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by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East girls tennis coach Mike Vendetti thought nothing could top last year's ECIC III championship team (10-0, did not lose a game in league play) but that was before Olga Khmylev showed up to practice. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Heading into the 2007 high school field hockey season, there isn't too many goals Chantae Miller hasn't reached. The Williamsville North senior is the only high school field hockey player in the nation to ever score over 100 goals (107 coming into the season) and 100 assists (103 assists) in a ca... More ...
Commentary MATT KRUEGER Sports Reporter Kevin Everett and I were rookies together, in a way. The quiet and reserved tight end was the first Buffalo Bill I ever interviewed. Because of that, I felt a bond with him, like we were connected in our introduction to the NFL. More ... Williamsville Junior Football results The Army freshman of Williamsville Junior Football opened its 2007 season with a 21-0 shutout over the Niagara-Wheatfield Bearcats. Denni Gilbert paced the offense with two rushing touchdowns. Adam Dentico found Jake Huber in the back corner for the two-point conversion after the first touchdow... More ...
Girls tennis After finishing second in ECIC Division I with a 7-2 record last year, Williamsville North girls tennis coach Hilary Nichols said the team knows what the goal is this season. "The goal, as always, is to be tops in Division I," said Nichols, who is entering her seventh year as Lady Spartan head co... More ... Many returns for new Sweet Home coach by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter New Sweet Home girls tennis coach Crystal Barnes has walked into a good situation. The Lady Panthers welcome back many players from last year's team, beginning with first and second singles players, junior Jesse Lewandowski and senior Jennifer Osei. Both are team captains. More ... Sports briefs Team New Era and Inferno Baseball will hold tryouts for 2008 elite travel baseball teams for boys ages 9-17 beginning Saturday, Sept. 22. For more information or to register, call Rich Wozniak at 681-3001 or visit www.infernobaseball. com. Registration deadline is Sept. 15. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter There's a new motto this year for Williamsville South field hockey. "Last year, the motto was 'best team ever,'" said South coach Mary Ferenczy. "This year, it's 'believe you can achieve.'" South finished 11-4-2 in 2006 and lost in penalty strokes to Iroquois in the Section VI Class B semifinals... More ... Senior-loaded Lady Flames off to quick start by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Despite graduating nine players from last year's 6-8 team, Williamsville East field hockey is once again senior-loaded. Lady Flames coach Kate Zgoda has 11 seniors on the 2007 team, six of which are starters. They are defenders Aleece Burgio, Ally Kotz and Lea Milbrand, goalie Erin Smith, forward... More ... Lady Billies to field competitive tennis team by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville South girls tennis coach Richard Phillips doesn't have any idea how other teams in ECIC Division III look, but he is sure his team will be ready to go. "I think we'll be competitive with everyone," said Phillips. More ...
Field hockey by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Every year Sweet Home coach Dawn Kauderer-Kromer tells her field hockey team to take one game at a time. This year that philosophy will really be put to the test as the Lady Panthers defend their first Section VI Class A title since 2002. More ... Youthful Lady Tigers shooting for section crown by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter With no underclassmen on its 2007 roster, the casual fan would think the Amherst Central field hockey team is varsity tested. But with only seven returning players, the Lady Tigers, runner up in Section VI Class B last year, is far from it. Ten out of the 11 members of the rest of the team played... More ... Sharks return state qualifier Girls golf by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Courtney Connors is only a junior at Sacred Heart Academy but she has already made her mark on the golf course. In 2005, Connors became the first Sacred Heart golfer to appear in a New York State Catholic High School Athletic Association golf tournament, finishing in eighth place. She qualified a... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Another year has brought another chance for high school girls golf to grow in Western New York. Nowhere is that more apparent than in Williamsville. Since its debut last year, the team has increased from 11 to 17 members. More ... Sports briefs Eleven-year-old John Schmitt recently sank a hole in one on the 145-yard eighth hole at Audubon Par-3 Golf Course. The Amherst 14U Thunder fastpitch softball team will conduct open tryouts from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Amherst Pepsi Center, 1615 Amherst Manor Drive. More ...
