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Williamsville East-South defeats North in showcase game to promote sport by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Girls hockey may not happen next year in Williamsville but for one day it was a reality. A team of seven girls from Williamsville East and another seven from Williamsville South defeated a team of 10 girls from Williamsville North, 3-2, in the Williamsville High School Girls Hockey Showcase last ... More ... Spaghetti dinner fundraiser slated The Williamsville South Booster Club is holding a spaghetti dinner from 3 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Amherst Youth Center, 5005 Sheridan Drive, to raise money for a basketball shooting machine for South boys and girls basketball. The dinner costs $7 per person, $12 for two people, and $2... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville South's Joe Licata made only one three-pointer all game against Sweet Home last Friday at South but the one he sank was huge. The freshman guard connected on a 24-foot trey with 18.2 seconds remaining and junior Zach Murray tacked on two free throws to lift South to a stunning 66-62... More ...
Commentary MATT KRUEGER Sports Reporter You never quite know what to expect when the Buffalo Sabres take the ice. They could light up the scoreboard like a Christmas tree, as they did with the 10-1 win over Atlanta two weeks ago, or they could wallow in the muck of mediocrity with one or two goals a game, as they did in their 10-game wi... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Bert Ernst will soon be joining a select group of wrestlers and coaches in the Western New York Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame. More ...
East senior breaks school record for career wins by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Ever since he started wrestling for Williamsville East in eighth grade, Sean Trabert has had his eyes on the school record for career victories. Now it's all his. The East senior won the 140-pound weight class at the Pete Rao Memorial Lewiston Porter Invitational Wrestling Tournament last Saturda... More ... South likes third at Pete Rao Memorial Tournament Luke Falzone, Mike Walter, and Elliot Frank each took third place in their weight classes at last weekend's Pete Rao Memorial Tournament held at Lewiston Porter High School. More ... Sweet Home wrestling heading in right direction by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter It hasn't shown on the scoreboard but the Sweet Home wrestling team is improving. The Panthers had three place finishers at last weekend's Joe Shifflet Sweet Home Invitational Tournament. Last year, only Nic Stella placed, winning at 140 pounds. More ... North loses ECIC I boys hoops showdown with Frontier by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North boys basketball coach Chuck Swierski knew how big last Friday's road game at Frontier was. More ... East boys swimming improves record Williamsville East's boys swimming team improved to 7-2 after beating West Seneca East, 56-46, last Friday at West Seneca East. The Flames had two double winners. Mike Anderson won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle in times of 1:58.08 and 5:19.82, respectively. Matt Geiger took first in the 200 ind... More ... Spartans take sixth at Depew tourney, Kellner crowned champion by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter With four regulars out of the starting lineup, Williamsville North's wrestling team took sixth out of 12 teams at the Depew Wildcat Invitational last Saturday at Depew High School. The Spartans had five wrestlers place and crowned one champion. Tommy Kellner won at 130 pounds. Matt Aloisio placed... More ... Amherst boys hoops plays better, still falls to Ken West by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Amherst Central boys basketball team got a much better effort the second time they played Kenmore West this season but it still resulted in a loss. The Tigers fell 61-53 to the Blue Devils last Tuesday at Amherst. Amherst lost 57-37 to Kenmore West in the consolation game of the Dick Harvey T... More ... South girls hoops loses OT heartbreaker to Amherst by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Jenny Newhouse's two free throws with four seconds left in overtime sealed a 48-47 win for Amherst Central over Williamsville South in a non-league girls basketball game last Thursday at South. Tied at 40-40 after regulation the lead switched back and forth in overtime. More ... Lady Panthers keep composure, beat Clarence The Sweet Home girls basketball team (11-3, 7-0) kept plugging away in its non-league game at Clarence last Friday and the ball finally bounced the Lady Panthers' way. Tied at 37-37 after three quarters, Sweet Home kept its composure and found ways down the stretch to hold off the Lady Red Devils... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter At times, Williamsville East couldn't have played Jamestown any better but second half turnovers, especially in the third quarter, led to a 54-39 Lady Flames' loss last Friday at East. More ... North JV wrestling fares well at tourney Williamsville North's JV wrestling team had some standout performance at the Kenmore East Tournament. Andy Booth (115), Mackie Gage (128) and Jamie Sperrazzo (148) each placed second. Brady Scanlon (163) took third. Matt McFarland (133) and Javier Mejia (189) each placed fourth. Jason Harris (128... More ... East hockey experiences reversal of fortune on offense by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter One of the biggest ways a hockey team can lose a game is if it doesn't capitalize on its scoring opportunities. That's what happened to Williamsville East in its 6-1 loss to St. Francis last Thursday on the Amherst Pepsi Center Olympic Rink. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Ever since the Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation has been allowed to qualify for the New York State Championships, Williamsville North has always been the team leading the way. But after seven years, the Spartans' run, which has included three Division I state championships, co... More ... Tigers' hockey gets much needed win at tournament A season of up and downs continued this weekend for the Amherst Central Federation hockey team as they turned heartbreak into triumph at the second annual Geneseo Lakers Invitational Tournament on the campus of Geneseo State College. More ...
