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by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter One of Williamsville East's big men had a stellar game inside against Williamsville South last week but it's not the name high school boys basketball fans would normally expect. Six-foot-11 junior Mark Rutecki posted career highs with 20 points and 15 rebounds in East's 78-70 win last Friday at W... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North girls indoor track coach Julian Blake was confident his team could win last Saturday's Western New York Relays at Fredonia State College and they delivered. The Lady Spartans won the girls portion of the meet for the first time in school history with 69 points. More ...
Commentary MATT KRUEGER Sports Reporter As winter weather continues to sock Western New York with nerve-numbing temperatures, snow and ice, things will heat up this week with the approaching end to the winter sports season. More ... Depth carries Sharks to club All-Catholic crown by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sacred Heart hasn't lost a girls' indoor track meet since the league began five years ago and its depth helped the team continue its unblemished record. The Sharks won only two events at last Saturday's club All-Catholics at Lancaster's Field House but scored 103 points to win the five-team meet.... More ... Buffalo Wings forming youth roller hockey leagues Youth leagues are forming for the spring/summer for Buffalo Wings Roller Hockey. The league will play on Sunday mornings at the Amherst Pepsi Center, 1615 Amherst Manor Drive, Amherst, throughout the spring/summer months beginning in early May. You can form your own team of 8-14 players or enter ... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville South graduate Alyissa Hasan has been setting personal bests at every indoor track and field meet she has appeared in this winter for Notre Dame University so it's no surprise she broke the school's pentathlon record. More ... South girls place third at Western New York Relays by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Although young, Williamsville South's girls indoor track team is ready to make an impact this season and that was apparent at the Western New Relays held last Saturday at Fredonia State College. The Lady Billies took third in the girls competition with 42 points. More ... Tigers have problems holding on to a lead by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Amherst Central boys basketball team learned a valuable lesson last week which they can use next week in the Section VI playoffs - hold on to a lead when you have one. The Tigers blew a 20-point lead in the second half at Pioneer last Tuesday and lost 70-65 in overtime and almost lost a 19-p... More ... Rogers swims personal bests Drew Rogers, Williamsville South 2007 graduate and Geneseo State College freshman, competed in the 2008 SUNYAC Swimming and Diving Championships at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger Pool from Feb. 7 to 9. Rogers was a top eight qualifier with personal best times in the 500-yard freestyle (... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sweet Home's boys swimming team closed out the regular season portion of its schedule with a 140-39 loss against Orchard Park on Feb. 1 at Sweet Home but the bigger story is the health of junior Panther diver Alex Pason. Pason was attempting an inward 1.5 dive in warm-ups when he struck his face ... More ... Flames take fifth at ECICs; Batta wins 100 breast by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East only crowned one champion at last Wednesday's ECIC Championships at Sweet Home High School but a number of swimmers scored points to help the team take fifth out of 13 squads in the "AA" division. The Flames finished with 202 points. More ... Lin, Arcara bring home ECIC titles for Spartans Williamsville North's Michael Lin continued his dominance of ECIC competition by winning the 200-yard individual medley at the ECIC "AA" High School championship meet last week at Sweet Home High School. Lin's time of 1:59.71 is just .49 of a second off the Spartan school record and is also one o... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The greatest girls soccer player in the history of Williamsville East will be staying local to continue her soccer career. Jenny Griffin signed her National Letter of Intent with Canisius College last Wednesday at East. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Two of Williamsville North's premiere athletes in diving and field hockey will continue their athletic careers at the Division I level. Diver Casey Matthews and field hockey goalie Nicole Lewis signed National Letter of Intents for Purdue University and Quinnipiac University, respectively, last W... More ...
