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 Lancaster middle school honor roll student Jordan Bauth recently won the 2010 North Atlantic Regional Figure Skating Title in Hackensack, NY.
The event consisted of 82 skaters from New York State, New Jersey, and Erie, PA. She will represent the region in the Jamestown Skating Club at the 2010 Junior National Figure Skating Championships in Strongville, OH starting December 16, competing in the intermediate division.
When Jordan skates at Junior Nationals, she will be competing against skaters from all over the country. The US is divided into 3 sections: Eastern, Midwestern and the Pacific Coast. Each Section is divided into 3 regions; The Eastern Section (North Atlantic, New England, and South Atlantic), Midwestern Section (Eastern Great Lakes, Southwestern, and Upper Great Lakes), and the Pacific Coast (Central Pacific, Northwest Pacific, and Southwest Pacific).
Continue reading ‘Lancaster’s Jordan Bauth Wins N.A. Regional Skating Title’
 The Canisius College volleyball team lost in four sets to Marist College in the McCann Center on Sunday in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The Golden Griffins lost 25-19, 25-18, 19-25, 30-28 and are now 11-17 on the season and 8-9 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Freshman Samantha Good led the Golden Griffins with 18 kills in the match and also had five blocks for the second consecutive day. Junior Renee Lettow had her second straight double-double with 10 kills and 17 digs. Sophomore Janelle Davis also had a double-double with 32 assists and 10 digs. Senior Michelle Godfrey had eight kills and five blocks to go along with a .421 attack percentage while freshman Allyson Severyn recorded 18 digs.
“In today’s match, we had more emotion and effort, but didn’t take advantage of enough opportunities to get the win,” Canisius coach Cathy Hummel said. “Hopefully we can learn through this and our maturity catches up with our talent.”
Continue reading ‘Griffs lose in volleyball, soccer’
 The Niagara men’s hockey team (0-7-1, 0-0-0 CHA) played the No. 19 UMass Minutemen (6-1-0, 3-1-0 Hockey East) tight, but two late goals gave the Minutemen the 4-2 victory on Program Pioneers Day at Dwyer Arena.
On a day where Niagara was honoring the 1999-00 team that earned the program’s first NCAA Tournament berth, the Purps came out strong early. Senior Chris Moran (Buffalo, N.Y.), sent a pass low to fellow senior Ryan Olidis (Uxbridge, Ont.), who went behind the net and found senior Egor Mironov (Thornhill, Ont.) on the doorstep for the 1-0 lead six minutes into the first period.
Continue reading ‘NU Drops Decisions in Hockey, Soccer’
 Saturday we were fortunate to be able to provide full coverage and live updates from the Section VI football championships at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The game’s were exciting and filled with fan enthusiasm and school pride.
We liked it and apparently you did as well. After a late night meeting with some of the Buffalo Sports Daily creative heads, we’ve decided we want to bring you more high school action; a lot more.
Continue reading ‘A Call For More High School Sports’
 It’s the bye week for the Buffalo Bills, and no matter how comforting the fact that the Bills cannot lose this weekend is, a weekend without Bills football is still kind of a drag. We’ll equip you for the weekend ahead with prediction and open game threads for Week 9 football, but as it’s still only Saturday (the first week of a two-week layoff is always the longest), we’ll table that for the day and instead focus on taking a peek at the rest of the Bills’ schedule this season. The short version: as usual, the Bills have some very tough matchups.
Continue reading ‘Taking a peek at Buffalo’s remaining schedule’
 The University at Buffalo men’s basketball team used a 28-10 run early in the first half and held on in the second half for a 82-67 win over Daemen, in UB’s exhibition opener for the 2009-10 season Saturday night at Alumni Arena. The Bulls had nine different scorers on the night, including five in double figures.
