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Boys basketball by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Williamsville South boys basketball team is growing up in a hurry. The Billies, who opened the season 1-3, improved to 7-4 overall and 3-2 in ECIC Division II with a stunning 70-65 upset last Friday over its biggest rival, Williamsville East, at East. The loss dropped East to 7-4, 3-2. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East's wrestling team continued its great year on the mat with a second place finish on Saturday at the seventh annual Williamsville North Invitational Tournament held at Williamsville North High School. East posted a team score of 141. Eden was first with 177.5 points. More ... Stella wins Eastern States, ranked first in state at 135 by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Nic Stella wanted to face the best competition New York State had to offer and the Sweet Home senior passed with flying colors. Stella won the 135-pound weight class at the Eastern States Wrestling Classic held last Friday and Saturday at Sullivan County Community College in Lock Sheldrake, 100 m... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Amherst Central boys basketball team changed the tempo of its home game last Friday against Springville and it resulted in a 30-point win. Leading Springville, 18-12, after the first quarter, the Tigers turned up its defensive intensity in the second quarter to take a 40-25 halftime advantage... More ... Johnson's return sparks Panthers by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Sweet Home boys basketball team got more faster and athletic in a hurry last week and it led to two Panther home victories. More ... South, Sweet Home among ECIC schools helping Brian Dux by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Williamsville South and Sweet Home boys basketball teams are two of several ECIC boys basketball teams who raised funds for Brian Dux. Dux, a former player at Orchard Park and Canisius College, was seriously injured in a one-car accident in England on Nov. 10, 2007. Dux is recuperating from h... More ... Amherst Cyclones soccer stop Force, 2-1 Cyclones' Adam Gilles-Thomas scored the first goal on a penalty kick in the first half, and Cyclones' Elliot Biltekoff scored the winning goal in the second half. More ... Dynamo ties Tigers The Amherst Dynamo made its 2008 debut in the Epic Winter Soccer League on Jan. 9. Scores by Zachary Lipp and Curtis Snyder helped this retooled team earn a 2-2 tie against the Akron Tigers in a U-15 indoor game. More ... South comes close to third win of season The Williamsville South wrestling team came close to its third win of the season but was upset 38-25 by Lake Shore last Wednesday. Winning by pinfall at 135 was Nick Green. Green took down Jarrod Dziedzic early in the match and controlled it for the entire first period. More ... Sweet Home takes over first in ECIC II Girls basketball Defense has been the big key for the success of the Sweet Home girls basketball team, and its defense has placed them at the top of ECIC Division II. The Lady Panthers (8-3, 6-0) knocked off Hamburg (6-5, 5-1), 47-41, last Thursday at Sweet Home. More ... Amherst Central extends win streak to five by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Since a loss to Pioneer on Dec. 20, Amherst Central has been one of the hottest girls basketball teams in the area. The Lady Tigers (8-4, 4-3) have rolled off five consecutive victories, including road wins over Williamsville South, 50-35, last Tuesday and Tonawanda, 54-44, last Thursday. More ... North almost upsets top-ranked Jamestown by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The first time Williamsville North played Jamestown in a girls basketball game last year, the Lady Spartans lost 81-28. The first contest between both teams this season was a much different story. The Lady Spartans fell, 54-48, to the Lady Red Raiders at home last Thursday. More ... Nichols beat Sacred Heart in battle of MMA unbeatens by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Nothing went the Sacred Heart girls basketball team's way against Nichols at home last Wednesday. The Sharks lost to Nichols, 43-34, last Wednesday at the Villa Maria Athletic Center. "We didn't play well," said Sacred Heart coach Sister Maria Pares. "If we shot 20 percent in the first half, tha... More ... Sports brief Williamsville South graduate Drew Rogers was a double winner for the Geneseo State College men's swimming team in the team's 153-103 home win last Thursday over New Paltz. Rogers won the the 200 free in 1:47.85 and 500 free in 4:59.09. Rogers won the 400 IM in 4:32.09 in the team's 122-86 win on ... