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Coach stability, excellent athletes cited for Western's winning longevity by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Like a fine wine, the Western Region's performance at the Summer Empire State Games has gotten better with age. Since the ESGs started in 1978, Western has won 184 gold medals, 44 more than second place Long Island. More ...
by MATT KRUEGER Reporter If you take the 5-hour drive to Westchester County later this month, you could just see tomorrow's world-class athletes competing in one of the best amateur venues around. Yes, when the 30th Empire State Games descends on Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla Wednesday, July 25 for the opening ceremonies... More ...
East Amherst native and Anaheim Ducks' forward Todd Marchant had his day with the Stanley Cup on July 4 and spent part of the time at the Amherst Pepsi Center greeting invited family and friends. Posing with Marchant are John Michalski of Amherst and his son, Johnny. More ...
Sabres must sustain fan base in wake of losses MATT KRUEGER Sports Reporter The signing of Thomas Vanek to a seven-year, $50-million contract may signal the seriousness the Buffalo Sabres have in keeping its team core intact, but General Manager Darcy Regier and Vice President Larry Quinn have much more damage control to do. More ...
Bulls' grad was assistant coach at Sweet Home One of the greatest men's basketball players in University at Buffalo history has now become a member of its coaching staff. Turner Battle, who led the Bulls to their first modern postseason basketball tournament and was the Mid-American Conference Player of the Year his senior season, has joined... More ... Niagara girls lacrosse day camp scheduled for July The Niagara Girls Lacrosse Day Camp, sponsored by Patterson Lacrosse, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday, July 23 to Thursday, July 26, at Amherst High School, 4301 Main Street. This is the tenth year the local camp has offered instruction to girls in grades 3-12 and ability levels from b... More ... Sports briefs The Sheridan Park Friday Golf Club weekly nine hole medal winners from July 6 are: A Flight - Peggy Nogaro (45-12-33), Rose Bartha (47-14-33), Sue Schottke (43-09-34), B Flight - Barb Corrigan (51-16-35), Cherry Searle (52-17-35), Pat Burke (53-17-36), C Flight - Jan Duggan (54-20-34), Elsie S... More ...
Lou Gehrig recently defeated Lancaster, 11-7, to win the Cal Ripken 10U District 1 Championship. Lou Gehrig moves to the Cal Ripken Division of Babe Ruth League's State Championship Tournament in Jamestown, N.Y. In the championship game, Lou Gehrig jumped out to a quick 6-2 lead after two innings... More ...
The Lou Gehrig Minor Softball "A" Cubs recently picked up three victories. Cubs 11, Angels 10 In what was the closest and most exciting game so far this season, the Cubs and Angels battled it out on Lou Gehrig Field No. 4 on June 11. More ...
The Lou Gehrig 12 Blue tournament team won the Cal Ripken Major 70' District 1 Tournament hosted by the Cheektowaga Southside Athletic Association June 29-July 1. The team has advanced to the New York State championship tournament which is being held at Mathewson Mc- Carthy Baseball starting on Ju... More ... Sports briefs Williamsville native Terry Zeh signed a contract extension to stay Canisius College women's basketball coach through the 2010-11 season. Zeh has compiled a 55-35 overall record and a 36-18 mark in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference games. More ... Kensington Lions' 32nd annual football classic set The 32nd annual Kensington Lions All-Star High School Football Classic will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 25, at North Tonawanda High School, 405 Meadow Drive. The game is usually held at Lancaster High School but an already scheduled soccer tournament forced organizers to change the venue. More ... Mel Ott 'Minor' Racers double up Bandits, Heat The Mel Ott "Minor" softball Racers were twice as better on the scoreboard than their opponents in recent games. Racers 8, Bandits 4 The Racers started off fast with three runs in the first inning by Alyssa Orrico, Melanie Izard and Emma Burke. The Bandits came back with a run by Kaitlyn Fitzpa... More ...
The Lou Gehrig 14A Tournament team won the Babe Ruth District 1 Championship on July 7 with a 14-2 victory over North Tonawanda. The team advances to the state regional finals in Ithaca, N.Y. July 12-15. Members of the team, pictured, from left, are: kneeling - A.J. More ...