Ryan Walter, a senior at Nichols School, will play Division I soccer for the State University of New York at Binghamton, following the signing of his National Letter of Intent last Thursday. Coaches, teachers, family members, teammates and friends gathered in Mitchell Hall at Nichols to celebrate... More ... Barrett leads North boys hoops past Clarence by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Thank goodness Josh Barrett wore a Spartan uniform in Williamsville North's 67-52 win at Clarence last Tuesday. The senior scored a game-high 19 points, hit three three-pointers, went 6 of 8 from the free throw line and recorded eight steals. More ... East lady cagers avenge league loss by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Williamsville East girls basketball team limited its turnovers and made shots when needed to avenge an early-season loss to Hamburg, 44-40, last Thursday at East. In the teams' first meeting on Dec. 20, won by Hamburg, 36-33, East committed 27 turnovers. This time around, East made only 13 tu... More ... Sweet Home girls hoops still unbeaten in league The Sweet Home girls basketball team improved to 10-0 in ECIC Division II and 14-3 overall with a 53-48 win at Iroquois last Tuesday and a 72-26 victory over Lake Shore last Thursday at home. The Lady Panthers' defense was a key in both games. Sweet Home held Iroquois to 15 first half points and ... More ... Clarence's experience trumps North's youth Clarence's experience and Williamsville North's youth showed in the Lady Spartans' 51-41 girls basketball loss at Clarence last Thursday. Tied at 35-35 near the end of the third quarter, Clarence, with 10 seniors on its roster, went on a run to lead 43-36. More ... Panther boys can clinch share of ECIC II with win by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sweet Home has played some of its worst basketball of the season lately but because of a competitive ECIC II division, the Panthers can still clinch a share of the league crown with one more home win. Sweet Home (10-8, 7-4) hosts Hamburg (14-5, 8-3) at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. A Panthers' win gives... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter It was not a good week for the Sacred Heart girls basketball team. After losing last Monday to Mount Mercy, Sacred Heart fell at Nichols, 62-53, last Thursday. Down, 51-48, with three minutes to play in the fourth, the Sharks missed the front end of a one-and-one, two foul shots and couldn't con... More ... High School Sports Scoreboard Amherst Central Boys basketball - lost to Pioneer 70-65 (OT); def. Springville 66-59 Girls basketball - lost to Pioneer 69-40; lost to Depew 44-39 Boys bowling - lost to Cheektowaga 5-2 Federation hockey - lost to Bishop Timon-St. Jude 5-0; lost to Ken. More ...
WINNING THE SMALL BATTLES - Matt Allwes of Amherst Central goes after a puck along the boards as Bishop Timon-St. Jude's Zach Williams can only watch. Amherst lost 5-0 last Thursday on the Amherst Pepsi Center Olympic Rink. More ... North, Sweet Home hockey need to run the table by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Williamsville North and Sweet Home hockey teams were the large and small school representatives for the Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation last year. The only way each team can make it to the state playoffs this season is if they win the Federation large and small school tit... More ... Williamsville East ties South, St. Francis by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East's inability to cash in on its scoring opportunities reared its ugly head again in the Flames' 2-2 tie with Williamsville South last Wednesday on the Amherst Pepsi Center Feature Rink. More ...
The 2007-2008 Amherst Central Federation hockey team honored 11 seniors before their scrimmage game against Williamsville North on Saturday at the Amherst Pepsi Center. Tigers hockey coach Rich Crozier praised his seniors after the contest. More ...
Wrestling by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East's wrestling team dropped back-to-back dual meets but closed out last week with a win. The Flames lost to Cheektowaga, 43-16, on senior night at East last Wednesday and to Iroquois, 36-19, last Friday at Iroquois. The Flames won at Amherst, 47-15, on Saturday. More ... North enters Class 4As on winning streak by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North's wrestling team is heading into this weekend's Class AAAA Tournament with a ton of momentum. The Spartans beat West Seneca West, 30-26, last Wednesday at West Seneca West and Orchard Park, 56-13, last Thursday at home to finish up its dual record at 13-4 overall and 5-3 in EC... More ...
