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by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter John Cavagnaro would have liked how Williamsville North finished against its heated rival. Tom Goehrig scored with 27 seconds left to lift North to a 4-4 tie with St. Joe's in a key Division I Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation game last Thursday before an estimated crowd of 1,5... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Dave Gerspach has seen the very lows of Sweet Home hockey in his five years as head coach and after last Thursday, the highs. Sweet Home defeated Williamsville East, 3-2, on the Amherst Pepsi Center's Feature Rink, to advance to a Division II regional game for the first time in school history. Swe... More ... Registration for Mel Ott coming Registration for Mel Ott Little League Baseball and Softball will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 27 at Outback Steakhouse, 1551 Niagara Falls Blvd., Buffalo and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 at Dick's Sporting Goods, 281 Meyer Road, Amherst. For more information, visit melo... More ...
Bills should look to Draft '07 as opportunity for change NICHOLAS PRIMERANO Ken- Ton Editor As sad as it it, football in Buffalo is over yet again. There will be no more sounds of "click, clack" in Orchard Park - at least not until August. But we shouldn't hang our heads in shame that we didn't make the playoffs this year, because if you go by the numbers, the Bills had a fairly good se... More ...
While their record, and at times even the scoreboard, may not resemble the makings of a successful season, Amherst Tigers varsity hockey coach Rich Crozier is proud of the efforts his hockey team continues to put in. "I give these boys a lot of credit," said Crozier. "Despite our record and a few ... More ... Boys basketball Confident Sweet Home hitting championship stride by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sweet Home's run to the New York State Class A finals last year was sparked by a road win at Frontier in the middle of the regular season. Fast forward a year later and the Panthers are hitting their stride in similar fashion. Sweet Home outscored Frontier, 25-12, in the third quarter to open a 2... More ... UB to honor girls, women in sports Celebrated nationally for 21 years, National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) will take place on Feb. 7. In its 17th year participating in NGWSD festivities, the University at Buffalo Division of Athletics has organized activities in the month of February to help create awareness of the posit... More ... Boys basketball Amherst capitalizes on East mistakes, picks up key road win by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East has a lot what if questions after its 54-51 ECIC Division II home loss last Tuesday against Amherst. Down 49-43 early in the fourth quarter, the Flames went on an 8-0 run to take a 51-49 lead with 3:10 remaining. That's when the Flames went up in smoke. More ... North answers challenge against Jamestown by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Chuck Swierski challenged his Williamsville North basketball team on Friday and they passed with flying colors. The Spartans led ECIC Division I powerhouse Jamestown from start to finish in a 76-65 home win. North lost, 69-41, in the first meeting on Dec. 6. More ... South puts on shooting clinic, avenges only league loss by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville South ran the same offense it had been running all season at Hamburg last Friday. The biggest difference was execution. South shot a school-record 27-of-39 (69.2 percent) from two-point range in a 78-56 drubbing of Hamburg to avenge a 56-51 home loss on Dec. 7. The old school record ... More ... Stella, Carbrey win first ECIC wrestling titles by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Two wrestlers from the Town of Amherst were crowned ECIC champions last weekend. Sweet Home's Nic Stella and Williamsville North's Nate Carbrey each won their first ECIC wrestling titles on Saturday. The two-day 27-team varsity tournament was held at East Aurora High School. More ... Sweet Home beats Frontier, loses close dual to North by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sweet Home defeated Frontier, 35-24, on Jan. 10 and lost to Williamsville North, 36-31, last Wednesday, although Sweet Home coach Chris Nadeau feels his wrestling team should have won both. Nadeau bumped Alex Dennis, Ryan Murray, Dan Balsom and Paul Fazekas up a weight class against Frontier and t... More ... Flames even duals record with road victory over South Williamsville East wrestling improved to 3-3 in duals this season with a 48-27 road win at Williamsville South last Wednesday. Ben Mikac (96, won 4-0), Jacob Beichner (125, second period pin over first-year wrestler Nicholas Green), Zach Santoro (135, first period pin), Sean Trabert (145, second p... More ... Sweet Home starting youth wrestling camp Registration for a youth wrestling camp at Sweet Home High School will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 30 and Thursday, Feb. 1. The 15-session camp will start on Jan. 30 and Feb. 1 and run Tuesdays and Thursdays through March. The dates are Feb. 