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PollSweet Home will get a chance to avenge its 2002 loss to Section V's Aquinas at 8 p.m. Friday thanks to the Panthers' 31-6 victory over Cheektowaga in last Thursday's Section VI Class A championship game at Ralph Wilson Stadium. More ... The Williamsville North boys soccer team set out to win its first sectional championship in 15 years and did so by beating a familiar division rival. North, seeded first in the Section VI Class AA tournament, beat second-seed Clarence, 2-1, last Saturday at Amherst High School's Dimp Wagner Field. More ... The Buffalo Defenders, Western New York's largest girls AAU basketball organization, will have open tryouts for its 2008 teams on Sunday, Nov. 11 at the St. Mary's School for the Deaf main gym, 2253 Main St., Buffalo. The tryout times are: 9 to 11 a.m. (12-year-old), 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (13-year-old), 2 to 4 p.m. (14-year-old) and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. More ... It's always tough to beat a team three times and Williamsville East's boys soccer team found that out last Saturday at Amherst High School's Dimp Wagner Field. The Flames (18-2-2), which had beaten Iroquois, 4-0, and 2-0, during the regular season, lost 2-0 in the Section VI Class A final. East was ranked No. 1 in the tournament; Iroquois was second. More ... Kristina Arcury bounded her way to a second Section VI all-around title Saturday with consistency, poise and focus Saturday in her home gym at Williamsville South High School. The senior closed out her high school career by bookending titles. She also won as a freshman. But this one tasted a little sweeter. More ... A dislocated left thumb forced Michael Morse out of competing in any all-around competition during the regular season, but the Clarence senior was back to full strength at last Friday's Section VI Championships at Williamsville South. More ... Trailing 2-0 in the second half of the Section VI Class B final to top-seeded Iroquois last Thursday at Dimp Wagner Field at Amherst High School, the Williamsville South field hockey team decided it was time to play. More ... For the second time in school history, Amherst Central has a Section VI champion in cross country. Amherst sophomore Brenna Symoniak won the Class A race with a time of 19:03. More ... The Williamsville South girls and boys cross country teams completed their seasons last Friday at the Section VI Championships at Elma Meadows Golf Course. Members of both teams finished off their season-long improvement as individuals by running the races well, said coach Chuck Godfrey. More ... Mike Thielman qualified for Saturday's New York State Championships and he can thank a former two-time section champion for leading him on the right path. The Williamsville North senior qualified for the state meet as the fifth individual runner in the Class AA race at Friday's Section VI Championships at East Aurora High School. Thielman ran a time of 17:21. More ... The Sacred Heart cross country team wanted to place second in team scoring and have a runner finish in the top five at Saturday's All-Catholics. Both happened. The Sharks took second in the 3.1 mile run held at Cazenovia Park with 79 points and senior Brittany Gibbons took third with a time of 20:15.2. More ... Olga Khmylev's first year playing high school tennis almost ended in perfect fashion. The Williamsville East junior defeated Diana Lorentz from Section I North Rockland, 6-2, 6-7, 7-6, in the consolation match of the New York State Championships on Monday at the Eastside Racquet Club in Manlius, N.Y. More ... The Williamsville East girls soccer team had everything going for them heading into the Section VI Class A final last Saturday night at Amherst High School's Dimp Wagner Field. The Lady Flames hadn't lost a game and were ranked the entire season as the No. 1 school in Western New York. More ... Saturday was the day of the goal scorer for Buffalo In-line Hockey Group. Sixteen players had at least a hat trick in league action. Major division Lightning 8, Blackhawks 6 Calvin Waley (Cheektowaga) and John Lyons (Amherst) each had three goals, and Waley added three assists to counter Adam Rainey's (Tonawanda) four goals for the Hawks. More ... The Williamsville North girls soccer team's season came to an end last Tuesday with a 2-1 loss to Kenmore West in a Section VI Class AA semifinal game. North was seeded ninth in the tournament; Kenmore West was a fourth seed. More ... Sweet Home thought they had what it took to win the Section VI Class A girls volleyball title for the third straight year, but Starpoint had other ideas. Starpoint ended the Lady Panthers' reign as section champs with a convincing 25-16, 25-15, 25-18 sweep in the Class A semifinals last Thursday at Sweet Home. More ... Amherst Central Boys Cross Country - seventh in Class A at Section VI Championships, 170 Girls Cross Country - third in Class A at Section VI Championships, More ... Amherst has a huge mountain to climb if they are going to win the Section VI Class B title. The top-seeded Tigers (17-2) face Class B powerhouse Eden (19-8) for the title at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Orchard Park. Eden, seeded second, has won the last seven Class B section titles and is the three-time defending Class B state champion. More ... There's no shame in losing when you played your best. That's the feeling the Williamsville North boys volleyball team has after dropping three games to Frontier, 23-25, 20-25, 14-25, in a Section VI Class A prequarterfinal game last Tuesday. North