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by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The last time Williamsville North beat Clarence in girls track nobody on the current Lady Spartan roster was born and coach Julian Blake was a junior at North. The Lady Spartans defeated Clarence, 89-51, last Wednesday at Clarence, marking the first time since 1987 that a Lady Spartan team had be... More ...
The Williamsville North softball team defeated Frontier, 5-2, on Saturday in the championship game of the 25th annual North Tonawanda Varsity Invitational Softball Tournament. The Lady Spartans qualified for the winner's bracket by defeating Mount St. Mary's and Kenmore West the previous weekend. More ...
NFL by CHRISTOPHER GORDON Orchard Park Editor Buffalo Bills Chief Operating Officer Russ Brandon admitted that the team had some anxious moments as one of its biggest rivals, the New England Patriots, selected on spot ahead of them in the first round of Saturday's draft. More ...
Bills keep making wise choices in draft MATT KRUEGER Sports Reporter Buried underneath the mock drafts, the draft analysis, the mock draft analysis, the talking heads, the surprises, the steals and the stretches, the NFLdraft comes down to one thing: Which team has the more intelligent, football-savvy people running the organization? More ... BILLS 2008 DRAFT Round More ... East beats Hamburg in dramatic fashion Softball Williamsville East defeated Hamburg, 3-2, on Friday at Hamburg to move into first place in ECIC Division II softball. East scored in the top of the second when Chelsea Horne singled, moved to second on a ground out, to third on a wild pitch and scored from a Karen Kingsley fly ball to center fiel... More ... Lady Billies post first league win of season The Williamsville South softball team posted its first ECIC Division II victory of the season after defeating Iroquois, 12-7, on Monday, April 21 at South. The Lady Billies scored three runs in the first inning on hits by Sam Strapason, Kate Kurzanski and Megan Hull. More ... Sacred Heart's woes on offense continues Runs have been hard to come by for the Sacred Heart softball team and the trend continued last week. The Sharks beat Mount Mercy, 2-1, on Wednesday at Cazenovia Park but fell to Immaculata, 2-1 on Friday at Immaculata. Brieanna Brink scored on an error in the first inning against Mount Mercy. More ... Sweet Home experiences roller coaster week It was an up and down week for the Sweet Home softball team. The Lady Panthers went 2-3 last week, splitting games with Williamsville South, beating Lake Shore and losing to Iroquois and Williamsville East. The team's most recent game was a 3-1 loss to Williamsville South on Saturday in the 25th... More ... St. Greg's 'A' softball wins home opener The St. Greg's varsity "A" softball team earned a convincing 15-2 victory in five innings in the home opener against St. John's of Kenmore. Cougars starting pitcher Hannah O'Sullivan struck out 12, scored three runs and had three hits. More ... Short-handed Lady Billies place third at Kenmore invite by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Despite only having 12 girls available, Williamsville South was able to place third at the Kenmore Track Invitational on Saturday at Crosby Field. The Lady Billies scored 60 points. Allie VanBuren won the 100 hurdles (15.94) and 400 hurdles (Western New York best 1:06.84). More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter If there is one word to describe how the Amherst Central softball team is playing these days, it's inconsistent. In all four of its losses last week, the Lady Tigers (1-5, 1-3) allowed each of their opponents to score multiple runs in an inning. More ... Sweet Home's Blango wins Josh Blango won the 110-meter hurdles at the Kenmore Track Invitational on Saturday at Crosby Field. Blango won in 15.34. Blango also took third in the triple jump in 39-5.24 and fourth in the high jump with a leap of 5-6. Blango also helped the team's 4x400-meter relay to a first-place finish i... More ... Central Amherst 'AAA' Marlins edge Mets Central Amherst "AAA" Marlins pitcher Matthew Boccio struck out six in the first two innings as they beat the Mets, 12-10. The Marlins' Joe Sobol doubled in the fourth, scoring Joe Montalbano. Connor Larson, Anthony Maisano, Jordan Nwora and Adam Merkle also scored. More ... Tigers win three of four opening league games by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Amherst Central baseball team showed they could be one of the better teams in ECIC Division III by winning three of its first four league games of the season. The Tigers (4-3, 3-1) won road games at Depew, 5-2, and Tonawanda, 6-0, on Monday, April 21 and Tuesday, April 22, and came back to be... More ...
