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Sweet Home can't climb out of early hole by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter If Sweet Home would have played a better first quarter against Fairport, there's a good chance the Panthers would be anticipating its second straight trip to Glens Falls and a chance to win its first New York State title since 1984. More ... Hockey Williamsville North loses in double-overtime final by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North has seen its share of triumphs and heartbreaks in the Division I New York State Championships, and this year's final tops the list as most heartbreaking. The Spartans, ranked No. 1 in the state, lost 2-1 in double overtime to Section IV's Ithaca in Sunday's state finals at Uti... More ...
What you talkin' 'bout, Willis? NICHOLAS PRIMERANO Ken- Ton Editor In a move we all knew was coming because of the media hype surrounding it, former Buffalo Bills running back Willis McGahee was traded last week to the Baltimore Ravens for a third-round pick and seventh-round pick in this year's draft, and a seventh round pick next year. More ...
Sacred Heart runs out of gas in Catholic state semis by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sacred Heart gave Notre Dame Academy everything they had in the Class B New York State Catholic High School Athletic Association girls basketball semifinal on Saturday but it wasn't enough to earn the win. More ...
Many of the area's top high school powerlifters will converge at Sweet Home High School for the 36th annual New York State Powerlifting Championships. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 17 at Sweet Home, 1901 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. More ...
Road trip a welcome sign for Sabres by MATT KRUEGER Reporter The Buffalo Sabres may be the hottest ticket in town, but the past week provided less than exciting results for the fans at HSBC Arena. With three straight losses to Colorado (3-2), Minnesota (5-1) and New Jersey (3-2), the Sabres left the fast lane they had been traveling in and merged with the o... More ... UBAM hires former Buckeye standout Michael Tomes The UB Amherst swim club (UBAM) has again strengthened its coaching staff by hiring former Ohio State Buckeye standout Michael Tomes. Coach Tomes will be UBAM's lead junior and assistant senior group coach. "We are excited to add an individual on to our staff who has such an impressive swimming ba... More ... Sports brief Geneseo State College's Pat Occhiuto (Williamsville, Williamsville East), Katie Price (East Amherst, Williamsville East), Dan Spada (Williamsville, Williamsville East), Haley Spangler (Williamsville, Williamsville South) and Joe Walter (Snyder, Nichols) were named to the State University of New ... More ...
Stumpf's Gymnastics Center recently hosted the Patriot's Cup in Williamsville and its compulsory level girls were unstoppable, winning the all-around titles in both levels and all age groups. The Level 5 girls were led by Lacey Woite, who scored an unprecedented 37.325 all-around to earn her first... More ...
The optional level girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center recently competed in the Patriot's Cup, hosted by their gym in Williamsville. Alyssa Billittier was the only Stumpf's competitor in Level 7. Billittier took on the five-person team from Rines Gymnastics and earned second all-around with a sc... More ...
Level 8 team takes third at Niagara Cup The Niagara gymnastic team from Gleason's School of Gymnastics hosted the 26th annual Niagara Cup gymnastics meet this past weekend at Canisius College's Koessler Athletic Center. The meet attracted over 700 gymnasts from across the state. Competition was fierce as top gymnasts from the New York C... More ...
Sweet Home coach Paul Schintzius, kneeling, discusses strategy with his team during a timeout. More ... Sweet Home to host 'Keeper of the Kohn' Award-winning documentary comes for one-time showing on March 25 by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter For only one day, Sweet Home High School will be "Keeper of the Kohn." The movie, which chronicles Peter Kohn's final year as equipment manager of the Middlebury College lacrosse team as well as dealing with personal tragedy, comes to the school for a one-time showing at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 25 a... More ...
