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Squirt Penguins' Draper earns first shutout Youth Hockey Tom Draper earned his first shutout Sunday as the Squirt Penguins ended the Friendship tournament on a high note, defeating Burlington Ont., 4-0. After dropping the first three games of the tourney, the Penguins battled back to earn the shutout in the final game against Burlington. More ...
Sweet Home senior should break school record for wins by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Nic Stella wants to win a New York State wrestling title really bad. "First, I have to win sectionals but states is my ultimate goal," the Sweet Home senior said. "I'd do anything to achieve it." Stella is certainly putting in the work to reach his goal. More ... Sweet Home ties for fourth at dual tourney; Stella named most outstanding by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter In only its first outing of the season, the Sweet Home wrestling team has already matched its win total for dual matches. The Panthers, who finished 2-7 last year, beat the Gow School, 49-24, and Lackawanna, 37-27, as part of the Tonawanda Duals Tournament held last Saturday at Tonawanda High Sch... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter For the past eight years, Williamsville North has set the standard of how to run a successful hockey program. More ...
Commentar y MATT KRUEGER Sports Reporter Aday after the Buffalo Bills took a 38-7 drubbing from the New England Patriots to open the season 0-3, the talk in the media room at the Buffalo Bills Fieldhouse was how long it might take to see a win in Buffalo. Some writers said the Bills' ineptitude could endure all the way to Week 10. More ... Squirt Devils' persistence pays off Youth hockey The Squirt Devils came back to beat the Stars, 5-3. Trailing the Stars 2-0, Squirt Devil Tommy Heyden (unassisted) and teammate Jonah Held (Frankie Bodami) tied the game. Joe DeMarco (Ricky Bruno, Josh Gilbert) gave the Stars a 3-2 lead but 46 seconds later, Held (Bodami) scored again. More ... New players step up for undefeated Spartans by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Some of the names aren't the usual ones a Williamsville North hockey fan is used to hearing but the Spartans have found ways to win hockey games early in the 2007-08 season. North (3-0) defeated Section X's Massena and Section III's Skaneateles, each by 2-1 scores, to win the L&M Financial Servic... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Five years ago, Sweet Home was the laughingstock of the Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation with a 0-23-1 record. After sporting a Federation best 12-1-3 record last year, 17-4-3 overall and qualifying for the New York State playoffs for the first time in school history, the Pan... More ... Federation hockey to debut new playoff format by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter A new playoff format will give every team in the Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation a shot of going to the New York State tournament. But the new rules are a little confusing. To clarify, here are the changes. More ... Tigers no longer rebuilding When the 2007-08 Amherst varsity hockey team takes the ice this season, head coach Rich Crozier's expectations will be high. Crozier, son of former Buffalo Sabres coach, Joe Crozier, enters his fourth season behind the bench for the Tigers and expects improvements from the 4-19-2 overall and 1-15... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville South coach Sean Green has never been in a situation like this before. Green lost 15 players off of last year's team, including forward Greg Reed (graduated) and goalie Thomas Tysowsky (playing at prep school in Boston), both division all-stars. More ... Leaders unclear at Williamsville East by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East comes into the 2007-08 hockey season with a lot of uncertainty. The Flames graduated several players who had key roles last year, including a lot of scoring punch at forward with Anthony Clair, Eric Charlton, Kyle Smith, Chris Fabozzi and Spencer Barrett and leadership from def... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North hasn't broken into the top tier of wrestling schools since winning ECIC Division II with a 14-2 record in 2000 but Spartan coach Brian Swatland hopes this year could be a breakthrough. North is off to a good start, winning its own Spartans Duals Tournament on Nov. 24. More ... Flames' hockey open with tie, win by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East started its hockey season 1-0-1 after tying Saratoga Springs (Section II), 2-2, on Nov. 23 and beating Kenmore West, 3-1. Both games were played at the Amherst Pepsi Center. East coach Mike Torrillo was pleased with his team's performance against Kenmore West. More ... South records first team win in three years The Williamsville South varsity wrestling team is finally off its losing skid. The Billies, led by seniors Elliot Frank and Mike Walter, defeated Gow with a 42-33 victory as part of the Tonawanda Duals Tournament last Saturday at Tonawanda High School. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter With another year under its belt, Williamsville East wrestling is ready to have a successful season on the mat. "Last year was the youngest team I've ever had," said Flames coach Henry Fumerelle. "We're still young but have a great nucleus coming back. We're very strong in the low to middle weigh... More ... East wins Maple Grove Kick-off Classic by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East couldn't have started its 2007-08 wrestling season any better, taking home first out of 13 teams at the Maple Grove Kick-off Classic last Saturday at Maple Grove High School. The Flames won with 193 total points. Newfane (191), Southwestern (185) and Lake Shore (158) rounded ou... More ... Roster numbers aid South's chance to earn victories by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Roster numbers are up at Williamsville South, which will hopefully translate into victories. South was winless last year, going 0-10. Billies coach Sean Leaderstorf said there are 27 wrestlers between varsity and JV. Three years ago, only 11 tried out. More ... Tigers hope strong offseason equates to victories on mat by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter A good offseason will hopefully turn around the fortunes of the Amherst wrestling team. Last year, the Tigers finished 1-7 in ECIC Division II, 1-16 overall. "We had one of our best offseasons in years," said Amherst coach Dennis Bauer. "Most of the returning wrestlers attended camp over the su... More ...
