High School Extra (Feb. 16): O’Hara takes Lockport title
O’Hara takes Lockport title Led by a double-double by tournament MVP Keyonte Edwards, Cardinal O’Hara defeated Lockport, 72-54, in the championship game of the Lockport Kiwanis girls basketball...
View ArticleDunkirk brothers do double takedown
SANBORN — Going to states for the first time is always special. But going with your brother, it gets no better than that.Dunkirk eighth-grader Hector Colom and his brother, Tito, a sophomore, both...
View ArticleJamestown boys flip to top seeding
The star of Saturday’s Section VI boys basketball seeding meeting was a coin. Actually, three coins. At the outset of the meeting to confirm seeds and schedules for the sectional basketball...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s Jones wins state title
St. Joe’s junior Richie Jones was Western New York’s only individual state champion while St. Francis won the Division II (small school) title at the New York State Catholic High Schools Athletic...
View ArticleAnother rout for Canisius
It was a typically large crowd that filled Canisius College’s Koessler Athletic Center on Sunday afternoon for the latest edition of Western New York’s top high school basketball rivalry. And they saw...
View ArticleSection VI Girls Outlook: A rundown of the hoops teams
There are many factors at work when classifying a team as a contender for a postseason championship.A team’s body of work entering the playoffs tends to offer a good indication. Who has beaten whom...
View ArticleWolverines come out of the shadows
NIAGARA FALLS — It’s that time of the basketball season when Niagara Falls is just two wins away from playing for a championship in the Buffalo State Sports Arena – the Wolverines’ unofficial home...
View ArticleKenmore East sweeps
The home teams, the higher seeds, ruled the opening night Tuesday of the Section VI girls and boys basketball players.Only five visiting teams triumphed in games involving mostly lower-seeded teams.No...
View ArticleWill North, N-W roll in hockey
Williamsville North hockey is back in a championship game. And its good friend from Section VI is joining them. North, which last year missed being in a championship game for the first time in seven...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s is Timon’s last obstacle
LEWISTON — St. Joe’s learned two years ago that beating a bitter rival three times in one season is one of the hardest things to do in hockey.That was when the Marauders’ championship quest ended...
View ArticleWest hits winner for Hutch-Tech
Roman West hit a shot at the buzzer to give Hutch-Tech a 71-69 win over Grand Island in a Class A-1 prequarterfinal boys basketball game.West, who had a game-high 23 points, hit a 15-footer as time...
View ArticleWilliamsville East, Kenmore East reach final
It’s hard to believe a good hockey program like Williamsville East has sort of flown under the radar most of the season, but the Flames won’t be hiding in plain sight anymore and it’s not just because...
View ArticlePrep Talk: The most wonderful time of the year
One of the best days on the Western New York high school sports calendar is tomorrow’s Quarterfinal Friday. There are 32 spots in the Section VI final fours available, and 32 games will decide them....
View ArticlePower 10: Keith McShea ranks winter’s best
1. Kenmore girls hockey. The first winter sport totally in the books has a history-maker on top. Kenmore became the first team in the four-year history of Western New York Girls Hockey Federation to...
View ArticleIroquois, Olean girls deliver upset specials; Buffalo schools solid
A change in defensive scheme helped 10th-seeded Iroquois upset No. 2 Albion in girls basketball playoff action Thursday.The Chiefs played aggressive zone in the second half to earn a 52-48 win in the...
View ArticleWmsv. South beats Hutch-Tech in OT
Kam Varner had seven of his team’s 12 points in overtime as Williamsville South survived Hutch-Tech, 83-79, in Class A-1. The game was one of 32 quarterfinal games played Friday night in the Section...
View ArticleWill North handles Niagara Falls in a first for Spartans coach
Williamsville North coach Chuck Swierski walked into the locker room before Friday night’s Class AA quarterfinal, and he asked his team a favor. The coach told his team that he had never beaten...
View ArticleNichols hockey bows to national power
The Nichols hockey team fell to Shattuck-St. Mary’s for the second time in two days, 5-2, at the Dann Memorial Rink. Shattuck (32-5-2) is the No. 1 ranked team in the country and has five Division I...
View ArticleWilliams’ last-second drive pushes Timon to the final four
Monsignor Martin Association basketball fans had a tough choice to make Saturday afternoon: Two Manhattan Cup quarterfinal doubleheaders were scheduled for the same time, at two different schools. It...
View ArticleNardin takes out Sacred Heart in Class A semifinal
Nardin has been a thorn in Sacred Heart’s side all year, accounting for two of the Sharks’ five losses coming into Sunday’s Monsignor Martin Association semifinal.After Sunday’s result, Nardin’s thorn...
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