Read the Story... High School Sports Scoreboard Amherst Central Boys basketball - lost to Ken. West 61-53; def. Tonawanda 61-31; def. Cheektowaga 67-64 Girls basketball - def. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Wins have been hard to come by for the Williamsville South Federation hockey team but all of the Billies' hard work paid off with a 4-1 win over Amherst last Thursday on the Amherst Pepsi Center Feature Rink. "It was very rewarding," said South coach Sean Green. "I felt if we kept up the hard wor... More ... Hamburg costs Sweet Home girls bowling league perfection by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sweet Home's girls bowling team had gone 34-0 over the last three seasons in ECIC Division II but this year, one team stood in its way of continuing its perfection. Hamburg defeated Sweet Home, 4-3, on Dec. 5 at Legion Lanes and 5-2 on Jan. 3 at Manor II Lanes. More ... St. Greg's eighth grade hoops dominates CTK The St. Gregory eighth grade Cougars (7-2) displayed its greatest offensive attack of the season with a commanding 39-13 victory over the Badgers of Christ the King. Coaches Dr, Richard Gilbert and Jill Gervase were able to accrue points from each of the Cougars. Leading all scorers and matching ... More ... Ralston promotes another local card Boxing Jimmy Ralson will present his fourth amateur card on Saturday Feb. 2 at the VFW Leonard Post, 2450 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Once again, the card will feature fighters from Western New York, Northern Pennsylvania and Southern Ontario. More ... Revolution U-13 stuns Lancaster-Depew The Amherst Revolution U-13 Girls Soccer Club (2-0-1) showered Lancaster-Depew with 11 goals from nine different scorers in an 11-0 win last Tuesday at the Epic Center. Key to the win was the selfless offensive and defensive play of Alyssa Cartwright, Sarah Echhorn, Alicia Girard, Kaitlyn Neese, ... More ... Town of Tonawanda Titans win Gold IMX The Town of Tonawanda Titans dominated the Niagara District 14 and under Gold IMX meet. Titan swimmers set one district record, 17 team records and swam 145 lifetime best swims. Lauren Phillips earned United States Eastern Zone cuts in all of her events. Phillips set new Titan club records in th... More ...
The Clarence Swim Club fared well at the Webster Gold JO swim meet Jan. 18-21 in Webster, N.Y. Jeff Ahrens was sharp in breaststroke, placing first and third in the 50 and 100. Alex Holmwood swam strong, taking fourth in the 100 IM. John Lee took first, second or third in every event he swam. More ...
Nineteen of UBAM's top young swimmers competed at the 14 and Under Gold IMX Team Championship at the Webster Aquatics Center in Webster, N.Y. A spectacular effort was turned in by all UBAM swimmers as they combined for over 150 lifetime best times. More ... Northeast Sharks compete in Goodwill meet The Northeast YMCA Sharks competed in the Goodwill swim meet at the ECC Flickinger Pool on Jan. 13. Over 500 swimmers competed in the day's events. The Northeast Y had over 65 swimmers competing. Meet directors Rich Bleichfeld, Bill Niblock and Rick Marable called the event a huge success. More ... High School Sports Calendar Wednesday, Jan. 30 Boys bowling: Cheektowaga at Amherst, 4:30 p.m. (Airport Lanes); Clarence at South, 4 p.m. (Transit Lanes) Girls bowling: Cheektowaga at Amherst, 4:30 p.m. (Airport Lanes); Clarence at South, 4 p.m. More ...
Swimming Williamsville resident and Mount St. Mary Academy senior Kara Powalski has signed a National Letter of Intent to swim next year at Canisius College, where she plans to major in biology/pre-med. Powalski, recently named an All-WNY Scholar-Athlete, is a four-year member of the Mount St. Mary Academ... More ... Five teams still unbeaten in Buffalo In-line Hockey Group Two weeks into the winter 2008 season in Buffalo In-line Hockey League Group and only five teams have undefeated records. The Vikings and the Blackhawks stand on top of the Major division with 2-0 records as does the Orangemen, Gladiators and Devils in the Junior division. More ... Fisher's Allison Boehm named Empire 8 Player of the Week For the fourth time this season, St. John Fisher College's Allison Boehm, a Sacred Heart Academy graduate and Cheektowaga resident, has been named Empire 8 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 20. More ... Buffalo Lacrosse Academy's summer 2008 elite team tryouts slated The Buffalo Lacrosse Academy (BLA), in its fourth year, will be holding its Rising Seniors and Rising Juniors summer 2008 Elite team tryouts on Sunday, Feb. 3 and 10 at the EPIC Sports Center, 2793 Wehrle Drive in Williamsville. More ... Squirt Minor 'AA' falls in Top Gun finals The Amherst Minor Squirt "AA" gave a tough St. Catharines squad all they could handle Monday morning at the Pepsi Center but could not post a second consecutive win over their Canadian neighbors, losing 3-1. Matt Federau got St. Catharines on the board early but before the first came to a close, ... More ...
