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Master Chuck Gorino and Grand Master Robert Summers awarded black belts to accomplished students of Master Gorino’s Pil-Sung Tae Kwon-Do on Dec. 15. Awarded second degree black belts are Carol Mogavero, of Tonawanda and Chloe Costello, of Amherst after five years of training and tournament competi... More ...
North too strong for South, wins event for third year by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North won the battle on the boards against Williamsville South and left South as three-time Rotary Club of Williamsville Tournament champions. Tournament MVP Ryan Young almost had as many rebounds as the entire South team, 17-20, as the Spartans won, 53-47, in Friday’s final. Young ... More ...
Defense rallies East to tournament victory by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East shrugged off slow starts in both games of its own girls basketball tournament to claim top honors for the third straight year. Down, 13-10, to Sweet Home in the first round and, 8-4, to Williamsville North in the Williamsville East Girls Basketball Tournament finals, the Lady Fl... More ...
Sports predictions for the New Year PATRICK NAGY Sports Reporter As 2006 ended, it made me wonder, what could be in store for the sports world, at the high school, collegiate and pro levels, in 2007? If anyone doubts my ability to prognosticate the future, here are some predictions I correctly stated in a similar commentary about a year ago. More ... Sweet Home boys win Ken-Ton tournament, Rankin named MVP by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sweet Home went back to basics to win the Ken-Ton Holiday Tournament. The Panthers hit eight three-pointers and had four players in double figures as Sweet Home rolled to a 73-56 final victory over host school Kenmore West on Thursday. “It’s always nice to go in and win a tournament,” said Sweet ... More ... Best quarter sparks Sharks’ tourney victory by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sister Maria Pares has coached a lot of girls basketball teams in her tenure with Sacred Heart Academy but even she was amazed by her team’s first quarter performance against Frontier in the Fredonia Xpress Holiday Tournament finals on Friday. The Sharks (8-0) outscored Frontier, 23-3, in the firs... More ... East hockey comes up short in tournaments by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Splitting hockey games in two different tournaments in six days wasn’t exactly what Williamsville East head coach Mike Torrillo envisioned but that’s what happened to the Flames over the holiday break. East took second place at the Batavia Tournament held Dec. More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCOREBOARD Amherst Central Girls Basketball — Mt. St. Mary’s Tourn. —def. Alden 67-61, finals — lost to Mt. St. Mary’s 52-42 Hockey — Glens Falls Classic — lost to Glens Falls 5-3, tied South Glens Falls 2-2 Sweet Home Boys Basketball — Ken-Ton Holiday Tourn. — def. Ken. East 50-37, finals — def. Ken... More ... Hockey North battles, wins Morrisville tourney by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North has won the Morrisville Ice Plex Tournament three out of the last four years but arguably its greatest victory in the event came on Thursday. Trailing Section II’s Shenendehowa, 2-1, in the third period, the Spartans (12-1, 4-1) scored four unanswered goals to win the final, 5... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Up 66-62 over Riverside with 40 seconds to play, all Williamsville East had had to do was make some free throws and hold onto the basketball to advance to the Clarence Booster Club Tournament finals. Instead, the opposite happened. Brian Wallden and Andy Heim missed two free throws a piece and th... More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CALENDAR Wednesday, Jan. 3 Boys Basketball: Clarence at Amherst, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: Mt. St. Mary’s at Sacred Heart, 6:30 p.m. (Villa Maria) Boys Bowling: Amherst at Depew, 4:30 p.m. (Broadway Sports Center), East vs. Iroquois, 4:30 p.m. (Transit), Orchard Park at North, 3:30 p.m. (Transit), ... More ... Glens Falls trip brings Tigers’ hockey together The Amherst Central hockey team hit the road this week and accomplished their main goal. “The purpose of this trip is to bring the boys together as a team,” said Amherst coach Rich Crozier. “There is no doubt in my mind that we achieved that.” While the Tigers would have liked to come home undefe... More ... Wrestling Sweet Home wins controversial meet, places two champions at Akron tourney by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Chris Nadeau will always remember his first dual meet victory as coach of Sweet Home’s wrestling team. Down 29-24 at home against Tonawanda on Dec. 21, the Warriors were called for an illegal substitution which led to a 36-29 Panthers victory. Tonawanda coaches attempted to put Kyle McGregor, who... More ... Squirt Minor ‘AAA’ defeat Erie Lions, 3-2 The Amherst Knights Squirt Minor “AAA” hockey team delivered an early Christmas present on Dec. 23. After a long trip to Erie, Penn., the Knights presented their coaching staff with a well-deserved come from behind 3-2 victory over a previously unbeaten Erie Lions team. More ... Bassett’s hat trick helps White Sabres tame Wolves James Bassett’s hat trick led the White Sabres past the Wolves, 6-3, in a Squirt Division game in the Amherst Hockey Association played on Dec. 23. Bassett opened the scoring midway through the first period when he beat goaltender Dennis Yelin on a breakaway. Jim Roberto made it 2-0 on a pass from... More ... Flyers continue winning streak, post 6-2 victory The Squirt Flyers brought holiday excitement to the Pepsi Center on December 23 with a 6-2 win over the Rangers. The Flyers’ Eric Bailey scored the first goal for his team on a superb breakaway late in the first period. The second period saw lots of tussling over the puck as the game flew up and d... More ... Zaprowski, Battaglia spark Squirt Stars win Steven Zaprowski’s hat trick and Ben Battaglia’s two goals led the Squirt Stars to a 7-4 victory over the Gray Sabres on Dec. 23. Zaprowski scored just 39 seconds into the game, weaving around and through the Gray Sabre defense from his own blue line. More ... Sports briefs East Amherst resident Andrew Orpik has recorded two goals and two assists in 14 games for the Boston College University men’s hockey team. Orpik has scored one power-play goal and one game-winning goal. He has enjoyed one multiple-point performance and two career multiple-point efforts. He netted... More ... Stumpf girls compete in Pittsburgh Coed Classic The Level 8-10 girls from Stumpf’s Gymnastics Center recently competed in the Coed Classic in Pittsburgh. The club produced two all-around champions and placed several girls in the event finals. Furthermore, the Level 10 squad placed first as a team. Kurt and Lisa Stumpf of Amherst coach each of t... More ...
