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HS FOOTBALL: NT’s Bloomfield is a triple threat

After playing football his freshman season, Darrik Bloomfield took the next two years off to focus on basketball. But a love of football lured the North Tonawanda High School senior back to the gridiron for his final season. He’s pretty happy with the decision, and his Lumberjacks teammates and coaches are even happier.....more>>

  • CROSS COUNTRY: GI girls, Barker boys capture crowns
    There would be no coming up one point short of victory for the Grand Island girls cross country team at this year’s Section VI Championships.

  • GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lady Jacks win first sectional title in 10 years
    There was a point during the North Tonawanda girls volleyball team’s first tournament of the season where the Lady Jacks battled back to win their match. They’ve been fighters all fall, and they proved it once more Thursday night in defeating ECIC powerhouse Orchard Park 3-1 to claim their first Section VI title since 1999.

  • HS FOOTBALL: NT set for showdown at the Ralph
    If you enjoy a hearty helping of offense with your Section VI football championship weekend spread, Saturday’s Class AA final between undefeated North Tonawanda and Lancaster will fill you up plenty. Two of Western New York’s most high-octane offenses will be on display when the game gets underway at 6 p.m. at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

  • BASKETBALL: Harris likely to be drafted by D-League
    Niagara Falls native Paul Harris will get another chance to be drafted into a professional basketball league tonight.
    And this time he has a good shot at being a high pick.


  • BASKETBALL: Cox comes back to fulfill ‘life duty’
    “Modie Cox was a raw product of Niagara Falls,” Williamson said. “It’s so wonderful to see what he’s doing today. He’s evidence of what a secure and stable program can do for 5-, 6-, and 7-year-olds. They learn how to get along. They learn how to listen to instruction. It’s a beautiful thing.”


  • INSIDE COLLEGE HOCKEY: League change hasn’t affected Niagara's recruiting
    Those wondering if recruiting has been altered since Niagara is dropping to a league that offers fewer scholarships should be relieved to hear coach Dave Burkholder.
    “We haven’t seen a thing change,” he said.


  • GIRLS SOCCER: Ken West bows out
    Goals from Alexandra Rohloff and Nicole Lauricella stuck a dagger in the hearts of the Blue Devils as the No. 2 seeded Clarence Red Devils topped No. 3 Kenmore West 2-0 in their Section VI Class AA soccer semifinal Tuesday afternoon.

  • COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Falcons rally past UB, 30-29
    Visiting Bowling Green, coached by Youngstown native Dave Clawson, came back from 13 points down in the fourth quarter Tuesday night to beat UB 30-29 in front of an announced crowd of 13,102 and a national television audience.

  • HS ROUNDUP (Nov. 4): Bowler, KW spikers advance
    Ben Bowler had 39 assists and Evan Bullard added 21 kills and 20 digs to lead No. 7 Kenmore West to a 3-0 sweep over 10th-seeded North Tonawanda in Class A boys volleyball prequarterfinal action Tuesday.

  • GIRLS SOCCER: Raepple's pair lift GI to win
    When pretty play after pretty play didn’t give the Grand Island girls soccer team the lead on Tuesday, star forward Jenna Raepple decided to try brawn over beauty.


  • MEN'S BASKETBALL: Niagara's Armstrong gets one-game suspension
    Chris Armstrong has been suspended for the Niagara University men’s basketball team’s Nov. 13 season opener at Auburn because of the behavior that led to his arrest early Sunday morning in Niagara Falls, athletics director Ed McLaughlin said Monday.

  • AUTO RACING: Burley named Big R’s top driver
    Todd Burley was named Ransomville Speedway’s Driver of the Year after winning the modified division with six feature wins during the season. Pete Bicknell was second and Chad Brachmann was third.

  • BOYS SOCCER: Resilient Lancers headed to Class A semifinal
    Broken arms and broken spirits. That’s about the best way to describe the Lewiston-Porter boys soccer team in early September.
    “We were a mess,” senior captain Tyler Diez said Monday.