The Buffalo Bisons' Squirt Minor hockey team made it to the championship game of the Pittsburgh Midwinter Classic last weekend. The Bisons started strong by defeating Forest Hill, Ont., 8-3, as centers Brian Conboy and Jack Lalley (Clarence) had two goals apiece and defenseman August Mathien regi... More ... Bantam Minor 'AA' Knights edge Hawks The Bantam Minor "AA" Amherst Knights beat the Hamburg Hawks, 3-1, on Sunday. Adam Hepp (Joe Todaro, Nick Metcalf) scored early in the first period and later at the 9:05 mark, scored his second of the game with assists from Zack Lesswing and Patrick Griffin. More ... Squirt Flyers defeat Rangers The Squirt Flyers edged the Rangers, 3-1. After a scoreless first, the Flyers' Hudson Milligan opened the scoring in the second off a nice pass from Matt Mirand. Just over a minute later, Christian Baran (Stephen Metzger) tied it on a nice wrist shot. More ... Ruggiero's four goals lead Micron Gold Sabres to shutout victory Ethan Ruggiero scored four goals with single tallies from Jack Gilbert, Matt Maoud and Zachery Esch in the Micron Gold Sabres' 7-0 shutout over the Black Sabres on Sunday. Trevor Galante held the Black Sabres off the score sheet with the shutout. Nicholas Haas and John Walp played tight defense f... More ... Micron Red Sabres skate past White Sabres The Micron Red Sabres skated to a 9-4 victory over the White Sabres on Sunday. Red Sabre Connor Baetzhold played strong in net, while Paul Cartone scored four goals and Will Redding had three. Jacob Puckhaber added a goal and Evan Mulderig scored his first of the year. More ... New Era Cap Classic accepting registration New Era Cap Co., Inc., will be sponsoring the inaugural New Era Cap Classic Baseball Tournament next summer for multiple age groups. The New Era Cap Classic will be open to teams nationwide in 11U through 15U, and there will also be a specific High School Showcase. More ... Amherst 'AAA' Mite Minor blank Regals, Wheatfield The Amherst "AAA" Mite Minor defeat Regals, 5-0, on Saturday. Amherst goalie John Kubiak shut the door on the Regals with one great save after another. Eli Utz put Amherst on the board early with a nice goal assisted by Kellen Pulera. CJ Goss scored next on a breakaway with a quick shot to the s... More ... Pee Wee Stars win regular season finale The Amherst Pee Wee Stars (8-1-1) defeated the White Sabres, 6-2, in an entertaining, fast-paced game on Sunday. Inspired play by all three Stars lines, tough defense and spectacular goaltending by Alex Jackson, resulted in the Stars coming out on top in the final game of the regular season. More ... 12U Lady Knights bounce back over the weekend After a couple of tough games versus two of the best teams New York State has to offer, the 12U Lady Knights responded in grand fashion by taking three of four points over the weekend, which included a 7-1 win on Saturday over visiting Niagara Falls. More ... Black Sabres double up Shamrocks The Pee Wee Black Sabres used balanced scoring, solid goaltending from Joe Picone and excellent special teams to defeat the Shamrocks, 4-2. After a scoreless first, Black Sabre Derek Hafner fired home a Ryan Myers rebound. More ... Online registration open for Lou Gehrig softball, baseball Online registration is open for Lou Gehrig softball and baseball. Interested parents can visit www.lgybs.com to register interested players from 5 years old through high school ages for the 2008 Lou Gehrig softball and baseball leagues at their complex on Smith and Dann Road in East Amherst. Mast... More ... Hnat's late goal forces Rangers' tie with Devils David Hnat finished his hat trick by knocking in the game-tying goal with 6.7 seconds left to earn the Pee Wee Rangers a 6-6 tie with the Devils on Sunday. Tyler Penberthy, Noah Basehart and Trevor Browning also scored goals to aid the Ranger comeback from an early three-goal deficit. More ... Central Amherst accepting online registration Central Amherst Little League is accepting online player registrations for the 2008 season at www. centralamherst. com. In-person registration will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Harlem Road Community Center, 4255 Harlem Road at Lincoln, Snyder. More ... Mathewson McCarthy baseball, softball registration slated 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 ... SSPP's girls blue varsity hoops continues winning ways The Saints Peter and Paul girls blue varsity basketball team (7-2) continued its winning ways with a 33-16 win over Nativity school on Jan. 23. The Knights were led by Claire Haumesser (10 points) and Alexis Parry at center. More ... Fire soccer scorches Juniors The Amherst Fire started its U-10 girls indoor travel soccer season with a 2-1 win over the Boca Juniors. Fire attacker Sarah Scolnick opened the scoring for Amherst with a high ball. Shannon