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Cor rection Margaux Gill, not Angela Sobatka as reported in last week's Bee, scored the U12 Revolution soccer team's second goal in a 3-1 win over the U-13 Akron on Tuesday, May 8. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Chelsea Plimpton can add 100 career wins and New York State all-time strikeout leader to her already unbelievable high school softball resume. The Williamsville South senior pitcher hit win No. 100 with a 7-0 victory over Hamburg on Monday, May 14 and recorded No. 101 in an 11-0 shutout against S... More ...
Nardin ends Sacred Heart's win streak in track by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Sacred Heart Academy girls track team's win streak in the Monsignor Martin Association is over. The Sharks, who haven't lost a Monsignor Martin Association indoor or outdoor track meet since outdoor All-Catholics in 2003, lost to Nardin, 124-121, at this year's All-Catholics, held on Wednesda... More ...
(Most of the) Sabres got what they deserved JASON NADOLINSKI Sports Reporter Well, when all was said and done, it looks like Ottawa Senators goalie Ray Emery found something to do in Buffalo after all - win all three Eastern Conference Championship games in Sabreland to put his team in the Stanley Cup Finals. More ...
by MATT KRUEGER Reporter Even after setting franchise records in wins (53) and points (113), winning the Presidents' Trophy for the first time and advancing to the Eastern Conference finals for the third time in four seasons, the Buffalo Sabres will look back at the 2006-07 season as a shortcoming. More ...
In an exciting dual meet at Amherst on Tuesday, May 15, Williamsville East edged Amherst, 77-64. The meet came down to the last three events with Amherst needing to win both relays and the 3200-meters to win overall. More ... Future of South girls track on display at WNY Classic The future of Williamsville South's track program looks even brighter after the team's performance at the WNY Classic at Lancaster High School on Saturday, May 19. Freshman Allie Van Buren won the 100-meter hurdles in a Section VI-best time of 15.0. Amanda Breymeier, another freshman, won the hig... More ... North girls post best league season in almost 20 years It was a history-making meet for Williamsville North in their 81-60 win over Frontier on Tuesday, May 15. The victory clinched a 3-1 record for the Lady Spartans and second place in ECIC Division I, its best finish in league play since 1988. More ... South softball ties for third at Morabito tourney Williamsville South showed many of the top softball teams in New York State why they are defending Class A state champions with a 3-1 showing at the James "Ace" Morabito Tournament held May 19-20 in Conklin, N.Y. South finished tied for third out of 16 teams entered in the tournament. More ... East sweeps doubleheader with Lake Shore, finishes second in ECIC II Williamsville East softball (11-5, 8-4) swept a doubleheader with Lake Shore, 17-4 (five innings) and 14-1, on Thursday, May 17 to finish second in ECIC Division II. In Game One, Lake Shore jumped out to an early lead with four runs on one hit in the first inning thanks to a couple of errors, men... More ... Williamsville North gears up for playoff run Williamsville North softball got ready for the Section VI playoffs with an 11-4 win over Jamestown on Tuesday, May 15 and a 4-2 non-league victory at ECIC Division III champion Depew on Friday, May 18. Jamestown defeated North, 5-1, in the team's first meeting earlier in the season, but North was... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North didn't crush the baseball as much as they have been, but they did learn a valuable lesson last week that will aid them in the Section VI Tournament later this week. "We had to battle and that will get us ready for the playoffs," said North coach Jerry Scarcella. More ... Tigers' roller coaster season continues by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Amherst coach Brian Davis doesn't know why his baseball team decides to play well in some games and poorly in others, but the cycle repeated itself last week. More ... Sports brief The A Flight could not have gotten any closer in last week's Sheridan Park Friday Golf Club, as the top three competitors all finished with the same adjusted score. Sue Robillard (46-9-37), Jeri Eberhardt (48-11-37) and Peggy Nogaro (50-13-37) rounded out the top three. More ... Question marks surround Sabres' future by MATT KRUEGER Reporter Will co-captains Chris Drury and Daniel Briere bolt Buffalo for the deep pockets of New York or Philadelphia? Will the Sabres be able to re-sign breakout winger Thomas Vanek? Will Dainius Zubrus play a full season in Buffalo in 2007? Is Teppo Numminen done in hockey? How will General Manager Darcy... More ... Playoff matchups set in Buffalo In-line Hockey Group Buffalo In-line Hockey Group concluded its winter 2007 regular season on Saturday, May 19 and the first round playoff match-ups are set. Major Division Bandits 10, Sabres 7 This game for last place in the division saw Dennis Xenos (Amherst) and Doug Smith (Cheektowaga) have big Bandit scoring... More ... Amherst softball on win streak by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter For nine consecutive games, the Amherst softball team couldn't win. Now they can't stop winning. The Lady Tigers improved to 7-11 overall and 3-9 in ECIC Division II with a 4-3 home win over Lake Shore on Tuesday, May 15 and a 3-1 road victory at Sweet Home on Wednesday, May 16. