Niagara Falls opened Niagara Frontier League golf action with a 13-11 win over Niagara-Wheatfield on Wednesday at Tan Tara Golf Club.
Josh Luzak took home medalist honors for the Falcons (0-1), shooting a 1-under 35. Wheatfield’s Alex Buerger posted a 40.
Stosh Kajfasz led the Wolverines (1-0) with a 42. Chris Brown, T.J. Bullock and Nick Accardo each shot 43.
Grand Island 12.5,Ken West 11.5
Chris Rajczak’s 2-over 39 led the Vikings to victory at Sheridan Park. Jeremy Chopra contributed a 43 for GI (1-0).
Scott Moser shot a 37 for the Blue Devils (0-1), earning medalist honors. John Haberman shot 40 for West.
Lockport 15.5, Ken East 8.5
Pasha Syed shot a 2-over 38 at Brighton Park, helping the Lions win their first league match over the Bulldogs.
Pierce Terrance led Ken East (0-1) with a 39, and Kris Boyes shot 40. Lockport (1-0) got a 39 from Matt Sansone and a 41 from Zack Shannon.
Lew-Port 13.5,North Tonawanda 10.5
Anthony Laurendi’s 5-over 41 at Niagara Frontier Country Club allowed the Lancers to open league play with a win. Anthony Dibacco added a 42 for Lew-Port
Justin Kaszubski shot 42 for the Lumberjacks (0-1).
boys soccer
Lancaster 3, Starpoint 0
Kyle Craig made 10 saves to keep the score close. Josh Doores played well in the midfield for the homestanding Spartans (0-2).
Girls Soccer
Starpoint 4, Amherst 2
The Spartans (2-0) got two goals from Mel Parker and a goal each from Nicole Borner and Brittany Bratek. Borner also assisted on two goals.
Becca Budin and Ellen Janicki scored goals for Amherst.
Wilson 1, Akron 0
Katie Burke scored the game-winning goal on an assist from Danielle Moon. Julie Tagg made 10 saves for Wilson (1-0).
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Medina 3, Wilson 0
Karie Seabert had six kills and five aces, but it wasn’t enough as Medina swept Wilson, 25-9, 25-21, 25-15 in Niagara-Orleans League play.
Abby Oveis led Medina with 11 kills, while Jacquie Brownb added nine aces for thge Mustangs (1-0).
St. Mary’s (Lancaster) 3, NT 0
The host school swept NT 25-17, 25-9, 25-18.
Shannon Wilson led the Lady Jacks with three kills and 12 digs. Chrissy Fretthold had three kills and 11 digs, while Mary Connell had three kills and six digs.
St. Mary’s moved to 1-0 on the season. Stats weren’t available. NT fell to 1-1.
Starpoint 3, N-W 1
The Spartans (1-0) beat Niagara-Wheatfield (0-1) in four games, 25-11, 25-13, 26-28, 25-19. No stats were available for either team.
girls tennis
Grand Island 3, Ken West 2
The doubles tandems of Lauren McGowan and Vida Rostami along with Micahlena Beyer and Courtney Catalano lifted Grand Island (1-0) past Kenmore West (0-1).
Niagara Falls 4, Lew-Port 1
Niagara Falls’ Andria Janese, Donna Schultz and Shelby Jankowski were singles winners as the Wolverines (1-0) beat Lewiston-Porter (0-1).
Ken East 5, N-W 0
Samanatha Hall, Holly Jung and Kerrie O’Keefe each won their respective singles matches as Ken East (1-0) shutout Niagara-Wheatfield (0-1).
Lockport 5, NT 0
Brenna Miller, Miller Barmasse and Katelyn Smith won singles matches as Lockport (1-0) blanked North Tonawanda (0-1).
Grand Island 3, Ken West 2
Singles: Lauren Bates (KW) d. Brittany Stallard 6-0, 6-1; Courtney Donner (GI) d. Tara Lemen 6-2, 6-2; Molly Diamond (KW) d. Ashley Koerntgen 7-6, 1-6, 6-3.