  • WOMEN’S SOCCER: Niagara loses MAAC final
    A nightmarish stretch in the second half ended the Purple Eagles’ fairy tale run, as top-seeded Loyola took the title with a 3-2 triumph at the Walt Disney Wide World of Sports Complex.

  • COLLEGE FOOTBALL: UB hosts Bowling Green, ESPN2 cameras
    For the second year in a row, the biggest Election Night party in town will be at UB Stadium.

  • HS FOOTBALL: Bloomfield keys NT to 21-7 win over Orchard Park
    The Lumberjacks rendered the Quakers’ ground game ineffective and made some huge defensive stops to topple Orchard Park 21-7 in the Class AA semifinals, shattering OP’s bid to play in the sectional finals for the ninth-straight year.

  • WOMEN'S SOCCER: NU loses MAAC final

  • GIRLS SOCCER: West hopes to return to finals
    The goal in soccer is obvious: put the ball in the net. But that statement carries greater weight for Kenmore West heading into today’s Section VI Class AA semifinal match at Clarence.

  • HS ROUNDUP (Nov. 1): Lew-Port booters upset Iroquois
    Frankie Valente scored with 12 minutes remaining to lift No. 12 Lewiston-Porter over fourth-seeded Iroquois 2-1 in Class A quarterfinal boys soccer action Saturday.

  • BOYS SOCCER: Lions hold off upset-minded Ken West
    The Lockport boys soccer Lions saved their best for the worst on Saturday, blanking visiting Kenmore West 3-0 in their Section VI Class AA quarterfinal.

  • GIRLS SWIMMING: Ken West dominates NFL meet
    Marissa Dressel did what she’s done for the past five years — win — and her teammates matched her performance Saturday as Kenmore West won the Niagara Frontier League Girls Swimming & Diving Championship for the second straight year.

  • UB FOOTBALL: Clawson returns to UB, as opposing coach
    Homecoming was three weeks ago at Bowling Green, but for the Falcons’ head football coach, it will be Tuesday. In his first season as a Division I-A head coach, Youngstown native Dave Clawson leads his team into a nationally-televised game at UB Stadium, a facility he used to show recruits the blueprints for when he worked as a Bulls assistant in the early ’90s.

  • CROSS COUNTRY: GI sweeps NFL Championships
    Maritina Tsembelis kept her family’s name in the forefront at Saturday’s Niagara Frontier League Cross Country Championships.

  • HILTS: Waterfowl opener still brings thrills
    As we stood on the dike in the Tonawanda State Wildlife Management Area, we could hear ducks whistle overhead and splash into the swamp next to us. Randy Tyrrell of North Tonawanda performed extensive scouting the week before because he was drawn for one of the permits for opening day.

  • HS ROUNDUP (Oct. 31): NT volleyball advances to finals
    Delaney Laper had 25 kills, including 11 out of 16 attempts in the fifth game alone, to help the fourth-seeded North Tonawanda girls volleyball team to a 3-2 victory over top-seeded Lancaster in Friday’s Class AA semifinal.

  • HS FOOTBALL: East drops THS; O'Hara falls at Steubenville
    Shane Foster scored a pair of touchdowns, but Tonawanda ended the 2009 football season with a 36-14 loss Friday night to Kenmore East. It was East’s first win of the season.

  • BREAKING NEWS: Jacks eliminate Orchard Park
    The Lumberjacks have cut down their nemesis.

  • MEN'S HOCKEY: Niagara heads to No. 6 Cornell seeking first win
    Nearly three weeks and over 1,200 miles into their college hockey careers, more than one-third of the Niagara University roster has yet to experience the thrill of a victorious post-game locker room. Even the one tie the Purple Eagles managed wasn’t much fun — Niagara blew a two-goal lead late in the third period in its home opener to Colgate.

  • HS FOOTBALL: Benoit booted GI into semis
    But the way the Grand Island junior calmly booted the game-winning 42-yard field goal last week against Williamsville South — in the rain, on a chewed up game field, with seven seconds left, on the road, in the playoffs — you could never tell.

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