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PollSince joining World TeamTennis 14 years ago, the New York Buzz had made three WTT finals appearances but never won a championship. Apparently, all they were missing was Jay Udwadia as their coach. More ... LEARN TO SKATE — 2007 Williamsville North graduate Mike Jaszka, left, helps Brandon Lukomski, 6, during a learn-to-skate session last Saturday at the Amherst Pepsi Center Olympic Rink. Jaszka played JV hockey for North and plays for St. John Fisher College's club hockey team. The learn-to-skate program is sponsored by Amherst Youth Hockey and Dick's Sporting Goods for new skaters ranging in age from 4 to 14. The program will also be held from 9 to 9:30 a.m., 9:35 to 10:05 a.m. and 10:10 to 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23 and 30, at the Pepsi Center Olympic Rink. Photo by John Rusac Purchase color photos at www.BeeNews.com More ... Buffalo Soccer Academy starts its fourth season of operation at Sahlen's Sports Park, 7070 Seneca St., Elma, beginning in September. BSA is announcing their intention to become a "club" by fielding competitive teams for the upcoming year in addition to their well-respected training program. More ... With the fall sports season just around the corner, Williamsville South is gearing up by posting starting dates for its sports. Here is a listing of each sport and the day, time and place of the first practice: Monday Aug. More ... The Mel Ott White was a game short of appearing in the New York State final four. The team lost to Auburn, 9-4, in the final of the Williamsport 11U baseball sectional tournament held in Elmira, N.Y. Pitcher Kevin Charleson shut down Auburn for four innings, allowing only three runs. Mike Torrillo and Brandon Pistner had three hits each and Tommy Brummer had a pair. More ... Team New Era 11U defeated the Clarence Renegades, 11-4, at Memorial Park in Clarence to become the 2008 Western New York Boys of Summer League champions in the 11U division. Team New Era went 10-4-1 in regular season play and earned a spot in the league's playoffs. More ... The second annual Double T Archery Club Metric 600 Round Shoot will be held at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24 at Double T Archery Club, 1110 North French Road, Amherst. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The shoot is open to classic recurve, compound freestyle, and traditional archers. More ... The Buffalo United Soccer Club had three teams advance to the US Club National Cup Finals tournament, held July 26-29 in Virginia Beach, Va., with its U15 and U16 girls squads coming home with championships. The U15 team went undefeated over the course of the weekend en route to its title. More ... The Heat defeated the Force, 11-6, to win the Mel Ott 12U softball championship. The Heat rallied for six runs in the second. With the score tied at 6-6 in the fifth, Kara Landberg walked and Hannah Gordon bunted her home. Kathryn Rogemoser, Allison Souter and Rachel Latorre added insurance runs. Souter shut out the Force in the final inning to save the victory. More ... The Buffalo Wings 11U travel baseball team will hold tryouts for the 2009 summer season from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, September 13 at the Beverly Hills diamond on McNaughton Drive in Cheektowaga. To register, contact Coach Scott at mscott935@aol.com or 491-5928. For more information, search "Buffalo Wings Baseball". More ... As of July 1, 2008, The Bee will institute a new policy on send-in photos for youth sports. The Bee will run a team photo only once during a season. This applies to baseball, softball, basketball, football, gymnastics, soccer, hockey and any other sport. More ... The Lou Gehrig Lasers 10U softball team defeated the Lancaster Depew Heat, 7-3, to win the Mel Ott 10U Tournament held July 26-27. Pitcher Lauren Curtis had a strong game on the mound, striking out 13 batters and receiving the tournament MVP award. Elle Garrity led the way with an RBI in the seventh to seal the victory. More ... FIRST-PLACE FINISH — The Mel Ott