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Panthers dominate, lose Division II state hockey semifinal by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Sweet Home Federation hockey team outshot and outhit its Division II New York State semifinal opponent but still saw its season come to a premature end. The Panthers outshot Thousand Islands of Section X, 36-15, but lost 4-3 on Saturday at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Nic Stella's focus since riding home from last year's New York State Championships was to be a state champion in 2008. Sadly, the Sweet Home senior's state title hopes fell short, going 1-2 and not placing at 135 pounds in the Division I New York State Championships last weekend at Rochester's Bl... More ...
Many of the area's top high school powerlifters will converge at Sweet Home High School for the 37th annual New York State Powerlifting Championships. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 15 at Sweet Home, 1901 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. More ... South's VanBuren places high at indoor track states; North's Mikulski breaks school record by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Allie VanBuren saved her best run of her career in the 55-meter hurdles for last Saturday's New York State Indoor Track Championships at Cornell University. The Williamsville South sophomore ran a personal best 8.41 in semifinals to qualify for finals where she took fifth in the state and eighth ... More ...
The area's top senior boys basketball players will cap off their high school careers this weekend in the 11th annual Paul R. Missana Memorial Silver Hoops Classic. More ... Rois, Berus swim well for RIT Steve Rois and Steve Berus fared well for the Rochester Institute of Technology's men's swimming and diving team at the 2008 Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association Championships held at Nottingham High School. Rois, an Amherst Central High graduate and Amherst resident, took fourth ... More ...
The Buffalo Bisons girls U12 hockey team recently traveled to Syracuse, N.Y. and won a New York State championship. The Bisons defeated the Rochester Edge, 3-1, in the finals, avenging a 6-0 loss in preliminaries. Buffalo's confidence grew in the rematch. Alanna Herne broke a scoreless tie in th... More ...
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 ... Buffalo In-Line Hockey Group action heats up Freezing cold and a snowstorm did not deter Buffalo In-line Hockey League Group players from playing exciting hockey on Saturday. Major division Blackhawks 7, Warriors 2 The division-leading Blackhawks cruised to another win. Justin Swan (Tonawanda) scored five times. More ... Alterio breaks track record at Oneonta State Amherst Central graduate and Amherst resident Celia Alterio, a freshman on the Oneonta State College women's indoor track and field team, broke the first school record of the season at the Kane Invitational on Feb. 23 at Cornell University. More ...
NHL by MATT KRUEGER Reporter Don't make Lindy Ruff angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry. Just ask Dmitri Kalinin, who suffered the wrath of Ruff in front of all his Buffalo Sabres teammates at practice last week. While Kalinin skated around the ice at HSBC Arena, Ruff stayed with him, stride for stride, the whole tim... More ...
Williamsville South graduate Jessica Mamon was a key bowler in helping the Erie Community College's women's bowling team to their 26th National Junior College Athletic Association national title on Saturday at AMF Lancaster Lanes. More ... Night of the Tough Guys' to toast Rob Ray Former Buffalo Sabre Rob Ray will be in the spotlight when Ilio DiPaolo's Restaurant hosts "Night of the Tough Guys on Tuesday, March 18. The event will honor some of the toughest guys in Buffalo Sports history, with a special toast to Ray. More ...
Oregon State beat Oregon by 14 points earlier in the week but Oregon won the rematch, 44-34, in the sixth-grade boys Amherst Youth Basketball finals. Oregon led, 18-12, at halftime. Brandon Hill made 10 of 12 free throws and finished with a season high 14 points. More ...
The Pistons defeated the Lakers, 50-38, for the Amherst Youth Basketball eighth-grade boys title. Brett Butler led the Pistons with 11 second-quarter points and finished with a game-high 26. Justin Bangert scored seven in the quarter and led the Lakers with a team-high 20, including three three... More ... Florida State defeats Virginia, wins seventh-grade championship Mitch Wagner converted a free throw with no time left on the clock to give Florida State a thrilling 35-34 win over Virginia to capture the Amherst Youth Basketball seventh-grade boys championship. More ...
St. John's defeated Georgetown, 26-16, to win the Central Division of the Amherst Youth Basketball third-fourth grade division. Graham Dolan led St. John's with 19 points. Greg Dolan chipped in five and Mike Poturalski scored a bucket to round out the scoring. More ...