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Ari Binder felt he wasn't playing his best tennis heading into last week's ECIC Singles Tournament at Lancaster High School. The Amherst Central senior said he had won all of his high school matches but thought he could have played better. He also thought he was struggling in recent United States... More ... Denman's no-hitter gives Sweet Home baseball first win by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter In a season the Sweet Home baseball team would like to forget, pitcher Travis Denman gave his teammates a memorable performance they will always remember. Denman fired the school's first no-hitter in at least nine years in the Panthers' 3-0 win over West Seneca West on Wednesday, May 16. The win... More ... Prizel's heroics lift Mel Ott 'AAA' Cardinals to one-run win Brock Prizel scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth to give the Cardinals a narrow 7-6 win over the Mets on Saturday, May 19. The Mets scored two quick runs in the top of the first inning, but the Cardinals scored three in the bottom of the inning to take the lead back. Noah DiPas... More ... Sacred Heart tennis beats Nardin, gains first place tie In rematch of the May 10 battle with Nardin, Sacred Heart Academy (9-1) reversed the score and beat Nardin, 3-2, on Monday, May 14 to move into a first place tie with the Gators. In the May 14 win, Courtney Conway won a straight set 6-3, 7-5 match at third singles. Kathryn Przybyla delivered a su... More ...
Nardin Academy's lightweight eight (with coxswain) crew won the state championship that was recently held in Saratoga Springs, qualifying Nardin for this weekend's Scholastic Nationals in Camden, N.J., and for the US Youth Nationals in June in Cincinnati. More ... St. Benedict's softball posts victories St. Benedict's girls softball team started out the season with a 12-5 win against St. Mary's of Swormville. All 12 players contributed and played a good game. Kristy Luce and Shannon Okonczak combined for 14 strikeouts and three hits. Each also played third base. More ... Girls lacrosse Sharks' memorable season ends in MMA semifinals by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sacred Heart took many strides in girls lacrosse this season. The Sharks won three games, the most in school history, and played teams tough in most losses. Sacred Heart also won its first Monsignor Martin Association playoff game, defeating Buffalo Seminary, 13-9, on Saturday, May 19. More ... Queen City U-12 girls place second at tournament The Queen City Girls U-12 Futbol Club won second place in the prestigious Greece Buccaneers Tournament held in Rochester, N.Y. this past weekend. Playing four games in two days, Queen City finished with a 3-1 record. In their first game Saturday morning, Queen City played the Horseheads Revolutio... More ... Amherst's Simon, Battaglia hit lacrosse milestones Two personal milestones were achieved during the Amherst Central girls lacrosse team's final week of regular-season games. In the Lady Tigers' 16-1 home win over Mount St. Mary's on Monday, May 14, junior Amy Simon scored her 100th career goal with 9:44 remaining in the first half off a feed from... More ... Lady Panthers end regular season strong by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter One of the goals for Sweet Home this season was to finish with .500 record. After holding off Grand Island, 9-8, on Monday, May 14, the Lady Panthers have accomplished just that. The win was the third in a row for Sweet Home, which closed out the regular season with a 7-7 record. More ... South loses in Class B prequarters Williamsville South became the first Town of Amherst school to exit the Section VI girls lacrosse tournament, losing 13-5 to Iroquois in a Class B prequarterfinal on Thursday, May 17. South held Iroquois to three second-half goals. More ...
South defeats East, could lead to three-way tie for Will Cup by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville South coach John Szymendara said his boys lacrosse team always gets up to play Williamsville East and this year was no different. The Billies defeated the Flames, 5-3, under the lights at South on Thursday, May 17. South beat East, 5-4, in double overtime two years ago. More ... Amherst drops final regular season game Amherst Central lost their final boys lacrosse regular season game of the year, losing to Frontier, 13-10, on Friday, May 18. Amherst scooped up 52 ground balls to Frontier's 33 but was outshot, 32-25. "Frontier had a really great third quarter," said Amherst coach Stefan Henn. "We must have thr... More ... Revolution U-12 outdoor soccer lose first game of year All good things eventually come to an end. For the Amherst Revolution U-12 girls soccer club, it came in a closely contested 2-1 loss to the Delaware Crunch on Tuesday, May 15. Counting their indoor season the Revolution had a 14-game winning streak broken. More ...
