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January 26, 2012 / Sports

Warrior wrestlers fare well at ECIC Championships

Cheektowaga’s wrestling team crowned one individual champion and had three grapplers place in the top six to highlight the Warriors’ efforts at last weekend’s annual ECIC Championship Tournament, held at Clarence High School. More...

JFK boys hoops ends six-game losing streak

After suffering six straight losses, all of which saw John F. Kennedy’s boys basketball team score fewer than 50 points, the Bears finally broke through last Friday with its 68-45 win over the Eden Raiders in an ECIC Division IV contest. More...

JFK tops rival Cleve Hill on girls basketball court

by JASON NADOLINSKI
Reporter

Cleveland Hill’s girls basketball team made a spirited fourth-quarter rally, but the Lady Eagles’ last-ditch efforts against crosstown rival JFK weren’t enough as they fell to the Lady Bears, 56-38, in the squads’ clash Januar More...

Career-high efforts propel Central’s girls hoops past Amherst

by JASON NADOLINSKI
Reporter

Career-high outputs from both Mykia Lee (26 points) and Taliyah Hopkins (22) were nearly enough to topple Amherst by themselves, as the Lady Warriors capped a busy stretch of four games with a 67-52 conquest Monday. More...

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RIVALS COLLIDE — Maryvale’s Mark Friol, right, handles the puck while being shadowed by Cheektowaga’s Mike Crissy during Cheektowaga’s 7-0 win Saturday at the Cheektowaga Town More...

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCOREBOARD

CheektowagaBoys basketball: def. Depew 65-64 (OT)Girls basketball: lost to Williamsville South 47-40, def. Depew 59-56 (OT), lost toHamburg 60-32, def. More...

Season-high pinfall not enough as JFK girls fall to Tonawanda

John F. Kennedy’s girls bowling team posted a season-high 3,513 pinfall total January 18, but it still wasn’t enough as the Lady Bears were upended by league foe Tonawanda, 5-2. More...

Central boys bowling clinches division title

Cheektowaga’s boys bowling team proved it wasn’t a one-year wonder Monday when it defeated Lackawanna, 5-2, to clinch its second consecutive ECIC Division III regular-season championship after ending a 13-year drought last winter. More...

Individual goals, achievements keep Maryvale swimmers going

by JASON NADOLINSKI
Reporter

Zach Hermanski placed second in the 100 breaststroke in a school-record time of 1:10.37 to highlight Maryvale’s effort in the Flyers’ 67-34 loss Friday. More...

Central indoor track athletes continue to shine

by JASON NADOLINSKI
Reporter

Cheektowaga indoor track co-coach Richard Bridenbaker described the Warriors’ contingent at this past Saturday’s meet at Lancaster as “light,” but that doesn’t mean their results were any less impressive than what the te More...

Lady Flyer keglers hand Lady Billies year’s first loss

Maryvale’s girls bowling team posted its eight straight win Monday — and ended its opponent’s streak at the same time — when it toppled previously-undefeated Williamsville South in non-league action, 5-2. More...

Sports briefs

The Cheektowaga Chargers U13 travel soccer team recently opened its season with a 9-3 win over the Boys Blue team. Brandon Margeson led the way for the victors with three goals, while Anthony Roncone and Cam Ciesielski each added two goals. More...

EA cagers hold off feisty Flyers

by JASON NADOLINSKI
Reporter

Solid foul shooting down the stretch — including an extra opportunity when Maryvale coach Mark Kensy was whistled for a technical foul with 33.1 seconds to play in regulation — helped East Aurora’s boys basketball team escape from F More...

Eagle cagers cruise to 27-point win over Alden

Cleveland Hill’s boys basketball team used solid team defense in the second half of its contest against Alden Friday to easily knock off the Bulldogs, 56-29, to improve to 10-2 overall. More...

Warrior cagers squeak past Depew in overtime thriller

by JASON NADOLINSKI
Reporter

Free throws played a crucial role in Cheektowaga’s 65-64 overtime victory over Depew Friday, with makes by the Warriors and misses by the Wildcats both coming at the most crucial of moments. More...

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CALENDAR

Thursday, January 26Girls basketball: Cheektowaga vs. West Seneca East, 6 p.m.;JFK at Tonawanda, 7 p.m.Bowling: Cheektowaga vs. Lackawanna, 4 p.m. More...