Little League 10U boys team finished its season in style, winning the Buffalo Wings Summer Bash the weekend of Aug. 8-10. Mel Ott defeated teams from Erie, Pa. and Amherst, Ohio, and came from behind to defeat the tournament host Buffalo Wings, 6-5, for the championship. For the season, the team posted a tournament record of 9-6 and finished as runner-up in the District 2 Little League World Series Qualifier. Pictured from left are: first row — Mason Cool, Chris Kuchta, Nick Wahler, Brian Wiktorowski, Scotty Zenosky, Matt Meloon; second row — Kevin Gramlich, Ryan Scero, Jacob Donn, Brandon Smiley, Kyle Ciehomski, Austin Wilson; third row — Coaches Kevin Kuchta, Bob Wahler, Steve Meloon. More ... Buffalo In-line Hockey Group's David Campuzano led "Team New York" to a fourth place finish in the highly competitive "State Wars" hockey tournament held last week in Cincinnati, Ohio. "Team New York" played superb hockey before losing in the semifinals to eventual winner "Team Michigan", 2-1. The winning goal came with only 31 seconds left in regulation. More ... STINGING THEIR OPPONENTS — The WNY Sting 12U softball team recently won both the Niagara Frontier League Playoff Championship and the Softball in the Hills ASA Qualifier Tournament in West Virginia, on top of placing second at both the Softball in the Hive and Lou Gehrig Summer Classic Tournaments earlier this summer. Members of the team are, from left: bottom row - Clare Bey, Jessica Bernhard (Cheektowaga), Karen Duman (Amherst), Autumn Lee, Rhea Coad (Amherst); top row - coach Paul Duman, coach Jason Lee, Chelsea Carter (Cheektowaga), Theresa Fleckenstein, Toni Polk, Lexis Moreland, Allison Novak (Amherst), Sara Crandall (Lancaster), coach Tanya Martzolf and head coach Harry Martzolf. Team members Leah Jones and Nicole Terrana are missing from the photo. More ... The Western New York based A-Turf Titans 13U baseball team recently posted a 4-0 record in the Elite Championship Baseball Tournament (ECTB) National Championship Series hosted in the Allentown/Reading, Pa. area. The Titans beat their opponents by a collective 21-9 score in the 24-team tournament that featured outstanding teams from seven different states. More ... Western New York Women's Public Links Golf Association, second annual board of Director's Invitational Tournament finals at Chestnut Hill Country Club, Aug. More ... Swimmers from the Town of Tonawanda recreation department team won the Willard J. Eisenhardt swim meet held Thursday, Aug. 7 at the Town of Tonawanda Aquatic and Fitness Center. Recreation department teams from the City of Tonawanda and the Town of Amherst also competed. More ... CHAMPIONSHIP REVENGE — The Central Amherst 12U Sharks avenged an earlier loss in pool play to beat Orchard Park, 8-3, for the Mel Ott 12U Tournament. Mel Ott defeated the host team Mel Ott, 4-3, in the semifinals. Pictured from left are: first row — Pat Gramza, Joe Ortolani, Eric Ruh, PJ Anders, and Max Kreuz; second row — Pat MacDonald, Colin Tenney, Steve Reynolds, Joe Insalaco, Ben Morina, John Schmitt and CJ Westcott; third row — Coaches Mike MacDonald, Dennis Ruh and Dave Westcott. More ... FOUR-PEAT — East Amherst used strong defense, pitching and timely hitting to defeat Clarence Center, 8-2, to take the Northern Erie County Fireman's softball championship. This is the East Amherst Fire Department's fourth straight championship. Pictured from left are: first row — Bill Boyle, Shane Weaver, Mike Secor, Bob Goodwill, Tom Maxian, Paul Benson; second row — Mike Redenbach, Jim Quigley, Marc Harrishburg, Joe Leman, Dan Howaniec, Gary Spoth, Brain Kern, Chris Ginnane, Jon Howaniec and Ron Daigler; missing from photo — Dan Utz. More ... Placement tryouts for the fall 2008 season of Buffalo In-line Hockey Group will be held on Saturday, Sept. 13 at the EPIC Center, 2793 Wehrle Drive, Lancaster. Registration for Atom division players (birth dates of 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) will be held at 7:30 a.m. with players on the rink at 8:30 a.m. More ... |
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