LSU beat Kentucky, 28-24, on Saturday at Clearfield to win the Amherst Youth Basketball seventh eighth grade girls championship. LSU led, 12-7, at halftime, but Kentucky went ahead, 20-16, after the third quarter. The fourth quarter ended tied at 24-24. More ... Arizona edges California, wins sixth-grade boys 'B' Arizona prevailed over California, 28-25, to win the Amherst Youth Basketball sixth-grade boys grade "B" division championship. California's Michael Keenehan (17 points) tied it with 14.2 seconds remaining. Arizona's Colin Greenway (seven points) drained one of two free throws, later stole an i... More ...
Katelyn Kardaman's late bank shot sealed a 25-23 comeback win for UB over Miami of Ohio in the Amherst Youth Basketball third-fourth grade girls final. Miami led, 8-2, early but UB rallied and trailed, 12-11, at halftime. Miami led, 18-17, after the third. 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 ... Micron Gray Sabres shut out Black The first round of the Micron playoffs continued with a game on March 1 between the Gray Sabres and the Black Sabres. Alec Cicero had two goals and one assist and Liam Wojciechowski earned his second straight shutout to lead the Gray Sabres to a 5-0 win. More ... Blue Sabres down Gold The Blue Sabres advanced to the Micron semifinals with a 4-1 win over the Gold Sabres. The Blue Sabres were led defensively by goalie Gunar Weppner. Defensemen Kevin McGraw and Ethan Beecher also played solid games. More ... Pee Wee Black Sabres, Red Wings, skate to 3-3 tie The Black Sabres advanced to the semifinals of the Amherst Hockey Association Pee Wee playoffs as they tied the Red Wings, 3-3. Jason Raimondi banged home a rebound from an AJ Neubert shot while Ryan Myers tipped in a Brendan Mazurek shot for a 2-0 Sabres' lead. More ... Rangers' Heyden shuts out Penguins Goaltender Michael Heyden registered his first career shutout in leading the Pee Wee Rangers to a 3-0 win on Saturday over the Penguins. Tyler Penberthy figured in all the scoring, assisting on Nick Cuomo's second-period goal and notching two goals in the third. More ... Buffalo Wings Lacrosse Club accepting registration Buffalo Wings Lacrosse Club is accepting registrations - for middle and high school girl lacrosse players through the graduation class of 2009 - for the 2008 season. More ...
Coach John DiDonato's Amherst Knights Bantam Minor "AA" team won the championship banner at the March Classic tournament in West Seneca. The team completed a clean sweep, winning all four of their tournament games. The championship game was a rematch with the host team Southtown Stars. Adam Hepp... More ... Development girls league holds pond tourney The Amherst Girls Hockey Development program put on the second annual 3-on-3 Pond Hockey Tournament the weekend of March 1-2 at the Amherst Pepsi Center. Fifty-five girls attended, ages 10 to 16. The tournament hosted four divisions, with each team playing three games in the first round. More ... Union College rebounds, edges Clarkson Union College came away with a 3-2 win over Clarkson on Sunday. Union went up 2-0 in the first with a goal from Emma Hubert (Mackenzie Pautler) and Emily Keable. Clarkson came back in the second with a goal from Michelle Cronin and Juliet Holme. More ...
The St. Benedict's fourth-fifth grade boys basketball team defeated Covenant Academy, 18-17, to win the Bishop Kmiec fourth, fifth grade division league championship. Joey Whittman (six points) scored the winning basket to seal the victory with less than 15 seconds remaining. More ...
BACK-TO-BACK - The St. Gregory the Great Red team defeated Infant of Prague, 47-43, to win the Diocesan Youth Girls Basketball League Championships for the second year in a row. Members of the team, pictured from the far left, are: Katherine Gloeckler, Gianna Pelosi, Diana Maher, Nora Balon and Kat... More ...
The St. Benedict's sixth-grade boys basketball team defeated Christ the King, 21-13, to win the Bishop Kmiec sixth-grade league championship. In the fourth quarter, St. Benedict's turned up the defense. Sean Klute, PJ Anders, Evan Hall and Brendan Cryan recorded steals and critical rebounds. 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 ...
