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Girls hoops by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East knew that Pioneer had a ton of weapons on offense. Stopping them was the challenge. The Lady Flames put forth a great effort against Pioneer but it wasn't enough, losing, 62-38, in the Section VI Class A title game on Saturday at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger Athleti... More ... Sweet Home hockey advances to state final four by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Five years ago, the Sweet Home Federation hockey team went 0-23-1. Five years later, they could be playing for a Division II New York State Championship. Ryan Gutt scored from Ryan Marko at 3:01 of overtime to move Sweet Home past Section IX's John S. More ... Cohen, Stella to wrestle at state meet Williamsville East's Max Cohen and Sweet Home's Nic Stella will be competing at the New York State Championships this weekend at Rochester's Blue Cross Arena. Cohen won a section title at 130 pounds and will meet John Cataldo of Section VIII's MacArthur in the first round. More ...
Save your venom for someone who truly deserves it MATT KRUEGER Sports Reporter Every time Daniel Briere or Chris Drury touches the puck in Buffalo, the sold-out crowd in HSBC rains down a cascade of boos on the former Sabres captains, the men who led Buffalo to back-to-back Eastern Conference finals appearances. More ... Lions Club slates 10th annual girls basketball all-star games Some of the area's best female high school basketball players will have one last shot to dazzle the fans when the Cheektowaga Lions Club hosts is 10th annual Senior High School Ladies Basketball Classic Saturday, March 15. More ... Sports brief Liam Callahan of Amherst was chosen to play on the 1994 Region 1 Olympic Development team when they travel to Italy March 15-25. Callahan will train and play in the Trofeo Daniel Pecci Tournament in Bellaria, Italy and compete against teams from FC Juventis, Parma, Lazio and Rimini. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Usually a bye in the playoffs is a reward for a team's hard work throughout the season but for the Sacred Heart girls basketball team, it was a nightmare. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Niagara Falls' offense kept coming at Sweet Home, and the Panthers didn't have enough answers in an 85-62 Section VI Class AA semifinal loss last Thursday at Buffalo State Sports Arena. More ... Diver Arcara places third at states Williamsville North junior diver Chris Arcara placed third in the New York State Federation and fourth in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association at last weekend's state meet in Long Island. Arcara scored 4:34.90 points. More ... North's Felton battles through injuries, wins section title in triple jump by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sean Felton remembers the injury like it was yesterday. The Williamsville North senior was high jumping during the outdoor season last spring when he heard a popping sound in his left leg. It turned out to be a fractured left shin and a partially torn left medial collateral ligament, a result of ... More ... A healthy Van Buren repeats as hurdles champ by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter For much of 2008, Allie Van Buren hasn't been healthy but the Williamsville South sophomore made sure she was ready to go at last Saturday's Section VI Championships at Fredonia State College. Van Buren, who has been battling a slightly strained groin muscle since running in the Cornell Universi... More ... Fireman's Bowling 200 games, 550 sets Feb. 29 at Transit Lanes F. Garus 253, 235, 224 - 712; W. Leising 247, 246, 206 - 699; AJ Swannie 276, 248 - 692; J. Blatz 238, 225, 221 - 684; B. Krebs 258, 205 - 634; B. Hitzges 248 - 630; G. Zammit 224, 206 - 619; M. Gaiser 245 - 619; T. Hutchinson 258 - 616; T.... More ...
Gymnastics by MATT KRUEGER Reporter While Western New York may be a hotbed for quality gymnasts, Section VI has repeatedly come up just short at the New York State Championships. Section VI won its only state championship in 2000, but has placed in the top three for the past 20 years. More ... East excels at sectionals Four athletes who have shined all throughout the Section VI indoor track season shined again Saturday at the Section VI Championships at Fredonia State College. Eighth-grader Kala Allen led Williamsville East with three second place finishes, qualifying for the New York State Championships on Sat... More ... Panther trio heading to states Sweet Home's indoor track program tripled the amount of qualifiers for the New York State Championships from last year at Saturday's Section VI Championships at Fredonia State College. Junior Ken Anaya, sophomore Josh Blango and sophomore Katie Niblock each advanced. Anaya won the boys high jump ... More ... Garus bowls well in states' debut Amherst Central left-handed junior Justin Garus rolled a six-game total of 1,212 at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Championships last weekend in White Plains, N.Y. Garus opened with a three-game set of 194, 202 and 184 for a three-game total of 581. His second three-... More ... Hopkins wins shot put Andrew Hopkins won the shot put in 51-9 to lead the Sweet Home boys indoor track team to an eighth place tie at the Section VI Team Championships on Feb. 9 at Fredonia State College. The boys finished tied with Kenmore East with 21 points. More ...
