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Correction The headline of the Williamsville East boys swimming article was incorrect in last week's Bee. Kane Hsieh won the 100-yard breaststroke at the ECIC "AA" Championships, not Neil Batta as reported. More ...
Boys basketball by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Everything had to fall in place over the last week and a half for the Sweet Home boys basketball team to earn a share of the ECIC Division II crown and that's exactly what happened. Hamburg lost its last two league games, including a 58-53 contest last Thursday at Sweet Home, for the Panthers to ... More ... Garus enters Amherst history books Bowling by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Justin Garus had a feeling that he was going to bowl well at last Thursday's Section VI Championships at Thruway Lanes and the Amherst Central junior left-hander delivered. Garus became the first Tiger bowler on record to qualify for the New York State Championships, putting together a six-game s... More ... North's Abbarno named most outstanding Wrestling by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter It's been a while since Williamsville North's wrestling team crowned a champion at the Class AAAA Tournament but that all changed last Saturday. Spartan senior PJ Abbarno avenged two overtime losses earlier in the season against Clarence's Chris Budzinski with a 3-1 overtime victory in the 160-po... More ...
Sabres could be a lot worse without Miller MATT KRUEGER Sports Reporter This argument would have held much more water last week, before Ryan Miller suffered back-to-back bad games Saturday and Sunday. But the wave of discontent flowing through Western New York over the goalie's play is misplaced. More ... Fireman's Bowling 200 games, 550 sets A.J. Swannie 267, 248, 236 - 751; M. Cassiol 300, 225, 204 - 729; M. Gaiser 268, 232, 204 - 704; A.J. Shisler 247, 216 - 659; S. DiPasquale 244, 228 - 663; N. Soda 236 - 627; R. More ... The second season begins for boys, girls hoops by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Section VI's version of March Madness begins this week and the Town of Amherst boys and girls basketball teams are right in the thick of it. Here is a rundown of the playoff match-ups, starting with the boys teams. More ... Tigers tire out after hard-fought games by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Playing three games in four nights is tough for any team and the Amherst Central boys basketball team got a dose of that last week. Amherst (8-11, 6-6) earned a hard-fought 47-44 overtime win last Tuesday at Starpoint, dropped a 61-52 game last Thursday at Maryvale and closed out the week with a ... More ... South's defense has Jekyll and Hyde moments by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Playing good team defense is a huge reason why any basketball team sees success and Williamsville South boys hoops saw both sides of the spectrum last week. The Billies (12-8, 7-5) held Depew scoreless over the last 1:58 for a 62-59 comeback win last Tuesday at South and lost, 71-61, last Thursda... More ... Sports brief The Hilbert College athletic department recently announced the dates for its 2008 boys' and girls' summer basketball camps. All sessions will run Sunday through Thursday and campers will have the option of staying overnight (resident camper) or commuting (day camper). More ...
Girls basketball by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East's girls basketball team earned the third-seed for the Section VI Class A-1 Tournament after beating Iroquois, 46-42, last Wednesday at East. Trailing, 30-23, after the third quarter, East outscored Iroquois, 23-12, in the final quarter to pull ahead for the victory. More ... Gaines fills in with career-high, North boys beat East by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter With leading scorer Alex Barth out of the lineup, someone on the Williamsville North boys basketball had to step up against Williamsville East last Tuesday at East. And James Gaines V answered the bell. The sophomore scored a career high 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds to help the Spartans ... More ...
Boys swimming by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Matt Geiger took home top honors in the 100-yard backstroke at last Thursday's Section VI Swimming Championships at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger Center. The Williamsville East junior won the race in 54.07. More ... Lady Panthers clinch ECIC Division II title Sweet Home's varsity girls basketball team finished off an unblemished regular season record in ECIC Division II but it wasn't easy. In a playoff-like atmosphere, the Lady Panthers (16-4, 12-0) clawed its way to a 56-51 road win last Wednesday at Hamburg. More ... Amherst wins on senior night The Amherst Central varsity girls basketball team sent off its seniors with a victory. The Lady Tigers (12-8, 7-7) beat Tonawanda, 66-30, on senior night last Wednesday at Amherst. Seniors Jenny Newhouse and Amy Simon scored 23 and 11 points, respectively. Seniors Casey Martin, Elana Korn and Da... More ...