The Bulls got off to a quick start to the game as sophomore transfer Zach Filzen hit six of his seven three pointers in the first half, giving the Bulls an early 20 point lead. After making one of his first two attempts, Filzen converted on five straight threes, and had 18 points at the half
Continue reading ‘UB Bulls Beat Daemen in Men’s Basketball Exhibition’
 Willie Hordge (Buffalo/Forrestbrook (TX)) had 12 carries for 161 yards and scored three touchdowns of 26, 74 and 52 yards to lead Buffalo State (2-7/2-6) to a 47-20 victory over host Morrisville State (1-9/1-8) in an NJAC contest today at Andy Kerr Stadium on the campus of Colgate University.
Buffalo State raced out to a 33-0 lead and coasted to its second victory of the season, piling up 191 rushing yards while limiting the Mustangs to negative-14 yards on the ground.
Continue reading ‘Buffalo State Runs Over Morrisville State, 40-27′
 The Canisius College hockey team defeated Mercyhurst for the second-consecutive night, winning 4-3 at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. The sweep, which was the first for the Griffs in the program’s history against Mercyhurst, improves Canisius’ record to 4-6-0 and 3-3-0 in Atlantic Hockey play. The Lakers drop to 2-7-1 and 2-3-1 against league foes.
“Our team worked extremely hard,” said Canisius head coach Dave Smith. “It was a very gritty and determined effort. We are finding ways to win right now and I am very proud of our guys.”
Seniors Josh Heidinger (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Carl Hudson (Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario) and juniors Vincent Scarsella (Lackawanna, N.Y.) and Cory Conacher (Burlington, Ontario) all scored for the Griffs in the victory.
Continue reading ‘Canisius Hockey Completes Sweep of Mercyhurst’
 The Erie Community College (4-5) football team stunned 19th-ranked Georgia Military College, 13-10, this afternoon at Jim Ball Stadium in Orchard Park, NY.
Trailing 10-6 late in the fourth quarter, freshman quarterback Tyheen Taylor rushed it in from one yard away for the winning score with 4:41 remaining in the game. Taylor finished the game 13-of-19 passing for 147 yards.
Erie took the first lead of the game on an eight yard run by freshman Zedric Joseph with 5:32 remaining in the first quarter. The play capped off a 45-yard drive that began when freshman defensive lineman Nicholas Brock fell on a Georgia Military fumble. The Kats only led 6-0 after the extra point was missed.
Continue reading ‘College Football: Kats Stun Georgia Military’
 Wrapping up a very busy weekend for ECC sports, and this doesn’t even include the thrilling foootball victory Saturday against Georgia Military.
Men’s Hoops: Kats advance to tournament title game
The Erie Community College men’s basketball team survived a foul-plagued first half against Schoolcraft College (MI) to move on to the finals of their Cole’s/Brennan’s Kickoff Tournament, 119-92.
The Kats shook off a sluggish first half in which they led 48-46 at the break and erupted for 71 second-half points.
Continue reading ‘ECC: Wrap-Up of a very busy weekend’
 If this keeps up, that hot Buffalo Sabres start will soon be just a distant memory.
For the second time in 24 hours, the Sabres skated against an Eastern Conference power. After getting outplayed and beaten at home by Philadelphia last night, Buffalo took their road show to Boston. They were probably better off staying home.
The Sabres were again clearly outplayed as Boston defeated them, 4-2 in a game that wasn’t as close as the final score indicated. The loss is the third in the last four games for a Buffalo team that started the season 8-1-1.
Jhonas Enroth got his first career NHL start in goal. Derek Roy scored for the Sabres for the third straight game. Jason Pominville added the other goal. We’ll have much more on this game on Sunday morning.
 In many ways, it seemed fitting that Lancaster played this game at Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills.
The previously unbeaten Redskins run a no-huddle offense, engineered by a quarterback sporting uniform No. 5. Sound familiar?
Whatever disease the Bills have on this turf must be contagious, because it spread like wildfire to Lancaster.
Continue reading ‘Section VI Class AA Final: North Tonawanda 54, Lancaster 7′
 Southwestern rolled into their Section VI Class C championship showdown on a devastating roll that saw them squash each of their nine previous opponents by an average of 31.4 points Fredonia previously gave the Trojans their toughest game of the season, keeping the final score within 18 points. Southwestern put up 336 points in their first nine games, a 37.3 average.