Four Western New Yorkers representing the National Kidney Foundation of Western New York recently won a national golf championship. Bowmansville's Mike Campbell, HSBC Bank, USA Inc.; Williamsville's Michael Howard, ophthalmologist with Atwal Eye Care; Clarence's John Miosi, Miosi Builders, Inc. More ... High School Sports Calendar Wednesday, Feb. 13 Girls basketball: Tonawanda at Amherst, 7:30 p.m.; Hamburg at Sweet Home, 7:30 p.m.; Iroquois at East, 7:30 p.m.; North at Jamestown, 7:30 p.m.; Lake Shore at South, 7:30 p.m.; St. More ... Heavyweight battles take place in major, junior divisions Buffalo In-Line Hockey Group The No. 1 and 2 teams in the Major and Junior division in the Buffalo In-line Hockey League Group met this past Saturday. More ... Sharks bowling takes fourth The Sacred Heart girls bowling team finished fifth out of eight teams at All-Catholics last Tuesday at Thruway Lanes. The Sharks knocked down 1,643 pins. Sacred Heart finished fourth in the regular season with a 31-25 record. More ... Amherst girls finish with victory The Amherst girls bowling team (2-10) bowled its final match of the season last Thursday and beat Cheektowaga, 5-2, at Airport Lanes. The Lady Tigers' "A" team, anchored by senior Carolyn Trabert, who averaged 172 for the match, won the first and third game and grabbed total pins, 1797 to 1731. S... More ... Squirt Devils beat Sharks; post tie, win at Friendship Tournament The Squirt Devils beat the Sharks, 3-1, on Saturday. The Squirt Devils' Frankie Bodami slammed in the first playoff goal at 3:06 of the first period. Tommy Heyden scored the second goal at 5:18 of the second. More ... Levy's hat trick sparks Squirts The Squirt Minor "AA" team closed out its regular season with a 6-0 victory over Perinton as Bennett Levy lit the lamp three times for the Knights. Levy opened the scoring in the first with an unassisted marker, and after Connor Bender made it 2-0 with help from Brendan DeRosiers, Levy notched tw... More ... Penberthy's hat trick lifts Pee Wee Rangers over Blue Sabres in playoff tilt Tyler Penberthy's hat trick and smothering defense led the Pee Wee Rangers to a 4-3 win over the Blue Sabres in the first game of the playoffs for each team. Penberthy scored the game winner with 9:24 left in the third period and also added an assist on David Hnat's second period power-play tall... More ... Squirt Flyers blank Bruins The Squirt Flyers shut out the Bruins, 6-0, in their first playoff game. Matt Mirand had a hat trick with two goals in the first period and one in the third. Mel Muchnik put home a loose rebound off of Hudson Milligan's stick in the second. Muchnik also had two assists. More ... Micron Gold Sabres too much against White Sabres The high-powered offense of the Amherst Micron Gold Sabres proved too much for the White Sabres as the Gold won, 5-3, on Sunday. The White Sabres took an early lead only to see the Gold Sabres battle back through the second period. More ... Select defeat Regals, 5-2 The Amherst Micron Select faced off against the Buffalo Regals on Saturday afternoon at the Pepsi Center and won, 5-2. Scoring for Amherst were Paul Cartone, Jeffrey Cummins, Dante Santora and two goals from Andrew Ferenczy. More ... Mite Flyers tame Sharks Chris Stryker led the Mite Flyers to a 10-2 playoff victory over the Sharks. Stryker scored a hat trick, with two assists going to Jack Smith and one assist to Nick Smith. Bryan Sokolowski scored his first two career goals on assists from Daniel Krasinski and Colin Begley. Goalie Jude Rajakrishn... More ... Black Sabres avenge early-season loss The Pee Wee Black Sabres opened the playoffs with a 2-1 win over the Stars. The win avenged their only regular season loss. More ... Penguins beat Sharks, 3-1, in postseason The Sharks struck first by Tom Adolf (Mason Schulefand). The Penguins tied it when Joe Arias knocked the rebound of Greg Wesolowski past Matt Phillips. Dan Bounds also assisted. The Penguins took control in the second. Greg Wesolowski buried a pass from Ryan Majewski. More ... Micron Gray Sabres ice Red Sabres, 7-6 Alec Cicero of the Gray Sabres scored the first four goals. AJ Ferenczy, Michael Wolf, and Adam Willig all added great goals. Dante Santora, Jarrett Lang, DJ Reinard, Josh Bloom, and Chloe McKenna kept the heat on the Red Sabres. More ... Fisher's Allison Boehm named Academic All-American St John Fisher College senior Allison Boehm, a Sacred Heart Academy graduate and Cheektowaga resident, has been selected as an ESPN The Magazine District 1 First Team Academic All-American. Boehm, a management major with a concentration in human resources, holds a 3. More ...