Indoor track by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville South's youthful girls indoor track team continued to improve with a second place finish at the Section VI Team Championships last Saturday at Fredonia State College. South took second with 78 points and placed in 11 out of the 16 events. More ... North girls, boys earn fifth places Williamsville North's girls and boys indoor track teams each took home fifth place at the Section VI Team Championships last Saturday at Fredonia State College. The girls scored 35 points. The boys scored 33 points. More ... North hockey rebounds by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North's bid to appear in the New York State Division I playoffs appeared to be on life support when they lost to Kenmore West, 5-1, in the last game of the regular season. More ... East, Sweet Home hockey advance in small school playoffs by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Not since winning a Division II New York State Championship in overtime in 2004 had Williamsville East hockey coach Mike Torrillo been this excited over a Flames' playoff victory. East, seeded fourth in the Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation small school tournament, knocked off... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Seventh-seeded Williamsville South gave second-seed Kenmore East everything they could handle in the Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey small school quarterfinals but it wasn't enough as the Bulldogs prevailed, 2-1, on Sunday at Buffalo State Sports Arena. More ...
Minutes after the Amherst Central Federation hockey team's season ended with a 5-1 loss to Bishop Timon-St. Jude in the first round of the Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation small school playoffs on Sunday at Buffalo State Sports Arena, thoughts for many of the players had moved... More ... East wrestling sends school record to state qualifier by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Williamsville East wrestling team continued a fantastic season by qualifying a school record eight grapplers at the Class AAA Tournament for this weekend's Section VI New York State qualifier at Kenmore West. The old school record was six. More ... Seasons for South's Falzone, Frank continue Williamsville South's Luke Falzone (103) and Elliot Frank (215) are continuing their season after achieving their personal goals of making it to Section VI New York State qualifier. Each took third place finishes at last weekend's Class AAA Tournament at Starpoint High School. More ... South boys bowling finish seventh at sectionals Williamsville South's boys bowling team finished its 2007-08 season strong with a seventh place overall finish at the Section VI Championships last Thursday at Thruway Lanes. Alex Petrie led the Billies with a 297 and team high 1333 series which was good enough to earn him alternate status for th... More ... Sweet Home takes 13th at sectionals, Clark wins team tourney It was by the luck of the draw that the Sweet Home boys bowling team crossed with Cheektowaga Central in the morning block of the Section VI Championships held last Thursday at Thruway Lanes. McDonald's brother-in-law, Jerry Carroll coaches for the Warriors. Cheektowaga placed second after the mo... More ...
NHL by MATT KRUEGER Reporter Patrick Kaleta skated in hard and leveled a hit, just as he does during every shift on the ice, then found Pittsburgh's Colby Armstrong in his face, yelling something unsuitable for print. The 21-year-old Angola native yelled back, again something rather less than cordial, and both players looked... More ... Squirt Stars play strong, defeat Rangers The Squirt Stars continued its hot streak to start the playoffs by handing the Rangers a 5-1 defeat this past Sunday. Goaltender Lucas Principe has gotten into a groove at the right time of the season after showing flashes of brilliance all season. More ... Red Wings, Rangers skate to 3-3 tie The Squirt playoffs began on Feb. 10 with the Rangers skating to a 3-3 tie against the Red Wings. The Rangers' Christian Baran scored one minute into the game. The Red Wings returned the favor 15 seconds into the second period as Tim Kreuz (Hunter Noll, Nick Vermilye) finished off a play that beg... More ... Flyers shut out Blue Sabres The Squirt Flyers blanked the Blue Sabres, 5-0. Hudson Milligan scored a hat trick and had one assist. He scored the first two in the first period. His first was unassisted and his second was assisted by Noah Rosenthal and Andrew Mosher. More ... High School Sports Scoreboard Amherst Central Boys basketball - lost to Maryvale 61-52; lost to Clarence 57-36 Girls basketball - def. More ... Bantam Minor Bisons ready for playoffs The Buffalo Bisons Bantam Minors defeated the Southtown Stars, 3-2, last week, then dropped an identical score game to Tonawanda to set the stage for the playoffs this weekend. Alex Fritz (Lucas Buscemi, Brad Martynowicz), David Arthur (Buscemi, Josh Little), Joshua Shupe (Graig Knowlton, Martyn... More ... Pee Wee