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Spartans crown four champions, win overall for first time in school history by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North wrestling coach Brian Swatland was hoping for a top-five finish at his team's own tournament on Saturday and got more than he asked for. The Spartans crowned four champions and placed first. North had 153½ points, 5½ more than second-place Pioneer. More ... Hockey Marko's late heroics keep Sweet Home perfect in Fed by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Ryan Marko couldn't be stopped this week and neither could the Sweet Home hockey team. Marko had 11 points in three Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation games, including a short-handed goal with 13 seconds left in regulation, to lift the Panthers over St. Francis, 4-3, on Sunday a... More ...
King's message not lost on youth MATT KRUEGER Sports Reporter It's easy to say today's youth doesn't appreciate the sacrifices and differences made by its parents, grandparents and every older generation. Because usually it's true. Children pay more attention to iPods, Playstations and the latest reality shows than civics. More ... Devlin takes second at tournament Senior Steve Devlin's second place finish highlighted Amherst Central wrestling's performance at the Lockport Tournament last weekend. In the varsity tournament, Devlin went 2-1 at 135 pounds, defeating Greece-Olympia's Mike Knorr, 13-0, and Lockport's Andy Norris, 8-1, before losing to Roy-Hart's... More ... Sweet Home girls hoops drop league games Sweet Home's varsity girls basketball team can blame itself for losing both of its league games last week. Inconsistency combined with poor shooting resulted in road losses at Frontier, 55-43, last Tuesday and at Clarence, 64-51, last Friday. Tied with Frontier at 26-26 at halftime, the Lady Pant... More ... Sweet Home beats Lancaster, Rankin hits 1,000 point plateau by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Terrell Rankin shouldn't have dressed at Lancaster on Thursday but Sweet Home coach Paul Schintzius is glad he did. The Sweet Home senior fought through the flu to score a team-high 18 points in the Panthers' 68-58 road win. The 18 points gives Rankin 1,015 career points. More ... Girls Basketball Sacred Heart overcomes early shooting woes, improves to 10-0 by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sacred Heart couldn't buy a basket in the first half at Nichols last Monday but that all changed in the second half. The Sharks, who shot just 17 percent in the first half, made 57 percent of their attempts in the second half to defeat Nichols, 58-50. More ... East survives number of factors to beat Amherst by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter If you were looking for an offensive minded girls basketball contest between Williamsville East and Amherst on Friday, you picked the wrong game to watch. The Lady Flames won a defensive battle on the road, 31-21. More ... Scary injury suspends OP-North boys hoops game by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North's home basketball game with Orchard Park from last Thursday will conclude at 12:30 p.m. this Saturday because of injuries to two Quaker players. Tied at 35-35 with 1:49 remaining in the third quarter, OP point guard Andy Buyea and shooting guard Jim Brewer collided while attemp... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Cordell Freeman was huge in Amherst Central's recent road league wins. Freeman finished with 23 points and scored the game-winning basket to beat Hamburg, 76-74, in overtime last Tuesday then had a career-high 34 points in the Tigers' 64-49 road win at Lake Shore on Friday. More ... South responds with defensive road win by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Coming off its worst effort of the season in a 61-52 non-league game at Clarence last Tuesday, Williamsville South clamped down defensively at Iroquois on Thursday to remain alone atop ECIC Division II. South shot 40 percent (6-of-15) from three-point range and held Iroquois to two fourth quarter ... More ... Sports brief Allison Boehm finished with 14 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals in the St. John Fisher College women's basketball team's 52-51 win over host Keuka College in the opening round of the JPMorgan Chase Scholarship Tournament on Jan. 9. Boehm is a Sacred Heart Academy graduate and C... More ...
