Leading off today: Virginia Tech has come into upstate to land a three-star recruit, the fourth New York junior to make an oral commitment to a Division I football program.

   Jerome Lewis, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound tight end/defensive end from Bishop Kearney in Rochester, is the eighth player overall to commit to Virginia Tech for 2010 according to The Roanoke Times. He is rated a three-star recruit by Scout.com.

   Rivals.com reports Lewis also had offers from East Carolina, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Purdue and Syracuse, with Rutgers, North Carolina State, Vanderbilt and West Virginia also interested.

   Other New Yorkers known to have made non-binding commitments are Pittsford tight end Sean Fitzpatrick (Maryland), Syracuse CBA guard Macky MacPherson (Syracuse) and Lawrence quarterback John Kinder (Syracuse).

   Wiener stellar again: Jordan Wiener continues to excel in the face of adversity. The Robert F. Kennedy senior struck out 19 batters to beat Alfred E. Smith, 3-2, in the PSAL Class B baseball tournament in Queens.

   It was his first outing since a five-inning no-hitter with 14 Ks against Prospect Heights a day after the funeral for his father, Mitchell Wiener, the Queens assistant principal who became the first from New York City to die from the swine flu.

   "It's been nerve-wracking for me, but I just try to keep my emotions aside," Wiener told The Daily News. "I keep a cool head and just pitch."

   Milestone at Shen: Shenendehowa capped its baseball regular season by beating Queensbury, 11-2, for career

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victory No. 300 for coach Jim Carrese.

   "It really is a big deal because it’s been a 19-year process of building a program,” Carrese told The Saratogian. "We’ve preached family first, school second and baseball third as a motto here and we’ve had some tremendous kids who have bought into that philosophy."

   Brandon Cogswell and David Wixted hit home runs to help Carrese run his record to 300-148.

   GW eliminated: George Washington, nationally ranked by USA Today before this week, is out of the PSAL Class A baseball tournament following a 5-0 loss to James Monroe in the quarterfinals.

   Junior right-hander Rikeltin Batista, who hadn't thrown a meaningful inning since April, was brought in to get out of a bases-loaded jam in the second inning and protected a four-run lead with 4 2/3 innings of three-hit, two-strikeout relief.

   The Eagles (17-2) hit GW starter Nestor Bautista hard with three early extra-base hits. The big blow was a two-run double by junior third baseman Wander Almonte from the Dominican Republic.

   Extra points: Ralph Clapp, 226-76-1 in 15 seasons as baseball coach at Honeoye Falls-Lima, has announced he will step down next month. He is a two-time Section 5 coach of the year.