Cheektowaga, NY

Central club hockey skates to pair of big wins over league opponents By Steven Dlugosz Times       Even if Cheektowaga Central’s varsity club hockey team has a bit of an “off” night, opposing teams are still finding it difficult to beat the Warriors. Central improved to 15-3-1 overall, 6-0-1 in the Small Schools Division, after defeating league rivals Starpoint and Lewiston-Porter last weekend ... More ... JFK boys bowling keeps success going       So far this season, a mix of veterans and youngsters have helped the John F. Kennedy boys bowling team stay ahead of schedule in its development in Erie County Interscholastic Conference-IV. JFK improved to 4-0 overall after knocking off league opponents Holland (December 13) and East Aurora (Mond... More ... EN GARDE...       Victoria Licata of Getzville prepares to dual her opponent during the Fencing Center of Buffalo’s Bears Challenge Tournament on Saturday at the Maryvale Community Center. Gold medal winners of the event included (unrated mixed foil) Eileen McIver of Lockport and (Senior Division III epee) Struan S... More ... Boys Volleyball Honors          ECIC- III First Team Jordan LeViness (junior, Maryvale)   Steve Karnyski (junior, Depew)     Craig Ryan (junior, Central)   Scott Jachimiak (senior, Depew)     Brian Kraft (senior, Depew) More ... Warriors edge Wildcats in boys hoops action       With a shot scored late in the fourth quarter, the Cheektowaga Central boys varsity basketball team forced No. 7-ranked large school Depew (6-1 overall, 1-1 in league play) to wait until next season to attempt an unblemished record. The two teams played toe-to-toe for the majority of the game, wit... More ... SCHOLAR-ATHLETE...       Hilbert College women’s soccer senior Kaitlyn Miller, a graduate of Depew High School, was recently named as a 2006 Honorable Mention All-Star Scholar selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Miller carries a 3. More ... High School Basketball Standings                          Boys                ECIC- III               &n... More ... St. Mary’s girls soccer team gets sportsmanship award       Ken Lindstrom, head of Western New York Soccer Officials, recently presented the St. Mary’s girls varsity soccer team the WNY Sportsmanship Award for this past fall season. St. Mary’s, which just completed its first year of girls varsity soccer, received the highest-ever score in sportsmanship vot... More ... More Depew athletes qualify for sectionals       After Depew senior Jerry Leidenfrost recently qualified for the Section VI championships in the 55-meter dash, Wildcat teammates Steve Ryniec and Mike Wilkowski followed suit. Ryniec, a senior, and Wilkowski, a junior, qualified for sectionals in the shot put and 55-meter hurdles, respectively, at... More ... Annunciation girls lose game to St. Vincent       The Annunciation School’s girls basketball team recently dropped a close decision to league opponent St. Vincent. Elizabeth Bartnik led Annunciation with six points, while Leah Summers added four and Sarah Ulrich, two. More ... Local auto shops donate to Cheektowaga Soccer Club       Cleve Hill Tire & Auto and Uniroyal Tire recently donated funds and equipment valued at more than $1,600 to the Cheektowaga Soccer Club as part of a longtime program to support the nation’s top youth soccer associations and leagues. Uniroyal is in its seventh year as a major sponsor of youth socce... More ...