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Sweet Home grad helps Colts win Super Bowl XLI by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Days after helping the Indianapolis Colts win Super Bowl XLI, Keith O'Neil, a 1999 Sweet Home High School graduate, still can't believe the experience is over. "I don't think it has really sunk in," O'Neil said in a phone interview last week. "It's funny. I keep reminding myself that the season is... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Too much Brian Wallden combined with a lack of defensive effort by Williamsville South led Williamsville East to a 71-53 home win last Thursday. Wallden finished with 36 points, outrebounded the entire South team, 22-21, and blocked five shots. "We moved the ball well and got the ball inside to ... More ...
What a bust?! Wilson still not hall of famer MATT KRUEGER Sports Reporter What exactly will it take to see Ralph C. Wilson's likeness displayed at the Pro Football Hall of Fame among those of other worthy contributors? I'm guessing an act of God. More ... Fireman's Bowling Te a m Wi n s Losses Harris Hill 99 55 More ... Sweet Home clinches at least tie for league title by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sweet Home is still in control of its own destiny for the ECIC Division II title with league wins last week over Williamsville North, 76-45, and Frontier, 61-43. The Panthers (15-4, 11-2) have already clinched a tie for the league crown but can win it outright with a home win over Lancaster on Wed... More ... Goalies step up in Micron Gray, Black Sabres action In a heated contest, the Micron Gray Sabres, led by star goalie Charleigh Rondeau, held on to defeat the Black Sabres, 7-6, on Sunday despite a valiant effort by goalie Derrek Andrews. Lighting the lamp for his first season goal was Nick Smith, who found a sliver of light to beat Rondeau. More ...
Senior becomes only second South girls hoops player to reach milestone by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter As soon as Williamsville South's Katie Ostroot cut to the basket and hit a jump shot in the middle of the lane late in the third quarter of her team's home game with West Seneca East last Friday, she knew she had become part of history. Ostroot scored 23 points in the Lady Billies' 56-23 win to go... More ... East comes back to beat Iroquois by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East changed up its defense from a man to 3-2 zone in the second quarter against Iroquois on Monday en route to a come from behind 39-32 road win. Down 13-6 after the first quarter, East girls basketball coach Chris Durr made the switch and his team trailed, 22-19, at halftime. More ... North hockey beats Ken West, qualifies for states Spartans will host regional game on March 3 by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter It wasn't easy but Williamsville North will have a chance to defend its New York State Division I hockey title in March. The Spartans (19-2-3, 11-2-3) qualified after defeating Kenmore West, 3-2, Friday on the Amherst Pepsi Center's Rink No. 2. More ... East splits games against large schools by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Whoever said a Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation small school hockey team could not beat a large school team should have checked out Williamsville East's win over St. Joe's last Thursday. More ...
Amherst Central tried to spoil Hamburg's bid for the ECIC Division II girls basketball title last Friday but the Lady Bulldogs proved too tough at home. The Lady Tigers led, 29-24, at halftime but Hamburg outscored Amherst, 12-4, in the third quarter to regain the lead and momentum for the remaind... More ... North gets jump on Sweet Home Williamsville North jumped out to a 22-4 first quarter lead and never looked back in a 55-32 home win over Sweet Home on Feb. 6. "We came out extremely flat," said Sweet Home coach Matt LaRoach. "Will North came out flying as they made their shots and got into a rhythm. To be trailing 22-4 after t... More ... North keglers end South's run as Williamsville Cup boys' champs, Billies win overall The Williamsville South boys' 10-year dominance in the Williamsville Cup ended last Wednesday as the Billies took second by 88 pins to Williamsville North. The Spartans, led by Mike Gilbert's 706 high series and Greg Sacco's 269 high game, finished with 3,094 total pins to South's 3,006. More ... Amherst's boys 'A' team narrowly loses to Depew by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Amherst Central closed out its 2006-07 season with a 6-1 home loss to Depew last Friday at Airport Lanes, but Tigers coach Jason Beckman felt the score was deceiving. "It came down to the last game (on 'A')," said Beckman. "I'm happy with the way the kids bowled overall. More ... Amherst 1998 Mite Selects roll in Tonawanda The Amherst Mite 1998 Selects evened their record at 3-3 with a convincing 7-1 victory over the Tonawanda Selects on Sunday afternoon at Brighton Arena. Amherst tallied three times in the first period with Connor Wagner opening the scoring at 8:36 with help from Rachel DePerio. Nick Carbone followe... More ... Sweet Home hockey wins both games on first road trip by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sweet Home hockey hit the road for the first time in school history this past week, winning twice over Section III's Liverpool at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. Sweet Home won 5-3 on Friday and 6-2 on Saturday. Sweet Home was supposed to face Section III's Baldwinsville on Friday but ... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Each Town of Amherst school will send at least one wrestler to Saturday's Section VI New York State qualifier at Fredonia State College after placing in the top four at the class tournaments last weekend. Williamsville North has the most attending sectionals with five followed by Williamsville Eas... More ... Girls Bowling Sweet Home wins ECIC Division II title by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter After finishing 8-4 last year in ECIC Division I, Sweet Home girls bowling returned to its dominance in ECIC II with a 10-0 record. The Lady Panthers are 41-4 under coach Jim Russo with two undefeated ECIC II seasons. Russo said the closest any team this season has come close to beating them was ... More ...