Boys golf by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter In 2004, Williamsville East finished 2-8 in the ECIC North Large School Division. Two years ago, the Flames went 4-4. Last year, they finished 6-3. Will 2007 be the season that East can bring home a division title? If the Flames are to accomplish this goal, it's not because they are overlooking a... More ... Panthers' getting closer, already eclipses last year's record by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter If there is any indication that the Sweet Home boys' golf team is better than their 0-8 season last year, all you have to do is check out the score of their first match of the season held last Thursday - Sweet Home 296, Amherst 298 (lowest team score wins). More ... Sports brief Williamsville residents Anne and Dr. Charles Tirone will receive the Russell J. Gugino Award at the 35th Dr. and Mrs. Edmund J. Gicewicz Family University at Buffalo Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony on Oct. 5. The Hall of Fame was named earlier this year in honor of Edmond and Connie Gicewicz of G... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter With only one senior on the roster, new Williamsville South golf coach Al Monaco will look to a group of underclassmen to comprise most of the 2007 starting lineup. Sophomores Ron Munley, Clark Zhang and P.J. Klocke and freshman Evan Martone are among the top eight golfers on the team. More ... Spartans to field balanced lineup by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Life without arguably its best golfer in school history, Jake Katz, begins at Williamsville North. Katz, the reigning ECIC scoring champion who took third at sectionals, graduated and is attending Binghamton University. Even though there is no Katz, it doesn't mean the Spartans won't field a so... More ... Depth a question for Amherst by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Amherst Central golf coach Joe Marszalek is happy with his top four golfers; it's the rest of the lineup that he's unsure about. "I think we have three to four guys who can compete with anybody," said Marszalek. "We need somebody at five, six, seven and eight to step up the plate. If they can sho... More ...
Boys soccer After not playing for a week, the Williamsville North boys soccer team picked up where it left off this past weekend, winning the Lockport Tournament. North defeated St. Francis, 2-1, in the first round on Friday and Lockport, 2-0, in the final. North beat Lockport in last year's tournament final... More ... East bounces back, defends Clarence tourney title Williamsville East's boys soccer team opened last week with a loss but finished by repeating as tournament champions. The Flames, ranked third among Western New York large schools, dropped its league opener at Hamburg last Wednesday, 3-0. More ... Sweet Home searching for first win Sweet Home boys soccer fell to 0-4 on the season with losses to Maryvale, 4-0, and Grand Island, 2-1, on Sept. 4 and 6, respectively. The Panthers trailed Maryvale, 1-0, at halftime. Sweet Home coach Scott Martin said his team played a good first half but a poor second half. More ...
Girls soccer by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sacred Heart coach Kelly Damon said her girls soccer team usually doesn't play any league games before the Tonawanda Tournament because she wants to work out the kinks. After knocking off the defending two-time Monsignor Martin Association champions, it's safe to say her team is clicking on all c... More ... East earns important non-league tie by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter A 1-1 tie in a non-league girls soccer game may not mean a lot for some teams, but for Williamsville East, it meant everything. The Lady Flames tied Section V powerhouse Pittsford Mendon, 1-1, last Saturday at the North French Soccer Complex. More ... CCA begins season 2-1 The Christian Central Academy varsity girls soccer team opened its season with a 3-1 loss to St. Mary's of Lancaster. CCA scored first with a goal by defender Sarah Wade. St. Mary's tied the game before halftime and scored twice in the second half to gain the victory. More ... East boys volleyball rebuilding With only three returning starters from last year's 5-7 team, East boys volleyball coach Randy Ball knows this season will be a challenge. "We graduated several starters last year," said Ball. "Outside hitter Andy Heim and middle hitter Justin Andreozzi were two big losses. More ...
