Familiar face guides Tigers varsity return
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville varsity Coach Wes Bradley meets here with the five veterans from the last Tigers varsity team in 2022. They include Austin Fonda, Michael Alexander, Colton Smith, Jesus Rosario and Brody Hazel.
In the fall of 1976 Wes Bradley took on the coaching task of organizing Lyndonville’s first boys varsity socer team. He guided the Tigers for 27 seasons before retiring in 2002 with 199 wins.
Now 22 years later, Bradley has taken on a similar coaching challenge to get the Tigers varsity squad restarted again after having no team in 2023 due to a shortage of players in the upper grades.
“I really didn’t see this coming,” said Bradley of his return to the Tigers coaching helm. “It’s almost like starting over. I’m looking forward to it.”
Anchoring the Tigers lineup will be five players who were members of the 2022 varsity squad. That quintet includes juniors Colton Smith, Jesus Rosario, Austin Fonda and Michael Alexander and sophomore Brody Hazel.
The Tigers will make their varsity return on September 4 with a Genesee Region League game at Attica.
