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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Seeded 10th in the Section VI Class B-2 bracket, the Fredonia boys basketball team has forged ahead to its state tournament appearance in 29 years. But don’t try to fit the Hillbillies for glass slippers. “At this point in the year, if you’re still alive, the seedings get thrown out the […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Beauts’ season wraps up this weekend, with a Friday/Saturday series in East Rutherford, N.J. against the Metropolitan Riveters. “It’s been a lot of fun,” Beauts defender Antonia Matzka said. “It’s always a long season and we get tired at the end but we’re looking to finish really strong on […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Bailey and Hudson Fasching each had a goal and an assist in the third period, and the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Tuesday night. Casey Cizikas also scored for New York and Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves as the Islanders improved to 10-3-3 in their past […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Public Schools are claiming “discriminatory and disparate treatment” towards its student-athletes relating to an Amherst boys basketball eligibility controversy that BPS says is inconsistent with how the section enforced state rules tied to Bennett football, they announced in a Tuesday press conference at City Hall. BPS said they have filed […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Connor McDavid scored twice, giving him an NHL-leading 54 goals this season, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Monday night. Buffalo (32-26-4), in the midst of an NHL-worst 11-season playoff drought, failed to gain ground in a tight Eastern Conference race. Four points separated the seventh-place New […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sabres center Tage Thompson tallied his 83rd point of the season with an assist on Jeff Skinner’s goal in the first period of Monday night’s game against the Edmonton Oilers. Thompson’s point total through 62 games is the most by a Buffalo player in 16 seasons, surpassing the 82 points former […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The men’s and women’s basketball programs at Niagara County Community College have made the NJCAA Division II championships an annual fixture on the schedule. Both of the regional champion Thunderwolves teams qualified for this year’s 16-team national tournaments by winning East District A/B playoffs over the weekend at SUNY Sullivan. The […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Opening the girls basketball playoffs by arriving at their 1,000-point milestones on the same night, Rachel Kamrowski and Madison Francis took the Legends a step further Sunday in the Section VI grand finale at Buffalo State Sports Arena. Kamrowski, a senior guard pledged to play for national contender Niagara County Community […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hamburg and Williamsville South will play for the Section VI Class A girls basketball championship for the third time in four seasons after the division rivals each won sectional titles Sunday at Buffalo State Sports Arena. Although Hamburg hasn’t won the crossover title match in the previous meetings, and lost both […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The sting of Section VI title game losses lingered over the past year for Depew and Southwestern’s girls basketball teams. Stepping over those stumbling blocks on this season’s championship quests brought elation to both schools Sunday at Buffalo State Sports Arena. Depew beat defending champion Lewiston-Porter 44-30 to win its second […]