Lakers run home with victory

SKANEATELES - The message was simple.

With two outs and the game tied in the bottom of the seventh, Caryn Crary stood on third, representing what would be the Skaneateles softball team's first win of the season. Across the field, Jordan-Elbridge coach Robin Smart went to the mound to chat with her team, while Lakers coach Bob Braunitzer took the time to chat with his standout athlete.

“I told her, ‘Look, I want you to take a big lead and see what the catcher does,'” he said. “The thing about Caryn, from all the years that I've known her, is that she's an incredible athlete. I just told her to look - you can't coach that. It's too much of having her make a decision and she did that. She made a good one.”