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PollWilliamsville South had beaten tons of teams this season by penetrating to the hoop and if that is covered, kicking it out for a three-point attempt. However, they never had to deal with a giant underneath the hoop. More ... In arguably Williamsville South’s best boys basketball season ever, many milestones were reached. As a team, South set records for most wins in a season (19), consecutive wins (15), three-point attempts (567) and three-pointers made (197). They also won their first Section VI title since 1991 and advanced to the Far West Regional for the first time in school history. More ... Williamsville East sophomore Kala Allen placed second in the 400-meter dash in 58 seconds, third in the 200-meter dash in 25.7 seconds and fifth in the 60-meter dash in 8.1 seconds at the GaREAT American Scholastic Indoor National Championships this past weekend in Geneva, Ohio. More ... Williamsville South is known for its run-and-gun type offense, but it was their defense that allowed them to advance in the postseason. The Billies held East to 46 points in a 65-46 blowout win in the Section VI Class A overall final Tuesday, March 9, at Buffalo State College. More ... Forty-three of the area’s top senior girls basketball players will take to the court one final time March 27 as part of the 12th annual Cheektowaga Lions Club Senior High School Ladies Basketball Classic. More ... For the fourth straight year, Churchville-Chili, a Section V school from Rochester, had the best powerlifters at the New York State Powerlifting Championships. Churchville-Chili won four weight divisions and team scoring with 55 points at the 39th installment of the event held on Saturday at Sweet Home. More ... The last time Sacred Heart and St. Anthony’s of South Huntington met in a Catholic state girls basketball playoff game, the Sharks became the first Monsignor Martin Association team to win a Class AA playoff game. In the rematch, foul trouble plagued the Sharks. More ... Williamsville East’s JV hockey team finished its season in style, capturing the Tonawanda Tournament by blanking the Ft. LeBeouf Bisons (Erie, Pa.), 2-0, Sunday at Brighton Arena. The Flames were undefeated throughout the tourney. More ... The Pee Wee Rangers defeated the Red Wings, 4-3, in their fourth playoff game. The Red Wings opened the scoring on an unassisted goal by Brendan Quagliana. Ranger Hudson Milligan responded with two goals with assists from Max Tracy. Quagliana then scored twice to get his first hat trick of the season. More ... The Pee Wee Penguins played their best defensive game of the season, tying the Bruins, 2-2, this past Thursday. The game was scoreless until a breakaway goal by the Penguins’ Trey Malcom with three minutes left in the second period. More ... The Mite Blackhawks outshot the Rangers for a 6-1 win in Sunday’s playoff game to lead them to the final four. Blackhawk Andrew Fairbrother opened the scoring in the first period and tallied twice. Joseph Amici, Joseph Steimle, Jack Manka and David O’Donoghue netted goals. More ... The Squirt Blackhawks played an all-around complete game in defeating the Red Wings, 7-1, in playoff action Feb. 28. Daniel Baetzhold, Kaitlin Drew-Mead, Connor Obrien and Cam Smith were standouts on defense. Bryan Sokolowski scored four goals, as the Blackhawks took control in the second period. Also scoring were Nick LoTempio, Michael Zatkos and Drew-Mead. More ... Bolstered by the brilliant play of netminder Bobby Popp, the Squirt Stars blanked the Flyers, 1-0, Saturday for their third straight playoff win. More ... The most exciting time in the local bowling season quickly approaches. In the next two months, the top keglers in Western New York will take to the lanes to determine who really is the area’s best and roll for high prize money. And it’s a time of year that both excites and tires Bill Palumbo, manager of the Greater Buffalo USBC Association. More ... The Amherst Squirt Minor “AAA” Knights (34-18-7) ended the season with a 5-3 win over the Wheatfield Blades in the Squirt Major WNYAHL championship game Sunday. More ... The Bantam Lakers pulled out a hard-fought 3-1 victory last Thursday against Princeton. Dennis Yelin (Bobby Stricko, Justin LaMonto) got the scoring rolling when, shorthanded, he went coast to coast and slammed one into the net. Kyle Flierl made some big stops that kept the game 1-0 until Yelin got his second by going coast to coast and deking through the defenseman. More ... The Buffalo Bisons ended their regular season with a 5-1 win over Bud Bakewell Monday, evening their record at 13-13-2. Contributing to the Bison effort were David Hnat (two goals, assist), Brandon Fortuna (goal, assist), Ethan Crowley (two assists), Sam Stark (two assists), Noah Basehart (goal), Justin Bystrak (goal) and John Koerber (assist). More ... The Freeze moved to the top spot in Amherst Girls Hockey 18U after dousing the Inferno, 5-1, Saturday. Madison Kather started off her hat trick by scoring two unassisted goals within the first four minutes of the game followed by Nell Meosky late in the second period. More ... East Amherst resident and Canisius graduate Andrew Rogowski was named the Ithaca College football team’s Outstanding Specialist for the second straight season. As a kicker, he earned first-team ECAC and Empire 8 honors and was a second-team pick to D3football.com’s East Region all-star team. More ... Holly Johnson, a Cheektowaga native who formerly attended Amherst High School and plays softball for Rutgers, was named Big East Pitcher of the Week for the first time in her career. She appeared in four games and recorded two wins and a save at the USF Under Armour Invitational in Clearwater, Fla. More ... The Amherst Girls