've been playing for about seven years. I would watch it on TV and liked it mainly because of the speed of the game, and the checking and big hits." Tay also plays soccer. He is a fullback on the varsity team in the fall, when he finds the outdoor practice refreshing compared to indoors at the hockey rink.

Tay is taking AP History, Physics and Pre-Calculus, as well as English and Psychology this year, with English being his favorite. "I like English because I like to write and I'm thinking along the lines of journalism or being a teacher," said Tay, adding that psychology also interests him. "I've heard good reviews about the class from other people, and I like to learn about the thought processes and what influences people to think the way they do." Tay also has taken on a leadership role for his class, and is serving a role that has become a staple in his academic career. "I'm the president of the junior class' student council, and I've been the president since eighth grade," he said. " We organize community service projects like food drives and plan school events like homecoming and the prom. "I like being thought of as a leader in my class because I like to listen to what they think, and incorporate their ideas and let them get involved." Under Tay's guidance, the junior class has set up numerous fundraisers for different groups, including selling T-shirts to support groups like Lollypop Farm in Fairport and for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Tay said a typical school day begins at 6:30 a.m. and ends somewhere around 6:30 p.m. when he gets home from hockey practice. He then relaxes by watching television before he tackles homework for the night. Some nights he plays in a soccer league unaffiliated with school, as well as helping his father, Jeff, with a youth soccer league. In the summer he has worked as a soccer referee, though this summer he plans to apply for a position in the Victor Summer Recreation Program. Another group Tay involves himself with is the International Club, which helps exchange students adjust to American life by way several social activities, and while he has not hosted a student yet, he said he would like to. There are six international students at Victor this year, ranging from China to Germany. He said his favorite culture lesson came from China, learning about the Chinese New Year symbols and animals. "We do different activities like midnight bowling and ice skating," Tay explained "We do these things to help the students learn about our culture, but also to learn about theirs." ******************************************************************************************************

At Thomas Creek Ice Arena in Fairport, the Victor Blue Devils, up 1-0 after the first period, scored four goals to just one by G-L in the second period to take a commanding 5-1 lead after two periods. G-L scored two unanswered goals in the third period but the 4 goal Blue Devil lead was too much for G-L too overcome.

Vince Pettrone, with two goals and two assists, led Victor, with teammates Mike Domizio, Kyle Waldman, Brian Kavanaugh and Matt Mincin scoring the rest of the Victor goals. Chris Roeder, with two assists and Kavanaugh, with another assist also had a hand in the Victor win. Scoring for G-L was Shaun Welch, Tyler Russell and Nick Schander.

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Vince Pettrone finished with two goals and two assists and Chris Roeder had two assists for Victor. Mike Domizio, Bryan Kavanaugh and Matt Mincin also scored for the Blue Devils. Katie Double made 24 saves to earn the win. ******************************************************************************************************

Victor scored goals in each of the three periods against Batavia, scoring the last two off of power plays. John Crean scored goal No. 1 with a double assist from Vince Pettrone and Kyle Waldman. Pettrone helped in the other two as well. With 2:20 to go in the second period, Pettrone passed to Matt Grabowski, who found Mike Domizio for goal No. 2. After Batavia tied it up in the second period, Pettrone and Crean took advantage of yet another power play in the third, finding Grabowski, who netted the game-winning goal. Katie Double made 15 saves in the nets for Victor. Rich Paganella stopped 12 shots for Batavia. ******************************************************************************************************

Senior Matt Grabowski drew a penalty late in the third period, then scored on the ensuing power play with 3:39 remaining to lift Victor. Vince Pettrone finished with three assists, John Crean had a goal and an assist and Mike Domizio also had a goal for Victor.

Corey Kocent scored both goals for Batavia. Batavia had 1-0 and 2-1 leads in the game. Domizio scored with 2:28 left in the second period to tie it 2-2.

Victor avenged a 5-4 overtime loss to Batavia last month. Katie Double made 15 saves for Victor. Rich Paganella made 12 saves for Batavia.

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Fairport's Trevor Mingoia had the game winning goal one minute 49 seconds into the third period to lead the Red Raiders over the Blue Devils at Thomas Creek Ice Arena.

Matt Grabowski tied the game for Victor after Fairport's Jordan Brock opened the scoring in the second period. Katie Double had 30 saves in net for Victor. John Paul Durso added an empty net goal late in the game for Fairport. "We did a great job holding our own tonight," said Victor coach Michael Ferreri. "We surprised a lot of people with our play." Vince Pettrone had an assist for the Blue Devils.

Billy Delzell had 14 saves in goal for Fairport. Victor won't be in action again until Jan. 3 when they travel to Batavia.

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In Scottsville, it was a battle of goalies and neither one buckled as Victor and Spencerport played to a scoreless cross-division tie. Victor's Katie Double made 24 saves while Spencerport's Tyler Lariviere made 19 stops. The shutout was especially clutch for Double as Victor had to withstand a penalty in the overtime period.

"Katie played a spectacular game tonight", said Victor coach Mike Ferreri. "Both goalies made some fantastic saves. This definitely was a battle and I felt that we probably played as close to a complete game as we have played so far this year."