Gilbert got past two Boca defenders for the game winning goal. Kelsey Kramer was outstanding in goal in t... More ... SSPP sixth-grade girls basketball wins last two Saints Peter and Paul's sixth-grade girls basketball team won its last two games. SSPP beat St. Greg's at home, 23-10, on Jan. 19. Kelsey Sommer led with nine points followed by Susan Venditti's six points. Courtney Sutton, Catie Colson and Gabi Mancino scored their first baskets. More ... Connors, Lopez win vault for Stumpf's Level 10 Courtney Connors and Kaitlyn Lopez of the Level 10 girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center won vault at the Leatherstocking Invitational held in Utica. Competing for the senior division of Level 10, Connors turned in a strong performance, which earned a 36.700 all-around and finished second. Conno... More ... Kistner wins vault for Stumpf's Level 8 Rachel Kistner led the Level 8 girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center at the Leatherstocking Invitational in Utica. In the 13-14 age group, Kistner won vault (9.150), placed second on beam and finished third overall. In the 8-12 division, Rachel Filipski placed second on beam (9.300) while Lily S... More ... Christ the King defeats crosstown rival Christ The King's sixth grade boys basketball team defeated St. Benedict's, 29-20, in a well-played game at CTK. CTK was led by the defense of Patrick McIntyre and John Schmitt. Patrick Murray forced turnovers. Adam Killeen (seven points), Max Kreuz (six points), Jonathan Freer, McIntyre, and Sch... More ...
Level 6 gymnasts from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center won third place at the Leatherstocking Invitational in Utica. The meet was attended by some of the best teams in the state. In the 7-9 group, Miranda Roberson, Mackenzie Donner and Katie Uba finished fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively. Uba and ... More ... Stumpf's Recor wins Level 9 Leatherstocking title Chelsea Recor won the all-around senior division title for the Level 9 team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center at the Leatherstocking Invitational in Utica. Recor scored a 34.974 all-around. Recor was also the floor exercise champion (8.90) and earned second-place finishes on vault, bars and beam. More ...
The Level 7 girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center competed at the Leatherstocking Invitational in Utica. Taylor Balser posted solid scores in the 11-12 division and earned a 10th-place medal on uneven bars. In the 13-and-over division, Callie Flanagan finished fifth on vault, ninth on bars and f... More ... Fireman's Bowling 200 games, 550 sets M. Gaiser 258, 228, 214 - 700; W. Leising 237, 234, 218 - 689; F, Garus 255, 215 - 655; J. Maine 214, 213, 204 - 631; AJ Shisler 224, 222 - 608; A. Yambor 221 - 605; J. Gesel 209, 205 - 604; D. Linde 227 - 592; J. Wilson 226 - 564; M. Gravelle 223 - 588; R. Cumpston... More ... Sports briefs Team New Era Baseball will hold tryouts for boys ages 10-18 for its fall travel elite teams and for boys ages 10-11 to be part of the Disney Experience team to travel to Walt Disney World in 2009. These teams will be region-wide teams, encompassing qualified players from Western and Central New ... More ...
LSU defeated Auburn, 31-21, in a recent Amherst Youth Basketball seventh and eighth grade girls game. LSU's offensive barrage in the first quarter netted 14 points, 12 of which came from their guards. Point guard Lisa Harb led all scorers with 13 points. LSU shooting guard Sabrina Lipowski put i... More ...
For the fifth time this season, St. Lawrence University senior guard and co-captain Jamie Wolff of Williamsville received Liberty League Co-Guard of the Week honors. Wolff received the honor on Jan. 21 after reaching the 1,000 career point mark and leading the St. More ...
TAKING IT TO THE STREETS - Street hockey teams face off Saturday in the parking lot of Champions Bar and Grill on Wehrle Drive for the Labatt Blue Street Hockey Tournament, vying for tickets for a luxury suite at a Sabres game. The team from Gabels Bar, in the dark shirts, competed against Diddy Ba... More ... Hilbert hoops to participate in TAKG, 'Think Pink' programs The Hilbert College athletic department is inviting all area youth to attend the Hawks' upcoming basketball doubleheader against conference rival Frostburg State in NCAA Basketball's 13th anniversary Take a Kid to the Game (TAKG) day celebration at the Hafner Recreation Center Saturday, February 1... More ... Publish sports scores in The Bee Anyone wishing to have their teams' hockey, indoor soccer or other winter 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 of the sports can be filled out on our Web site, www.beenews.com... More ... |
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