Doubles: Lauren McGowan and Vida Rostami (GI) d. Marissa Padilla and Emily Lemen 6-3, 6-3; Micahlena Beyer and Courtney Catalano (GI) d. Luydmila Bogdanets and Allie Diamond 6-4, 6-2
Niagara Falls 4, Lew-Port 1
Singles: Andria Janese (N) d. Courtney Avery 6-1, 6-0; Donna Schultz (N) d. Liz Bellonte 6-1, 6-2; Shelby Jankowski (N) d. Anna McGovern 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles: Lindsey Van Harssel and Katherine Petrozzi (L) d. Margaret Bukovscak and Yu Ling Sharpe 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Brianna Carrier and Breanna Sciolo (N) d. Courtney Bridges and Lindsey Stewart 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Ken East 5, N-W 0
Singles: Samantha Hall (K) d. Lauren Zaninovich 6-0, 6-0; Holly Jung (K) d. Lottie Printup 6-2, 6-1; Kerrie O’Keeffe (K) d. Jocelyn Matuskawicz 6-0, 4-6, 7-5.
Doubles: Stephanie Klenke and Melissa Willhoff (K) d. Kristine Shumway and Micah Uy 7-6 (3), 2-6, 7-5; Molly Lundquist and Kelsey Cox (K) d. Jill Swogier and Brittany Beasock 6-2, 6-3.
Lockport 5, NT 0
Singles: Brenna Miller (L) d. Emily Kraft 6-1, 7-6 (3); Miller Barmasse (L) d. Tracy Pyrak 6-7 (5), 6-4 (4); Katelyn Smith d. Suzanne Curry 6-3, 6-3
Doubles: Lindsay Degan and Andrea Orefice d. Ashley Polidete and Jill Molina 6-0, 6-2; Andrea Licata and Renee Schwartz d. Emily Gonyeau and Julie Berger 6-2, 7-5
Grand Island
HS ROUNDUP: Wolverines open boys golf season with win
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LETTERS FROM THE ISLAND: Community keeps its Fab Five
Dear Mainland Interventionists: Usually it takes a chowder sale to draw this many folks to our Fire Hall. Islanders were waiting at the doors at daybreak Thursday and filed in at a steady stream. Between the time we entered and left, 17 more had signed in.
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LETTERS FROM THE ISLAND: Clearing a path through the junk
Dear Joe: Thanks for coming last weekend to help us clean the room Dad calls his “office.” (Sanford & Son called their place an office, too.) It used to look as if a hurricane had just passed. Now it looks like a mere high-end tropical storm.
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GRAND ISLAND: Get ready for a bit of bridge work
State transportation officials said Tuesday they’ll do all they can to keep traffic flowing along the I-190 as crews work in the months ahead to replace the deck on the northbound south Grand Island Bridge.
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SMITH: Letters from the Island arrives
Greetings from The Island. Wish you were here. Some nit-pickers say we don’t even qualify as an “island,” since we’re connected by bridge to a Mainland we can see from every shore, but some days we’re so “Island-y” that we oughta wear grass skirts. (Well, maybe not ’til it warms up.)
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GRAND ISLAND: Sparks judgment by year’s end
Was the search warrant good?
That’s the question Grand Island Town Justice Mark Frentzel will answer before the end of the year regarding the Peter Sparks animal cruelty case on Grand Island. - GRAND ISLAND: School officials investigating weekend party About 40 GI seniors caught at party where alcohol was being served
- ISLAND FUND RAISER: Volunteers still sought for June 8 Relay for Life
- TUESDAY: Multi-car wreck halts southbound traffic off island (10:11 a.m.)
- GRAND ISLAND: Christmann named superintendent Robert W. Christmann has been selected as the new superintendent of schools for the Grand Island School District.
- HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Grand Island tops Ken East The Grand Island Vikings wasted no time getting on the board Saturday afternoon. Only two plays into the game, tailback Matt McKenna took a handoff on a counter and scampered 65 yards to give GI an early lead — one which it would never relinquish. The Vikings ran for four scores in total during a 27-14 Class A North win over Kenmore East at Parker Field.
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