Softball League is preparing for its 37th season with open registration. Girls from kindergarten to 12th grade who reside in the Town of Amherst or in the Williamsville Central, Amherst Central or Sweet Home Central School Districts are eligible. More ... The ECC Burt Flickinger Athletic Center will be the host site for the Carubba Collision Golden Gloves regional boxing tournament and the New York State Championship, which are scheduled to take place March 20, April 9 and April 23. More ... The Christian Central Academy eighth-grade girls basketball team defeated St. Christopher, 20-16, to win the North Town Silver Championship. Caroline Ranallo scored 12 points and blocked six shots. Sydney Malcolm scored six points, and along with Sydney Young and Daila Miller, helped shut down the St. Christopher offense with tenacious defense for the Crusaders. More ... TOURNAMENT ROYALTY — The Buffalo Regals Mite Minor AAA hockey team celebrated the end of its season with a 4-3 overtime win over Grimsby in the championship game of the recently-held Gene Harrin More ... CHAMPS - The JV Lady Lions won the JV girls division at the Christ the King March Madness Tournament. More ... RALLY TO WIN — The St. Mary’s of Swormville junior varsity girls basketball team rallied from a 13-8 second-half deficit to defeat St. More ... John Bauman, a Williamsville North graduate and member of the University at Buffalo’s men’s indoor track and field team, recently won the men’s 800-meter race in 1 minute, 53.55 seconds at the Zips Open. More ... Notre Dame beat Villanova, 20-15, to capture the Amherst Youth Basketball fifth-grade title. Notre Dame’s balanced scoring helped seal the victory. Connor Kelly led with seven points while Matt Winkler added five. Ali Khadra had several rebounds and contributed four points. Sam Schatmeyer and Zac Neira also added two points. More ... Niagara Gymnastics Level 6 gymnasts competed in the Lucky Stars Invitational held by Strop’s Gymnastics in Jamestown last Friday. Competing in the 7- to 9-year-old age division, Autumn Kelleher placed second on vault, third on uneven bars, fourth on balance beam and floor exercise, and second in all-around. More ... COMING THROUGH — Emilee Foster of Christ the King’s varsity girls team evades Jackie Adolf of St. Greg’s in Thursday’s CTK championship tournament game. More ... Iona outlasted Marist, 25-20, in double overtime to win the AYB “B” girls seventh-eighth grade double-elimination tournament March 6. Leah Bellitto (six points), Rachel Favre (five) and Liz Drzewiecki (five) secured Iona a 10-point halftime lead. More ... Fordham’s Mike Shanahan scored eight of his 13 points in the first quarter to put the Rams ahead, 14-8. Chris Tideswell scored a team-high 17 points and Eric Duran scored 11 points. Dylan Lambert (nine points) and Chad Steinwachs (six points) led the Rams’ defense, while Luke Horigan had a monster game under the boards. Mitchel Perlstein played aggressively. More ... Marquette beat Syracuse, 39-20, for the Amherst Youth Basketball fifth-grade boys south division championship. More ... PERFECTION — The Christian Central Academy fifth-grade boys basketball team completed a perfect 15-0 season by defeating St. Amelia’s, 26-17, in the championship game on Feb. 28. More ... The Christ the King fifth-grade Badgers used a tight defense and well-balanced scoring attack to defeat St. Amelia’s, 31-21, to win the CTK 33rd annual tourney Sunday. The Badgers took a 12-8 lead into halftime but broke it open in the second half behind the scoring of Cam Ciesielski, Tommy Gioia, Bo Stroud, Terrel Smith, and Mike O’Neill. More ... For the first time in more than 20 years, St. Benedict’s eighth-grade varsity girls basketball squad advanced to the final four in the small school Diocesan Girls Basketball Tournament of Western New York held Feb. 26-March 8. Semifinals St. Leo the Great 30, St. Benedict 11 More ... The St. Benedict varsity boys basketball team lost in the finals of the Diocesan Tournament to St. Vincent de Paul of Elma 22-16, ending the Tigers’ bid to win a third straight Diocesan Championship. Colin Tenney led the Tigers with eight points and Patrick MacDonald added four but St. Ben’s couldn’t overcome the hot second half shooting of St. Vincent’s. More ... The SS. Peter and Paul girls JV basketball team capped their season Friday evening with an impressive 24-10 win over Christ The King to take third place in the Holy Hoopsters League. The Knights stormed out to a 6-0 lead and never looked back. More ... TOURNEY WINNERS — The undefeated third and fourth grade boys basketball team from Nativity of Mary won the recently-held St. Leo’s March Madness tournament by defeating St. More ... Greater Buffalo Gymnastics and Fitness Center’s boys team competed at Stumpf’s Gymnastics Center on March 10. More ... EXCELLING — Greater Buffalo Gymnastics’ Level 4 gymnasts took fifth place at the Niagara Cup at Canisius College March 7. Grace Taylor took first place in the balance beam competition. More ... The Catholic Health AthletiCare program will be sponsoring a free sports safety seminar, in conjunction with National Athletic Training Month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 20, in the auditorium of West Seneca East High School, 4760 Seneca Street. More ... LUCKY STARS — Sophia Belliveau, left, in the 11-year-old age division, and Madison Penetrante, in the 7-9 age division, placed first in their age divisions at the Lucky Stars meet in Jamestown. More ... The Christ The King sixth-grade Badgers finally broke through against the unrelenting SS Peter and Paul basketball powerhouse to take the CTK sixth-grade tournament title, 33-31, in overtime. More ... Sports RSS feed |
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