Lou Gehrig's 13U Bushdogs went 3-0 in winning the Babe Ruth District No. 1 Championship. The Bushdogs defeated Lancaster, 14-3, in the final. They now advance to the WNY State Finals in Jamestown, N.Y. More ... Sports briefs Tonawanda High School will host a wrestling camp with Hofstra University coach Tom Shifflet and staff July 18-20. Shifflet, a Sweet Home High School graduate, led the Hofstra Pride to a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships in March. More ...
Cardinals capture 'AA' championship After compiling a 14-2 regular season record, the Cardinals won two critical postseason games to secure Mathewson McCarthy's "AA" championship. Finals - Cardinals 8, Red Sox 3 Both teams had played earlier in the day, with the Cardinals coming off a physically and mentally taxing roller coaster... More ...
The Cardinals defeated the Royals, 17-8, last Sunday at Wehrle to win the Mathewson McCarthy "AAA" championship. After losing the first game of the playoffs, the Cardinals reeled off five straight wins to gain the title. In the championship game, Matthew Foster led the offensive attack with fou... More ...
Braves sweep playoffs to win 'Major East' title The Braves (17-2-1) entered the playoffs as the top seed and swept the Marlins, 17-7, Red Sox, 4-2, and the Cardinals, 3-1, 13-5, for the Mathewson McCarthy "Major East" title. More ... 'Major West' Braves pitching shuts down Cardinals The Mathewson McCarthy "Major West" Braves once again got outstanding efforts from their pitchers to shut down the Cardinals, 7-1, to advance to the finals. David Costanzo, Richard Patti and Sam Scime fanned 16 and allowed four hits. More ... 'Major West' Red Sox remain undefeated, advance to finals The Mathewson McCarthy "Major West" Red Sox pulled out a tightly contested 11-8 win over the Cardinals on July 1 to advance to the finals. Both teams were undefeated. The Cardinals were scrappy all game and never gave up despite trailing 11-3 going into the bottom half of the sixth inning. More ... Sports brief Canisius College will hold the 10th annual Blue and Gold Golf Classic and Auction on Monday, July 30 at Brierwood Country Club in Hamburg. The event will feature tee times of 7:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. with a 124-golfer limit at each start time. The cost for the event is $175 for one golfer or $650... More ... Canisius College hockey to host coaches clinic Canisius College hockey coach and Amherst resident Dave Smith will host a coaches clinic on the school's campus from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18. Some of the topics to be discussed are practice organization and execution, skill development on offense, defense and goaltending, teachin... More ... Fastbreak Lacrosse Camp to continue tradition of excellence Entering its ninth year, Fastbreak Lacrosse Camp is offering two camps this summer, a youth camp for boys and girls ages 4 to 7 years old and the camp's traditional and highly successful boys camp for ages 8 to 18. Both camps are sponsored by STX Lacrosse. More ... Williamsville Junior Football to hold information sessions Boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 13 who reside in the Town of Amherst or the Williamsville, Amherst or Sweet Home school districts can try out for the Williamsville Junior Football and Cheerleading teams. The league was founded in 1965 and is the oldest sanctioned football league in Amher... More ...
Amherst Lightning Silver's Chelsea Stoecki awaits the throw of a teammate as Michelle Morcord of the Galassi Elite slides into a base during the Aunt Rosie's 14 and Under International Fastpitch Softball Tournament held on July 1 at the Audubon Recreation Diamonds behind the Amherst Pepsi Center. More ...
'Major' Brewers come back to win bronze division crown The "Major" Brewers rallied from an early four-run deficit and held off a furious Phillies' rally to take the bronze division championship with a 19-18 win in Amherst Girls Softball League play. The Phillies jumped out to a quick 5-1 lead behind a solid team hitting effort and the pitching of Ali... More ...
The Angels scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to erase a one-run deficit and propel them to a 6-3 win over the White Sox in the championship game of the Amherst Girls Softball League "Major" division gold bracket. More ... 'Major' White Sox edge Braves in first round of playoffs The "Major" White Sox came to play in the first round of the Amherst Girls Softball League playoffs against a Braves team who beat the White Sox convincingly in the teams' first regular season game. The White Sox won 13-10. Solid pitching, strong hitting and key defensive plays carried the White ... More ... AGSL 'AAA' Thunder ends season undefeated The "AAA" Amherst Girls Softball League's Thunder and the Owls faced each other in the last game of the season. It was a hard-fought battle by both teams, but the Thunder was able to secure the 14-12 victory and finish the season undefeated. More ...