Bills plant seeds for next year’s playoff crop by MATT KRUEGER Reporter An 7-9 record wasn’t exactly the mark the Buffalo Bills had in mind for the 2006 season and they don’t want to hear about the growth they’ve shown. All the players in the locker room wanted to win now, so they view the season as a failure. But from an outside perspective, this year was a success, ... More ... Sweet Home makes the grade Sweet Home’s field hockey team was a champion on and off the field last fall. Sweet Home was ranked tenth in New York State among field hockey teams in grade point average. The Lady Panthers had a 94.830. In Section VI, Sweet Home had the second smartest boys volleyball team (94.003), third smart... More ... North’s Miller earns field hockey honors Despite playing all of the fall field hockey season with a torn ligament in her ankle and only playing 12 games (missing two with mononucleosis and her team not playing the last few games of the season due to the October storm), Williamsville North junior Chantae Miller received All-Western New Yor... More ... Mite Stars victorious over White Sabres Despite the 7 a.m. start, the Mite Stars and White Sabres played an exciting game on Dec. 23. The Stars won 4-3. Both teams came ready to play as the scoring started early. Michael Trossman and Bryce Baker crashed the net after a Ben Wolfson save, and Baker pushed the puck over the line as it lay ... More ... Bruins win first league game The Mite Bruins won their first league game of the season, downing the Gray Sabres, 3-2. It was a highly contested hard-fought game from the start. Goalies Patrick Mangan of the Bruins and Scott Daigler of the Gray Sabres made one fantastic save after another. More ... Black Sabres clip Red Wings Down three players, the Mite Black Sabres still managed a great game against the Red Wings, winning 5-1. In the first 20 seconds of the game, Nick Carbone took the puck down but it was knocked out to the boards by the Red Wings. Carbone chased it to the blue line, took a shot on goal and scored. More ... Pee Wee Knights Major ‘AA’ posts comes back victory The Amherst Knights Pee Wee Major “AA” improved their league record to 4-3-1 with a 4-2 come from behind win over Bud Bakewell on Dec. 23. In the second period, the Bruins scored first on the power play. A shot hit numerous skates into the Knights’ net. More ... Micron Gold Sabres defeat Red Sabres, 7-4 The Micron Gold Sabres took on the mighty Red Sabres in a Christmas Eve contest on the Amherst Pepsi Center’s Olympic Rink. The Gold Sabres’ overall team play led them to a 7-4 victory. The Red Sabres came out strong and took an early lead in the game. Red Sabre Jeffrey Cummins put his team on th... More ... Pee Wee White Sabres stay unbeaten The Amherst Pee Wee White Sabres remained unbeaten with a 7-1 win over the Stars. Dylan Scinta led the way for the White Sabres with a hat trick while Angelo Caruso added two goals. White Sabre defenseman Dan Demeester scored his first goal of the year and chipped in two assists while goalie Sean ... More ... Wrestling Amherst grapplers excel at recent tournaments Several grapplers from the Amherst Central varsity wrestling team placed at recent tournaments. At Friday’s Maryvale Varsity Invitational Wrestling Tournament, junior Matt Weber won at 145, senior Steve Devlin took second at 135 and classmate Andrew McCauley took fifth at 130. More ...
With only one loss in an opener against a non-divisional team, the Pop Warner Amherst Broncos’ Mitey Mites won the rest of their remaining games of the season. Forging a divisional record of 7-0 and outscoring their opponents, 142-0, the Amherst Broncos’ Mitey Mites were named divisional champions... More ... Black Watch Premier Soccer Club forming Black Watch Premier has expanded into Western New York with Black Watch NY-West. Black Watch Premier is one of 41 clubs sponsored by Nike Soccer as a Nike sports marketing club. More ... Amherst Girls Softball accepting registration Amherst Girls Softball is accepting registrations for the 2006-07 season. Girls from grades prekindergarten to 12 who reside in the Town of Amherst or in the Williamsville Central, Amherst Central or Sweet Home Central School Districts are eligible. More ...
Knicks edge Nuggets, 51-50 The Knicks staged a 16-point comeback in the fourth quarter to overcome a talented Nuggets team, 51-50, in a eighth grade Amherst Youth Basketball game played on Dec. 19. The Nuggets started out hot from the opening tip. Led by Eric Wilczynski’s eight points, the Nuggets took a 13-9 point lead int... More ... |
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