Conversely, Eden’s defense entered the showdown deadly, giving up exactly three offensive touchdowns on the season. Opponents were blanked in six of their nine contests, and only two times was the game decided by less than double digits.
Continue reading ‘Section VI Class C Final: Southwestern 21, Eden 8′
 The Cheektowaga Warriors used a combination of a punishing ground game and ruthless pass rush en route to defeating Alden, 27-13 in the Section VI Class B final at Ralph Wilson Stadium today. It was Cheektowaga’s (10-0) first ever sectional championship.
The victory was made possible on the strength of the ground game. Cheektowaga ran the ball 37 times and pounded out 287 yards, with all four of their touchdowns coming via the running game.
Their pass rush was equally effective, harassing Alden quarterback Tyler Schodt into eight sacks. Junior linebacker Kevin Brooks led the way with four of them, while Donte Perry contributed two.
Continue reading ‘Section VI Class B Final: Cheektowaga 27, Alden 13′
 The Niagara men’s hockey team (0-6-1, 0-0-0 CHA) put together a tough and gritty effort, but it wasn’t enough as they dropped a tightly contested 4-1 decision to No. 19 UMass (5-1-0, 3-1-0 HE) on Friday night at the Mullins Center.
“A lot of our game I like, even with the tight loss,” head coach Dave Burkholder said. “We hope to get a win over them in 48 hours.”
The Purple Eagles took a 1-0 lead 22 seconds into the second stanza, after a thunderous check at blueline by senior Egor Mironov (Thornhill, Ont.) kept the puck in the zone. Niagara kept cycling the puck, until Mironov put a shot on goal, with senior Ryan Olidis (Uxbridge, Ont.) scooping up the rebound and firing a backhanded shot past sprawling UMass netminder Paul Dainton for the lead.
Continue reading ‘NU: No. 19 UMass Downs Men’s Hockey, 4-1′
 The Mid-American Conference wrestling coaches in conjuction with the league offices have announced the 2009 preseason individual rankings. Appearing on the list, 20th nationally-ranked junior Jimmy Hamel at 197 and 16th nationally-ranked sophomore Desi Green at 149, each ranked at the top of their respective weight classes. In the preseason MAC team rankings, the University at Buffalo wrestling team has been predicted to finish fifth.
Three additional Bulls were listed in the top four of their individual weight classes. At 125, senior Dan Bishop occupies third while Kevin Smith and John Martin-Cannon are slated in the fourth spot at 133 and 165, respectively.
Continue reading ‘UB: Hamel and Green Ranked First in MAC Preseason Individual Rankings’
 Six Buffalo State soccer players were recognized by coaches of the State University of New York Athletic Conference as 2009 All-SUNYAC selections with Leighana Krzyzanowski (Ontario/Wayne), Barb Kiliszek (Depew/Lancaster) and Mindy Wendt (Sanborn/Starpoint) leading the group, all garnering second team honors.
Meghan Jarrell (Hamburg/Hamburg) and Kelly Reuter (East Aurora/East Aurora) rounded out the women’s selections, named to the third team, and Tony Schiappa (E. Amherst/Williamsville East) was the lone representative from the men’s team, also claiming third team recognition.
Continue reading ‘Six Bengals Capture All-SUNYAC Soccer Honors’
Niagara County Community College’s Baseball Coach Matt Clingersmith has been named the 2009 Diamond Sports American Baseball Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year for NJCAA Division III.
Clingersmith led the NCCC Trailblazers to their first ever berth in the National Junior College Athletic Association College World Series last spring in just his second season as head coach of the trailblazers.
Clingersmith will be recognized at the American Coaches Association Hall of Fame/Coach of the Year Banquet on January 8th, 2010 in Dallas Texas.
 Senior Alan McGreal (Dublin, Ireland) broke the program’s record for most career goals but the Canisius College men’s soccer team could not overcome a 2-0 deficit and lost to the host Gaels on Friday afternoon, 2-1. The defeat drops the Griffs, who are in a battle for the final MAAC Championship berth, to 4-4-0 on the season in conference play, while the first-place Gaels improve to 7-1-0 against MAAC foes.