Riding a combination of airtight defense, excellent defense and timely hitting, the Rangers defeated the Devil Rays, 7-5, to win the Amherst Girls Softball League "Major" Silver division championship. Only seven Devil Ray runners reached base over the course of the seven-inning game as manager Ro... More ... Publish sports scores in The Bee Anyone wishing to have their teams' baseball, softball, outdoor soccer or other summer 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. More ... Central Amherst 'AA Sr.' Cubs win, advance to semifinals After losing the first two playoff games last week, the Central Amherst "AA Sr." Cubs won their next three games to make the final four. Cubs 14, Red Sox 0 The Cubs battled the undefeated Red Sox. Cub pitchers Reed Bihary and Matthew Boccio combined for 12 strikeouts and shut out the Red Sox, 1... More ... Fireman's Softball July 11 Newstead at North Amherst July 13 Bowmansville at Clarence Main Transit at North Bailey Clarence Center at Newstead Akron at North Amherst Eggertsville at Harris Hill East Amherst at Snyder July 15 Clarence at Newstead More ...
The U13 Amherst Argonauts won the Niagara Pioneer Soccer Tournament at Fort Niagara State Park on July 7-8. The team displayed a great combination of stout defense, skilled play, exhausting effort and stellar goaltending by Luke Service as they went undefeated in four games to claim the champions... More ... Revolution break Hearts, Destroyers The Amherst Revolution U-12 Girls Soccer Club has been turning the heads of its older opponents while breaking many hearts this season. Amherst is currently 7-2 in the U-13 "A" division. For the past two weeks, unselfish teamwork helped the Revolution overcome its opponents, the Tonawanda Hearts ... More ... Rovers U12 edge Lightning, 2-1 The Amherst Rovers U12 travel soccer team defeated the Lockport Lightning, 2-1, on July 2. Joy Thompson scored early for Amherst, fully connecting on a crossing pass and sending it into the top of the net. Lockport answered with some extended pressure, but Amherst's defense did not let them have... More ...
The Amherst Flyers boys travel soccer team took first place this weekend in the U16 Niagara Division in the Niagara Pioneer International Tournament at Fort Niagara. The Flyers defeated West Seneca, 4-1, for the championship. C.J. Scirto scored twice and Frankie Kulczycki and Kevin Castine each h... More ...
Feyenoord Amherst defeated Amherst Barcelona, 3-2, in a shootout to win the Odenbach Tournament in West Seneca. Both are U9 travel teams with the Amherst Soccer Association. More ...
Sweet Home graduate Keith O'Neil, left, and Orchard Park graduate Josh Thomas, both members of the Indianapolis Colts, display their Super Bowl XLI rings. The Colts were recently given the rings at a dinner. Waiters delivered the rings to the team on serving trays. Also pictured is a close-up of ... More ...
Members of the Buffalo Wings Lacrosse Club's Blue team played their first tournament of the summer season on June 16 at the eighth annual Canandaigua Invitational Lacrosse Festival in Canandaigua, N.Y. Over 60 teams participated in the annual event, featuring boys and girls in U8 through U14 age ... More ...
Nicole Lewis of Williamsville North, left, and Katie Mazuchowski, of Sweet Home, put aside their in-season rivalry to work together and win gold with Team Tremble during the United States Field Hockey Association's inaugural Regional Rumble held in Virginia Beach June 24-27. The All-New York team... More ...
The 14u WNY Diamond Girls won eight of nine games, including 8-0 over the Pittsburgh Power in the final, to win the Aunt Rosie's 14 and Under International Fastpitch Softball Tournament. The 26-team tournament was held June 30 to July 2 at the Audubon Recreation Center. More ...
The Amherst Soccer Association U10 Netherlands team finished the season undefeated. Members of the team, pictured from left, are: first row - Christina Peckey, Kayla Huff, Gabrielle Fogarty, Sarah Hoffman, Katie Attea; second row - Alexandra Parisi, Abigail Sugarman, Brianna Kulik, More ... Lancaster-Depew Rotary Club to hold annual golf tourney The Lancaster-Depew Rotary Club will hold its annual golf tournament at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6 at the Diamond Hawk Golf Course, 255 Sonwil Drive in Cheektowaga. Registration will begin at 10:30 a.m. The tournament is one of the club's numerous fundraisers conducted throughout the year that all... More ... |
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