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NT slams its way to the Dome

By Keith McShea

NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM

ROCHESTER — North Tonawanda wanted to accomplish its season-long goal of making it to the Carrier Dome, and it sure didn't want to be the only Section VI team left behind. (Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM )

Title hopes of Eden, City Honors, Catt/LV still alive

Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM

Section VI girls volleyball champions didn't just have a good day, they had an exceptional Saturday which is why Eden, City Honors and Cattaraugus/Little Valley will play for state championships today. (Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM )

Southwestern tattoos Forks on way back to title game

By Keith McShea

NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM

ROCHESTER — The fans of Chenango Forks brought some banners with them to Marina Auto Stadium ready to taunt a team from Jamestown. One banner asked: "James-who?" (Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM )

Swimming: Kenmore West, Olean bring home titles

by Mary Jo Monnin

NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM

WEBSTER — Marissa Dressel may be heading to Alabama next year, but the state title she won for Section VI on Saturday may not be going anywhere. (Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM )

Boys soccer: Section VI draws a blank

By P.J. Harmer

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM

ONEONTA — Sophomore goalie Hunter Hein kept Clarence in the game as long as he could. (Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM )

Saturday's high school scores

Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM

Saturday's high school scores, statistics and playoff schedules (Updated: 11/22/09 12:44 AM )

Sweet Home is heading back to the Carrier Dome

By Keith McShea

News Sports Reporter

Updated: 11/21/09 12:47 AM

ROCHESTER — Sweet Home is going back to the Dome, despite a new quarterback, a new offensive line, and a career-ending injury to one of its best players. (Updated: 11/21/09 12:47 AM )

Randolph runs away from Groton

By Lauren Mariacher

Special to The News

Updated: 11/21/09 12:47 AM

ROCHESTER — Randolph Cardinals football coach Pat Slater has a simple game plan that isn't much of a secret. (Updated: 11/21/09 12:47 AM )

Sweet Home takes down Whitesboro, 36-13, in Class A semis

Updated: 11/20/09 11:01 PM

ROCHESTER — Sweet Home is squaring off against Section III's Whitesboro in the Class A state football semifinals. The News' Keith McShea keeps you up to date on Prep Talk Live. (Updated: 11/20/09 11:01 PM )

Randolph advances to state finals with sizeable victory

Updated: 11/21/09 12:15 AM

ROCHESTER — Randolph is headed to the state finals. The Cardinals' football team lambasted Section IV's Groton, 61-8, on Friday night in the Class D semifinals. The News' Keith McShea was blogging live on the Prep Talk blog. (Updated: 11/21/09 12:15 AM )

High schools: Williamsville North loses in field hockey

Updated: 11/21/09 12:47 AM

Williamsville North's third straight trip to the field hockey state final four ended with a 1-0 loss to IV-Greene in a Class A semifinal played Friday at Vestal High School. (Updated: 11/21/09 12:47 AM )

Friday's high school scores

Updated: 11/21/09 12:47 AM

Friday's high school scores, statistics, and playoff schedules (Updated: 11/21/09 12:47 AM )

A Sanfilippo hopes to deny NT

By Keith McShea

NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/20/09 12:06 PM

If North Tonawanda is going to become the first team from Niagara County to play in a state championship game, it is going to have to get by one of the most famous football names in the Southern Tier. (Updated: 11/20/09 12:06 PM )

Thursday's high school scores

Updated: 11/20/09 2:04 AM

Thursday's high school scores, statistics, and playoff schedules (Updated: 11/20/09 2:04 AM )

Grover Cleveland soccer goes global

By Peter Simon

News Staff Reporter

Updated: 11/19/09 10:31 AM

Lian Za Kam’s family fled turmoil in Burma and spent three years in a Malaysian refugee camp before coming to Buffalo. (Updated: 11/19/09 10:31 AM )

Clarence soccer faces familiar foe

By Mary Jo Monnin

News Sports Reporter

Updated: 11/19/09 10:31 AM

Make no mistake about it, the Clarence boys soccer team will be chasing a state title this weekend, not payback. (Updated: 11/19/09 10:31 AM )

Tuesday's high school scores

Updated: 11/17/09 10:22 PM

Tuesday's scores (Updated: 11/17/09 10:22 PM )

Review Keith McShea's high school sports chat

Updated: 11/19/09 10:31 AM

The state football playoffs are down to the semifinals and four teams from Western New York are still alive, and the Harvard Cup final between Burgard and Riverside has been set. News high school reporter Keith McShea talked about that and more during his weekly live chat.  (Updated: 11/19/09 10:31 AM )

Monday's high school scores

Updated: 11/16/09 11:44 PM

Monday's scores and this week's playoff schedule (Updated: 11/16/09 11:44 PM )

Local teams fall short of Catholic title

Updated: 11/15/09 11:17 PM

Three Buffalo-area teams had a crack at the state Catholic girls volleyball title Sunday at St. Anthony's in Melville, Long Island, but the host school denied them all. (Updated: 11/15/09 11:17 PM )

Sunday's high school scores

Updated: 11/15/09 11:17 PM

Sunday's scores (Updated: 11/15/09 11:17 PM )

NT goes deep to advance to final four

By Keith McShea

NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM

ROCHESTER -- The North Tonawanda Lumberjacks kept seeing starters going down. But they just gave the ball to the next guy ... and the next guy. (Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM )

Southwestern comes out firing

By Keith McShea

News Sports Reporter

Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM

ROCHESTER — Southwestern, coming off its toughest game of the last calendar year, had to play Saturday afternoon without two of its two-way starters. (Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM )

Hornell star runs over Cheektowaga

By Lauren Mariacher

NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM

ROCHESTER — The Cheektowaga Warriors failed to complete one important task in their Class B Far West Regional title game against Hornell Saturday. (Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM )

Shanks' three touchdowns boosts Burgard

By John Hakes

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM

Burgard's offense built a big lead in Saturday's Harvard Cup semifinal game, and its defense made the lead hold up. (Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM )

Barker, EA girls win cross country titles

Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM

Barker had never won a state team championship in any sport until Saturday. The Raiders' boys cross country team outran two-time defending champion Beaver River to win the Class D championship at the New York State meet in Plattsburgh. (Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM )

Frewsburg wins in overtime; Will East, Clarence lose

by Daniel McCarthy

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM

The Frewsburg Bears completed a riveting comeback in the second overtime when Shawna Raymond scored to beat Williamson, 3-2, in the Far West Regionals Class C girls soccer final Saturday at Amherst High School. (Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM )

City Honors, Eden, Catt/LV move on to states

by Miguel Rodriguez

NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM

LOCKPORT — This is a road trip the City Honors girls volleyball team has wanted to take for a decade, and the best part about it is that it won't cost the Centaurs a dime. (Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM )

Olean medley relay delivers as promised

By Mary Jo Monnin

NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM

Emily Simon was determined to do her part to help Olean's 200-yard medley relay win a sectional title. After all, she promised. (Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM )

Saturday's high school scores

Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM

Saturday's high school scores and statistics (Updated: 11/15/09 12:06 PM )

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