McGreal’s goal gives him 35 for his career, surpassing the previous record set by Tony Burke, who scored 34 goals from 1993 to 1996. McGreal already holds the school records with 99 career points and 29 career assists.
Canisius, who entered the day trailing Niagara for the fourth and final playoff berth by one point, can still clinch a spot in the MAAC Tournament on Sunday. The Griffs need to beat Fairfield and have either Niagara earn one point in its final two games (at Fairfield and at Iona) or have the Purple Eagles defeat or draw Fairfield later on Friday.
Continue reading ‘Canisius’ McGreal Sets School Record in 2-1 Defeat’
 Terrell Owens is having one of, it not the worst year of his career in Buffalo. Surprisingly, he’s yet to verbally throw anyone in the organization under the bus. Sure, he’s offered up excuses, mainly injuries, but he’s not attacked anyone via a tongue lashing.
His agent, Drew Rosenhaus is unwilling to be as kind. In a story that was originally published today by Pro Football Talk, Rosenhaus took his shot at the coaching, quarterback play and especially the offensive line.
According to Gregg Rosenthal’s PFT report today, Rosenhaus on Joe Rose’s WQAM radio report this morning. He criticized the Bills’ coaching and shoddy quarterback play, but saved his biggest gripe for the offensive line.
Continue reading ‘Drew Rosenhaus Not Fond of the Bills This Year’
 The first six weeks of the season have been good to the Buffalo Sabres. After a 5-0 loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday, the club redeemed itself with a shutout of its own back at home. Now 9-2-1 on the season, the Sabres are leading the Northeast and have at least a game in hand over every other team in that division.
While they had a strong start last year as well before falling off, at this point in the season they had already started coming back to earth. As of November 5th, 2008, the Buffalo Sabres were down to 8-3-1 after a 6-0-1 start, and had already had a three-game losing streak in those first 12 games. If the Sabres can make it to the end of the month still leading the division, their fans might just start believing that they’re real, and not just another early season apparition.
Continue reading ‘Faceoffs Coincide With Sabres Strong Start’
 The Mid-American Conference announced its 2009 women’s soccer All-MAC teams on Thursday night, with UB freshman Stephanie Velez being named to the All-MAC Second Team and the All-MAC Freshman team after a breakout rookie season. Velez was a key component of the Buffalo offense, leading the Bulls in goals, points and shots.
Velez finished the 2009 season with a team high 13 points, including six goals and one assist, and also led the Bulls with 29 shots, 13 of which were on goal. Velez was an intricate part of Buffalo’s MAC wins, scoring three out of the four Buffalo goals in those two games, including the game-winner over Northern Illinois. Velez ended the regular season ranked third in the MAC in goals, and first in points and goals for conference games only. Buffalo ended the 2009 season with a 3-15-1 record (2-8-1 MAC), falling just out of postseason contention.
 Former St. Bonaventure men’s basketball player D’Lancy Carter will get an opportunity to continue his dream of playing professional basketball, as the 6-foot-10 forward was selected by the Dakota Wizards on Thursday evening in the NBA Development League draft.
Carter was picked in the fourth round with the 54th overall pick. The NBA D-League draft featured eight rounds of selections by 16 teams.
Continue reading ‘Bona: D’Lancy Carter selected Dakota Wizards in NBA D-League Draft’
 Before I launch this long-winded mess; a disclaimer. Reading this in its entirety for any Bills’ enthusiast may cause stomach pain, nausea, migraines, sleepless nights and/or increased depression. It may even lead to losing bodily functions.
There’s a laundry list of explanations why the Buffalo Bills have been so futile this decade. At the top of the hamper lies Dick Jauron. He’s failed to produce a winning season in three tries and is well on his way to his fourth. His coaching style could best be deemed as unappealing, and his encounters with the media hardly make for good theater. Billboards have been erected via fan donations calling for his firing.
But he’s not the biggest reason the Bills are concluding their decade-long demise.
Continue reading ‘The Real Biggest Reason The Bills Don’t Win’
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