was seeded 10th; Frontier was seventh. More ... Williamsville South hadn't won two football games in a season since 2000, but that all changed last Tuesday. The Billies' Yahs Williams caught a swing pass from quarterback Chris Hauser and broke three tackles to score a 20-yard touchdown to lift South to a 21-14 double-overtime win at Lake Shore. More ... The Clarence Swim Club ended its first meet of the season with three new club records. The meet was hosted by the Tonawanda Titans Swim Club Oct. 26-28. Kim Forhd, 8, pushed to a 3:50. More ... The UB Amherst Swim Club competed at the Halloween Meet held at the Tonawanda Aquatics Center the weekend of Oct. 26. Eight-year-old Alyssa Helak set eight club records: 50, 100 and 200 freestyle; 50 and 100 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 100 butterfly; and 200 IM. More ... The Sacred Heart girls swimming team heads into Wednesday's All-Catholics meet hoping to break school records and win several individual events. No school records have fallen this season but a couple are in jeopardy. More ... The SS. Peter and Paul swim team ended the season with a 139-109 loss to St. Christopher's on Sunday at Sweet Home High School. SSPP ended the season at fourth place in Division I. 11 and up Rachel Kuechle took first in the 200 freestyle and 50 butterfly. Second-place winners were Kathleen Ruggiero (200 IM), Rachael Nasca (50 free) and Allyson Costanza (100 free). More ... 200 games, 550 sets M. Gaiser 238, 238, 234 - 710; J. Maine 256, 214 - 660; A. J. Swannie 278 - 655; M. Cassiol 238, 227 - 648; A. J. Shisler 228, 223 - 642; J. Daniels 224, 210, 205 - 639; J. Clouse 213, 212, 206 - 631; D. Chmielewski 236, 223 - 618; B. Goodwill 245 - 598; D. Hutchinson 237, 213 - 584; J. Abbarno 222 - 584; P. J. Abbarno 221 - 584; J. More ... The North Buffalo Bisons' Bantam Minor team shut out Batavia Rampart, 3-0, last Saturday. The Bisons received goals from Alex Fritz (Evan Thur, Eric Adolf), Lucas Buscemi and Adolf (Thur, Ian McQuestion). Conner Naughton faced 16 shots for the Bisons in recording the first shutout of the year. More ... The 12U Lady Knights defeated Niagara Falls, 2-1, in a hard-fought battle on Saturday. Niagara Falls scored first. The tenacity of the forward line of Jessica Gates, Emma Ruggiero and Katherine Yoder, who wreaked havoc in Niagara Falls' end and fiercely protected their goaltender, prevented any further goals. More ... The Amherst Pee Wee Stars started its 2007-2008 season by defeating the Amherst Pee Wee Flyers, 10-0, on Sunday at the Pepsi Center. More ... Ryan Myers' five-goals led the Pee Wee Black Sabres to a come-from-behind 7-6 victory over the Penguins. Goals by Greg Wesolowski and James Roehl (two) gave the Penguins a 3-0 lead. Myers netted two straight to close the first. More ... The Mite Stars beat the Sabres White 3-2. The Stars opened the scoring when Anthony DeMaria, assisted by Jacob Barberio, scored to start the game. In the second period, goaltending from the Stars' Cameron McMahon kept turning away shot after shot. DiMaria scored his second goal of the game. More ... Tension was high Sunday when the Mite Bruins faced the Penguins. The Penguins started off the scoring late in the first period when Skyler DeRose tapped in a rebound off Liam Gallagher's shot to beat Bruins goalie Joey Lupica. More ... The Amherst Squirt House League Flyers and Devils skated to a 3-3 tie in each team's opener on Sunday. The Devils' Frank Bodami Jr. opened the scoring in the first period. Kyle Conover tied the score in the second from Matthew Mirand. More ... Dylan Scinta scored a natural hat trick and Dustin Wild scored the first goal of his career as the Bantam St. Lawrence Saints beat Union College, 6-3. Greg Buczkowski scored on an assist from Matt Wilhelm to put the Saints ahead, 1-0. Wild, in his first year of hockey, made it 2-0 on a pass from Jon Hayman. More ... St Greg's swim team impressively beat St. Stephens, 208-39, on Sunday. The 8-and-under first-place finishers were Maeve Christ, Willow Lunn, Margaret Niederpruem and Ellie Bradley. Second-place finishers were Julia Martin, Kendal Rehak, Emma Gervase and Matthew Jonas. More ... The Buffalo Lacrosse Academy will be running indoor five-on-five boys lacrosse leagues for any interested player in grades 5 to 12. Games will be played on Sunday mornings at the Epic Sports Center, 2793 Wehrle Drive in Williamsville for ten weeks beginning Nov. 11. More ... Wednesday, Nov. 7 Girls swimming: Sacred Heart at All-Catholics (Erie Community College Burtt Flickinger Center), 6 p.m.; Girls swimming: Amherst, Sweet Home, East, North, South at Section VI Championships diving (Fredonia State College), 5 p.m. More ... Perhaps no sport revolves around numbers like professional football. It's not just enough to count the yards. Stats come flying at you from the jumbo screen at the stadium, call-in talk radio shows, sports television programs, newspapers, Web sites, magazines, and, lest we forget, the mouths of co-workers at the water cooler. More ... The Williamsville Jr. Football Air Force JV Cheerleading Competition team took second place in their division at the UB Spirit Challenge held on Sunday, October 21. More ... The Williamsville Jr. Football Army Freshmen Cheerleading Competition team took first place in their division and Grand Champion at the UB Spirit Challenge held on Sunday, Oct. 21 The Grand Champion trophy goes to the team with the highest ranking score overall in the competition. There were over 40 teams taking part in the UB competition. More ... |
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