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At the Thomas Creek Ice Arena Jordan Reakes scored 2 goals and Trevor Hills and Michael Parrone put in one each to lead Brighton-East Rochester to a 4-1 North-South Division win.

Sean Cone scored the lone goal for Victor, while Blue Devil net-minder Katie Double made 24 saves.

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The Victor hockey team looking for its first win of the season, had a three goal lead over Bishop Kearney in a Section 5 North-South Division game Tuesday night. Senior Christian Gunn paced the Blue Devils to the advantage with a pair of goals, but it was teammate Chris Butusov who made key saves in the nets in the waning minutes to preserve what turned into a nail-biting 4-3 win.

"We had three penalties against us late in the game and we killed off two of them" Victor Coach Mike Ferreri said. "And then we killed a fourth one with four minutes left in the game. Chris made some great saves in the last four minutes to help save the win for us." Butusov, a sophomore, had 30 saves in the game, but he preferred to credit the defense in front of him. "I thought that a lot of those shots were blocked by the team" he said. "And a lot of the saves I made were not quality shots due to our defense."

Gunn's first goal was off a rebound from a shot by Matt Mincin. His second was off a deft Matt Grabowski pass. "It was a perfect pass from Matt that was right on my stick," Gunn said. "He put it on my stick, and I rifled it to the upper right hand corner." Also scoring for Victor were Grabowski and Chris Roeder. Roeder's goal with nine minutes left in the game proved to be the game-winner. John Crean, Mincin and Bryan Kavanaugh each had assists. It was the first win for Victor this year and both Gunn and Butusov thought the team could build off it. "It's a positive thing," Gunn said. "It's got that good feeling working for us. We just have to keep that feeling rolling now." "Our team was pretty pumped up after the game, said Butusov. We just have not been able to get the breaks. Hopefully we can use this heading into our game Friday night against Canandaigua."

Chris Brady scored twice for B-K with Alex Austin scoring the third. "This has been a long time coming," said Ferreri. "The kids have been working hard and it's exciting to see them get the win. Let's hope it continues to Friday at Canandaigua." ******************************************************************************************************

Thomas Creek Ice Arena in Fairport, the Victor Blue Devils gave up a hard-fought game when the Batavia Blue Devils' Erik Pokornowski scored the game winning goal in overtime.

Sean Cone led the Victor attack with two goals while the other Victor goals were scored by John Crean and James Draveck. Chris Roeder, with three assists and Bryan Kavanaugh, with two assists, also had a hand in the scoring for Victor.

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Junior Erik Pokornowski scored on a wraparound 1:47 into overtime to lift Batavia at Thomas Creek.

Sean Cone had two goals, Christopher Roeder had three assists and Bryan Kavanaugh had two assists for Victor. Brandon Corcoran had 11 Saves for Batavia.

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Players to watch: G Katie Double (sr.), F Matt Grabowski (sr.), F Matt Mincin (jr.), F Mike Domizio (sr.), D John Crean (so.), D Collin O'Shea (so.)

Outlook: Double was a first team all-league selection last season and has had a save percentage higher than 90% the last two seasons. Victor also returns its leading scorer from last year, Grabowski. Mincin, who missed most of last season due to injury, will be healthy and bring speed on offense.

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Messenger Post Sports Staff******The Blue Devils faced off against the Ontario Bay Storm on Friday and lost 7-1. Matt Grabowski scored the lone goal for Victor. Katie Double and Chris Butusov combined in the nets for 24 saves.

On Saturday, the Blue Devils matched up against Cortland-Homer and were shut out 4-0. Double registered two dozen saves for the Blue Devils. Victor sophomore John Crean was named to the all-tournament team.

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Senior Katie Double finished with 24 saves for the Blue Devils. Sophomore defenseman John Crean was to the all-tournament team for Victor.

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By Bryan Sullivan******The Blue Devils return seven key players from last year's team.

"We are a young team that is extremely hard working" said Michael Ferreri, Victor head coach. "Our veteran players are setting the tone for our younger players and creating an atmosphere that is outstanding. The players are pulling together and working hard toward the same goals."

Goaltender Katie Double enters the final year of her career looking to build off an outstanding junior season. Double was a first team all-league selection last year and has an over 90% save percentage in the last two seasons.

The Blue Devils have three strong forwards to anchor the team offensively. Senior Matt Grabowski was the team's leading scorer as a junior, while Mike Domizio has emerged as one of the league's most dangerous forwards. Junior Matt Mincin returns after missing most of his sophomore season due to injury.

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******Bryan Kavanaugh scored a short-handed goal in the third period for Victor (0-2, 0-1) in their home opener vs. Geneva/Waterloo. Ross Dinan scored two goals and had three assists to lead Geneva/Waterloo (3-0-1, 1-0). Jeff Wadhams added two goals and two assists for Geneva.

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******Christopher Roeder scored at 3:29 of the first period for Victor while Katie Double made 38 saves for the Blue Devils in their season opener against Webster-Schroeder at the Travis Roy Showcase Tournament on Wednesday at the Blue Cross Arena. Cam Wildey scored three goals and Matthew Majchrak added two more for the win for Webster-Schroeder.

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Victor hockey foes see ‘Double’

Goalie Katie Double helped lead a Victor hockey turnaround this season.