Wayland-Cohocton nearly let a 12-2 lead get away in Livonia on Monday afternoon. The Lady Bulldogs rallied, but came up just short, 12-10. It looked like Way-Co (13-5, 7-0) would breeze to the win, but the Lady Eagles had a surprise as the Bulldogs kept battling back, but ran out of time as Way-Co held on to seal their seventh straight Livingston Conference Division 1 title.

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.

The visiting Hornets emerged (9-0) as they hung on to defeat Way-Co 9-6 on a near 90-degree day on the hill in Steuben County.

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 Way-Co softball team returned from taking their bracket in Myrtle Beach and posted an impressive first win in the north on Monday in Perry.

The Wayland-Cohocton softball squad failed to pick up their first win in the opener of the Grand Strand Tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Monday, falling to unbeaten Manchester, Ohio, 6-3.

The Wayland-Cohocton baseball team managed to squeeze out one more game from the month of March as they traveled to Clifton Springs to tangle with the Midlakes Screaming Eagles in non-league diamond action on Friday night.

It looked like Wayland-Cohocton would get their 2012 high school softball season off the ground in successful fashion as they held a 6-1 lead over Wellsville heading into the bottom of the fifth in Allegany County.

The Wayland-Cohocton baseball team was determined to head south into their Easter break on an up note and that scenario proved itself out on Monday as the Golden Eagles traveled to Wellsville and came home with an 8-1 win.

 Wayland–Cohocton made it back-to-back victories to start the season. After winning the home opener 15-2 Monday against Naples, the Eagles went 10-3 on Tuesday as they hosted LeRoy.

Since 2006, there has been no other team who has won or shared a piece of the Livingston Conference Division 1 softball title aside from the Wayland–Cohocton Golden Eagles. This year coach Dave Stewart’s club is seeking to make it seven in a row.

Gene Jackson is in his eighth season as Dansville softball skipper and following the graduation of six key seniors, there will be some new faces on the diamond here in the spring of 2012.

With a mild winter behind us, Wayland-Cohocton, among others, is hoping for that trend to continue coming into the spring as high school baseball season unfolds.

Revenge may not have been on the minds of some of the Wayland-Cohocton athletes on Sunday at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester after Wellsville denied the Golden Eagles were a fall football title by mere inches, but it may have been a motivating factor as Way-Co defeated the Lions 44-38 and secured the Eagles’ first boys’ basketball sectional title since 1995.

Pro basketball couldn’t have put together a better game than the Feb. 29 class BB boys’ semifinal basketball match-up in Dansville as Livingston Conference Division 1 rivals Wayland-Cohocton and Hornell squared off for a third time. This time the stakes were higher, a trip to sectional finals.

The post-season came to an end as quickly as it opened for the Wayland-Cohocton girls hoopsters as a slow start bogged them down Tuesday, Feb. 21, in Rochester where Greece Odyssey moved on in the Class B Sectional baksetball tournament with a 41-34 victory over the visiting Golden Eagles.

The Wayland-Cohocton senior night contingent looked like a mass exodus after the Golden Eagles paraded nine senior players and seven senior cheerleaders to mid-court with their parents to recognize for their accomplishments in Wayland-Cohocton athletics.

It was another case of almost letting a big lead slip away, but Wayland-Cohocton used a clutch three-pointer by Megan Cheasman with 25 seconds left to push ahead of Livonia and Ashley Heiman put the icing on the cake with a lay-up with one second remaining for a Way-Co 51-47 victory over the Lady Bulldogs on Friday.