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High School
- Weekend Warriors: Sights and sounds from the Section VI football championships
Updated: 11/08/09 6:27 PMIt was a busy weekend at Ralph Wilson Stadium where local high schools competed in the Section VI championships. News photographer Mark Mulville was there to capture the games in this audio slideshow. (Updated: 11/08/09 6:27 PM )
- North Tonawanda wins Class AA title in record-setting rout
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM The marquee matchup of Section VI football championship weekend at Ralph Wilson Stadium was the Class AA final between two of the best large schools with two of the best football traditions in Western New York. (Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM )
- Cheektowaga's on the mark in winning its first title
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM There is a spot on the wall of the Cheektowaga football locker room wall that honors sectional championships. (Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM )
- Southwestern overcomes Eden's strong effort
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM Conventional wisdom suggested Southwestern would end the worst-to-first season of Eden in swift, humiliating fashion Saturday afternoon at Ralph Wilson Stadium. (Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM )
- Bennett roars into playoffs, St. Joe's rallies
Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AMBennett, which hasn't won a Harvard Cup football championship since 1968 or even been in the playoffs since 1995, is back in postseason play again. (Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM )
- Clarence boys, girls sweep Class AA soccer
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM Clarence knew they weren't going to get a lot of scoring opportunities against Williamsville North. Enter Chris Berardi. (Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM )
- GI boys, Will East girls win in Class A soccer
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM Eric Breier scored off a rebound with 10:15 left in the game to give Grand Island a 2-1 win over Williamsville South to win the Section VI Class A boys soccer title game at Dimp Wagner Field at Amherst. (Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM )
- Frewsburg girls, Holland boys claim C soccer titles
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM YORKSHIRE — The Section VI Class C soccer finals produced a pair of familiar winners at Pioneer on Saturday. (Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM )
- Williamsville North crowned in Class A field hockey
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM Kristine LaPaglia and Kathleen Majeski know each other like sisters. They coach the same club field hockey team during the offseason and are the first to congratulate each other at game's end. So it's no surprise that Saturday's Class A sectional championship between LaPaglia's unbeaten Williamsville North squad and Majeski's scrappy Lancaster team held no surprises. (Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM )
- Podlas keeps on winning at state tennis
Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AMSection VI singles champion Miranda Podlas of Williamsville East advanced through two rounds of the State Tennis Championships at the Eastside Racquet Club in Manlius on Saturday. (Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM )
- Saturday's high school scores
Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AMSaturday's high school scores and statistics (Updated: 11/08/09 1:32 AM )
- Sweet Home surges past Grand Island
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News Sports Reporter
Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM Whichever Section VI team was to represent Class A in the Far West Regionals next week, it was going to have quite the tale to tell. (Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM )
- Randolph wears down Maple Grove
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Special to The News
Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM Randolph head coach Pat Slater had one thought when Maple Grove kicker Chris Secky lined up to kick an extra point that would tie the Class D championship game at 21 with 1:40 left to go. (Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM )
- Lockport's Perilli shows grit with comeback win
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News Sports Reporter
Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM Drew Perilli hardly looked like a runner coming off a two-month layoff, having run just two races this season. (Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM )
- East Aurora girls, Grover boys win soccer titles
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News Sports Reporter
Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM The East Aurora girls and Grover Cleveland boys soccer teams won Section VI Class B sectional titles Friday night at Amherst's Dimp Wagner Field, but the similarities end there. (Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM )
- Maple Grove girls, North Collins boys win in soccer
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM YORKSHIRE -- The Ellicottville soccer program suffered a difficult day as its girls and boys teams, both No. 1 seeds, fell in the Section VI Class D finals held at Pioneer High School. (Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM )
- Sacred Heart moves in for kill
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Special to The News
Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM Sacred Heart beat St. Mary's on the final thrilling point to win the Monsignor Martin Championship Friday night at Holy Angels Academy. (Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM )
- High School Extra: Lafayette upends Burgard
Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AMLafayette didn't need much help from its offense to qualify for the Harvard Cup football playoffs. The Violets had two interception returns for touchdowns by Jerell Hall (87 yards) and Rashawn Robinson (94 yards) to beat previously unbeaten and co-No. 5 small school Burgard , 12-7, at All High Stadium. (Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM )
- Friday's high school scores
Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AMFriday's high school scores (Updated: 11/07/09 4:40 AM )
- Prep Talk Live is online from The Ralph
Updated: 11/06/09 9:36 PMThe Prep Talk Live page is up and running, with live chats all evening long from Ralph Wilson Stadium. Randolph knocked off Maple Grove, 21-20, in the Class D sectional final. Currently, Grand Island and Sweet Home are squaring off in the A final. (Updated: 11/06/09 9:36 PM )
- Discipline drives Eden to turnaround season
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PM Every once in a while during this football season, one of Eden's players would tell their new coach something about last year. (Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PM )
- NT, Hamburg earn sectional crowns in girls volleyball
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News Sports Reporter
Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PM North Tonawanda continues to exorcise its postseason demons against Orchard Park. (Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PM )
- High school extra: City schools to meet in final
Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PMRegardless of the outcome of tonight's Section VI Class B soccer championship game, the seasons for both City Honors and Grover Cleveland will have been historic. (Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PM )
- Frontier's Radon wins all-around title
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Special to The News
Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PM Frontier gymnastics coach Jill Wierzba gave her athletes a motto before they stepped into the Kenmore West gym to compete in the sectional championships Thursday night. (Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PM )
- Thursday's high school scores
Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PMThursday's high school scores and statistics (Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PM )
- Eden, City Honors sweep to girls volleyball titles
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Special to The News
Updated: 11/05/09 10:54 AM The Eden volleyball machine rolled over Newfane Wednesday night, sweeping the Panthers behind the efforts of two of its top seniors to win the school's 12th straight sectional title at Daemen College. (Updated: 11/05/09 10:54 AM )
- H.S. Extra: Depew girls roll into soccer final
- News Staff Reports
Updated: 11/05/09 10:54 AM Depew's thrilling girls soccer season continues. The second-seeded Wildcats (16-1-2) advanced to the Section VI Class B championship game with a 2-1 triumph over No. 3 seed Allegany-Limestone on Wednesday. (Updated: 11/05/09 10:54 AM )
- Wednesday's high school scores
Updated: 11/05/09 10:54 AMWednesday's high school scores and statistics (Updated: 11/05/09 10:54 AM )
- High School Extra: OT goal wins for South boys
Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PMTop-seeded Williamsville South ended the surprising run of Lew-Port at Hamburg in the Section VI boys Class A soccer playoffs. "It wasn't easy, though. I'll tell you that much," South coach Peter Sugg said after his Billies defeated the 12th-seeded Lancers, 3-2, on Max Mangold's goal three minutes into overtime. (Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PM )
- Review Keith McShea's live chat
Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PMThe Section VI football championships this weekend at Ralph Wilson Stadium and other high school playoffs give Buffalo News high schools writer Keith McShea plenty to talk about. (Updated: 11/07/09 11:06 PM )