Colin Crickand, Williamsville East wrestling's only New York State champion, became the first inductee into the school's wrestling Hall of Fame prior to a dual match with Lake Shore last Wednesday. Crickard won a state title at 215 pounds in 1994. He recorded a 34-1 record that year and was the sp... More ... Sports briefs The Audubon Men's Golf Club is looking for new members. Joining the club enables a golfer to compete in weekly tournaments with four major weekend events (family picnics and stags). There are script/money payoffs for every weekend tournament. A computer will keep record of scores with one's handi... More ... Beichner named president-elect of NWCA The National Wrestling Coaches Association approved the motion of electing University at Buffalo wrestling head coach Jim Beichner as president-elect earlier this year at its annual general membership meeting held in Pittsburgh, Pa. Beichner was voted to succeed recently elected Ron Mirkitani of St... More ... Community input sought on UB athletics programs A committee studying the future of the University at Buffalo's intercollegiate athletics programs has scheduled two meetings to obtain input from the community. The Corrigan Committee will hold public meetings from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22 at the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, 742 De... More ... Buffalo-Inline Hockey Group Spring season opens with scoring explosion One of the most prolific scorers in Western New York youth in-line hockey has been Pat Smith (Amherst). Buffalo In-line Hockey Group opened its spring season last Saturday and Smith let everyone know that it would be more of the same. More ...
Amherst Central hockey held its annual senior recognition ceremony prior to their game against Lancaster on Saturday. The 2006-07 Tigers' roster has seven seniors who have represented their team proudly. "If there is one word that can describe this year's senior class it is perseverance," said Ti... More ... Late second heroics lift Amherst to league victory Junior Dan Hubbard scored with four seconds remaining in the game and freshman Sean Smith recorded 34 saves as the Amherst Tigers defeated Orchard Park, 3-2, Thursday night at the Amherst Pepsi Center. After falling behind 1-0, the Tigers scored on the power play late in the first period. More ... Knights Squirt Minor 'AAA' lose to Wheatfield, 4-1 The Amherst Knights Squirt Minor "AAA" hockey team lost to the Wheatfield Blades, 4-1, on Sunday at the Wheatfield Hockey Outlet. Wheatfield center Collin Rutherford had three goals and an assist to lead his team to victory. Amherst goaltender Mark O'Malley made the first big play of the game with... More ... Flyers slice through Gray Sabres, make Sharks go hungry The Amherst Pepsi Center was packed on Sunday when the Squirt Flyers put away a 7-2 win over the Gray Sabres. The first period saw lots of end-to-end action. The Flyers lit up the scoreboard first when Gregory Sibick scooped up a rebound and put one in between the pipes with a quick backhanded man... More ... Stars rebound with playoff win The Squirt Stars responded to last week's tough Canadian road trip by scoring a resounding 4-1 victory over the Red Sabres in the first playoff game for each team. Jimmy Kirkpatrick was the star of the game, contributing a hat trick in an outstanding display of skating ability. More ... Mite Rangers finish regular season undefeated Jason Koginos and Brennan Hurley each scored twice and Hurley added an assist as the Mite Rangers defeated the Sharks, 6-1, on Sunday to finish the regular season undefeated. Once again, 16 young men played as one for the Rangers as every player on the roster made a meaningful contribution to the o... More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CALENDAR Wednesday, Feb. 14 Boys Basketball: Lancaster at Sweet Home, 7:30 p.m. More ... Black Sabres nip Red Sabres The last time the Mite Black Sabres met the Red Sabres, the two teams played to a draw, so both were anxious for a win in the last game before the playoffs. The Black Sabres won, 3-0, on Sunday. The Mite Black Sabres came out charging against the Red Sabres. The first two goals were scored in the ... More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCOREBOARD Amherst Central Boys Basketball - def. Tonawanda 65-29, def. W.S. East 73-45, def. More ... Fencing Licata, McMahon win gold medals Mike Licata of Getzville and Kevin McMahon of East Amherst received their holiday jewelry a few days early, as both men won gold medals at the Valentine's Massacre Tournament Saturday. Licata, competing in just his second tournament, won the open mixed foil event, while McMahon, owner and operator... More ... Amherst Youth Basketball Results Ohio State pulls out sixth grade boys victory In a game that was tied 20-20 going into the last four minutes, Ohio State was able to pull away from a tenacious Wisconsin team for a 25-20 Amherst Youth Basketball sixth grade boys victory. Damian Powers (nine points) and C.J. Westcott (six points) led Ohio State along with three key points in t... More ... Braun to receive special honor Amherst Youth Basketball will honor eighth-grader Russell Braun in a special ceremony on Thursday. Russell, who wears a prosthetic leg, has been a member of the league since the fourth grade and is being recognized for his determination, hustle, hard work, and inspiration. More ... Pee Wee White Sabres bruise the Bruins, 11-3 The Pee White Sabres kept their unbeaten streak alive as Dominic Cinelli, with four goals and an assist, charged through and took it to the Bruins Saturday night. Blake Carson was great in goal for the White Sabres, only allowing three goals. It was a total team effort by the White Sabres, as they... More ... Flyers surprise Red Sabres, Picone shines in net The Pee Wee Flyers put together their most complete effort of the season and relied on fantastic goaltending from Joe Picone to pull off a 3-0 victory over the highly touted Red Sabres on Sunday afternoon. After a hard fought first period, the scoreboard was still blank due to the efforts of Picon... More ... Bisons tie, capture playoff spot The North Buffalo Bisons Pee Wee Major team came from behind to tie Batavia last Sunday, earning a point and a playoff spot in the Western New York Amateur Hockey League. Three third period goals had the visiting Ramparts reeling, but two Buffalo goalpost clangers failed to go in as time expired. ... More ... Sports brief The St. Gregory the Great Cougars eighth grade girls basketball team is 12-3 this season. They rolled over Nichols, 40-24. They also defeated Christ the King, 22-21, and St. Mark's, 44-13. Krissy Russo was the leading scorer in the Nichols game with 14 points and Emily Tevens had 12. More ... |
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