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter A tie score after a hockey game usually means play was even from both teams and that was exactly the case between the Sweet Home and Williamsville East Federation hockey teams last week. Both schools resumed its rivalry by skating to a 4-4 tie last Thursday night on the Amherst Pepsi Center Featu... More ... UBAM swimmers to compete at IMX championships Nineteen of UB Amherst Swim Club's top young swimmers will be competing at the 14 and Under Gold IMX Team Championship this weekend at the Webster Aquatics Center in Webster, N.Y. More ... Fireman's Bowling 200 games, 550 sets J. Maine 257, 256, 238 - 751; M. Gaiser 267, 227, 202 - 696; R. Cumpston 268, 210 - 649; D. Hohl 235, 215 - 634; B. Hitzges 247 - 630; J. Blatz 227, 207 - 624; J. Rusin 247, 208 - 615; N. Soda 210, 205 - 610; F. Garus 245, 205 - 603; J. Garson 230 - 601; J. Abbarno ... More ... North, St. Joe's hold each other scoreless by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Bob Rosen has been a part of many great moments as coach of the Williamsville North hockey team but a new wrinkle was added last week against one of the Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation's best. North (11-3-1, 7-1-1) and St. Joe's (9-1-1, 6-1-1) skated to a 0-0 tie last Thursday night on... More ... Tigers' hockey victorious in Glens Falls If there is one thing that the Amherst Tigers' Hockey team can count on year after year, it's that its annual trip to Glens Falls will produce victories. Once again, the Tigers traveled to Glens Falls and once again the five-hour trip up north produced success. More ... Blizzard soccer blank Clarence Matt Casey and Alex Olczak scored two goals apiece and Matt Cohen also scored as the Amherst Blizzard U10 soccer team defeated Clarence, 5-0, to open the indoor season. Casey got the Blizzard on the board with a penalty kick and Olczak extended the lead to 2-0 before halftime. Cohen scored early ... More ... East boys swimming wins last three meets Williamsville East's boys swimming team ended last week on a three-meet win streak. The Flames followed a 107-76 loss on Jan. 4 to Clarence with wins over Jamestown, 109-59, on Jan. 7, Lancaster, 98-83, last Tuesday, and Sweet Home, 122-57, last Friday. More ... Titan swimmers end 2007 swimming, giving The Town of Tonawanda Titans closed out 2007 with an afternoon of time trials. The time trials are held as an official USA Swimming time that counts toward the swimmer's national ranking in swimming. Fourteen Amherst residents competed in the trials. Emily Kopas set a new woman's 11-12 Titans' c... More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCOREBOARD Amherst Central Boys basketball - def. Springville 77-47 Girls basketball - def. South 50-35; def. More ...
Allison Boehm, a Sacred Heart Academy graduate, Cheektowaga resident and senior on the St. John Fisher College women's basketball team, has been named Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week and the College's Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending Jan. 13. More ... Stumpf's Levels 9-10 place second in Niagara Falls Levels 9-10 from Stumpf's Gymnastics earned second place team honors at the Graffiti Invitational in Niagara Falls. Mary Hamilton was second on floor, fourth on bars and sixth overall in the youngest age group. Kailyn Arcury was second on bars, third on vault and fourth all-around for the 13-14 ... More ... Sweet Home boys bowling to compete for division title The Sweet Home boys bowling team improved its record to 8-1 after defeating Williamsville East, 7-0, on Monday at Manor II Lanes. The Panthers will bowl West Seneca East for the ECIC Division II championship at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Wimbledon Lanes. More ... Black Watch NY-West looking for players to train in Winter Academy Black Watch NY-West is looking for players to train in its Winter Academy and play on its tournament teams. Black Watch Premier is one of 41 clubs sponsored by Nike Soccer as a Nike Sports Marketing Club. More ... Colon of Stumpf's Level 5 takes fifth At the Graffiti Invitational, Olivia Colon scored a 35.125 all-around which placed fifth in the 10-year-old age group. Rebecca Reinhardt finished eighth on bars and Madalyn Castiglione was ninth on floor. In the 7-9 group, Emily Schulenberg was seventh on floor. More ... Kistner wins Level 8 for Stumpf's The Level 8 girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics turned in solid performances at the Graffiti Invitational. Thirteen-year-old Rachel Kistner's score of 36.675 won her the all-around. Shannon Martinsen earned a sixth place finish on beam and finished sixth overall for the 12-year-olds. More ...
The Level 6 team from Stumpf's Gymnastics competed against 17 gyms from several different states at the Graffiti Invitational. Each of the girls turned in a state qualifying performance and helped the team finish in fourth place. More ... Pee Wee Blue Sabres blemish Stars' record The Pee Wee Stars fell short of keeping its undefeated record, losing 4-3 on Saturday to the Blue Sabres. Gabe Feurstein scored 20 seconds in, followed by Luke Froman eight seconds later to put the Sabres up 2-0. With two minutes remaining, the Stars' Ryan Rego scored and tied the game early in ... More ... Black Sabres outlast Bruins The Black Sabres used an outstanding goaltending performance from Joe Picone and a great defense to defeat the Bruins, 3-1, in a tight checking Amherst Hockey Association Pee Wee game. Picone made some outstanding saves and only a power-play goal by Adam Herr ruined his shutout bid. More ... Rangers edge Sharks, 5-4 Justin Bystrak, helped by defenseman Andrew Kean's chip in, lifted the game-winning goal over netminder Matt Phillips' right shoulder, giving his Rangers a 5-4 win over the Sharks. Second period goals by Tom Adolf, Missy Mallon and Mason Schrefand, assisted by Brian Bookbinder, Gabe Jewula (two) ... More ...