The Williamsville North boys opened the season with an 86-55 loss to Clarence last Wednesday at Clarence. Sean Felton was a triple winner, taking first in the long jump, triple jump and 200 dash. Felton also took home second in the 100. More ... Allen shines for East girls Kala Allen was chosen as female track athlete MVP at the Kenmore Track Invitational on Saturday at Crosby Field. Allen was the meet's only triple winner, taking home first in the 100 dash (12.78), 200 dash (26.94) and open 400 (1:01.29). More ... High School Sports Scoreboard Amherst Central Baseball - def. Tonawanda 6-0; lost to Maryvale 9-5; def. Cheektowaga 5-4 Boys Lacrosse - def. Grand Island 15-4 Girls Lacrosse - def. Eden 18-1; def. More ...
The Williamsville East baseball team lost a critical game to Hamburg, 6-2, on Friday at East. The loss put the Flames (3-3, 2-2) a game behind front-runners Hamburg and Iroquois in ECIC Division II. East scored first when Gary Styn tripled and Josh DiMarco grounded out to second base in the firs... More ... Sweet Home continues its turnaround by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Game by game, the Sweet Home baseball team continues to learn from its mistakes. The Panthers dropped a 14-10 decision to Williamsville East at home on Monday, April 21 but responded with road victories at Iroquois, 14-8, and Williamsville South, 3-1, on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. More ... South experiencing growing pains by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter It tends to take high school baseball teams a little while to reach its stride at the plate but with Williamsville South, it's taking longer. The Billies only return five players from last year's team so coach Dave Delisanti knew there would be a learning curve at the plate. However, through five... More ... Lancaster girls lax snaps Amherst's win streak The Amherst Central girls lacrosse team hadn't lost to a Section VI opponent since May 2005 but that all changed on Monday, April 21 at Lancaster. The Lady Tigers lost to Lancaster, 13-6. Amherst won 15-2 over the Lady Redskins last year. Lancaster and Amherst have won section titles in Class A a... More ...
NATIONALS - Lindsey Morgan (Lancaster), far left, Caitlin Formato (Lancaster), Lily Timlin (Amherst) and Kristin Stone (Clarence) were four of 60 girls lacrosse players selected from approximately 160 girls from Western New York (Rochester and Buffalo) and Central New York (Albany and Syracuse) to ... More ...
TRY TO CATCH ME - Williamsville East senior Erica Flaschner runs with the lacrosse ball past Eden's Virginia Partridge during the Lady Flames' 15-6 home win last Friday at East. Photo by Amy Krakowiak More ... North baseball rallies, beats Clarence in thriller by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Whenever the Williamsville North and Clarence baseball teams clash, there's always a good chance it will be a good game. Last Friday's contest at Clarence was no exception. The Spartans scored five runs with two outs in the top of the seventh inning and held off a late Clarence rally to win 8-7. More ... Sacred Heart lacrosse splits games With almost the entire starting lineup gone on spring recess, the Sacred Heart girls lacrosse team almost beat Mt. Mercy but fell short, 11-10, on April 10. "At one point, we didn't have any subs," said Sacred Heart coach Emily Canty. "The underclassmen did an amazing job. It showed they could pl... More ... North boys lax plays well in loss The scoreboard read Orchard Park 13, Williamsville North 1, last Thursday but coach Matt Smart said it was the first time all year that the Spartans played as a lacrosse team. "Orchard Park is a good team but plenty of teams in Western New York have lost to them before the game even starts becaus... More ... Marines' 11U travel lose opener The Mathewson McCarthy Marines 11U travel team began their season with a 22-10 loss to power-hitting Cayuga. Despite the loss, the Marines showed great character coming back from an 18-run first inning wake-up call. Noelle Moran pitched well but her defense let her down in the first. More ...
Goalie Krista Pomeroy is one of the big reasons why the Williamsville South girls lacrosse team has seen success this spring. Pomeroy had a 56 save percentage last week, including a 12-0 shutout against Springville last Wednesday at South. South is 2-4. More ...