The Connie Mack 14U Firehawks posted a 2-1-1 record in pool play games en route to winning the Vienna, Ohio May Madness Tournament held on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20. The Firehawks opened pool play with a 10-0 shutout victory over the 14U Thunder Elite. The game was called after four inn... More ... HIGH SCHOOL SP O RT S SCOREBOARD Amherst Central Baseball - lost to Lake Shore 12-8; lost to Depew 9-2; def. Ken. West 15-3; def. Alden 7-2; lost to W.S. More ... Amherst Girls Softball Minor 'A' Angels' offense too much for Red Sox The Angels' Lexi Mulone was a perfect 6 for 6 at the plate and scored three runs, Ellie Garrity contributed five hits and four runs scored, and Megan Fish had four hits, including a double in the first inning, as the Minor "A" Angels defeated the Red Sox, 18-3, in an Amherst Girls Softball Minor "... More ... Central Amherst Little League 'AAA' Cardinals top Yankees, 13-3 The "AAA" Cardinals' bats came alive on Thursday, May 17 with a total of 14 hits, including triples from Austin Ballard and Jack Quinlivan, to defeat the Yankees, 13-3. The Cardinals put up six runs in the first and fourth innings. Tony Regan singled three times and scored as many runs. Joe Monta... More ...
Williamsville East's Erica Sizemore, right, tries to gain ball possession from Williamsville North's Caitlin Butler during the Lady Spartans' 9-6 road win on Tuesday, May 15. North played at Clarence on Tuesday, May 22 in the Section VI Class A quarterfinals but the result was unavailable before ... More ... Connie Mack U-11 Athletics tie Blue Jays, Braves The Athletics tied the Blue Jays, 16-16, in a recent Connie Mack U-11 softball game. The Blue Jays led off with walks to sisters Kelsey and Alexandra Sommers. More ... Lou Gehrig 'AAA' Orioles squeak past Reds, 7-6 The Lou Gehrig "AAA" Orioles Reds game was well-played and came down to the bottom of the sixth inning with the game tied at six runs a piece. Mike Paolini led off the sixth with a double to right center field followed by the game-winning single by Mike Shanahan as the Orioles squeaked past the R... More ...
Amherst's Ashley Materise and Lancaster's Callie Flanagan competed in the 12-year-old Level 6 New York State Gymnastics Championships at Gymnastics Unlimited in Orchard Park. The girls compete for Stumpf's Gymnastics Center, where they are coached by Leah Recor. More ...
The Level 6 girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics combined to win the second place team banner at the Dare to Be Great Games in Rochester, N.Y. In addition, the team produced 13 event medals and two all-around champions. Lily Szafranski of Amherst was simply outstanding in the 9-10 year old division, wi... More ... Thirteen-year-old Kelly finishes 11th on beam Kristen Kelly of Amherst competed in the 13-year-old Level 6 New York State Gymnastics Championships at Gymnastics Unlimited in Orchard Park. Kelly is a gymnast at Stumpf's Gymnastics Center and a seventh-grader at Transit Middle School. More ... Amherst trio scores well at states Amherst's Shannon Martinsen, Michaela Stumpf and Amber Moser competed in the 11-year-old Level 6 New York State Gymnastics Championships at Gymnastics Unlimited in Orchard Park. The girls, who compete for Stumpf's Gymnastics Center, performed well in this very competitive division. More ...
Lily Szafranski and Taylor Balser of Amherst competed in the 10-year-old Level 6 New York State Gymnastics Championships held at Gymnastics Unlimited in Orchard Park. The girls competed against 56 of the best 10-year-olds in all of New York State. More ... Mathewson McCarthy 'Major' East Royals outlast Cardinals in 15-5 win The "Major" East Royals of Mathewson McCarthy picked up their sixth win of the season with a 15-5 win that was much closer than the score indicated. The Royals scored seven runs in the top of the last inning to provide the cushion for victory. More ...
The New Era Diamond Girls 12U travel softball team went 6-0 at this past weekend's Orchard Park Tournament, outscoring its opponents by 75 runs en route to the championship. The team allowed just four runs in the six contests. More ... Fireman's Softball Te a m Wi n s Losses East Amherst 3 0 More ... |
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