Amherst Central senior Matt Weber won the 152-pound weight class at last Saturday's 22nd Orchard Park Invitational JV and Varsity Tournament. Weber beat Grand Island's Nick Gugino in the finals. Weber scored first by takedown in the first period with Gugino closing the gap to 2-1 with an escape... More ... New players step up for Sweet Home, South Boys basketball by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Sweet Home and Williamsville South boys basketball teams are debuting a ton of new players on the court this season. But judging by their season opening wins last week, neither team has missed a beat. Sweet Home, who returns one starter and four players overall from its Section VI Class AA ch... More ...
For the first time in four years, a girls basketball team other than Sacred Heart has won the Sweet Home Tip-off Tournament. Host team Sweet Home defeated Sacred Heart, 41-36, in last Friday's tourney final. Team defense earned Sweet Home the title. The Lady Panthers held the Sharks without a th... More ... East takes runner-up at Bloomfield Tournament by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter For the second year in a row, Williamsville East's girls basketball team was a bridesmaid at the Bloomfield Tournament. The Lady Flames defeated Bloomfield, a Class C New York State finalist last year, 49-44, in the first round last Friday, but fell to Nazareth, 62-45, in Saturday's final. Both g... More ...
Six girl and four boy soccer players from Christian Central Academy were named Independent Athletic Conference all-stars. CCA girls recognized as all-stars were seniors Katie Smith, Alicia Fairclough and Sarah Wade. Sophomore Faye-Lyne Noel was also named to the First Team. Senior Kristen Ganze a... More ... North gain experience at Ken East tip-off by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Williamsville North girls basketball team grew up in its first two games. The Lady Spartans blew a six-point lead after three quarters in a 47-40 loss last Friday in the opening round of the Kenmore East Tip-off Tournament. However, North came back from a nine-point deficit to beat Starpoint,... More ... Amherst girls hoops take third at tourney The Amherst varsity girls basketball team split its games at last week's West Seneca West Tip-off Tournament held at West Seneca West High School. Amherst fell, 47-36, to Orchard Park in its opener last Tuesday and came back to beat West Valley, 51-13, in the consolation game last Thursday. More ... Knights Bantam Minor 'AA' stage comeback The Amherst Knights Bantam Minor "AA" team put together their best performance this season against league rival Rochester Americans. The Knights dug themselves into a hole by giving Rochester a 2-0 lead in the first period. The Knights dug themselves out of that hole with an up-tempo second peri... More ...
The Knuckleheads was one of only two New York State field hockey teams to earn pool championships at the National Hockey Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., over Thanksgiving weekend. USA Field Hockey crowned 27 high school-age group division champions at the annual festival. More ... Panthers rake in postseason football honors Sweet Home had the best football season out of any Town of Amherst school this past fall so it is only fitting that the Panthers have the most All-Western New York and divisional all-stars. Sweet Home placed four players on the All-WNY team and 17 on the Class A North list. Williamsville East was... More ... Northeast Sharks win dual swim meet in Medina The Northeast YMCA Sharks traveled to Medina to race a double dual meet against the Lake Plains Dolphins and the Olean Seahawks. The meet was well attended and the Sharks won the entire race, beating the Dolphins, 276-149, and the Seahawks, 260-188. More ... Ralston promoting local show Boxing Trainer and promoter Jimmy Ralston has set up another amateur card for Dec. 8 at the VFW Leonard Post in Cheektowaga. The card will feature 12 bouts of fighters from Western New York, Northern Pennsylvania and Southern Ontario. Headlining the card will be undefeated middleweight Matt Holsher and ... More ... Beavers paddle past Cougars The Oregon State Beavers defeated the Washington State Cougars, 31-24, in a sixth-grade boys division Amherst Youth Basketball game. Oregon State's first-half offense came from Joe Brady, Zachary Lee and Ryan Czerwinski. Ben Clement played tenacious defense, while Joe Unanov set great screens an... More ...