Ranger Heyden stops Red Wings Goaltender Michael Heyden came within 27.6 seconds of registering his first career shutout in leading his Pee Wee Rangers to a 3-1 win over the Red Wings. Lucas Kindron led the offensive charge for the Rangers with a goal and assist. John Huyler and Trevor Browning also found the back of the net ... More ... Pee Wee Black Sabres beat Bruins in regular season finale The Pee Wee Black Sabres used the stellar goaltending of Joe Picone and a hat trick from AJ Neubert as they defeated the Bruins, 6-1, in their final regular season game. After allowing a first period goal to Adam Herr, Picone kept the Bruins off the scoreboard with outstanding saves. More ... Tournament slated to raise funds for new tennis program The Buffalo Niagara Community Tennis Association, in collaboration with Summit Educational Resources, will hold the inaugural Shining Stars Adaptive Tennis Program Leap Year Tournament from 6:30 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Feb. More ... Micron Black Sabres edge Gray Sabres The Micron Black Sabres fought hard to secure a 5-4 win against the Gray Sabres on Sunday. Aiden Hillery scored three goals for the Black Sabres. Mason Meggo and David O'Donaghue each scored a goal. Dante Santora, Liam Wojciechowski, A.J. Ferenczy and Michael Wolf scored for the Gray Sabres. More ... Red Sabres rout Gold Sabres Hunter Steward backstopped the Micron Red Sabres to a big 11-3 win over the Gold Sabres in the regular season finale. The Red Sabres got goals from Ryan Curtin, Joe Signore (two), Henri Tetrault, Andrew Barker (two), Emily Matthew (two) and Andrew Fairbrother (three). More ... Amherst Skating Club youngsters fare well at Winter Games The Chautauqua 2008 Winter Games Figure Skating Competition was hosted on Feb. 9-10 by the Jamestown Skating Club. Amherst Skating Club's young skaters did well at the Games. Skating as "The Three Amigas", Mya Cappellino (Clarence), Colette Deppe, and Jennifer Tzezto won the gold medal in Beginne... More ... Amherst Blizzard soccer shock Lightning Liam Bailey scored twice and Matt Casey, Matt Cohen, and Nick Maranto also added goals as the Amherst Blizzard U10 boys' indoor soccer team defeated Lockport, 5-1, on Sunday at the Epic Center. Maranto (Ryan Acklin) started the scoring in the game's ninth minute. Bailey (Acklin, JP Jenkins) made... More ... Mite Flyers double up Penguins Jack Smith scored two first period goals to help the Mite Flyers earn an 8-4 playoff victory over the Penguins. Bryan Sokolowski scored twice with assists on both from Colin Begley. Begley scored on a breakout pass from Jason Howard. Jude Rajakrishnan made great saves to keep the Flyers ahead. More ... Early scoring leads Devils to postseason victory The Mite Devils, led by five first period goals, were able to hold off a feisty and determined Sharks team to win 10-4. After getting off to a 5-0 first period lead on goals by Cameron Trejchel (two), Timmy O'Connor, Greg Koutsomitis, and Bryce Baker, the Sharks held strong to play even hockey. More ... High School Sports Calendar Wednesday, Feb. 20 Boys basketball: Section VI Class A-1 prequarterfinals - Iroquois at Amherst, 7 p.m.; Hutch-Tech at South, 7 p.m.; South Park at East, 7 p.m.; Section VI Class AA prequarterfinals - Clarence at Sweet Home, 7 p.m. More ...
Clarence Swim Club had 47 out of 87 personal best times at the Silver District Championships this past weekend, and four swimmers took their events from the silver cut to gold cut times. Victoria Butler, 12, took four of her seven events from silver to gold cut times, including the 200 back, 100... More ... Amherst residents shine at silver meet Town of Tonawanda Titans The Town of Tonawanda Titans hosted a Niagara District Silver meet from Feb. 8 to 10 at the Tonawanda Aquatic and Fitness Center. The Titans were represented by 72 swimmers. These athletes earned 70 new gold times and had 262 personal best swims at the meet. The mentioned swimmers are all from Am... More ... UBAM sends seven swimmers to state championships Section VI will be strongly represented at the New York State High School Championship meet by seven of the UB Amherst Swim Club's strongest swimmers. More ... Miller signs with Michigan State University Chantae Miller graduated in January from Williamsville North and is attending Michigan State University where she will play field hockey. More ...
Wellsley Radecke, Williamsville resident and full-time student-athlete at IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Fla., signed her NCAA National Letter of Intent with Furman University on Feb. 6. Radecke has attended IMG Soccer Academy since 2003, returning to her home in Williamsville during the summer... More ... Rumschik doing well with Ithaca hoops East Amherst resident and Williamsville East graduate Megan Rumschik has played in all 21 games for Ithaca College women's basketball team and has started the last four contests. Rumschik averages 4.2 points per game to go along with 26 stealson the season. She recorded a career-high 21 points in... More ...
