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PollSweet Home was one of the best high school football teams in Section VI last fall. On paper, the 2008 installment looks just as good. Panthers' coach John Faller returns eight starters on offense and seven on defense from last year's Section VI Class A championship team. More ... If you've seen a Section VI high school football schedule for this fall, you'll notice several changes. Only seven regular season games — five league, two non-league — are listed on the schedule instead of the typical eight. Rivalry games, normally reserved for Week Eight, will be played in Week Seven. More ... Joe Shifflet thought he was done coaching varsity high school football. But after Henry Fumerelle resigned as head football coach in June, Shifflet, who was East's JV coach in 2007, was chosen as Fumerelle's successor. "I was retired," said Shifflet. "I didn't want to be head coach anymore. I just wanted to work with the JV. I live around the corner from East. More ... A course in softball umpiring will be given from 9 a.m. to noon beginning on Saturday, Sept. 13 and running through Saturday, Nov. 1 at Buffalo State College. The classes will highlight rules, with three classes highlighting positioning and mechanics. More ... There is reason to feel optimistic this fall if you're associated with the Amherst Central football team. The Tigers finished 2007 3-6 but ended last year on a two-game win streak. In addition, 27 of the 33 members of the 2008 roster are returning players, including 23 seniors. There are 25 seniors on the team. More ... Inconsistency on the football field led Williamsville North to a 1-7 season in 2007. A stronger commitment in the offseason has Spartan players thinking of consistent play and more wins in 2008. "We 're just working a lot harder than last season," said North senior co-captain Anthony Longarzo. "Everyone seems to be more of a team. More ... Two victories in one high school football season is not great, but for a program that had posted six consecutive one-win seasons, a 2-7 record last year is a step in the right direction for Williamsville South. "We want to build on that," said South coach Kraig Kurzanski. "We think we have a lot of good players coming back. More ... The Lou Gehrig Lasers 12U team overcame a two-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat EMW 12U, 9-8, in the championship game of the Mel Ott Extravaganza. The Lasers went 5-0 in the tournament. Tournament MVP Katelyn Battaglia scored 10 runs over the tournament, and delivered stellar play at third base to keep the Lasers in some close games. More ... Sweet Home Boys Soccer — NFL/ECIC Challenge — lost to Lewiston-Porter 1-0; tied Kenmore West 2-2 Girls Soccer — tied Niagara-Wheatfield 1-1 Williamsville East Girls Soccer — Cohocton Tournament — lost to Brockport (Section V) 3-0; More ... Bolstered by record performances and high television ratings at the 2008 Olympic Games, USA Swimming is anticipating its largest single-year membership boost in history. With past Olympics sparking 5 to 10 percent increases in membership, USA Swimming hopes to see post-Beijing numbers surpass those marks. More ... UNDEFEATED — The Mel Ott Mets from the Commac Junior Division (18-0) defeated the Mel Ott Nationals, 9-5, for the championship. Trailing 3-0, the Mets made it 3-2 with pitching from Steven Stapleton, including a pick off for a double play with Matthew Daddario and TJ Serba. The Mets used everything in their arsenal, from Jake Lollis laying down a bases loaded bunt to a third strike bunt from Jake Sinclair that brought in the tying run to timely sacrifice hits from Michael Paniewicz and T.J. Lignos. Tyler Enright, Cody Regian, Steven Stapleton, James Morningstar and Ryan O'Connor provided good base stealing. Pictured from left — first row — Jimmy Morningstar; second row — Coach Charlie Stapleton, Max Cool, TJ Lignos, Cody Regian, Mike Pankiewicz, Ryan O'Connor, Jake Lollis; third row — Manager Paul Daddario, Coach Darin Regian, Jake Sinclair, TJ Serba, Matthew Daddario and Coach Mark Hammer; missing from photo — Tyler Enright, Cody Smith and Steven Stapleton. More ... The UB Amherst Swim Club will offer a new swimmer tryout from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4 at the University Buffalo's pool in Alumni Arena. UBAM is a USA Swim Club for swimmers between the ages of 6 and 18 and over. In July, UBAM and STAR Swimming teamed up to form the area's elite swim club. 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 ... Wednesday, Sept. 3 Field hockey: Amherst at South, 4:30 p.m.; Eden at Sweet Home, 4:30 p.m.; East at East Aurora, 4:30 p.m.; Clarence at North, 4:45 p.m. Boys golf: North at Clarence (Brookfield Country Club), 3:30 p.m. More ... Amherst Soccer Association will be holding tryouts for travel soccer on Sept. 14 and Sept. 28 at the North French Soccer Complex, intersection of I990 and North French Road. Children with birthdays that fall between August 1, 1989 and July 31, 2001 are eligible for travel soccer teams. More ... TAE KWON DO HONORS — Master Chong's World Class Tae Kwon Do in Amherst presented black belts to the following students at a promotion ceremony held on Aug. 16. Pictured from left are: first row — Javier Gutierrez, Conner Tetter, Zachariah Davis, Anthony Argentieri, Spencer Vega; second row — Tyler Ineson, Tiana Gutierrez, Sean McGrath, Vanessa Knowles, Sam Lewkowitz; third row — instructors Vicki Perkins, TJ Eskew (received 2nd Degree black belt), Master J.H. Moon, Dennis Polanski, and Rob Vest. More ... Amherst Skating Club participated at Skate Chautauqua in the freestyle, test track, dance, and pair competitive events held Aug. 15-16 at the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena in Jamestown, N.Y. The event, hosted by the Jamestown Skating Club, brought in world, international, and national judges from across the country to judge the competition. More ... |
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