Randolph boys, girls win track titles
Olean, Randolph and Portville took boys’ division titles in the Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Track and Field Championships, which were held at Olean Middle School on Saturday. The girls’ winners were...
View ArticleSweet Home boys, West Seneca girls pull away
The Sweet Home boys and West Seneca West girls won the large school division team titles Saturday in the ECIC track and field championship meet held at Hamburg.In the small school division, the...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s, Canisius ride pitching gems into final
A pair of pitching gems lifted a pair of old rivals into the Georgetown Cup championship series.Senior Matt Matre tossed a two-hit shutout as St Joe’s knocked off red-hot St. Francis, 1-0, and...
View ArticleRunning circles around the competition
The pentathlon. Five events. Five chances for Mckenna Maycock to shine. And the Randolph High School sophomore does.Maycock has a legitimate shot at a state title in track and field next month. She...
View ArticleSidelines (May 28): 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 ArticleA spirited finish: Holy Angels rowers leave pride in their wake
They did not exactly leave their mark under the cover of darkness. It was around dusk Sunday night, when about 10 members of the Holy Angels Academy crew – the last rowers in the school’s history –...
View ArticleCanisius returns in style at regatta
The Canisius crews returned to Black Rock Channel for the Fontana All-High Regatta and settled right back in at the top of the medal count.After declining an invitation to participate last year,...
View ArticleRain takes toll on diamond playoff schedule
The most important week of the season for Western New York high school baseball and softball got off to a sputtering start Tuesday.Rain put a damper on the start of things.The best-of-three Georgetown...
View ArticleHamburg, Silver Creek repeat in lacrosse; Class A game postponed
The Section VI boys lacrosse championship matchups were a repeat of last year, and so were the results — so far. Mother Nature came along and stole the event’s finale.Hamburg repeated as Class B...
View ArticleTimon beats St. Joe’s for MMA lacrosse title
Less than a month after St. Joe’s knocked off perennial power Bishop Timon-St. Jude and snapped its 49-game regular-season league winning streak in lacrosse, the Tigers served the Marauders a cold...
View ArticleChampionship week has familiar feel
There isn’t a more important week in the spring season than this one. There are championships being determined nearly every day, and if the matchups feel familiar, they should. All four of tonight’s...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s takes Georgetown Cup opener on home field
The defending champions defended their home turf in the Georgetown Cup opener.Chris Falk pitched a complete game shutout and Donald Kilian drove in two runs Wednesday as St. Joe’s beat Canisius, 3-0,...
View ArticleOP lacrosse cruises past Clarence
A day-long weather delay didn’t deter Orchard Park from continuing its dominance on the lacrosse field.John Januszkiewicz had six goals, Mitch Wilson won 12 draws and Taylor Ferrino made 22 saves for...
View ArticleLancaster, Hamburg and Amherst defend girls lacrosse crowns
In the first two chapters of Wednesday’s Section VI girls lacrosse championship tripleheader, Lancaster and Hamburg defended their titles by holding off very stingy efforts from teams that they had...
View ArticleHigh School Extra (May 31): State golf to begin this weekend
Williamsville North’s David Berkun and Ben Reichert, Grand Island’s Aaron Schauger and Randolph’s Nolan Ditcher will lead Section VI’s roster in the NYSPHSAA Boys Golf State Championship, which runs...
View ArticleWilliamsville South dominates Hamburg for Class A title
NIAGARA FALLS — There was only one thing going through Williamsville South starter Damian Powers’ mind after he hit the game’s first two batters: “Just don’t hit the next one,” he laughed.He didn’t....
View ArticleArmstrong carries Clarence to Class AA championship
NIAGARA FALLS — When the stage was the grandest, arguably Western New York’s finest player was up for the moment. Dominant Clarence senior pitcher Mark Armstrong went the complete game as the Red...
View ArticleSt. Joe’s baseball sweeps Canisius to complete repeat
The Georgetown Cup trophy stood proud in the stands Thursday at Coca-Cola Field.Now it’s returning to St. Joe’s for another year.Matthew Matre pitched a complete game and Thomas Brummer scored the...
View ArticleHigh School Extra (June 1): Eden rolls into softball finals
Today’s the day in which the area’s top softball teams will vie for Section VI championships in five classifications – highlighted by a championship tripleheader at West Seneca’s Sunshine Park with...
View ArticleVoss pitches Fredonia past Tonawanda in Class B
JAMESTOWN — The No. 1-ranked small school in Western New York won a sectional championship at its second home Friday and is ready to return to Diethrick Park for another swing at a regional...
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