The Williamsville North JV hockey team's season ended with a 4-3 loss to Kenmore East on Feb. 28. Kenmore East beat North threes time this season by getting off to a fast start and then playing a dump-and-chase game the rest of the way. This game was no different. More ... Micron Red Sabres squeak past Gold Sabres, 4-3 The Micron Red Sabres and Gold Sabres stepped up their games in a playoff meeting on Saturday. The game ended in a nail-biting 4-3 win for the Red Sabres with scoring opportunities throughout the game. The scoring began from the Gold Sabres' Anthony Trigilio in the first few minutes. More ... Virginia Tech reaches final Those who came to see an exciting game were not disappointed as Virginia Tech and Florida State squared off in the final round of Amherst Youth Basketball's seventh grade division. Virginia Tech defeated Florida State, 41-32, and is headed to the championship game. More ... Squirt Gray Sabres win 5-1, Burke's shutout streak ends The Squirt Gray Sabres and the Red Wings met on March 4 in a preview of their playoff game. The Gray Sabres won 5-1. Because these teams would see each other as playoff opponents in two weeks, both coaches allowed players to swap roles. Having played goal for the Red Wings most of the year, Teresa... More ... Flyers post shutout victory The Squirt Flyers played at a fever-pitch against the Gray Sabres early Sunday morning at the Amherst Pepsi Center. The Flyers won 5-0 and sealed their third playoff game with exciting end-to-end action and tight defense. The Flyers' Conor Mulvey set the offensive pace for his team when he lifted... More ... Hejmanowski, Raimondi lead Rangers to 6-2 win A surging Squirt Rangers squad defeated the Stars, 6-2, on Sunday led by a four-point performance by Bradley Hejmanowski and three points from Jason Raimondi. The victory puts the Rangers in second place and holds a slim margin over four teams for a possible semifinal bid. More ... Knights Squirt Minor 'AAA' close season with victory The Amherst Knights Squirt Minor "AAA" hockey team ended their season with a solid 3-1 victory on Saturday over a powerful West Seneca Wings team at the Amherst Pepsi Center. The strong showing was testimony to the progressive improvement the Knights demonstrated throughout the year. More ... Good sportsmanship displayed between West Seneca, Amherst Squirt Select teams Sportsmanship lives in Western New York Youth hockey, and a great example of it this week occurred between the West Seneca and Amherst Squirt Select teams on Friday, March 9 and Sunday, March 11. On Friday, these two teams met at the Nichols School (Dann Memorial Rink) and played a hard-fought gam... More ... Mite division Kantor wins goaltending duel, Rangers post 1-0 victory Mite Ranger netminder Jake Kantor turned in yet another stellar playoff performance on Saturday at the Amherst Pepsi Center. After giving up only one goal in each of the Rangers' first two playoff games, Kantor stopped every shot he faced against the White Sabres. More ... Black Sabres run away from Red Wings The Mite Red Wings couldn't stop the Black Sabres in Saturday's high-scoring 7-2 victory. The first period started very evenly with both sides showing great defense and protecting their goalies. Even so, both goalies worked hard in the net, saving many shots. However, with 5:07 to go, Nick Carbon... More ... Bruins fall to Stars, 4-1, at Pepsi Center It was another early day at the Amherst Pepsi Center as the Stars faced off against the Bruins on Sunday. The Bruins won 4-1. When these two teams met early in the year, the Stars hung on to win by one goal. The game this week proved to be just as exciting. Both teams have developed well over this... More ...
The Amherst Lady Knights 12U lost 5-4 in five sudden death overtimes to Webster in the New York State Girls 12U State Championship finals on Sunday evening in Saranac Lake, N.Y. The Lady Knights fell behind 4-1 after two periods but two quick Emily Koestler goals to open up the third period set th... More ... Micron White Sabres start playoffs with a victory The Micron White Sabres began the league playoffs on Sunday with a nice 4-3 win over the Blue Sabres. Patrick Gilbert opened the scoring for the White Sabres with a pretty goal assisted by Zach Rehbaum. The Blue Sabres came back quickly with a nice goal from Dante Santora, assisted by Gianna Santo... More ... Gray Sabres win postseason game Behind goaltender Collin Mack, the Gray Sabres defeated the Black Sabres, 8-5, on Sunday in the first round of the Micron playoffs. Gray Sabre Sean MaCleay dominated the ice with four goals. Spencer Frome followed his lead with two goals and two assists. More ... Independent Health, Canisius to host 5K run Independent Health and Canisius College will present the ninth annual Shoes For The Shelter 5K Run/Walk at noon Sunday, April 15 at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. Registration for the USATF sanctioned event will take place on race day at the Canisius College Patrick Lee Center, located next to t... More ... Pee Wee White Sabres on playoff roll The Pee Wee White Sabres won its second game of the playoff series 4-0, and go into the last weekend of the playoffs with a nine-point margin. The game against the Red Wings was exciting and the Wings goalie, Jacob Griebner, played fantastic, but the White Sabres came screaming out of the gate and... More ...
Baseball teams stepping up to the plate The idea of a baseball program at Christian Central Academy, 39 Academy St., Williamsville, started four years ago over a cup of coffee at The Original Pancake House in Williamsville. The schools' attendance was increasing steadily for years and it was becoming evident that the athletic program ne... More ...
The SS. Peter and Paul Knights girls finished the 2007 season as champions of the junior varsity division of the 30th annual Christ the King Invitational Basketball Tournament. In the semifinals, Colleen Kenney led the Knights with six points in a 14-7 defeat of hosts Christ the King. More ... Youth basketball Syracuse earns title in nail-biter The championship game of the Amherst Youth Basketball fourth-fifth grade gold bracket division pitted the Syracuse Orange versus the Marquette Golden Eagles at the Clearfield arena. Syracuse squeaked out a 36-34 victory. The first quarter ended in a 10-10 tie demonstrating two evenly matched teams... More ... YMCA Sharks win district title The Northeast YMCA Sharks swim team came home from Niagara Falls with a district championship. The Sharks now hold district records for the girls' 9-10 medley relay and freestyle relay. The relay team is Aleza Epstein, Olivia Marable, Emily Smith and Madison Reimers. More ...