Eight students from the Master Khechen School of Tae Kwon-Do in Williamsville attained the rank of black belt and first-degree black belt on Nov. 16. Testing was administered by school founder and head of the Master Khechen School of Tae Kwon-Do Association, Dr. W. Khechen, who headed a panel of ... More ... Kania leads Stumpf's Level 5 Rachel Kania led the Stumpf's Level 5 team at the Snowflake Invitational with a 36.625. She was beam, bars, floor exercise and all-around champion for the 12-and-over division. Jackie Schactner was bars champion and finished third. Madeline Meyer (eighth all-around) and Claire Whalen (10th all-ar... More ... Stumpf's Level 4 performs good in debut The Level 4 girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center made their competitive debut at the Snowflake meet hosted by their home gym. Madison O'Heir, competing in the 6- to 8-year-old division, earned a third-place ribbon on uneven bars and a seventh-place finish all-around. More ...
Stumpf's Lily Szafranski won the vault, bars and floor on her way to a second-place finish in the Level 7 (7-11 division) at the Snowflake Invitational. Taylor Balser was second on floor and finished fourth. More ...
In their Level 6 debuts, the girls from Stumpf's competed in their home gym at the Snowflake Invitational. Competing against two other gyms, the girls combined for 20 event ribbons and four all-around trophies. Ten-year-old Lacey Woite was champion in all-around (35.075), vault and bars. More ...
At the Turkey Tine meet, the Stumpf's Level 5 girls won first-place team honors in their first meet of the season. Individually, the girls also fared well with Olivia Colon and Jackie Schactner winning uneven bars in their age groups and Rachel Kania winning vault in hers. More ... Arcury, Hamilton pace Stumpf's Level 9-10 At the Snowflake Invitational, hosted by Stumpf's Gymnastics, Level 9's Kailyn Arcury won the vault, bars and beam on her way to becoming the all-around champion (35.375) of the junior division. Teammate Mary Hamilton was floor champion and finished second all-around (33.525). More ... HIGH SCHOOL SP O RT S SCOREBOARD Amherst Central Girls basketball - West Seneca West Tip-off Tournament - lost to Orchard Park 47-36; third place - def. More ... Lindell delivering the goods by MATT KRUEGER Reporter With just four seconds on the clock and the Bills trailing by two points, coach Dick Jauron didn't hesitate for a second to send in kicker Rian Lindell to try a 51-yard field goal Sunday at Washington's FedEx Field. And why should he? Lindell has been the most reliable kicker in the league this y... More ... Micron Red Sabres beat Gray Sabres, 10-4 Led by three goals each from Conner Baetzhold and Paul Cartone, the Micron Red Sabres defeated the Micron Gray Sabres, 10-4, on Sunday. Red Sabre Ryan Curtin added two goals while Andrew Barker and Will Redding each tallied one. More ... Gold Sabres edge Red The Micron Gold Sabres stayed undefeated by pulling out a last minute 11-10 win over the equally skilled Red Sabres. The Gold Sabres collected five goals from Zach Esch and single tallies from Jack Gilbert, Nicholas Haas, Trevor Galante, Jackson Scinta, Hudson Curtin and Ethan Ruggiero. More ... Mite Flyers open tourney with shutout The Mite Flyers had a great start to the annual Burlington/Amherst Friendship Tournament on Saturday, blanking Lorne Park, 5-0. Goalie Jude Rajakrishnan got his first career shutout. Jason Howard and Danny Wagner played rock solid defense in front of the net. More ... Union College beats Cornell Union College defeated Cornell, 3-2, on Sunday in the development division. Union opened the scoring in the first period with a goal by Miranda Podlas. Cornell's Jane Truesdell tied the score in the second on a pass from Nadien Pizzuto. More ... Squirt Blue Sabres, Red Wings tie The Squirt Blue Sabres and Red Wings played a close checking game that ended in a 1-1 tie. Matt Naples (Mike Paolini, Steve Swiantek) opened the scoring for the Sabres when he banged in a rebound during the first period. Tim Kreuz tied it for the Wings in the second after winning a faceoff in th... More ... Fireman's Bowling 200 games, 550 sets M. Gaiser 275, 244, 226 - 745; J. Maine 259, 207 - 639; AJ Shisler 245, 203 - 633; W. Leising 237, 217 - 632; B. Krebs 220, 216 - 619; G. Spoth 268 - 594; S. DiPasquale 246 - 591; B, Crossley 236; R. Eggelston 230; A. Yambor 227 - 569; M. Stafford 213; D. Hohl 213 - ... More ... HIGH SCHOOL SP O RT S CALENDAR Wednesday, Dec. 5 Boys basketball: Medina at Amherst, 7:30 p.m.; W.S. West at East, 7:30 p.m. Boys bowling: Tonawanda at Amherst, 4:30 p.m. (Airport Lanes); Sweet Home at Hamburg (Legion Lanes), 4:30 p.m. More ... |
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