PollAs the Sweet Home football team keeps earning state championships, so does the pressure to keep winning. More ... D AT E SCHOOL TIME 9-4 Kenmore East 2 p.m. 9-11 @ Williamsville East 2 p.m. 9-18 @ Starpoint 2 p.m. More ... Williamsville East has always been known for its academics. New varsity football coach Chris Mc- Duffie is trying to change the way people perceive the football team. “I’m trying to establish Williamsville East as a school that plays good football and is competitive,” McDuffie said. “We ’re known for academic excellence, More ... The Bee will continue previewing the fall varsity sports teams in next week's edition by publishing a preview of the boys and girls soccer teams, as well as the boys and girls volleyball squads. Previews for other fall varsity sports teams will be published over the two weeks immediately following the soccer and volleyball previews. More ... A picture of Ralph Wilson Stadium – site of the Section VI Class A championship - in the football office at Williamsville South sums up where the Billies would like to be in November. More ... The chemistry on the football field between quarterback Joe Licata and receiver Phil Stasiak did not start at Williamsville South. “It all started when we were 5 years old,” said Stasiak. “We were neighbors. We lived three houses down from each other. One day he told me to come out and play catch. We have good chemistry.” More ... Williamsville North started the 2009 football season mired in a long losing streak dating back to Sept. 2007 but by the time the season ended, they had qualified for the Section VI Class AA Federation playoffs. Spartans coach Mike Mammoliti is hoping how the team played at the end of last season — won four of their last six games — carries over into this fall. More ... D AT E SCHOOL TIME 9-4 @ Hutch-Tech @ Riverside 2 p.m. 9-11 Riverside 2 p.m. 9-16 Will. East @ Will. South 7:30 p.m. More ... Wednesday, Sept. 1 Field hockey: Williamsville South at Barker Tournament, 4 p.m. Girls soccer: Niagara-Wheatfield at Sweet Home, 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. More ... Williamsville East’s homecoming football game with Kenmore East at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25, will have a patriotic flavor. More ... D AT E SCHOOL TIME 9-4 McKinley 2 p.m. 9-11 Sweet Home 2 p.m. 9-16 @ Will. North @ Will. South 7:30 p.m. More ... The Williamsville Junior Football team defeated the Lew-Port Rams, 54-18, on Saturday afternoon. After giving up an early touchdown, the Air Force team never looked back. Center Nick Galluzzo anchored the offensive line. Quarterback Brendan Wynia completed 4-of-6 passes with one TD and four extra point conversions to lead the offensive attack. More ... Registration is open for the Amherst Soccer Association house league. Play begins Sept. 11. The house league is open to age groups U6 through U14 plus co-ed high school. U6 age group meets for six Saturday mornings. For U8 and up, practices are held during the week, as set by your coach. More ... The Women’s Buffalo District Golf Association will be hosting a 75th anniversary tournament for current and recent members, past officers and past champions today at Westwood Country Club, 772 North Forest Road, Williamsville. Golf is slated for 2 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. More ... Coming into the 2009 season, only seven Amherst Central football players had varsity experience. A much more seasoned and smaller Tigers team — 27 on the roster — enters the 2010 season looking to improve on last year’s 3-6 finish. More ... D AT E SCHOOL TIME 9-3 West Seneca East 6 p.m. 9-11 @ Hamburg 7 p.m. 9-16 Williamsville South 6 p.m. More ... The 2010 Coaches vs. Cancer ECIC/NFL Challenge will be held Friday, Sept. 3 and Saturday, Sept. 4 at Sweet Home High School, 1901 Sweet Home Road. More ... North Amherst Fire Co. won the 2010 Firemen’s Softball League softball title but unlike last year’s undefeated season and championship, the team had an auspicious start. The team lost two of its first three games to Ellicott Creek and Clarence Center and also fell to Clarence on June 18. More ... Newly acquired Youngstown Phantom Hockey defenseman Chris Bradley, a Williamsville resident, played for the USA Under 18 Select team at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament Aug. 7 to 14 in Piestany, Slovakia. More ... The Fleet Feet 15K Run into Buffalo will be held at 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 6, and will take participants through the Erie Canal Harbor Canalside portion of downtown Buffalo. More ... Patrick Stein’s two-run walk-off home run lifted the Sandlot Spartans to a 11-9 victory over Lockport in the championship game of the North Tonawanda National Little League Classic held Aug. 5 and 7-8. Stein’s blast culminated a tournament where Sandlot overcame a late-inning deficit in each of its five games. More ... TOURNEY TITANS — The A-Turf Titans took first place in the Lewiston Lancer Classic 13U tournament, coming from behind to beat Lou Gehrig, 7-6. More ... The Clarence Soccer Club’s travel program is gearing up to hold registration for its 2011 season squads. The program, open to residents of Clarence or Clarence Schools attendees born between August 1, 1991, and July 31, 2003, will hold in-person registration from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Town Park Clubhouse on Main St. More ... GENERATION GOLF — Debbie DiMatteo, far left, Claire McMahon, and Bernice Stern represented three generations at the recent 2010 Ladies Westwood Country Club championship. More ... |
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