CHAMPS - The Amherst Knights' Bantam Minor "AAA" hockey team, coached by Sean Green, won the 38th annual Wayne Gretzky International Hockey Tournament in Wayne's hometown of Brantford, Ont. on Dec. 30. The Knights went undefeated in round-robin play. They then beat the Don Mills Flyers, 3-1, in the... More ... Squirt Stars beat White Sabres The Squirt Stars played one of its best games of the season on Dec. 30, beating the White Sabres, 6-4. The Stars shot out quickly to a 3-0 lead. Noah Reinhart scored his second goal of the season on a strong wrist shot from the top of the faceoff circle. Nick Peters and Richard Bruno continued st... More ... Union girls defeat Cornell Union College came up with a 5-2 win over Cornell. Union's Emily Keable opened the scoring. Cornell's Missy Mallon tied it up but Union came back with a goal from Alicia Oswald. Union fought off two penalties in the second to keep the score 2-1. Emily Beauchamp, Emily Keable (Alicia Oswald, Emma... More ... Amherst 12U girls continue good play over weekend Although the 12U girls gave up two power-play goals, they otherwise played a strong game versus Stoney Creek, losing 2-1. Maddy Utz continued to display great goaltending by stonewalling the visitors from Canada in five on five play and gave the Lady Knights a chance to tie the game in the third ... More ... Micron Red Sabres, Black Sabres skate to 5-5 tie The Micron Red Sabres and Black Sabres game battled to a 5-5 tie. The Red Sabres struck first when Will Redding put away a rebound. Black Sabre Alex Pronobis answered with a 20-foot shot. Paul Cartone then scored twice for the Red Sabres. More ... Brady's hat trick lifts Mite Flyers over Blue Sabres Daniel Brady's hat trick led the Flyers over the Blue Sabres, 7-2. Danny Wagner, Jude Rajakrishnan and Jack Smith assisted on Brady's goals. Drew Elliott got the Flyers on the board in the first period. Goalie Chris Stryker made great saves all game long. More ... Devils slay Red Wings A tightly contested game saw the Amherst Youth Hockey Mite Devils defeat the Red Wings, 5-3, on Sunday at the Pepsi Center. Greg Koutsomitis and Daniel Mosher each netted a pair of goals, while Cameron Trejchel tallied a marker for the Devils. More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CALENDAR Wednesday, Jan. 16 Girls basketball: Amherst at Springville, 7:30 p.m.; Hamburg at South, 7:30 p.m.; Sacred Heart at Clarence, 7:30 p.m. Boys bowling: Amherst at Pioneer, 4:30 p.m. (Arcade Lanes); Sweet Home at W.S. East, 4 p.m. More ...
Rachel Szafarczyk poured in a career high 12 points to lead Akron over Toledo, 28-12, on Saturday in an Amherst Youth Basketball third-fourth grade division game . Szafarczyk's eight first half points, along with baskets by Amanda Greenwald and Abby Ferenczy, powered the Zips to a 12-4 halftime l... More ... Registration slated for Mathewson McCarthy baseball Open registration for Mathewson McCarthy baseball will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8 and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 9 at The Village Glen Tennis Club, 162 Mill Street, Williamsville. More ... St. Greg's eighth grade girls hoops improve record The St. Gregory girls eighth grade varsity basketball team (4-2) beat St. Andrews, 30-17, on Tuesday evening. The Cougars' defense, led by Nicole Favre, Colleen Logan, Alisa Vacanti and Catherine Suchan, held St. Andrews to one point after the first quarter and to two points in the second quart... More ... SSPP pitches first half shutout The Saints Peter and Paul eighth grade girls varsity team (3-0) beat Mary Queen of Angels, 28-8, on Jan. 3. The Knights led 18-0 at halftime. Claire Haumesser and Olivia Jakson (two points each) and Paige Hanley (six points) dominated the front line. More ... Squirt Devils burn wings off undefeated Flyers The scoring started unassisted by the Devils' Tommy Heyden. The Flyers' Matt Mirand answered back in the second. The Devils' Jonah Held jammed in a short-handed goal in the third to make it 2-1. There were 10 total penalties. More ... |
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