The "AAA" Pee Wee Minor Team returned home from The Silver Skates Tournament in Detroit, Mich. with the championship trophy. Amherst beat the Blue Jackets, 4-1, in the finals. Connor Schutte kept his scoring streak going with two beautiful goals fed from Eric Benshadle and Eric Lipa. Jake Smith h... More ... Penberthy's six points leads Pee Wee Rangers over Sharks Tyler Penberthy registered three goals and three assists to lead the Pee Wee Rangers to an 8-2 playoff win over the Sharks. Nick Cuomo added the first and last goals of the game on his way to a career-high four. More ... Black Sabres come back, beat Flyers Jason Raimondi scored a short-handed goal, his second goal of the game, as the Black Sabres overcame a two-goal deficit to defeat the Flyers, 3-2, in an Amherst Hockey Association Pee Wee playoff game. Flyer Max Fenter scored an unassisted short-handed goal late in the first period. More ... Blue Sabres defeat Black, 6-1, in postseason opener Micron division The Micron Blue Sabres opened the playoffs with a 6-1 victory over the Black Sabres at the Pepsi Center. The Blue Sabres were led by Jeffrey Cummins (three goals) and goaltender Timmy Jones, who turned away several tough scoring chances by the Black team. More ... Stars hand Bruins first playoff loss Pee Wee Star defensemen Ethan Sokolowski and Austin Maciok both scored with hard slap shots from the blue line to help the Stars defeat the Bruins, 3-1, in Sunday's playoff game. Right winger Mark Christy added an insurance goal. All three Stars goals came in the second period. More ... Squirt Flyers rally late, earn win The Squirt Flyers scored four unanswered goals in the third period to come back and defeat the Blue Sabres, 4-2. After a scoreless first period, Blue Sabres Benjamin Wald and Maxwell McArthur scored unassisted goals. More ... Blue, Red Sabres skate to 4-4 playoff tie The Micron Blue and Micron Red Sabres skated to a 4-4 tie in Sunday's playoff game. Blue Sabre Patrick Brady scored twice in the first period. Red Sabre Paul Cartone scored in the second but Gunnar Weppner put the Blue up by two. More ... Union downs St. Lawrence The first playoff game for the Amherst Girls Development League was played last Thursday, with Union College winning 5-2 over St. Lawrence. Union's Miranda Podlas (Paige Pautler) scored first. St. Lawrence's Nell Meosky put one by Union goalie Abbey Posner on a breakaway. Union's Emily Beauchamp ... More ...
SECOND - Eggertsville's Katie Uba earned a second place finish (8.90) on the balance beam at the Patriot's Cup meet hosted by Stumpf's Gymnastics Center. Uba is a Level 6 gymnast at Stumpf's and a student at Christ the King School. More ...
The Clarence Mustangs Squirt Minor hockey team won the Patriot's Day tournament at Niagara University over President's Day weekend. Clarence's first win was a 6-0 shutout over Milton (Canada). Erich Thur and Griffin LoVullo each netted two goals for the victors, while Jordan Brown and J.T. Buchbi... More ... Knights vault into top spot Buffalo In-Line Hockey Group The Junior division saw a new leader and the Major division saw more of the same last Saturday in Buffalo In-line Hockey League Group. The Blackhawks have been on top of the Major division since opening week and the only thing that changed for them was that they had to go to a shootout in order t... More ... UBAM demonstrates its depth at ABCs Swimmers combine for over 400 lifetime best times, win first place team plaque at ABC meet Turning in lifetime bests and many Niagara District Silver and Gold times at the recent ABC meet were: Natalia Alexandridi, Morgan Allender, Alyssa and Lauren Anderson, Charlotte Art, Calista Athans, Val Ay... More ... Girls U-10 travel soccer Fire scorch Dolphins The Amherst Girls U-10 Fire indoor travel soccer team turned up the flame on the Dolphins, winning 3-2, at the Epic Center on Sunday. Attacker Shannon Gilbert scored first with a pretty goal to the corner of the net. Sara Scolnick tied it up for Amherst off a nice feed from Gilbert. More ...
