WAVERLY — Waverly’s comeback in the bottom of the seventh inning came up 90 feet short in a 2-1 loss to Lansing here Tuesday afternoon in the IAC Large School junior varsity championship baseball game.

WAVERLY — Waverly rode dominant pitching to a pair of wins this week, and into the championship game of the IAC junior varsity baseball tournament.

ATHENS — After pitching seven inning in a win over Tioga earlier in the day, Athens freshman Savanah Persun told her coach she “wanted the ball” again against Waverly here Saturday afternoon in the nightcap of the “Battle at the Border.”

SAYRE — Waverly plated five runs in the top of the sixth inning in a come-from-behind, 9-6, win over Sayre here Saturday morning in the opening game of the softball “Battle at the Border.”

CORNING — The Waverly girls won four events and finished second at the Corning Fast Times Track & Field Invitational, while the Wolverine boys also won four events and finished third in the team standings.

CANDOR —Senior Bella Romano hit her first career home run, and junior Michaela Lauper registered a career high in strikeouts in leading Waverly to a 12-7 win over Candor here Friday afternoon in IAC softball action.

BIG FLATS — Unbeaten Horseheads had four players shot 48 or better in a 188-216 win over Waverly here Friday afternoon in Section IV girls golf action at Willowbrook Golf Course.

ELMIRA — Notre Dame avenged an early-season loss with a 191-197 win over Waverly here Friday in IAC boys golf action at Mark Twain Golf Course.

HORSEHEADS — Waverly erased an early five-run deficit, then let leads in the seventh and eighth innings slip through their fingers in a 10-9 nine-inning loss to Horseheads here Thursday afternoon in non-league baseball action.

WAVERLY — Seniors Jackson Knight and Davis Croft led Waverly to a four-stroke, 187-191, win over Trumansburg here Thursday afternoon in IAC boys golf action at The Club at Shepard Hills.

SOUTHPORT — For Waverly, they knew they needed to get a run early if they wanted to beat Owen Stewart and the Notre Dame Crusaders in a game to decide the division title.

NEWARK VALLEY — Junior Kennedy Westbrook and senior Olivia Nittinger were double-winners to lead Waverly’s efforts at the IAC South Large School divisional track & field meet.

WAVERLY — Sophomore Peyton Shaw and junior Michaela Lauper powered the offense, and freshman Brinn Cooney and sophomore Olivia Robinson combined on a five-hitter to lead Waverly to an 18-1 five-inning win over Odessa-Montour here Tuesday afternoon in IAC softball action.

WATKINS GLEN — Freshman Breanne Robinson led Waverly in wins over Lansing and Watkins Glen here Tuesday afternoon in IAC girls golf action at the Watkins Glen Golf Course.

NEWARK VALLEY — Junior Kayleb Bechy, senior Sam VanDyke, and sophomore Micah Chandler were triple-winners to pace Waverly’s efforts here Tuesday afternoon at the IAC South Large School divisional track & field meet.