The Level 5 girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center had a strong showing at the Graffiti Invitational hosted by Flips Gymnastics of Lockport. The three-day event took place at the Niagara Falls Conference Center and included teams from across New York State, as well from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michi... More ... Gleason's Gymnastics Amherst residents excel at invite The Niagara Gymnastics Level 8 team from Gleason's Gymnastics drew high scores at the Graffiti Invitational meet held at the Niagara Falls Convention Center on Jan. 12. Jamie Farrell, a senior at Sweet Home High School, placed on all four events, earning fifth place on floor exercise (9.15), sixth... More ... Mite Majors 'AAA' win at Top Gun Tournament The Amherst Mite Majors won its second game of the Top Gun Tournament, defeating last year's Top Gun champion, Stoney Creek Warriors, 7-2, on Saturday. The scoring started in the first period with Amherst's Tyler Eldridge assisting on Caelan Briere's goal at the 7:02 mark. Amherst's Liam Bailey sc... More ... Amherst Mite 1998 Selects post convincing win in Canada The Amherst 98's evened its record at 2-2 by skating past Fort Erie, 10-0, on Sunday afternoon in Ridgeway. Matt Cohen scored the lone goal in the first period with Nick Carbone and Aaron Bengart picking up helpers. Connor Bender got things going quickly in the second by going top shelf to give A... More ... Stars defeat Red Wings, 5-4 The Mite Stars beat the Red Wings, 5-4 in a wild ride at the Amherst Pepsi Center on Jan. 7. The Stars opened the scoring on their second shift. Nick Kieffer found himself in the slot after a Michael Callesto shot was stopped by Wings goalie Robert Marshall. Kieffer went top shelf with a wrist sho... More ... Sports brief Megan Rumschik scored seven points off the bench in Ithaca College's 66-38 loss to Cornell University on Jan. 12. Rumschik is a Williamsville East High School graduate and East Amherst resident. More ... Squirt Rangers clip Red Wings in a thriller The crowd was treated to an outstanding display of hockey from the Squirt Rangers and Red Wings in a classic match-up of these two gritty teams on Jan. 7. The Rangers won 3-2. The Rangers charged early as rookie Darin Geska picked up a loose puck in front of the Red Wings' net and made a nifty mo... More ... Bruins hard work pays off in 5-3 win over Sharks The game held Dec. 31 between the Bruins and the Sharks on Rink 2 of the Amherst Pepsi Center was all the excitement one could hope for in a hockey game. The Bruins won 5-3. Three unanswered goals were scored by the Sharks, two by Jeff Terragnoli and another by Nick Peters. Assists were made by Ni... More ... Stars, Wolves skate to 4-4 tie AJ Aquilino's two goals and an assist helped the Squirt Stars withstand a furious third period rally by the Wolves to salvage a 4-4 tie on Dec. 30. Nolan Burch of the Wolves opened the scoring 2½ minutes into the game with an assist from Austin Abbarno. More ... Gray Sabres beat White on Rink No. 2 The Squirt Gray Sabres skated to the locker room with a hard-earned 5-3 New Year's Eve win over the White Sabres on Rink 2 of the Amherst Pepsi Center. The Gray Sabres jumped on the White Sabres early. Just 23 seconds in, Joe Arias fed a crisp pass to Jack Cooper who head-manned the puck to Angelo... More ...
Spartans too much for Flames Despite double winning performances by Kane Hsieh and Matt Geiger, Williamsville East dropped a 60-42 boys swimming meet at Williamsville North on Friday. Hsieh won the 200 IM (218.70) and a personal best in the 100 breast (104.33). Geiger, a former Spartan, won the 100 butterfly (55.99) and 100 b... More ... Sweet Home keglers drop first match of season West Seneca East's boys bowling team knocked Sweet Home out of the unbeaten ranks with a 5-2 home win last Wednesday at Wimbledon Lanes. Ryan Kaminski led Sweet Home with a 640 set. Kaminski was very consistent, rolling games of 223, 204, and 213. Aaron Klein shot (211-593), Peter Schaefer (245-58... More ... U-12 Revolution begins indoor season with win The Amherst Revolution U-12 girls soccer team started out the indoor portion of their schedule in grand fashion, beating the North Town Nightmare, 8-3, on Saturday. The Revolution's Sarah Eichhorn scored in the first minute of play. More ...