The Squirt Bruins pulled off two wins this past weekend to win the home end of the Amherst/Burlington Friendship Tournament. The first game was on Saturday and the Burlington team came out strong, taking a goal lead going into the second period. More ... Clarence Swim Club refines skill in all strokes Super Bowl Sunday gave Clarence Swim Club members a different reason to celebrate outstanding performance at the TWST meet in Orchard Park. Forty swimmers from Clarence Swim Club attended the meet and 33 of them swam in an individual medley event. More ... St. Benedict's sixth-grade girls defeat St. Gregory's Defense dominated first half play of St. Benedict's' 18-13 win over St. Gregory's sixth graders. Both team's guards were strong and the Tigers' trio of Tracy Nasr, Amy Trabert and Kourtney Killian worked hard to get the ball inside where Brigid Ryan and Grace Garlick converted turnarounds for St.... More ... St. Benedict's hoops win tournament at St. Joe's The St. Benedict's Tigers' boys varsity basketball team beat Nativity of Clarence, 34-24, to win the championship of the 27th annual John Barden Elementary School Basketball Tournament at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute. Matt MacDonald had 19 points and Sam Insalaco scored 13 to lead St. Benedi... More ... SSPP eighth-graders lose regular season finale, finish second in division The SS. Peter and Paul girls eighth-grade basketball team (6-4) lost, 25-21, to St. Mary's of Lancaster. The Knights finished in second place in their division. A strong St. Mary's fourth quarter prevented a Knights' win. Forwards Olivia Jakson (eight points) and Samantha Hathaway limited St. ... More ... Sports briefs Anna Rubino, 10, of Williamsville, won two gold medals in the IXM Junior Olympic swim meet at the Webster Aquatic Center, improving her US Eastern Zone cut times. Rubino swam the 10 and under 50-yard freestyle in 27.86 and the 50 backstroke in 33.17. Rubino swims for Sweet Home Aquatics and atte... More ...
LSU came out strong, scoring 12 points in the first quarter and never looked back, defeating Tennessee, 25-20, in an Amherst Youth Basketball seventh-eighth grade girls game. LSU center Emily Ludwig was the game's high scorer with eight points. Lisa Harb and Haley Stogsdill each scored six. More ... Pond hockey tourney set for Delaware Park Labatt USA will host a Labatt Blue Pond Hockey Tournament from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 on Hoyt Lake in Delaware Park. The first-of-its-kind tournament in Western New York will offer a competitive, entertaining and nostalgic hockey experience for local adult hockey players. More ... St. Greg's eighth-grade girls defeat St. Peter's The St. Greg's eighth-grade varsity girls basketball team added another win to its impressive season by defeating St. Peter's, 30-9, in the Mount Saint Mary's tournament this week. St. Greg's defense held St. Peter's scoreless in the fourth quarter, led by the defensive play of Alisa Vacanti and ... More ... St. Gregory the Great scores victories The St. Gregory the Great girls eighth-grade "B" basketball team earned two victories this past week, beating the Sweet Home Middle School girls modified team, 33-24, and Cheektowaga's Mary Queen of Angels, 22-16. The team is coached by Dr. Richard Collins. More ... Fireman's Bowling 200 games, 550 sets M. Gaiser 277, 256, 204 - 737; M. Bandelian 255 - 645; B. Hitzges 234, 224 - 640; T. Ratzel 236, 205 - 636; P. Kranz 224, 230 - 634; AJ Shisler 222, 207, 203 - 632; F. Garus 221, 209 - 624; J. Abbarno 217, 205, 202 - 624; N. Soda 237 - 608; J. Maine 225 - 600; M. St... More ... |
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