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Corrections In a Greater Buffalo Gymnastics article printed on page 39 of last week's Bee, Ali Shilen's name was printed as Ali Sojar in the article and photo caption. The article, "Family plans basketball game to 'Knockout Cancer,'" incorrectly stated the ages eligible for the tourname... More ...
Amherst loses tight section final rematch by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter In a game either team could have won, Hamburg's most improved player came through. Mark Markulis, dubbed the most improved player by his coach Jerry Severino, scored the game-winning goal with 22. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Mark Ahrens was tired of Western New York not getting any recognition for being a hotbed for tennis. So the Williamsville resident took matters into his own hands and created "WNY Tennis Magazine." "In New York State, we've never gotten the credit for tennis," said Ahrens. More ...
Monsignor Martin needs to play more sports at next level PATRICK NAGY Sports Reporter Immaculata softball might be able to compete for something no other Monsignor Martin Association team ever dreamed of competing for this spring - a New York State championship. More ... Sacred Heart track is favorite at All-Catholics by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sacred Heart hasn't lost an outdoor track meet in the Monsignor Martin Association, counting All-Catholics, in almost four years. And judging by the scores the Sharks have posted during the regular season, they're an odds-on favorite to take first place once again at All-Cat... More ... Sharks softball remain unbeaten in league play Sacred Heart softball improved to 6-0 in the Monsignor Martin Association and 7-1 overall with wins last week over Nichols, 10-1, and O'Hara, 7-0, on Thursday, May 10 and Friday, May 11, respectively and an 11-2 win over Holy Angels on Monday, May 14. More ... Sweet Home girls lacrosse wins one-goal games by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter With three one-goal victories in the last two weeks, it's fair to say Sweet Home girls lacrosse likes to win dramatically. The Lady Panthers defeated Iroquois at home, 7-6, on Friday, May 4, at West Seneca East, 13-12, on Wednesday, May 9, and home against West Seneca West,... More ... Poor second quarter costs North boys lax against OP If Williamsville North is to win a boys lacrosse section title this spring, they will more than likely have to go through Orchard Park. And in the first, third and fourth quarters of the teams' meeting on Wednesday, May 9, the Spartans were able to execute the game plan well... More ... Amherst softball ends losing skid at nine by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Amherst hadn't won a softball game since the North Tonawanda Varsity Softball Invitational on April 21 so you can imagine the jubilation the team felt when they defeated Hamburg, 3-2, on Friday, May 11. The loss snapped a nine-game losing streak. More ... Girls lacrosse Amherst defeats East Aurora, clinches ECIC III title Amherst Central won at East Aurora, 18-8, on Monday, May 7 to win its seventh division title in nine years. "Although we beat them handily the first game, going to East Aurora always presents a different emotional environment for the match-up, and we wanted to take the fiel... More ... Williamsville South earns season's second victory Williamsville South shut out Eden, 7-0, on Tuesday, May 8 for the team's second win of the season. Freshman goalie Krista Pomeroy recorded the shutout. Junior Grace Dedebo scored twice to lead the South offense. More ... East finishes third in league Williamsville East's girls lacrosse team finished 6-4 in ECIC Division III after losing to Amherst (see Amherst article) and East Aurora, 11-9, and defeating Eden, 10-3. East Aurora came out strong and took a 4-0 lead before East's Emily Dehlinger scored. More ... Plimpton leads South softball to wins Whenever Chelsea Plimpton is on the mound, Williamsville South always has a chance to win a softball game. That was certainly the case in games played last week. More ... East comes from behind to defeat Hamburg Williamsville East softball opened the week with a come-from-behind 4-2 win over Hamburg on Monday, May 7. In a previous game, East defeated Hamburg, 3-1. Trailing 1-0, East scored their first run in the top of the fourth when Rachelle Arenos doubled to the opposite field, ... More ... North rides another roller coaster week The Williamsville North varsity softball team had another up and down week as the 2007 season winds down. The Lady Spartans defeated Sweet Home and Orchard Park but lost a heartbreaking game to Lancaster. The Lady Spartans started the week on a high note as they defeated Sw... More ... Amherst girls outdoor track up to Starpoint Team Challenge Amherst Central's girls outdoor track team placed first against 25 other schools at the Starpoint Team Challenge held on Saturday, May 12 at Starpoint High School. The Lady Tigers scored 58 points. "They should be extremely proud of the way they performed and represented Am... More ... Near misses, strong performances highlight East boys' week Williamsville East's boys outdoor track team had a week of near misses and strong performances. At a duel meet against Iroquois on Tuesday, May 8, pentathlete Andy Heim won the high jump in dramatic fashion in a jump off, co-captain Greg French was a double winner in the 1... