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Amherst Lightning Softball travel tryouts slated Tryouts for the Amherst Lightning Softball girls fastpitch travel teams will be held starting Thursday, Aug. 9 through Sunday, Aug. 19 at the Amherst Pepsi Center, 1615 Amherst Manor Drive, Williamsville. The tryout dates are: Aug. 9 and 13 (12u, 6 to 8 p.m.), Aug. 14 (16u and 18u, 6 to 8 p.m.), A... More ...
Williamsville soccer players among WNY's best invited to Ireland by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Receiving all-star status for a high school sport is a great honor, but for 37 soccer players it also meant a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tour and play against teams from a foreign country. More ...
Bills' safeties making strides at training camp by MATT KRUEGER Reporter Much has changed for Buffalo's last line of defense. Safeties Donte Whitner and Ko Simpson entered training camp a year ago, fresh out of college and still holding those overwhelmed looks on their faces. But one year later, the two are back as veteran starters, looking to take more of a leadersh... More ... Lights out for now at South football field A structural problem with one of the light poles surrounding the football field at Williamsville South could lead to no night home football games this fall. More ...
Pro Football Hall of Fame rounds out great history MATT KRUEGER Sports Reporter This is the fourth in a series of columns on sports Halls of Fame. The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio looks like a giant orange squeezer with its peaked roof and circular construction. But you won't find any pulp inside, just 100 percent pure history. More ... Amherst Soccer Association Registration for fall outdoor house league ends August 11 The Amherst Soccer Association's fall outdoor house league is forming and will start Sept. 15. Registration for the fall session will end on Aug. 11. The outdoor fall sessions will include U8, U10, U12 and U14 in boys and girls divisions. ASA will also have a U17 co-ed league as well if there are... More ... Amherst High fall sports tryouts, mandatory meetings slated All Amherst High School athletes who will be trying out for a fall sport are to report to the high school's South Gymnasium at 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 20 for an informational meeting for the fifth annual varsity gold fundraiser. More ... Revolution U-12 soccer rocks Crunch The Amherst Revolution U-12 Girls Soccer Club defeated the only team they had not beaten this year, the Delaware Crunch, 2-1, on Friday, Aug. 3. With the victory, the Revolution ended the year with a nine-game unbeaten streak and finished second in the WNY U-13A girls league with a 10-2-1 record. More ...
Mesi gearing up career with tougher fights by MATT KRUEGER Reporter Town of Tonawanda heavyweight "Baby" Joe Mesi has no shortage of names on his dance card these days. The undefeated former No. 1 contender has one fight signed against a tough gatekeeper and is looking to step in the ring against a former two-time world champion and another up-and-comer. More ... 'Baby' Joe to promote local boxing show by MATT KRUEGER Reporter While "Baby" Joe Mesi looks to further his own boxing career in a march toward the world title, he's also trying on the hat of promoter. The Town of Tonawanda heavyweight announced he is starting his own promotion at a press conference last Wednesday at Delaware Park. More ...
by MATT KRUEGER Reporter Cheektowaga super middleweight "Lightning" Les Ralston is looking to live up to his nickname by adding speed and keeping his power when he drops down in weight class this fall. More ...
EXTREME-LY UNTOUCHABLE - WNY Sting Extreme 16U softball team pitcher Chelsea Dustin, sitting with trophy, and her teammates celebrate a no-hit game they achieved in the recently-held Aunt Rosies International 18U Tournament. The team, which had won the 16U tourney, placed fourth while playing up... More ... Master Khechen Tae Kwon-Do Williamsville location holds second annual Inter-School tournament One hundred and fifty students ranging in age from 3 (Lil' Dragons), 6 (Champions), 9 (Juniors) and 50 and over (adults) competed in the second annual Master Khechen School of Tae Kwon-Do Inter-School Tournament held on July 28. More ...
The Mathewson McCarthy 12U travel team won its first championship of 2007 with a 3-0-1 record in the Mathewson McCarthy 12U Tournament. Final Mathewson McCarthy 5, Lou Gehrig Blue 4 The championship game found two familiar rivals pitted against each other for the Mathewson McCarthy 12U titl... More ... UBAM swimmers shine at summer Junior Olympics Mike Anderson wins high point; Jamie Ruh rules 50 free Fifty-one UB Amherst Swim Club swimmers participated in last weekend's Summer Junior Olympics this past weekend at the Webster Aquatics Center. Combining for over 150 lifetime best times and over 1800 total points, 500 points more than last year's team, UBAM finished fourth amongst the 32-team fi... More ...
The Mathewson McCarthy Yankees, who finished with the league's best record at 14-3-1, defeated the Cardinals, 9-6, in the final playoff game to win the "Seniors West" championship. The Yankees were undefeated going into the finals and had to be beaten twice to lose the title. More ...
