It wasn’t easy, and certainly a lot closer than the final score indicated, but if there were any doubt before it can be put to rest, at least for now. Nichols is the new king of boy’s high school basketball in Western New York. In a clash of WNY co-No 1’s, Nichols defeated Niagara Falls, 68-53 to take over the top spot by themselves.
The match up had the feel in a packed St. Marys of Lancaster gym of a heavyweight title fight. Both teams traded punches early, with Niagara Falls landing early jabs before Nichols connected ona few devastating punches before halftime. Niagara Falls opened up a six-point lead before the game was three minutes old, but Nichols did their damage in the second quarter, going on a14-1 run to close out the first half and take a 34-21 lead, with Niagara Falls failing to score a field goal over the last 5:40.
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After four consecutive losses to start the nine-game Monsignor Martin Association vs. ECIC Challenge, a non-catholic school can finally claim a victory. Holland brought a fundamentally sound game to the gym, not to mention plenty of height, and both traits were on display as they defeated Christian Central, 52-38.
Niagara Catholic came into their Monsignor Martin Association vs ECIC Challenge game against Cheektowaga undefeated (4-0). They made sure they come out of the locker room at the start of each half ready to pounce. They did just that, outscoring the Warriors 14-8 in the first and 20-6 in the third en route to easily defeating Cheektowaga (1-4), 59-42.
In early November we wondered how the Buffalo Sabres (now 19-9-2) would look at the end of the month. After their fall from grace last year at about that time, one couldn’t help but worry that the same fate might be in store for Sabres fans, especially after losing two of their first three games that month.
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