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter When Williamsville North's Jake Katz won the Section VI boys golf championship last year, he hit all of his long putts while friend Matt Stasiak of Clarence was eight shots back and placed third. This year, the exact opposite happened. More ... North girls defeat Lancaster Williamsville North's outdoor girls track team improved to 2-1 in ECIC Division I after defeating Lancaster, 80-61, on Tuesday, May 8. North swept the 100 hurdles (Sarah Mikulski, 15.4; Ashley Redino, 15.8; Amy Loud, 16.2), 100 dash (Loud, 13.2; Mikulski, 13.3; Michelle Bau... More ... Sports briefs Todd Gerber of Amherst won the M&T Bank Draft Day Challenge with the Buffalo Bills. He was randomly selected from the 574 fans who correctly predicted the Bills would take Marshawn Lynch with their first pick. Gerber met Marshawn Lynch at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Monday, May... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Two weeks ago, Williamsville South was 3-4 in ECIC Division II. Now they're 7-5. According to coach Dave Delisanti, the difference in the team's play has been confidence and a commitment to performing well defensively and in pitching and hitting. More ... East improves record Williamsville East improved to 13-4 overall and 8-3 in ECIC Division II after games played last week. The Flames unleashed a 12-hit attack in support of Zach Miller as East rolled to an 11-0 shutout of Lake Shore on Tuesday, May 8. More ...
Amherst Youth Hockey held its annual meeting Tuesday, May 1 at Sean Patrick's Restaurant. Award winners pictured from left, are: Dave Haymen (Peter J. Schmidt Memorial House League Coach of the Year), Ryan Geary of Williamsville North High School (John Cavagnaro Memorial Sc... More ... North's bats help team lock up first in ECIC I by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter It was another offensive onslaught on ECIC Division I competition last week for the Williamsville North baseball team. More ... Sweet Home still searches for first victory by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter With only a week and a half left in the regular season, Sweet Home is still looking for its first victory of the season. The Panthers are 0-13 overall and 0-12 in ECIC Division I. More ... NHL No secret why Sabres are losing by MATT KRUEGER Reporter You don't need Sherlock Holmes to solve this mystery. The mistakes made by the Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference finals read like a shopping list: anemic power plays, too few shots on goal, frequent turnovers, tentative attacks, missing blocked shots and, obviously, ... More ... Weiss earns tennis honors Steve Weiss of Getzville was named to the All-Mountain Valley Conference men's tennis team. Weiss dominated at first singles for State University of New York at Cobleskill, posting a 4-0 mark and finished 7-1 overall. During his career, Weiss posted an 8-0 record versus Mou... More ... Connie Mack 16U Firehawks defeat Lou Gehrig The Connie Mack 16U Firehawks defeated the Lou Gehrig Lasers, 7-2. Abby DeFrancis pitched and threw five strikeouts, allowed five hits, and walked another two batters. She also helped her cause with two singles at the plate. More ... Fireman's Softball Te a m Wi n s Losses Snyder 2 &nbs... More ... South modified lacrosse improves record Williamsville South's modified girls lacrosse team improved its record to 6-4 with victories over Amherst and Williamsville East. On Tuesday, May 8, South lost to Lancaster 10-6. Seventh grader Kara Pomeroy put the Lady Billies up 1-0 at 1:15 into the game. More ... Buffalo In-Line Hockey Group Heat make hot comeback The game of the day on Saturday, May 12 in Buffalo In-line Hockey Group was a junior division contest between the Heat and Black Hawks. Down 3-0 at the end of the first period and 5-3 at the end of the second the Heat rallied with a goal from Tommy Adolf (Amherst) to tie th... More ...
The Sweet Home varsity softball team defeated West Seneca West, 5-4, in the bottom of the seventh inning. Rachel Cimerman started the seventh by drawing her second walk of the day. Jessica Forti bunted her over. Jillian Reeser singled in the game-winning RBI. More ... U12 Revolution outdoor soccer rolls along In soccer, great defense doesn't get noticed as much as great offense but the Amherst Revolution U-12 Girls Soccer Club thinks differently. On Tuesday, May 8, the Revolution took to the field against a well-seasoned U-13 Akron team and Amherst showed what great defense coul... More ... Gymnasts compete at regionals Five members from the Greater Buffalo Gymnastics Center recently represented Western New York at the region seven Junior Olympic boys championships in Allentown, Penn. The two-day meet consisted of level 5 and level 6 compulsory gymnasts from Delaware, New York, Pennsylvani... More ... HIGH SCHOOL SP O RT S SCOREBOARD Amherst Central Baseball - lost to South 9-0; lost to Iroquois 9-6 Boys Lacrosse - lost to Hamburg 7-6 Girls More ...
