Leading off today: Senior Calvin Sluberski hit three more home runs yesterday, giving him seven in a span of five days and helping Iroquois rout West Seneca East 24-3.

   He finished the afternoon 5-for-5 with eight runs batted in.

   Sluberski, who hit five home runs all of last season, has three multi-homer games in a row. He hit two on Friday in a 31-3 win over Sweet Home and followed with two more Monday to beat Lake Shore. "It's a pretty good week," Iroquois coach Marv Matteson told The Buffalo News.

   A walk-off ending: Dustyn Power brought home the winning run by drawing a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh as No. 10 Victor edged No. 3 Pittsford Sutherland in a clash of state-ranked Class A teams in the Monroe County League.

   The Blue Devils rallied from deficits of 7-0 and 12-4. Tommy Wagner, Chris Rhodes and Joe Simmons drove in two runs apiece in the victory.

   League streak ends: Though it certainly takes more than just a great pitcher, softball teams are capable of stringing together lengthy winning streaks within their league -- such as the 93-gamer by South Glens Falls that was snapped last week.

   However, baseball is a bit of a different beast. You don't get to send the ace to the mound on back-to-back days or even with a day's rest in most cases, so it's inevitable that you'll take on one of your stronger rivals with a less-than-optimal lineup from time to time.

   That's why Poly Prep's 56-game win streak in the Ivy League was fairly impressive. It came to an end yesterday with a 2-1 setback against Fieldston, which tied on Andy Turell’s run-scoring single and took the lead for good when Poly pitcher Chesley Ratliff balked home DH Tom Savage in the fifth inning.

   “It’s an incredible shot of confidence,” pitcher Eric Kotin told The New York Post. “If you can beat Poly Prep, you can beat anybody in this league.”

   Speaking of streaks: Fayetteville-Manlius has stretched its league winning streak in boys tennis to 183 matches, dating to 1997, though Baldwinsville provided a scare Tuesday with a 4-3 loss.

   When Grady Schmidt and Yaro Nieves rallied past Divakar Lai and Eric Rosenthal, 1-6, 6-4, 7-5, the Bees pulled even in the match.

   Ben Weiss and Shawn Sullivan topped Eric Rosenthal and Ben Kaplan 6-1 in the first set, then dropped the second by 6-4. Weiss and Sullivan had their serve broken late, and Rosenthal and Kaplan prevailed in the third set

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7-5 to end a two-hour battle.

   Rice coach to St, John's: Moe Hicks, coach of CHSAA powerhouse Rice High, has agreed to become the Director of Basketball Operations at St. John's under new coach Steve Lavin, Zagsblog.com reported.

   Hicks was not available for comment; an official announcement is expected within a week.

   "The offer is there," Hicks said last week. "I'm just trying to see if everything is going to be fine on this end if I do make that decision."

   Assistant Dwayne Mitchell would appear to be in line to take over at Rice, where Hicks won Federation championships in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2009.

   Football decision: Assistant Tom O’Hare, who is also the school’s baseball coach, has been picked to replace Brian Walsh as head football coach at John Jay, Hudson Valley Sports Report reported. The Wappingers Central School District board of education must still grant final approval.

   Walsh left in January for Our Lady of Lourdes, whose coach was then offered the John Jay job. But Mike Lindberg's prospective appointment never made it to a vote at the April 6 school board meeting, and the school eventual rescinded the offer, HVSR reported. It is unclear whether O’Hare will continue to coach baseball.

   Meanwhile, there were unexpected developments at Lourdes as HVSR reported the administration will not retaining AD David Seipp or girls basketball coach Sarah Mesuch.

   A spokesman said the school had no comment and Seipp was unavailable, but sources confirmed the news.

   Mesuch played for Brian Giorgis and won three NYSPHSAA championships as a player from 1992-94. She coached the Warriors to their 27th consecutive league championship last season.

   Extra points: Newark's Breiten Balschmiter became the Section 5 shot putter ever to break 60 feet, throwing 60-1 in a dual vs. Marcus Whitman to easily beat his PR of 58-9.75 from earlier this season. Canandaigua's Roger Taylor owns the longest-standing Section 5 record with his 1967 throw of 64-5.75.