Sacred Heart
Rest of soccer regular season cancelled
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter

The 2-foot snowstorm two weeks ago has also affected sports in the Monsignor Martin Association.

At Sacred Heart, the storm cancelled the rest of the Sharks' regular season in varsity (three games) and JV (four games) soccer.

The varsity team played Tuesday against Holy Angels in the MMA large school quarterfinals at Sahlen's Sports Complex, an indoor facility. A Sacred Heart win would place them in the semifinals at 4 p.m. Wednesday against Nichols, also at Sahlen's. The MMA small school finals are at 10 a.m., Sunday, outdoors at Amherst High School.

Sacred Heart Athletics Director Rod Sarkovics said on Monday night the varsity girls soccer team hadn't practiced in at least a week and played the game on Tuesday "cold."

Sarkovics said Sacred Heart could have played its home soccer games on its home field, UB Rotary, but because many other teams could not play on home fields, a decision was made by Monsignor Martin High School Athletic Association Executive Director Brian Kiszewski and MMA chairs to cancel the rest of the regular season.

All girls swimming meets at Buffalo State College were cancelled

last week, along with this past Monday's meet and will not be made up. The swimming schedule will resume on Thursday at Buffalo State with All-Catholics still slated for Nov. 8 at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger Center.

The rest of the boys and girls cross country regular season meets were cancelled. All-Catholics were to be held Thursday at Delaware Park but has been moved to St. Francis High School on Sunday because Delaware Park is a mess, Sarkovics said.

"(I've heard) at the starting line you literally could not run more than 10 feet of the line and had to stop," said Sarkovics. "If you ran around the trees, you would have had to go in the side street to get around them."

Sacred Heart, who finished 3-1 overall with its only loss coming to Nardin, 28-27, will run in the girls varsity race at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The girls "B" race is at 1 p.m. The boys "B" race will be held at 2 p.m. followed by the varsity race at 2:30 p.m.

If the Sharks win All-Catholics, they would qualify for the New York State Federation race Nov. 17 at Bowdoin State Park in Wappinger Falls (Section I).

The only MMA sport involving Sacred Heart which was not affected by the storm is girls volleyball. Sarkovics said all postponed matches have been rescheduled. The MMA playoffs will be held Nov. 1 (quarterfinals), Nov. 3 (semifinals), and Nov. 6 (finals) at St. Mary's of Lancaster.

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