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Monday, July 6, 2009

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Football 2008: Four state champions


Class AA Class A Class C Class D
Orchard Park Sweet Home Southwestern Maple Grove
Orchard Park Sweet Home Southwestern Maple Grove
Cover | Story Cover | Story Cover | Story Cover | Story

Road to The Ralph: Section VI playoff schedule
Standings: For all of WNY's leagues
Team-by-team schedules: Review each team's results and some fast facts from our 2008 preview
History: WNY's state playoff results
Blog: Always lots to talk about at the PREP TALK BLOG

ALL-WNY FOOTBALL 50th ANNIVERSARY
The 2007 series that looked back at various eras, and a list of every All-WNY team

2008 fall postseason tournaments

Soccer | Volleyball | Field hockey

Boys basketball 2008-09

Season preview: Web-exclusive version has three times the information as the story in the paper did
What to watch for: Players, teams and games
2007-08 All-WNY team: Stories and more

Scholastic Spotlight features

Sidelines: Featuring the coaches polls
Standings & statistics: For all spring sports

Tom Borrelli Memorial Golf Tournament

July 20: Get all of info to play or donate

All-WNY basketball 2009


The overview: Boys and girls teams and all the links, including stories, photos, statistics, league all-stars, all-time scorers and some history

The slideshow: View and listen as the first teamers from both teams -- The Big Ten from the issue's cover, right -- are introduced

All-WNY boys basketball
50th anniversary series


All-time team: Our team and your feedback
All-time roster: The first-teamers from 1959-2008
All-2000s: Our team and your feedback
All-1990s: Our team and your feedback
All-1980s: Our team and your feedback
All-1970s: Our team and your feedback
All-1960s: Our team and your feedback

Your picks as the series unfolded
Each era's candidates and your thoughts:
1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | All-time

Class of 2009

Where are WNY's student-athletes graduating to?
Where is the Class of 2008 playing?

2009 spring postseason tournaments

Baseball | Softball | Boys lacrosse | Girls lacrosse

Photo galleries

Browse and purchase News photos

Prep Talk blog

Much more high school coverage and your comments

High School

Softball Honor Roll

Updated: 07/06/09 11:31 AM

Chosen by WNY coaches
ALL-WNY
Alexis Wayne, Depew, SS, 12, WNY Player of Year. Signed with Niagara. Batted .489 for ECIC III co-champs. Had 178 career hits. (Updated: 07/06/09 11:31 AM )

Commencement has a different meaning for Hamburg’s Whelan
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 07/06/09 6:55 AM

On the weekend of his Hamburg High School graduation, senior Joe Whelan was fighting off tears.  (Updated: 07/06/09 6:55 AM )

Commencement has a different meaning for Hamburg's Whelan
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 07/06/09 1:07 AM

On the weekend of his Hamburg High School graduation, senior Joe Whelan was fighting off tears. (Updated: 07/06/09 1:07 AM )

Alexis Wayne walks off with top honor
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 07/04/09 6:49 AM

There are plenty of shortstops in Western New York with rifle arms, who hit for a high average and are smart on the base paths. So why would Alexis Wayne of Depew be singled out as the Player of the Year?  (Updated: 07/04/09 6:49 AM )

Hoppy earns Player of the Year
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 07/03/09 10:35 AM

Kyle Hoppy isn't sure yet if he's going to play professional baseball or go to Bucknell, but one thing has been decided for him. (Updated: 07/03/09 10:35 AM )

Boys Baseball Honor Roll

Updated: 07/03/09 10:35 AM

Chosen by the coaches
 (Updated: 07/03/09 10:35 AM )

Sutton goals propel Flash

Updated: 06/29/09 7:06 AM

Erika Sutton scored two goals and the defense didn’t allow a shot on goal-keeper Amanda Becker as the Buffalo Flash (6-2-1) posted its second straight W-League shutout with a 5-0 victory over the Hamilton Avalanche at Orchard Park High School on Sunday.  (Updated: 06/29/09 7:06 AM )

Nichols hoop standout Regan verbally commits to Virginia
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 06/27/09 10:39 PM

Timing was everything for Will Regan and the University of Virginia. (Updated: 06/27/09 10:39 PM )

All-WNY lacrosse squad has four Quakers
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 06/26/09 8:25 PM

It would be understandable if Orchard Park felt a little void following a lacrosse season in which it lost in the state final. But it doesn't. (Updated: 06/26/09 8:25 PM )

Boys Lacrosse Honor Roll

Updated: 06/26/09 8:12 PM

Chosen by the coaches
 (Updated: 06/26/09 8:12 PM )

Iowa town struggles to understand slaying of coach
Associated Press Writer

Updated: 06/25/09 8:46 PM

In the years after Mark Becker graduated from high school, friends say he drifted from the community where he played football for the town's beloved coach. (Updated: 06/25/09 8:46 PM )


Updated: 06/26/09 2:52 PM

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WNY All-Academic & Scholar/Athlete Teams

Updated: 06/18/09 9:13 PM

WNY All-Academic and Scholar/Athlete Teams (Updated: 06/18/09 9:13 PM )