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27 and March 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20 and ... More ... Girls basketball East's defense, depth holds off South by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East outscored Williamsville South, 17-5, in the fourth quarter to earn a 50-37 home victory last Thursday. South outscored East, 11-5, in the third quarter to cut a 27-21 halftime deficit to 33-32. South coach Duke McGuire said his team was in the game with four minutes remaining i... More ... Sweet Home almost upsets Jamestown Sweet Home only had one girls basketball last week but made it pretty memorable. The Lady Panthers had a three-point lead over ECIC Division I leader and top Western New York large school Jamestown with one minute to play at home last Thursday but came up short, 57-53. More ... Mite Black Sabres edge out White Sabres The Mite Black Sabres came out charging after a defeat and a bye to shade the White Sabres, 2-0, on Sunday. Spencer Maranto was in net and played an outstanding game, shutting down every attempt the White Sabres managed to get past the Black Sabres defense. At one point, he caught an air born puc... More ...
Sacred Heart Academy is running through February a three-month pilot fencing program at the Fencing Center of Buffalo. The team practices every Monday night. Kevin McMahon, owner and head instructor at the Fencing Center of Buffalo, supplies the students with the required fencing equipment. More ... South indoor track faring well at meets by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville South coach Sam Hasan set lofty goals for his indoor track team and this year's squad has far exceeded them. "Every meet their times are coming down," said Hasan. "They're doing a great job. It's nice to see the kids developing. They're actually better than I thought they would be at... More ... Sweet Home places many at 9-10 championships Sweet Home had many strong finishes at the recent 9-10 indoor track championships. Isaac Hagen placed fifth in the 2-mile and sixth in the mile out of all sophomores. Andrew Rao won the freshman mile in 5:18.2 and placed fourth in the 1000-meters. Sean Sanders leaped to fourth in the high jump. More ... Amherst boys bowling upsets Tonawanda The Amherst Central boys bowling team picked up its biggest win of the season, easily defeating Tonawanda, 6-1, at Airport Lanes last Wednesday. The Tigers' "A" team won all three games, 855-817, 708-700, and 786-753 and the "B" team picked up two points, 716-648, 721-633. More ...
Jacob R. Schultz, 7, of Snyder, left, was presented the first place East Coast championship trophy from Master Chuck Gorino at the Master Gorino's Tae Kwon Doe annual banquet on Saturday at Samuel's Grande Manor. This is the second consecutive year Schultz has defended his first place East Coast c... More ... Fireman's Bowling Te a m Wi n s Losses Harris Hill 83 50 More ...
by KIMBERLY M. KARCHER Clarence Editor E astern Hills Mall plans to aid shoppers in sticking to their resolutions for happier, healthier lives in 2007. The mall, at 4545 Transit Road, will host a "Healthy Resolutions" health fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. More ... Village Glen expanding tennis program The Village Glen Tennis and Fitness Club will be now known as the Village Glen Tennis Club. The name change represents the club's new direction to expand upon its increasingly popular tennis program and become a tennis-only establishment. The fitness aspect will be eliminated from the club on Feb... More ... Buffalo In-Line Hockey Group Flames, Raiders win fall championships Buffalo In-line Hockey Group held its championships for its fall 2006 season on Saturday at the EPIC Center. In the junior division, the Blue Flames beat the Black Aces, 5-2. In the major division, the Red Raiders beat Team X, 5-3. The Aces had won the regular season title but the Flames didn't b... More ... Spartan swimmers douse Flames, bury Red Devils Williamsville North (10-0) took two big steps forward to defending its ECIC boys swimming championship by defeating Williamsville East and previously unbeaten Clarence. In the Spartans' 60-42 victory over East on Jan. 12, Brandon Beckinghausen (200 free, 500 free) and Chris Deptula (50 free, 100 f... More ... East boys even record to 4-4 Williamsville East evened its record to 4-4 with wins over Jamestown, 111-59, and West Seneca West, 71-25, last week. Neil Batta, Matt Geiger and Mike Anderson were all double winners against Jamestown last Wednesday at Transit Middle School. Batta won the 200-yard freestyle (155.26) and 100 back... More ...