Christian Central Academy's sixth-grade girls basketball team defeated Christ The King, 25-24, to win the Christ the King 31st annual Invitational Basketball Tournament. CTK took an early 4-0 lead but CCA got baskets in the second quarter by Sydney Malcolm, Hailey Rose Gattuso and Caroline Ranall... More ... Titan swimmers find pot of gold at Shamrock meet The Town of Tonawanda Titans sent 73 athletes to the Shamrock swim meet March 1-2. Titans athletes set four new club records and took home 153 lifetime best swims. The following swimmers from Amherst fared well. Lauren Phillips set four new Titans' club records in the 50 freestyle, 100 individu... More ... Sports briefs Williamsville North hockey junior Nick Fronczak was named an all-New York State Division I Second Team all-star. Williamsville East graduate Zach Anderson threw five innings and struck out six batters to pick up the win on the mound in the University at Buffalo baseball team's 12-7 win over Ne... More ... Frost takes top honors at Nickel City meet Stephen Frost led the way for the boys' Level 6 team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center at the Nickel City meet in Orchard Park. Frost (10-11 division) earned a top place individual all-around with first-place finishes on rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar. More ...
Zack Palmerton took top honors when the boys Level 5 team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center competed in the Nickel City meet in Orchard Park. Palmerton (10-11 division) earned first-place all-around with a score of 55.0. More ... Buscaglia, Dent pace Level 4 to first place Trey Buscaglia and Bernard Dent, from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center, both placed second all-around at the Nickel City meet in Orchard Park. Buscaglia (6-7 division) earned first on floor, pommel and parallel bars while Dent (8-9 division) placed first on floor. More ... Frost tops Stumpf's boys Level 6 Stephen Frost (10-11 division) led the boys Level 6 team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center at the Rochester Classic. Frost earned a second-place all-around finish by taking first on floor, rings and vault. More ... Roberson wins for Level 7 The boys Level 7 and 8 teams from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center were in Orchard Park for the Nickel City meet. Competing for the Level 7 (10-11 division) were Noah Roberson, placing first all-around by winning on floor, rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar and Mack Lasker, placing second all-aro... More ...
The Level 4 boys team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center took third at the Rochester Classic. In the 6-7 division, Trey Buscaglia placed third all-around. He took first on floor exercise. More ... Benson has impressive showing for Stumpf's Aaron Benson (Level 10) performed well and earned an all-around score of 82.4 as the Stumpf's Gymnastics boys level 9 and 10 competed at the Nickel City meet in Orchard Park. Competing for Level 9 were Jon Zirna (first on floor, vault and parallel bars), Adam Arena (fifth on floor), Nathaniel Rob... More ...
The Level 5 boys team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center had a solid meet at the Rochester Classic and earned their team a third place overall finish. More ... Futsal indoor soccer clinic on tap for Saturday Buffalo Niagara Court Center will be hosting a Futsal Clinic from 12 to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15 at the Buffalo Niagara Court Center, 425 Meyer Road, West Seneca. The clinic from noon to 2 p.m. More ... Penberthy leads Amherst gymnasts at Niagara Cup Five Town of Amherst gymnasts competed for Gleason's School of Gymnastics' Niagara team at the optional level at the Niagara Cup last weekend at Canisius College. Lydia Penberthy placed fifth on beam with a 9.05 in the Level 7 seniors division. More ... Buffalo Niagara Film Festival to celebrate silver anniversary of 'The Natural' As part of its celebration of the filming of "The Natural" in the Buffalo area 25 years ago, the second annual Buffalo Niagara Film Festival is seeking area residents who either participated in the film's production or have stills, home movies, memorabilia or anecdotal information related to the f... More ... Deadline for youth police academy is April 15 The Amherst Police Department's Youth Police Academy is seeking members. The internship program is for high school students considering a law enforcement career at the local, county, state or federal level. More ...
Level 4 Greater Buffalo Gymnasts placed fourth at the Niagara Cup last weekend at Canisius College. Members of the team are Caila Wagar, Mikayla Shute, Madison Penetrante, all of Amherst, and Samantha Robins, Nicole Ross and Rebecca Cribbs. More ...
Amherst residents Quinn DeCicco and Autumn Kelleher participated for Niagara Gymnastics' Level 4 team from Gleason's Gymnastics at the Niagara Cup on Sunday at Canisius College. Kelleher, a second grader at St. Amelia's, scored a 9.775 on vault, good for eighth place. Kelleher was also impressive... More ...
Three Amherst residents were part of the Niagara Gymnastics' Level 5 team from Gleason's Gymnastics at the Niagara Cup on Sunday at Canisius College. Competing in the 10-11 year old division, Madison Nash earned fifth place on vault (9.20). She also scored well on bars (8.850) and all-around (35.... More ... |
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