GREAT START - Williamsville North freshman Katelyn Carpenter, sophomore Hannah Rothschild and freshman Sarah Bellinger captain Williamsville North's JV girls soccer team, which is out to a 3-0 start. North opened their season with a home game against long-time rival Clarence. The game came down to t... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter For a while on Saturday, looked like Grand Island was going to defeat Sweet Home but one late miscue cost the Vikings the game. Panther sophomore Deshanaro Morris recovered a Grand Island fumble with 8:11 remaining in the fourth quarter and scored 15-yard touchdown five plays later to lift Sweet ... More ... East suffers similar fate against Starpoint by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter If the Williamsville East football players were not believers in déjà vu, they should be after losing another close game to Starpoint. With East up 17-9 in the fourth quarter, Starpoint's Brandon Bratek had touchdown runs of 70 and 18 yards, his second coming with less than two minut... More ... Turnovers plague North by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter If Williamsville North learned anything from its loss at Niagara Wheatfield, it's don't turn over the football. North committed four turnovers which led to 27 Niagara-Wheatfield points as the Falcons beat the Spartans, 34-14. More ...
Football by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Amherst Central found out home last Friday that special teams are an important part of football game. Lake Shore's Bill Evans returned a punt 32 yards for touchdown at the end of the first half and took back the opening kickoff 95 yards to open the second half as the Eagles beat the Tigers 40-20. More ... Publish sports score in The Bee Anyone wishing to have their teams' youth football, soccer or other fall 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 sports can be filled out on our web site, www.beenews.com. This i... More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCOREBOARD Amherst Central Field hockey - def. W.S> East 2-1; tied South 0-0 Football - lost to Lake Shore 40-20 Boys golf - lost to Sweet Home 298-296; lost to North 314-288 Boys soccer - def. W.S. More ... Big first half lifts Lew-Port over South by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Another slow start equaled another Williamsville South loss in football this past week. Lewiston-Porter built a 21-0 first half cushion and went on to beat the Billies, 28-6, last Saturday at South. "We need to get out of the gate better," said South coach Kraig Kurzanski. More ... Hilbert College to hold athletics open house The Hilbert College athletic department recently announced it will hold an open house starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 in Franciscan Hall. Presentations by the Hilbert College admissions department, followed by the athletic department, and a campus tour will highlight the morning. More ...
PROMOTION - Heidi Hyla was recently hired to oversee Amherst Skating Club's learn-to-skate program. Hyla, a graduate of the learn-to-skate program, has skated for 25 years, earned her United States Figure Skating Gold Freestyle and Dance medals as well as Canadian Figure Skating Association in d... More ... Fall Ball to begin in September Buffalo Lacrosse Academy 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 ... Fireman's Bowling 200 games, 550 sets M. Gaiser 244, 224, 218 - 686; A.J. Shisler 243, 237 - 677; A.J. Swannie - 238, 215, 206 - 659; J. Maine 246, 201 - 642; P. Kranz 226, 220 - 637; J. Gesel 225, 200 - 609; W. Bieger 234 - 569; C. Scoilino 221; D. Chmielewski 220 - 587; G. Zammit 218, 201- 584; C. Stephan 213 -... More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CALENDAR Wednesday, September 12 Field hockey: Amherst at W.S. West, 4:30 p.m.; Holland at Sweet Home, 4:30 p.m.; East at Hamburg, 4:30 p.m.; East Aurora at South, 4:30 p.m. Boys soccer: Amherst at Depew, 4:30 p.m., Sweet Home at East (Maple East Elementary), 4:30 p.m. More ...
NFL by MATT KRUEGER Reporter The cervical spinal injury to third-year tight end Kevin Everett sent a shock wave over all at One Bills Drive like none other could. The sight of players breaking bones or tearing tendons is common, almost expected in the NFL, but that doesn't make the experience any less shocking. More ...
A Jason Elam field goal with no time on the clock cost the Buffalo Bills a Week One game Sunday, as the Denver Broncos stole a 15-14 win. Buffalo created some special teams magic as well with Roscoe Parrish's 74-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter. Rookie running back Marshawn L... More ... |
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