Six of the Level 5 girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center traveled to Rochester, N.Y. to compete in the Dare to Be Great Games held at the Bright Raven Gymnastics Center. The Stumpf girls had a banner meet, with each gymnast sticking all her routines for the first time this ... More ...
Park School of Buffalo Athletics Director Thomas Ford and head girls tennis coach Lynn Sperrazza are developing a varsity women's tennis program. The program has a no-cut policy in line with other sports at Park. More ...
Fresh off winning the indoor soccer U16 championship, the Amherst SharpShooters won the Akron Kick-it-First U16 outdoor tournament the first weekend in May. Teams from Amherst, Clarence, Rochester, Wilson and Niagara competed. The SharpShooters defeated the Clarence Cougars... More ... Boys Tennis Amherst tennis dominates ECIC III by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Because of enrollment, Amherst tennis had to move down from ECIC II to III. But after the way the Tigers dominated the league this spring, other ECIC III schools are probably hoping Amherst's stay is short. Amherst is 11-0 with one match left against Pioneer but even if the... More ...
Sweet Home, East in tie for ECIC Division II crown Sweet Home's 3-2 victory at Williamsville East on Monday, May 7 created a two-way tie between the schools for the ECIC Division II crown. Both teams are 10-1 heading into matches on Monday, May 14. Sweet Home is 15-2 overall. More ...
Williamsville South's boys tennis team picked up victories last week over Iroquois and Lake Shore. South defeated Iroquois, 3-2, on Monday, May 7 and Lake Shore, 4-1, on Thursday, May 10. South finished the week at 6-5 with one match remaining. More ... Sacred Heart wins two matches, loses to Nardin Sacred Heart Academy's girls tennis team concluded another successful week with two victories and one loss. The Sharks recorded impressive wins over Holy Angels and O'Hara but lost an exciting and hard fought match against Nardin. More ... Amherst Girls Softball League 'Major' Angels post four victories The Angels' bats came alive in the third inning as they scored 13 runs to break open a close game and propel them to a win 18-3 over the Orioles in an Amherst Girls Softball League Major division game. Blair Pendleton drove in six runs in the third with a bases-loaded tripl... More ... Mel Ott 'A' Red Sox tie Reds, beat Dodgers In a hard-fought pitcher's duel that ended in a 1-1 tie, Bam Ruggiero and Jacob Simmons of the Mel Ott "A" Red Sox each pitched two shutout innings. They also had the only two hits for the Red Sox, who tied the Reds in the bottom of the sixth inning when Luke Pappagallo walk... More ... Lou Gehrig 'AAA' Orioles defeat White Sox in thriller The Lou Gehrig "AAA" Orioles battled back and scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to regain the lead and defeat the White Sox, 9-7. Brendan Quagliana, Mike Shanahan and Stephen Frost scored the go-ahead runs. In the top of the sixth inning, Oriole Mike Shana... More ... Mathewson McCarthy 'Major East' Royals win 8-2 over Marlins The "Major East" Royals got back on the winning track by defeating the Marlins, 8-2. Matt Pragel picked up his third win of the season by shutting down the Marlins' attack in the first two innings. Pragel allowed no runs on one hit while striking out four batters. Tim Coult... More ... Braves edge A's in Connie Mack U11 opener The sunny skies at Dellwood North ushered in a new season of Connie Mack softball as the Braves and A's faced off in the opener for the Athletics. The Braves won 10-9. The Braves bats were hot early. Hannah Floss singled and the A's Rachel Callea fielded the ball to hold th... More ... Central Amherst Little League Zimmerman plates winning run for Orioles' victory against Cubs With the score tied at 8-8 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Central Amherst Major Oriole C.J. Westcott led off with one of his three hits on the night, advanced to third base on some nice base running and scored on a single up the middle from George Zimmerman for the winni... More ...
Teresa and Thomas Pfentner of Clarence Center announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Pfentner, to Nicholas Kasprzak, son of Roseann Kasprzak of Rochester and Kenneth Kasprzak of Syracuse. Miss Pfentner graduated from Clarence High School in 2001. She is a haird... More ...
Dancers from the David DeMarie Dance Studio in Clarence recently won regional titles at The American Dance Awards Competition held at the University at Buffalo's Center for the Arts. More ... |
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