St. John's defeated Notre Dame, 21-12, to win the silver division of Amherst Youth Basketball's fourth-fifth grade division. This was the team's second meeting in the playoffs and like the first game, it turned into a hard fought defensive battle. St. John's jumped out to a 7-3 lead over Notre Dam... More ... Louisville crowned 'C' champions Louisville defeated West Virginia, 19-10, on Saturday to win the Amherst Youth Basketball fourth-fifth grade "C" championship. The opening quarter was a defensive battle with Louisville coming out on top, 4-0. Louisville's Michael Garofalo scored on a nice driving layup while Pedro Pereira had a ... More ... Colorado holds off Oklahoma to earn sixth grade girls title The Colorado Buffalos received a spectacular third quarter from Kayla Burt and held off a hard nosed Oklahoma Sooners team, 32-17, in the finals of the Amherst Youth Basketball sixth grade girls division held at Clearfield Community Center on Saturday morning. More ... Sports briefs The Williamsville Zion Saints, a new association with Pop Warner Little Scholar Football and Cheer/Dance, will have an early registration from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, March 24 at Zion Dominion Church 895 North Forest, Williamsville (formerly the Chapel), in the family first center. More ...
Duke outlasted Clemson, 44-39, on Thursday in the finals of Amherst Youth Basketball's seventh grade boys' blue division tournament. Both teams played hard, intense and physical with the referees assessing 35 fouls to both teams, resulting in 44 free throws during the course of the game. More ...
The Ohio State Buckeyes capped a 20-1 season with a 38-21 championship game victory over Indiana on Saturday. Indiana, which had posted two impressive playoff victories, a comeback victory over Michigan State in the first round and a big win over Purdue in the semifinals, was playing its best bask... More ... UCLA wins three straight, advances to seventh-eighth grade girls final UCLA beat Gonzaga, Arizona State and Oregon State to appear in the Amherst Youth Basketball seventh-eighth grade girls final. UCLA 28, Oregon State 19 UCLA won the semifinals in a very defensive game against a well-coached Oregon State team. UCLA's Inbal Fischer scored all of her eight points i... More ... St. Greg's advances to semifinals St. Greg's eighth grade girls basketball team reached the diocesan quarter-finals after defeating Nardin "A", 29-21. Russo led the team with 14 points and teammates Christ, Kreuz, O'Connor, Przybyla, Tevens and McEachon had a combined 15 points. Niederpreum and Dirrigl played great defense and all... More ... Nuggets defeat Pistons for eighth grade boys title Eric Wilczynski and Max Pergament had 14 points apiece and the Nuggets used strong defense, accurate free throw shooting and a balanced offense to defeat the Pistons, 47-27, in the championship game of the "C" division of Amherst Youth Basketball's eighth grade division. More ...
Boys and girls ages 10 to 14 from throughout the Buffalo Diocese were named local champions of the 2007 Knights of Columbus free throw championship for the Diocese and have earned the right to compete at the upstate competition level. Our Lady of Hope Council in Kenmore recently hosted the diocesa... More ... Aunt Rosie's tournament schedules posted The Aunt Rosie's International Girls' and Women's Fast Pitch Softball Tournament returns to Amherst's Audubon Recreation Center for the 19th season this year, hosting an estimated 125 teams from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, West Virginia and the Province of Ontario. More ... Sports briefs Khrista Trerotola, an Amherst Central High School graduate and Amherst resident, is a member of the 2006 Ithaca College women's lacrosse team. Trerotola started in all 13 games for the Bombers and ranked fourth on the team in points (15). She also ranked third on the team in goals and assists wit... More ...
The Shamrock Hyenas edged the Shamrock Golden Seals, 2-1, in double overtime on Thursday, March 8 to win the Buffalo Shamrock Hockey League title. The game was played at the Dann Memorial Rink at Nichols School. Veteran Peter Montante scooped up a loose puck in the neutral zone, turned on the aft... More ...
St. Leo the Great School held a basketball free throw contest and winners competed in the local Elks National Hoop Shoot Competition that ran from January to March. More ...
The Amherst High School boys lacrosse program will be holding its 13th annual all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner from 4:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 22 in the Amherst High School cafeteria, 4301 Main St. The dinner will be prepared by an Amherst Tigers chef. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased in a... More ...
The Amherst Skating Club was well represented at the 2007 Winter Empire State Games held Feb. 23-25 in Lake Placid, N.Y. The club sponsored a pre-ESG send-off exhibition at the Amherst Pepsi Center on Feb. 21st. More ... Sports briefs The Buffalo Hornets-Stars hockey organization will be holding tryouts for Mite and Squirt boys teams at Holiday Twin Rinks, 3465 Broadway St., Cheektowaga, on Wednesday, March 14 and Monday, March 19. The Mite "A" will try out at 6:30 p.m. on March 14 followed by the Squirt "AA" at 7:30 p.m. The ... More ... Fireman's Bowling Te a m Wi n s Losses Harris Hill 116 66 More ... Publish sports scores in The Bee Anyone wishing to have their teams' hockey, basketball, indoor soccer or other winter sports results published in The Bee, whether it is a house, travel, town, recreational or other team, can submit articles in a variety of ways. Forms for some of the sports can be filled out on our web site, www.... More ... |
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