The Buffalo Bisons' girls U10 team beat Kitchener, Ont., 8-2, and 1-0, in a best-of-three series to advance to the second round of the playoffs in the Lower Lakes Female Hockey League. More ... Bantam Bisons best Knights, 5-4 The Buffalo Bisons Bantam Minors defeated the Amherst Knights, 5-4, on Sunday at the Pepsi Center. Bisons goalie Jimmy Basil stopped 16 shots. Lucas Buscemi (Sam Romano, David Arthur) of the Bisons scored first with a wrist shot from the right slot. More ... Boehm named Female Athlete of the Week twice St. John Fisher College senior Allison Boehm, a Sacred Heart Academy graduate and Cheektowaga resident, has been named the College's Female Athlete of the Week for the weeks ending Feb. 17 and 24. The 5-foot-11 guard/forward averaged 15.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals, and 2.5 assists in a 1-1... More ...
The Depew Saints Squirt Mixed Age Hockey Club took second place at the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame Youth Hockey Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio during Presidents Day Weekend. The Saints defeated Mount Lebanon, Pa., 2-1, behind goals from Arcadio Alfaro (Depew) and Patrick Stenzel (Elma), and the clutc... More ... Anthone invited to NCAA Division III swim championships Williamsville East graduate and Williamsville resident Jennifer Anthone has earned an invitational to the NCAA Division III women's swimming and diving championships March 13-15 at the University of Miami (Ohio). More ... Kuechle makes all-academic team Williamsville North graduate and Getzville native Megan Kuechle, a sophomore at William Smith College, was one of nine members of the school's swimming and diving team to be selected to the New York Women's College Athletics Association All-Academic Team. More ...
CHEERING CHAMPS - The Williamsville South JV cheerleading team, coached by Tracey Homberger, traveled to Syracuse and won first place at the West Genesee Sweetheart Challenge on Feb. 9. Members of the team, pictured from left, are: sitting down - Danielle Koontz, Chelsea Strong, Sara Mathien, Heath... More ... East grads make the grade at Fisher Williamsville East graduates and St. John Fisher College students Katelyn Stubbendeck, Jeff Same and John Quartironi were named to the Empire 8 Conference President's List for the fall semester of 2007. The recipients earned a minimum 3. More ...
The St. Benedict's boys varsity basketball team won The Chris Griswold Memorial Basketball Tournament sponsored by St. Mary's High School of Lancaster this past week. Tournament MVP Dylan Blujus scored 18 points as the Tigers beat Queen of Heaven in the championship game, 43-34. More ...
The Saint Benedict's sixth grade girls' basketball team ended its regular season with a 17-15 win over Christian Central Academy in a back and forth battle. Madeline Grisko led the Tigers with seven points. Grace Garlick scored two baskets with Tracy Nasr, Aysa Douglas and Amy Trabert each addin... More ...
The Raptors are a few wins away from an Amherst Youth Basketball eighth-grade championship. The Raptors improved to 4-0 in the playoffs after defeating the Rockets, 44-38, on Monday at Clearfield. The Raptors outscored the Rockets, 13-6, in the fourth quarter. More ...
SECOND BEST - The St. Mary's School (Swormville) eighth-grade girls basketball team recently finished 11-3 overall (9-1 league) to place second in the Catholic Diocese League and went 2-1 in the playoffs, falling in the championship game. Members of the team are, from left: front row - Olivia Herbe... More ... Bills bolstering defense with upgrades by MATT KRUEGER Reporter Head coach Dick Jauron and Chief Operating Officer Russ Brandon didn't have to look very far to find the Buffalo Bills' greatest weakness in the 2007 season. The Bills finished 31st in the league on defense, giving up an average of 362.9 yards per game. They were 25th against the rush (124.6) an... More ... Sabres hope Bernier can boost attack by MATT KRUEGER Reporter The loss of defenseman Brian Campbell still reverberates in Western New York, as fans continue to weight in with their thoughts on the trade that sent him to San Jose for winger Stever Bernier. Many fans express disgust and a feeling of betrayal in Campbell, since he refused Buffalo's offers for ... More ...
CAREER VAULT - Lacey Woite of Snyder scored a career-high 9.70 on vault to become the Level 6 vault champion at the Patriot's Cup meet hosted by Stumpf's Gymnastics Center. Woite is a Level 6 gymnast at Stumpf's and a student at Smallwood Drive Elementary. More ...
The SS. Peter and Paul's boys fifth-grade basketball team overcame a halftime deficit to St. Benedict before prevailing, 14-8, to win the championship of the 2008 Park School Winter Classic. Tournament MVP Salvatore LaTorre scored seven points to lead the Knights. Tim Noonan added four points whi... More ...
The St. Gregory the Great eighth-grade varsity girls basketball team beat St. Amelia's, 32-28, to take third place in the Ken-Ton gold division playoffs. St. Greg's led the entire game but had to fight off a fierce 16-point fourth-quarter comeback by St. Amelia's. Lisa Harb's two foul shots wit... More ... |
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