The Mathewson McCarthy 8U baseball team has been an offensive juggernaut throughout the tournament season but heartbreaking losses in the semifinals of one tournament and the finals of another the past few weeks left them wondering what it would take to capture a crown. More ... Sports briefs The Western New York Bulldogs travel baseball team will hold tryouts for the 2008 season at 6 p.m. Wednesday, August 22 and 29, at Westwood Park in Lancaster. Tryouts will be for the 14U team. For more information e-mail or call Tim Labenski at TLabenski@ adelphia.net or 713-4009. Additional i... More ...
The Amherst Lightning 14U silver team won the Clarence 14U girls fastpitch softball tournament last weekend. The Lightning went undefeated in six games behind extraordinary pitching, stellar defense, and clutch hitting up and down the roster. The team held four of its six opponents scoreless and ... More ... Amherst resident selected to National Baseball Showcase A Canisius High School baseball player and Amherst resident has been selected to play in the Ringor Showcase Series National Game in Birmingham, Alabama on Wednesday, Aug. 15. Benjamin Dolpp was selected from several hundred infielders from across the country that was evaluated by professional sc... More ...
Connie Mack's 16U Firehawks overcame a slow start on Saturday to win the Connie Mack 16U Tournament, beating the Lewiston Porter Silver Bullets, 11-4. Championship game co-MVP Abby DeFrancis pitched a two-hitter, striking out seven. De- Francis kept the Silver Bullets in check throughout with str... More ...
THE BEST - The Mel Ott Junior Tigers went 15-0-1 to take the regular season championship over eleven other teams in the league from Central Amherst, Connie Mack and Kensington. More ...
NINTH AT NATIONALS - The WNY Sting 12U travel softball team placed ninth out of 60 participating teams at the recently-held PONY Nationals in Vienna, Ohio, falling 12-5 to the Long Island Chargers in the fifth game in a single day. More ...
16U CHAMPS - The Lou Gehrig Lasers beat the Wheatfield Hurricanes, 6-4, to win the 16U Metro championship. Key pitching came from Lauren Weber and Sam Frank to put the Lasers in the final. Outstanding defensive play throughout the season came from Stephaine Aichinger, Ali Gramza, Amanda Sheriff,... More ...
The Lou Gehrig 9U Red team went 5-0 on their way to winning the Mathewson McCarthy tournament played July 26-28. More ...
NOWHERE TO RUN - Connie Mack Firehawk catcher Jen Krajnik tags out Amherst Lightning 12U runner Dru McKissick at home in the top of the third inning during the Connie Mack 12U tournament held last Saturday. The tournament ran from Friday to Sunday. More ... Swimming Titans qualify for nationals and Eastern Zone meet The Town of Tonawanda Titans sent 48 athletes to the Niagara Junior Olympic District long-course meet July 27-30 in Webster, N.Y. All of the 10-and-under swimmers took part in a timed finals format in the afternoon. More ...
Clarence Swim Club took a road trip to Michigan to compete in the 2007 Ann Arbor Summer Invitational. The meet is swum in a 50-meter pool and required qualifying times are needed to enter. The meet resulted in multiple best times and several new club records. More ... Black Watch Soccer Club to hold tryouts Tryouts for Black Watch NY-West, a new premier-level soccer club, will be held Aug. 11 at the University at Buffalo South Campus' Rotary Field, 3435 Main St. Tryouts for the U10 to U13 boys and girls will be held at 9 a.m. The U14 to U18 boys and girls are set for 11 a.m. More ...
NICE TO MEET YOU - Buffalo Wings Blue coach Jill Battaglia, left, speaks with St. Catherines' Belinda Wilson and Rachel Parrott following a scrimmage between the Buffalo Wings U17 and St. Catherines. Battaglia is an Amherst High alum and a 2007 graduate of Cortland State College. Photo by John Rusa... More ... Moonlight Run slated for August 15 The 21st annual Moonlight Run & Wellness Walk will be held at 8 p.m. on Wed., Aug. 15. The run/walk course will be the same as in prior years (beginning on Glen Ave. at Cayuga). Race registration and the postrace party will be held at Island Park, located behind Amherst Town Hall. More ... Buffalo Lacrosse Academy Fall Ball to begin in September The fall no longer has to be a time when the lacrosse sticks get put away until the indoor or spring season. Buffalo Lacrosse Academy's Fall Ball is an eight-on-eight lacrosse league open to any interested lacrosse player in the Buffalo area. Fall Ball runs on Sunday mornings from 9 to 11 a.m. on... More ... Mom softball league leads by example The kids aren't the only ones running around baseball diamonds on hot summer nights now that a group of Snyder mothers take center stage, at least for one night a week. The Snyder Moms Softball league players have left the traditional job of cheering in the bleachers for their children to take a... More ... |
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