The Amherst Raptors U-10 boys soccer team defeated Clarence, 5-4, in penalty kicks on Jan. 7 to capture the winter session II championship at the Epic Sports Center. After completing a 5-1-1 regular season, Amherst advanced to the finals after knocking out top-seeded Northtowns Thunder, 2-1, to fa... More ... Spirit downs Rovers, 6-2 The Kenmore Spirit defeated the Amherst Rovers, 6-2, on Saturday, in a U-12 indoor Amherst Soccer Association game. Joy Thompson scored Amherst's first goal when she broke into the clear and beat the over committed goalie to the wide open far side. More ... Sports brief Medaille College will host a six-week spring training 2007 baseball program for players in grades first through 12 from Jan. 28 to March 4. Medaille College head coach Ron Nero and coach Tony Sekuterski will direct the program in conjunction with Midwest Baseball Academy. More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CALENDAR Wednesday, Jan. 17 Boys' Bowling: Tonawanda at Amherst, 4:30 p.m. (Airport Lanes), Hamburg at Sweet Home, 4 p.m. (Manor II Lanes), South at East, 4 p.m. More ...
Seven girl and four boy soccer players from Christian Central Academy were named Independent Athletic Conference all-stars. CCA girls recognized as all-stars were senior Jenni Albrecht, junior Ashley Tom, sophomore Laura Albrecht and freshman Faye-Lynn Noel. Juniors Katie Smith, Amie Stuitje, and ... More ... SSPP girls varsity hoops wins third game The Saints Peter & Paul varsity girls basketball team raised its record to 3-1 with a hard fought 15-14 victory over St. Benedict's on Thursday. Alyssa Bellus, Julia Collins, and Paige Hanley experienced a physical game against a strong, quick St. Benedict's squad. Hanley led the Knights with five... More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCOREBOARD Amherst Central Boys Basketball - def. Hamburg 76-74 (OT), def. Lake Shore 64-49 Girls Basketball - def. More ... Club Hockey North varsity club hockey unbeaten in six Williamsville North's club hockey team has been on a roll. In the past six games, the Spartans have won three and tied three other times against some of the best high school teams in the area. Goaltender Marcus Palmisano started and won his first two games of the season. In his first game, he mad... More ...
Nuggets come back to beat Rockets Max Klansky scored five of his 11 points in the final minute as the Nuggets earned a 46-41 come-from-behind victory over the Rockets in a recent eighth grade Amherst Youth Basketball game. Klansky's three-pointer in the final 30 seconds secured the win for the Nuggets, who trailed for most of the ... More ...
Boys and girls from Nativity of Mary School, Harris Hill, ages 10 to 14, were named local champions of the 2007 Knights of Columbus Free-Throw Championship and have earned the right to compete at the district level. John Cardinal O'Hara Council No. 13661, serving Akron, Clarence and Williamsville,... More ... Buffalo In-Line Hockey Group Playoffs begin with instant classic Buffalo In-Line Hockey prides itself on being the premier In-line Youth Hockey League in Western New York. One reason is that BIHG is committed to provide an opportunity for youth in-line hockey players to compete, grow and learn in a positive, constructive and safe environment. The second reason ... 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 ... Fireman's Bowling Te a m Wi n s Losses Harris Hill 81 45 More ...
Julie Gehring, a student at Williamsville East High School, finished first in the 14-15 age division at the Jack Shea Sprint Memorial two-day speed skating meet Jan. 6-7 in Lake Placid, N.Y. The event is named after the former Olympian from Lake Placid. Gehring is a member of the U.S., Buffalo and... More ...
Art Richtand, 84, an associate teaching professional at Amherst Hills Tennis Club for the past 17 years, will receive the Professional Tennis Registry Eastern Section "President's Award" on Jan. 20 at the annual USTA/PTR. An awards dinner will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains, N.Y... More ... |
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