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Welcome, Trumansburg Central School

TRUMANSBURG, March 26 -- We're branching out this spring, incorporating news and, when possible, photos from sports activities at Trumansburg Central School and Bradford Central School, both of which have parts of their districts in Schuyler County.

A visit by the editor to Trumansburg on its Photo Day resulted in photos of the tennis, golf, baseball, softball, girls track and boys track varsity squads, which are presented below. We also have on file head shots of the tennis, golf, baseball and softball players, for possible use later.

If there is anyone in the Trumansburg district who attends sporting events and takes pictures at them, you might consider e-mailing them along to The Odessa File. We're looking for photos that are clear, not taken at too great a distance, and which tell a story. If we decide to run yours, we can give photo credit, which should get people talking about you.

In the meantime, we welcome the Trumansburg athletes. More than 130 of them are taking part in spring sports. We don't know all of their names yet, but with the help of coaches, we've managed identification of the members of four teams. We don't have names yet on the track squads.

The Trumansburg varsity tennis team. Front row, left to right: Lee Sutcliffe, Tricia Chapman, Sabrina Murphy, Michelle Fuller, Caitlyn Crossett, Jonanna Zussman-Dobbins. Second row, from left: Noah Seifert, Audrey Bialke, Shayla Hickey, Ann Messenger, Jacob Seifert, Seth Lutter. Third row, from left: Rich Evans (coach), Charlie Woodward, Alex Chapman, Jay Bartishevich, Eric Irish, Kyle VanDelden.

The Trumansburg varsity golf team. Front row, from left: Justin Stranger, Anthony Mekos, T.J. Eighmey, Ben Maracle, Max Koehler. Back row, from left: Caleb Blass, Lucas Schutt, Brian Butterfield, Tyler Kraus, Shawn Crossett, Coach Rob Reakes.

The Trumansburg varsity baseball team. Front row, from left: Ethan VanHouten, Hank Newman, Mike Bailey, Skylar Fairchild, Tyler Livermore, Ben Robertson, batboy Elijah Flood. Back row, from left: Coach Voorhees, Keith McMillen, Kyle Fellows, Juston Smith, Ryan Smith, Shane Coats, Kyle Sielaff, Ethan Mosher, Coach Flood. Absent from photo: Dylan Murphy.

The Trumansburg varsity softball team. Back row (left to right): Coach O'Hara, Amber Denman (senior), Morgan Mullin (senior), Kayla Hardesty (junior), Deirdre O'Hara (senior), Amber Royce (sophomore), Coach Randall. Front Row (left to right): Geena Fiore (sophomore), Lauren McGill (junior), Torrie VanDerzee (senior), Kim White (senior), Nicolette Ruggerio (senior), Kelly Meskill (junior), Kaitlyn Percey (junior).

The Trumansburg boys varsity track team.

The Trumansburg girls varsity track team.

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