East Aurora’s Anderson gets record that lasted 24 years
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 06/16/09 8:23 AM

Since 1985, every decent distance runner to come out of Western New York has craved one thing — to leave as the Section VI record holder in the 3,200 meters. All had tried and failed, but not Scott Anderson.  (Updated: 06/16/09 8:23 AM )

Boys track & field /Final Top 10 leaders 2009

Updated: 06/16/09 6:38 AM

COMPILED BY PETE SZYMANSKI, JFK 100 METERS WNY:10.4 Lamar Smith, Bennett, 1981 NYS: 10.3h Carl Smith, XI-Riverhead, 1993 Rhakeem Wiggins-12 (Cleveland Hill) 10.84, Nick Campfield-12 (Cleveland Hill) 10.84, Brian Archie-12 (Niagara Falls) 10.94, James Robinson-12 (Riverside) 10.94, Drew Dirienzo-11 (Lancaster) 11.14, Dave Aoun-11 (Lancaster) 11.14, Wayne Gordon-12 (S. Home) 11.14, Lucas Hellwig-12 (Portville) 11.14, Lucas Tasker-12 (St. Francis) 11.15, Chris Nelson-12 (Lancaster) 11.24, John King-12 (Burgard) 11.24.  (Updated: 06/16/09 6:38 AM )

W. S. West leaps from worst to first
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 06/16/09 8:25 AM

Imagine taking a team that finished 0-12 in its league and convincing its players that they’ve got what it takes to win a Section VI title.  (Updated: 06/16/09 8:25 AM )

Girls Lacrosse Honor Roll

Updated: 06/16/09 3:14 PM

Chosen by the coaches
 (Updated: 06/16/09 3:14 PM )

Making a statement in state track

Updated: 06/15/09 12:18 PM

Monday Extra: State Titles, 21 strong


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Canisius four takes bronze
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Updated: 06/15/09 8:33 AM

BATAVIA, Ohio — A four-oared crew from Canisius High took a bronze medal in its championship final and a West Side women’s youth lightweight eight won its petite final at the USRowing Youth Championships on Lake Harsha here Sunday.  (Updated: 06/15/09 8:33 AM )

Sunday's high school scores

Updated: 06/14/09 10:43 PM

Sunday's high school scores and statistics (Updated: 06/14/09 10:43 PM )

Amherst’s Fields becomes state’s fastest girl

Updated: 06/14/09 7:04 AM

CICERO — Ashley Fields was sitting in the bleachers for two minutes with her dad — enough time for a pat on the back and a squirt of water — when the P. A. announcer made the last call for the girls 200- meter final.  (Updated: 06/14/09 7:04 AM )

Section claims six more track titles

Updated: 06/14/09 11:19 AM

CICERO — How did the Section VI record in the 1,600 meters survive this year’s New York State Track and Field Championships? That is what Evan Tsembelis of Grand Island and Scott Anderson of East Aurora want to know.  (Updated: 06/14/09 11:19 AM )

Orchard Park’s stellar year comes to an end
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 06/14/09 11:58 AM

ROCHESTER — As the final horn of the Class A state championship game sounded, Long Island superpower West Islip and the players on its 45- man roster sprinted onto the turf and chased down their goalie, throwing sticks, helmets and gloves everywhere in the universal sign of a lacrosse championship celebration.  (Updated: 06/14/09 11:58 AM )

Clarence baseball loses title game, Fredonia falls in semi
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Updated: 06/14/09 11:19 AM

BINGHAMTON — Pride, not disappointment, was the predominant emotion displayed by both the Clarence and Fredonia baseball teams Saturday, despite losses in the state tournament.  (Updated: 06/14/09 11:19 AM )

Fredonia softball falls in final for third straight year
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Updated: 06/14/09 11:19 AM

WATERLOO — The tears and the frustration on the faces of the Fredonia softball players on a rainy Saturday afternoon told the story.  (Updated: 06/14/09 11:19 AM )

Frewsburg baseball overwhelmed in final
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Updated: 06/14/09 11:19 AM

BINGHAMTON — In the end, Frewsburg just ran out of gas.  (Updated: 06/14/09 11:19 AM )

Nardin, Canisius in rowing finals
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Updated: 06/14/09 11:19 AM

BATAVIA, Ohio — Nardin Academy’s lightweight four and two crews from Canisius High advanced to today’s championship finals of the USRowing Youth Championship on Lake Harsha here Saturday.  (Updated: 06/14/09 11:19 AM )

Saturday's state track and field results

Updated: 06/13/09 9:06 PM

Saturday's track and field results (Updated: 06/13/09 9:06 PM )

Saturday's US Rowing Youth Nat'l Championships

Updated: 06/13/09 10:46 PM

Saturday's Rowing Results (Updated: 06/13/09 10:46 PM )

Amherst's Fields wins big on the track on state championship Saturday

Updated: 06/13/09 8:56 PM

On a day filled with state championship action, Western New York's big winner was Ashley Fields of Amherst.  (Updated: 06/13/09 8:56 PM )


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