LEADERS - Katie Kreuz, far left, Colleen Kielich and Caitlin Kelly captain the 2008 Williamsville South girls lacrosse team. More ... High School Sports Calendar Wednesday, April 30 Baseball: Hamburg at Sweet Home, 5 p.m.; Iroquois at East, 4:30 p.m.; North at Jamestown, 5:15 p.m.; South at Lake Shore, 4:45 p.m. Boys lacrosse: North at W.S. West, 5 p.m. Girls lacrosse: Amherst at Springville, 4:30 p.m.; W.S. More ... Mel Ott 'AA' Red Sox edge Nationals The Mel Ott "AA" Red Sox held off the Nationals, 7-6. Red Sox pitchers Justin Watson and Jacob Reger held the Nationals to six runs. Reger and Joe Pandolfiplayed well with each catching for two innings. Francis Boeck, Justin Boucher and Grey Lock all played well on defense in the infield and out... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter James McHenry's goal with 3:45 remaining in regulation lifted the Sweet Home boys lacrosse team to an 8-7 win over Williamsville East last Wednesday at East. McHenry finished with three goals. The score was tied at 2-2 after the first quarter but Sweet Home took a 5-3 lead at halftime. More ... South boys tennis remains unbeaten in ECIC III The Williamsville South boys tennis team continued its winning ways last week, chalking up three victories in three days to improve to 5-0 in ECIC Division III. More ... East improves to 5-0, first in division The Williamsville East boys tennis team is leading ECIC Division II. The Flames are 4-0 in league matches and 5-0 overall. Junior Alex Mason is 5-0 playing first and second singles. "He has only lost three games total and dominated his competition," said East coach Randy Ball. More ... Buffalo In-Line Hockey Group action on display Last Saturday was another example of the competitive play that exists in the Buffalo In-Line Hockey League. Major Division Snipers 8, Warriors 7 Evan Dressel (Amherst) scored with 3:15 remaining to give the Snipes the win. Pat Smith (Amherst) had a double hat trick for the Warriors. More ...
TENNIS CHAMP - Kathryn Przybyla of Getzville won the third annual UB Open Women's Tennis Championship on April 22. The UB Aces Tennis Club Team sponsors the annual tournament. Przybyla is a 2007 graduate of Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, where she played varsity tennis for four years, being n... More ...
Fencing The Fencing Center of Buffalo held the third annual Hooves of Thunder Tournament on Saturday, April 19, and local competitors walked away with a majority of the medals. Mike Licata of Getzville won the open foil event, Scott Seier of Williamsville won the open epee event, and Mike Doucette of Amh... More ...
The Level 4, 5 and 6 teams from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center combined their talents to win third place at Rines Gymnastics' Spring Fling Invitational. The Level 4 squad had a strong showing. Brianna Blaszak finished with an 8.85 on vault and 8.50 on floor exercise while teammate Alexa Iacono contr... More ...
Four members of the Level 7 team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center competed at the Spring Fling Invitational. In the youngest age group, Taylor Balser earned 9.30s on vault for fifth place and floor for sixth place. She finished sixth overall. More ...
Greater Buffalo Gymnastics Center's Level 6 girls team competed at the Spring Invitational meet at Rines Gymnastics. Caitlyn Orgek, 11, finished fourth on vault (9.05) and scored 8.65 on floor. Demetria Xenos, 12, finished third all-around, taking gold on beam (9.3) and bronze on vault (9.0). More ... Sports briefs Williamsville North High School graduate and Getzville resident Michael Berkun won the Medaille College men's basketball team's Maverick Award. The Maverick Award is given annually to the team member whose dedication and commitment to the team is acknowledged by his teammates. More ... Amherst Revolution shines in Rochester The Amherst Revolution U-13 Girls Soccer Club is playing some of Rochester's best talent in the Tournament of Champions. On Saturday, the Revolution defeated the U-13 girls Doug Miller Soccer team, 2-0. Carissima Cutrona scored two first half goals with assists going to Kaitlyn Neese and Nikka Be... More ... Amherst Skating Club fares well at Niagara invite The 30th Biennial Niagara Invitational Competition was held April 4-6 at Buffalo State College Sports Arena. The invitational featured free skating, compulsory, team and showcase events from tots to adult. Amherst Skating Club won the Niagara Invitational President's Club Trophy for having the ... More ...
BEST OF THE BEST - The Sweet Home varsity cheerleading team, made up of two freshmen and seven sophomores, juniors and seniors, won first place in the large high school varsity division and were national grand champions of the high school and recreational divisions at the 2008 Athletic Championships... More ...
CHAMPIONS - The Ken-Ton Kascade U-16 girls travel soccer team won the Northern Ohio Cup U-16 Championship held April 12-13 in Lodi, Ohio. The team went 4-0, beating teams from Cleveland, Toledo and the Akron, Ohio, areas. Goals were scored by forwards Colleen Wiechec (team-leading six), Chloe Badho... More ...
SIMPLY THE BEST - The Feyenoord Amherst U-10 boys completed an undefeated indoor soccer season at the Epic Center by beating the Lancaster Lions, 6-3, on Sunday, April 21. Members of the team, pictured from left, are: first row - Cameron Browning (team mascot), Noah Smith, Griffin Ingerson; second ... More ... |
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