Yankees and Mets to begin Subway Series today after a rainout on Friday...Lightning with a firm grip on Stanley Cup Finals...and a former Dunkirk girls basketball coach to return to Jamestown. More details from Greg Larson on today's Saturday Sports Update...
Saturday Sports Update
Top: Differing scenes at both ends of New York State on Friday. While the opening game of the Subway Series between the Yankees and Mets was rained out (left), the Toronto Blue Jays were putting the hammer down on the Tampa Bay Rays in Buffalo. George Springer (right) was one of three Blue Jays to homer in an 11-1 victory. The Blue Jays are currently 8 1/2 games out of first place in the American League East, while the struggling Yankees are 9 1/2 back. Photos by MLB.com and USA Today
Bottom left: Tyler Johnson celebrates after scoring for the Tampa Bay Lightning during Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Friday. The Lightning defeated the Montreal Canadiens by a 6-3 and are just one win away from their second consecutive Stanley Cup. Photo by USA Today
Bottom right: Ken Ricker is making a return to the Section VI scene in girls basketball. Ricker announced this week that he will be the head coach of the Jamestown Lady Red Raiders program for the 2021-2022 season. It won't be his first time in Jamestown, with Ricker last coaching there in 2012. Ricker spent the 2021 season as coach the JCC women's basketball program. Before that, he coached Dunkirk for two seasons, including a 24-1 record in 2019-2020 that included the school's first sectional title in 29 years. Photo by Ron Szot