Williamsville South's Greg Frank comes up for air while swimming the 500-yard freestyle in the Billies' 68-34 home loss against East Aurora on Friday. More ... Amherst beats South, Maryvale The Amherst varsity boys swimming team improved its record to 5-4-1 with two decisive wins last week over Williamsville South (118-50) and Maryvale (69-25). All three Tiger relays won against South. More ...
The boys teams from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center competed at the Nickel City Invitational meet hosted by Gymnastics Unlimited. The event included seven gyms and about 100 gymnasts. Each Stumpf's level excelled, with three levels earning first place and the other two earning second-place team honors.... More ...
The Level 6 team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center gave a strong performance at the Graffiti Invitational Meet recently held at the Niagara Falls Conference Center. The squad earned second-place team honors and was the highest-ranking team from New York State. The girls competed against seven other ... More ...
The upper-level girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center competed in the Graffiti Invitational hosted by Flips Gymnastics of Lockport. Included in the three-day event were gymnasts from across New York State, Ohio and Michigan. The Level 10 squad had a very strong showing, winning first place as a te... More ... Sports brief The Star Swim Team will be hosting registration and tryouts for preschool, elementary, middle school and high school age swimmers at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30 at Frontier Middle School, 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31 at Erie Community College South Campus Building No. 6, and at 4:30 p.m. Thursday,... More ... Blades edge Knights Squirt Minor 'AAA' in Top Gun finals The Amherst Knights Squirt Minor "AAA" hockey team took a 3-0-1 record into the finals of the Top Gun Championship Tournament held on Monday, Jan. 15 but lost in the championship game to the Wheatfield Blades, 5-2. Wheatfield, after losing to Amherst in the opening game of the tournament, came out... More ... Gray Sabres double up Red Wings on Rink No. 2 The Squirt Gray Sabres defeated the Red Wings, 4-2, on Sunday in front of a standing room only crowd on the Pepsi Center Rink 2. The Red Wings and Gray Sabres traded end-to-end rushes before settling down to some serious hockey. The first period was an indicator that both teams had come to play. More ... Squirt Wolves tame Rangers The Squirt Wolves defeated the Rangers, 4-2, on Sunday at the Amherst Pepsi Center. A strong start by both teams led to the Wolves' first goal. Taylor Malesky scored his first goal of the season, assisted by Max McArthur and Erica Dombrowski. The Rangers didn't take long to tie it up 1-1 with a go... More ... Sports briefs University at Buffalo redshirt freshman Andrew Stella, a Sweet Home High School graduate, placed fifth at the New York State Wrestling Championships. Anna Rubino, 9, of Williamsville had two first place and a third place finish in the Niagara District (Western and Central New York) Junior Olympi... More ...
