The rivalry renewed on May 8 as Dansville and Wayland-Cohocton met up in boys’ track action as the Eagles handed the Mustangs their first loss of the season, 73-68.

Coach Dan Moore’s Wayland-Cohocton girls track team kept motoring along on May 8 as they notched their fifth win without a setback in toppling visiting rival Dansville, 116-25.

Bernardo Campos got Dansville started off on the right foot with a win in the 400 hurdles, and didn’t stop there. Campos went on to become a triple-winner, helping Dansville capture an 82-59 win over visiting Hornell Tuesday in Livingston County track and field action.

Three was the lucky number for Jocelyn Acor, Colleen Smith and the Hornell Lady Red Raiders Tuesday night in Dansville.

Hornell took the 1600 relay and the 400 relay, while Dansville won the 3,200 relay.

Other individual winners for Hornell were Gabrielle Macool (100 hurdles, :16.9), Mackenzie McNelis (1,500, 5:18) and Kelsi Giglio (400 hurdles, :75.1).

The Lady Mustangs were paced by individual wins from Rachel Graves in the 800 (2:25), Katie Schledorn in the 3,000 (12:19), Paige Hurlburt in the shot put (31-10.5), Gina Galland in the disc (84-5) and Katie Jacobs in the pole vault (6-7).

The Wayland-Cohocton girls softball squad got back on the winning track on Friday as they scored four times in the first inning and then subdued rival Dansville in an LCAA Division 1 match-up at the Nest.

Both teams utilized their full rosters in the game as the Eagles pounded out 16 hits against a trio of Mustang hurlers on the day.

The Alfred State Pioneers announced on Thursday, April 5, that Dansville graduate Garrett Hoag from the baseball team was named the Region III  Co-Athlete of the Week.

If there was ever a start that you did not want to get off to as a baseball team, it was the April 3 game at Babcock Park where Dansville fell behind 6-0 by the time they came to bat in the bottom half of the first inning in a non-league test against Byron-Bergen.

Dansville senior slugger and hurler Clarissa Swain had a big day on Friday as the Lady Mustangs exterminated the Bees from Byron Bergen in high school softball at Babcock Park by a 14-1 final.

The Dansville (1-0) golf squad swung into action on Monday at Brae Burn and came away with positive results despite windy and cool conditions.

The Dansville softball squad held a slim 1-0 lead, heading into the top of the fifth on Monday at Babcock Park, but a couple of errors opened the door to a 5-run explosion by the Lady Bulldogs as Livonia claimed a 5-3 victory in Livingston Conference Division 1 action.

Friday was not a good day for the Dansville Mustangs offense as Livonia sophomore right-hander Zach Kolodziejski fired a no-hitter their way at Babcock Park as the Bulldogs posted a 9-0 victory.

Under overcast skies and an occasional raindrop, the Dansville softball team squeaked out an extra-inning win at Babcock Park on Tuesday over previously unbeaten Arkport by a score of 1-0 in eight innings in a thriller.

After moving some games around with the near summer-like weather, Dansville opened their softball season on the road and early with an unusual March 22 start date at Oakfield–Alabama. The Hornets stung the Mustangs in extra innings coming from behind in the fifth inning and scoring the winning run in the bottom of the eighth. Oakfield–Alabama posted a 3-2 victory in both teams’ 2012 openers.

Dansville opened their high school baseball season Tuesday at Babcock Park as a pair of  lefties fashioned a three-hitter and the Mustangs prevailed over Avon 4-1 in both teams’ opener.

The Dansville Mustangs will be seeking to defend their 2011 Livingston Conference title after going 4-0, 7-0 on the season last year. Coach Jim McMahon is back for his 30th season at the helm assisted by Terry Conway, who was recently named Dansville’s head football coach.

The Dansville FC Mustangs Soccer teams are gearing up for this weekend’s Rotary Club tournament at home to wrap up the indoor season.

It seems mother nature would like to see the local high school baseball season get underway with temperatures more resembling summer than spring. It’s nice for area teams to get outside to practice, but getting actual playing time will be the key for the 2012 Dansville Mustangs squad.

The Dansville FC Mustangs were scattered in soccer tournaments galore this passed weekend and both success and improvement were cited on all levels, which is a good thing for program coordinator Mike Kozak who updated us on things during the Feb. 25-26 weekend. Lady U-14 and U-18 teams were in action along with boys U-10 and U-12 boys clubs.

Dansville scored a total of 355 points to top Class B2 at the Section V Cheerleading Championships Saturday afternoon at RIT’s Gordon Fieldhouse, claiming the program’s first sectional title since 2007.