Kuehlewind takes shot put title at state championships
CICERO – Lancaster’s McKenzie Kuehlewind and Grand Island’s Jess Dhaliwall stood atop the winner’s podium together for the last time as high school athletes on Friday.The future college roommates and...
View ArticleFor Maple Grove’s Wefing, mom knows best
CICERO – After all the coaching Cory Wefing has had in his running career, the best piece of advice he got at Friday’s New York State Track and Field Championships came from his mom.“Right before the...
View ArticleBuczkowski’s perfecto caps fine day by Clarence, Eden and Will South...
SANBORN – Friday was a great day for Section VI softball at Niagara-Wheatfield. And the ending was just perfect. Clarence senior Katrina Buczkowski threw her first career perfect game to lead the Red...
View ArticleSection V defeats Albion, Cassadaga Valley, North Collins
One was a close call, two others were one-sided. All three added up to defeat for Section VI baseball teams Saturday in the Far West Regional playoffs against Section V teams from the Rochester...
View ArticleFredonia loses to Livonia 3-1 in Class B Far West Regional
BATAVIA — It’s not too often the opposing pitcher steals the show from Cam Voss, when the hard-throwing, left-hander is on the mound for Fredonia.Livonia’s Zack Kolodziejski is one exception.The...
View ArticleVictor tops Lancaster in baseball
NEWARK – After winning the Section VI baseball championship two years ago, Lancaster got crushed by Victor in the Far West Regional, 15-1. If Lancaster was searching for redemption in Saturday’s...
View ArticleAlden’s Rospierski jumps for joy after winning state title
CICERO – Alden’s Hailey Rospierski ran and jumped her way to Section VI’s only girls New York State Public High School State Championship on the final day of the meet Saturday.After a third-place...
View ArticleClose-knit Cheektowaga relay wins state title in Division II 4x800
CICERO – There isn’t anything the Cheektowaga boys 4x800 relay wouldn’t do for each other. On Saturday they took that to the ultimate, winning the Division II title at the New York State Track and...
View ArticleHigh School Scoreboard for June 9
high schoolsBaseballGEORGETOWN CUP PLAYOFFSChampionship (best-of-3) at Coca-Cola FieldMonday’s gameCanisius vs. St. Joe’s, 4 p.m.Tuesday’s gameCanisius vs. St. Joe’s, 4 p.m.Wednesday’s game (if...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s boat second at Canadian regatta
A second-place by St. Joe’s junior four with coxwain was the best finish among eight crews from three area high schools in Sunday’s finals of the Canadian Secondary School Rowing Championships in St....
View ArticleProm night real special for Hollins
Bubba Hollins will never forget where he was when the call came. He was pulling into the parking lot at Michael’s Banquet Facility in Hamburg for senior prom when his cell phone rang. It was Murray...
View ArticlePrep Talk: Borrelli event to honor best of WNY lacrosse
This spring will mark the sixth year of the Borrelli Award, an honor that goes to the top senior boys and girls lacrosse players in Western New York.The Tom Borrelli Memorial Award and Scholarship...
View ArticleEx-Canisius High hoops star Hart transfers to GW
Former Canisius High basketball star Matt Hart has transferred from Hamilton College to George Washington, where he hopes to become a Division I player after sitting out a year under NCAA rules.Hart,...
View ArticleCanisius takes opener of Georgetown Cup series
Bryan Tenney asked just one thing of his Canisius baseball team before the start of Monday’s game against St. Joe’s.“I just told the kids you keep swinging the bats. That’s what I kind of gave them as...
View ArticleHigh School scores, final track leaders (June 10)
Boys track and fieldFINAL WNY LEADERS, 2014100 metersMitch Fuller (Lancaster) 10.92, Desmond Nicholas (Canisius) 10.94, Alex Dildy (Bennett) 10.94, Justice Milton (Sweet Home) 11.07, Derrell Hennings...
View ArticleWalkoff hit gets Canisius another Georgetown Cup
Before Rich Miller went to bat with the Georgetown Cup on the line Tuesday, Canisius manager Bryan Tenney gave him a prophetic bit of advice. “I told him if you try to jack it, we’re going to go extra...
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