Iowa, led by Dakota Sander's 21 points and the strong offensive game of Joshua Wrest and Will Gajewski, defeated Michigan, 35-29, in a fifth-grade Amherst Youth Basketball game. Iowa built an early 13-point lead; however, great outside shooting from Michigan's Jaelin Marong (team-high 20 points) ... More ... SSPP eighth-graders advance to league semifinals The Saints Peter and Paul eighth grade girls varsity basketball squad advanced to the league semifinals after a 24-8 win over Nativity of Clarence on Feb. 11. On the opening tip-off, Knights guard Marla Calabro (two points) received the tip and fed Samantha Basile (eight points) for the easy layu... More ... St. Greg's eighth-graders win big St. Gregory the Great's eighth-grade girls varsity basketball team trounced St. Mark's, 37-17, in the season finale. The Cougars took an 11-2 lead until a St. Mark's comeback in the second quarter cut the Cougars' lead to five. 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 ... Injury prevention seminars to be held at the Ralph Learning Partners will present "Joe D" Lamielleure injury prevention seminars: advances in athletic conditioning and injury prevention for the new millennium, from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 29 at the Paul McGuire Suite in Ralph Wilson Stadium. More ...
The SS. Peter and Paul girls seventh-grade varsity basketball team clinched the second place spot in the Monsignor Wurtz league after losing to SS. Peter and Paul of Hamburg, 31-21. Guards Julie Dudek (three points) and Victoria Deth (nine points) had excellent games. Colleen Kenney (six points) ... More ...
The Level 7 Stumpf's girls team recently took second place at the Nickel City meet in Orchard Park. Taylor Strauss was the all-around (37.075), beam and floor champion for the 13-14-year-olds and Callie Flanagan was second on vault and third overall. More ...
The Level 6 girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center recently competed at the Nickel City Meet in Orchard Park and won third place team honors. Miranda Roberson won floor exercise (9.05) and bars 8.75) for the youngest age group and finished first overall. More ... Stumpf's Level 5 boys pick up third The boys' Level 5 team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center took third overall at the Polar Bear Invitational in Syracuse. Competing in the 10-11 division was Zack Palmerton, who placed second on vault. More ... Amherst residents excel for Gleason's Gymnastics in Rochester The Niagara Gymnastics team out of Gleason's Gymnastics competed in The Rochester Classic held at The Rochester Institute of Technology. Abby DeCicco, a level 5 gymnast, competed in the 7-8 year old division. DeCicco had high scores on floor exercise (8.6) and balance beam (9.0). She was awarded... More ...
In the 6-7 age bracket, Madison Penetrante of Amherst earned fourth on vault, third on bars and floor and second on beam and all-around. Nicole Ross earned seventh on vault and bars, third on beam, fourth on floor and fifth all-around. More ...
Stumpf's Level 5 girls recently took second at the Nickel City Meet in Orchard Park. In the 7-9 group, Emily Schulenberg (sixth, overall), Jade Shatkin (seventh, vault), Ava Bueme (10th, bars) and Julia Rey (solid vault) fared well. More ...
Select members of the boys teams from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center competed at the Daytona Beach Open held in Florida's Ocean Center. In Level 9, Cody Stumpf was second on floor exercise, vault and high bar, third on pommel horse and rings and won bronze all-around. More ...
Eight members of the Stumpf's girls gymnastics team recently competed at the Daytona Beach Open in Florida. Taylor Balser of Level 7 was the vault champion (9.150) and finished sixth overall. Teammate Sarah Lund placed third on vault and finished 10th. More ... Lancaster plans college night for students, parents Lancaster High School will host College Night from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 6 for all Western New York high school student-athletes and their parents in the school's auditorium. More ... Stumpf's Level 9, 10 boys take second Gymnastics The Stumpf's boys' level 9 and 10 teams took second place at the Polar Bear Invitational in Syracuse. More ... Stumpf's Level 7, 8 go 1-2 in Syracuse Mack Lasker and Luai Ibrahim earned first-place in all-around at the Polar Bear Invitational in Syracuse. Lasker, who competes in Level 7 (10-11 division), won high bar and placed second on floor exercise, pommel horse and rings. More ... Henley, Frost lead Stumpf's Level 6 boys to third Spencer Henley (8-9 division) and Stephen Frost (10-11 division) led the boys' Level 6 team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center to a third-place finish at the Polar Bear Invitational in Syracuse. Henley placed second on floor exercise, rings and vault on his way to a second-place all-around score. More ... Cheektowaga rec slates 3-on-3 hoops tourney The Town of Cheektowaga Recreation Department will be holding its 12th annual March Madness 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 15 at John F. Kennedy High School, 305 Cayuga Creek Road. More ...
The boys' Level 4 team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center traveled to Syracuse where they took fourth place at the Polar Bear Invitational. In the 6-7 division, Robert Giancarlo earned a third-place all-around finish by placing second on floor exercise, pommel horse, vault and high bar. More ... |
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