Boys lacrosse: Deep Orchard Park aims for long playoff road
Not many teams can lose a Division I player and still keep on rolling. However, Orchard Park boys lacrosse has proven for more than a decade that it is not your typical team. OP still has a deep run...
View ArticleAkron lacrosse is putting up the numbers
When it comes to numbers in high school lacrosse, the top website is laxpower.com. It has every team’s schedule and results. It has standings. It has regional, state and national. It even has...
View ArticleHigh School Extra (May 8): Lancaster girls clinch lax title
The previous four girls lacrosse games between Lancaster and Frontier in Class A were all decided by just one goal. Not so Tuesday as Lancaster never trailed in earning a 9-4 victory over the host...
View ArticleHigh School Extra (May 9): Clarence baseball tops OP
Clarence and Orchard Park, the top two large school baseball teams, both proved worthy of their ranking on Wednesday but the Red Devils pulled out the victory.Evan Harof produced the game-winning hit...
View ArticlePrep Talk: Wrestler’s renown is over the top
With 10 seconds left in the 138-pound junior class final in April’s National High School Coaches Association wrestling championships in Virginia Beach, Va., Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer of Cheektowaga...
View ArticleHigh School Extra: Hamburg tops Frontier in third OT
The Southtowns Showdown in girls lacrosse lived up to the billing – right to the third overtime. Jill Ford scored four times, including one on Hamburg’s first possession of the third overtime period –...
View ArticleHigh School Extra: Iroquois softball reigns over Starpoint
The Iroquois softball team weathered two storms on Friday – Mother Nature and the Starpoint Spartans. Of the 26 baseball and 23 softball games scheduled in WNY, it was the only one reported to The...
View ArticleClarence up to challenge in two victories
Undefeated Clarence got a pair of shutout wins over Rochester-area opponents in the I-90 Baseball Challenge at St. Joe’s. Mark Armstrong (7-0) gave up a pair of bunt hits, no walks and fanned 13 in a...
View ArticleHigh School Extra (May 13): Four Canisius boats win gold at states
Three Canisius High eights won gold medals Sunday in the New York State Scholastic Rowing Championships in Saratoga Springs. In addition, a Canisius freshman four won gold, and a novice eight and...
View ArticleWill North lacrosse honors Wilson
When Williamsville North boys lacrosse coach Rick Hopkins was forced to throw five players off his team for violating team rules over a decade ago, it seemed like a pretty bleak time in the program’s...
View ArticleSullivan filling family’s big shoes at West Seneca West
In the Sullivan house in West Seneca and there’s usually a collection of running shoes by the back door that rivals the selection at Fleet Feet.Three pairs belong to the sisters who made their mark...
View ArticleHigh School Extra (May 14): Big days for Tonawanda, Fredonia baseball
Bret Kelly drove in four runs on two hits as Tonawanda made it back-to-back ECIC IV titles with an 11-3 win over Alden. Nick Pullo scattered five hits and fanned 10 for the Warriors (10-1).• Kyle...
View ArticleSidelines (May 14): News, notes and the baseball & softball polls
2013 coaches baseball pollsState classification in parentheses; first place votes in brackets; LW-last week’s poll; *indicates tie. Large schools are classes AA and A; small schools are B, C and...
View ArticleHigh School Extra: Eighth-grader Wang wins ECIC singles
Harry Wang is only in eighth grade, but a growth spurt over the summer helped take his tennis game to another level.Dictating points with his forehand and winning some quick points off of his improved...
View ArticleHigh School Extra (May 16): St. Mary’s clinches title; Timon lax...
It looked like Canisius might have St. Mary’s right-hander Lucas Schaffer on the ropes Wednesday in Lancaster. The Crusaders, who had trailed 3-0, had scored twice and had the bases loaded in the...
View ArticlePrep Talk: Zaffram makes bold move for right reasons
Brad Zaffram, who was a first-team All-Western New York football selection as a sophomore, will transfer from Sweet Home to Canisius next season. That news broke 13 days ago. Since then, some people...
View ArticlePower 10 for May 16
1. Fredonia baseball. Perfect season to date (17-0) includes nonleague wins over Hamburg (No. 8 in large school poll), St. Francis (winners of nine straight) and Pennsyvlania’s Harbor Creek (now...
View ArticleImmaculata, St. Joe’s take All-Catholic track titles
Kelsey Krawiec lifted her younger sister off the turf at Koessler Field, bear-hugging her as the sun set behind them.“Now we get to run it again,” Meghan Krawiec yelled when she finally got her feet...
View ArticleClarence’s Banaszak gets 300th victory
Clarence softball coach Todd Banaszak recorded his 300th career victory as the top-ranked Red Devils defeated Olean, 8-2, in a non-league matchup.Banaszak suffered huge losses to graduation from his...
View ArticleCity Honors baseball upends Hutch-Tech in title game
A pair of City Honors seniors pried the Cornell Cup from the grips of four-time defending champion Hutch-Tech on Friday.Yusef Burgos ripped a decisive two-run single in the second inning and Tom Samar...
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