This has been another great season for CA athletes in several different winter sports. Here is a sample of some of the headlines Braves teams have earned recently:

• Canandaigua girls upset top seed Irondequoit to reach AA finals

  Canandaigua’s Jackie Corbett had 23 points including five three-pointers as Canandaigua beat Irondequoit 60-51 in the Class AA sectional semifinal. (By Mike Bailey, Messenger-Post)

• Canandaigua’s Meghan McCormick makes Indoor Track states

  Canandaigua Academy junior Meghan McCormick has qualified for the New York state championships in the 3000-meter run. (By Dan Enright, Messenger-Post)

• Canandaigua boys basketball team advances

  The Canandaigua boys basketball defeated Brockport 71-52 to advance to the quarterfinals. (compiled from staff reports, Messenger-Post)

• Canandaigua’s Corbett sizzles with 34 to power Braves past Saints

  Senior co-captain Jackie Corbett had a career-high 34 points — third-most in school history — and dropped a career-high six 3-pointers, second-most in school history, to lead the Braves to a 67-61 win over Churchville-Chili in the first-round of the Class AA sectionals. (By Dan Enright, Messenger-Post)

• CA’s KG Norris is peaking at the right time for the Braves

  When KG Norris left the Section 5 girls alpine skiing sectional meet, she thought her season was over. Later that night she got word from Braves head coach Wade Sarkis that it wasn’t time to put away her poles yet — she had one more high school race left. (By Bryan Sullivan, Messenger-Post)

• ICE HOCKEY: Braves rally for win over Blue Devils

  After the Blue Devils opened up with an early 1-0 lead, Victor and CA slugged it out on defense until a D.J. Goldstein goal tied things up mid-way through the third period. Then, with the final seconds ticking off the clock, Goldstein got his second goal of the night, firing the puck into the net as the final whistle blew. Final score: 2-1 Braves. (By Ron Wilson, Messenger-Post)

Congratulations to all the teams and all the athletes who work so hard to be the best at what they do on the court, track, ice and slopes!

BTW, are you wondering how I compiled all these headlines from hundreds of news stories? Google Custom News! If you have a Google account, give it a try — just go to Google News, click Add A Section, then Create A Custom Section.

Here’s one I created for Canandaigua News.