Beating their cross town rivals on home ice at the Amherst Pepsi Center, the Pee Wee Minor "A" Knights were crowned the 2007 Top Gun Tournament Champions. In the first game of the tournament, the team tied the Buffalo Regals on goals from Trevor Berninger and defenseman Joey Anain. Forward Tommy F... More ... Micron Red Sabres prevail, 6-4 The Amherst Micron League had yet again another captivating game between the Red Sabres and the Black Sabres. The game was quite entertaining as the two teams battled back and forth for the lead, and would not be settled until the last few minutes in the game. More ... Northeast YMCA Sharks make splash The Northeast YMCA Sharks made a big splash at the 2007 Goodwill Invitational Swim Meet. The meet was held Jan. 14 at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger pool and attended by 17 teams and nearly 500 swimmers. Hosting the Goodwill Meet was the WNY YMCA Swim League. Teams as far away as Watert... More ... Blue Sabres win high-scoring game It may have been cold outside, but the Amherst Micron Blue and Gray Sabres heated things up inside of the Amherst Pepsi Center on Sunday. The Blue Sabres won 12-11. The Blue Sabres took the early lead with Kellen Pulera scored two goals on his first shift. Pulera ended up with a hat trick. More ... Undefeated Mite Rangers blank Red Wings, 8-0 A match-up of offensively explosive teams proved one-sided as Alex Streng's first career hat trick and stifling team defense propelled the unbeaten Mite Rangers to a very impressive 8-0 victory over the Red Wings Sunday at the Amherst Pepsi Center. More ... Squirt Flyers post 6-5 win over Stars The Squirt Flyers pulled out a 6-5 win in a high scoring heated match against the Stars on Sunday. Mark Christy of the Flyers lit up the scoreboard first for his team when he took advantage of a well-timed pass from teammate Anthony Macchia and sliced one between the pipes. More ... HIGH SCHOOL SP O RT S CALENDAR Thursday, Jan. 24 Boys bowling: Pioneer at Amherst, 4:30 p.m. (Airport) Girls bowling: Pioneer at Amherst, 4:30 p.m. (Airport) Boys swimming: Sweet Home at East, 6 p.m. (Transit Middle) Thursday, Jan. 25 Boys basketball: Sweet Home at Jamestown, 7:30 p.m.; South at Amherst, 7:30 p.m. More ... NHL Sabres' all-stars travel to Dallas, enjoy break from schedule by JESSICA L. FINCH Amherst Associate Editor The Sabres final two games before the All-Star break were hard fought, with Buffalo splitting the win column. But now, the players look forward to the break marking the middle of the NHL season. The Sabres are in first place in the Eastern Conference with 70 points (33-12-4). More ... Amherst Mite Minor 'AAA' becomes finalist in Top Gun Tournament Amherst's Mite Minor "AAA" travel hockey team earned the title of Mite Minor finalists in the Top Gun Tournament held Jan. 12-15 at the Amherst Pepsi Center. The Mite Minor division consisted of 12 quality teams from New York and Canada. Amherst attained an impressive 9-1 record in their last two ... More ... Pee Wee Major Bisons take two at home, fall in tourney The North Buffalo Bisons Pee Wee Major "AA" mixed unit made it to the quarterfinals of the Stoney Creek Tournament before falling to St. Catherines, 7-4. Along the way, they dropped their opening game to Caledon, 4-1, but came back with a tough 2-1 defeat over Pickering Red. Kyle Moslow (Marc Bezb... More ... Revolution U-12 breaks Spirit, 5-1 The Amherst Revolution U-12 girls indoor soccer club defeated the Kenmore Sprit, 5-1, on Saturday afternoon at the Epic Center. The Revolution got things started early when Francesca Carra connected on a long pass to Margaux Gill, who beat the Spirit goalie for the opening goal. More ... Amherst Youth Basketball Results Notre Dame defeats Marquette in high scoring rematch The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame played a hustling style of fastbreak hoops to notch a hard-fought 38-31 Amherst Youth Basketball fourth-fifth grade boys division victory over the Marquette Golden Eagles. The game was a rematch won by Marquette earlier in the season. More ... Micron White Sabres defeat Gold Sabres The Micron White Sabres were victorious over the Gold Sabres, 7-3, on Sunday at The Amherst Pepsi Center. Patrick Gilbert opened the scoring for the White Sabres with a pretty goal on the short side. Anthony Trigillo got the Gold Sabres on the board with a breakaway goal. White Sabre Colton Brown ... More ... |
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