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Summer Slash ‘cleans up’ at Buffalo
Hamburg, NY — Summer Slash took advantage of a perfect setup en route to a 1:56 score in Buffalo Raceway’s $12,200 featured distaff pace on a drizzly Wednesday afternoon (April 24). As the early speedsters literally did the dirty work, Summer Slash bided her time and then cleaned...
A 3-point takedown in high school wrestling and 5-point near fall among NFHS changes
Beginning in the fall, high school wrestling will look more like college wrestling. The National Federation of High School Associations met earlier this month and approved six major changes to the sport. There’s no doubt it will change the landscape of how wrestlers game plan in a match. The rules impact takedowns, near falls and what is deemed out of bounds.
Niagara Falls Americans announce player signings, administrative staff & details
The Niagara Falls Americans recently announced the signing of (RHP) Aidan Paul, (RHP) Sean Duffy, (OF) Sam Heim, (OF) Jack Hollins, (LHP) CJ Hurley, (OF) Xavier Mann, (OF/1B) Nick Moline, (OF/1B) Greydon Miller, (RHP) Brandon Moore, (SS/2B) and (INF) Myles Oo to the 2024 roster. Paul (SUNY Niagara) is a...
Snow Plow Rodeo comes to WNY
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — There was a rodeo in Western New York on Wednesday ... the snow rodeo, that is. The 56th annual Snow Symposium was held Wednesday at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Cheektowaga. Snowplow drivers from all across the country come here to show off their skills...
UB introduces Donnie Vinson as new wrestling head coach
UB introduced Donnie Vinson as the new wrestling head coach in a press conference on Monday at the Bull Pen Club in Alumni Arena. The move comes three weeks after former head coach John Stutzman’s exit. Before coming to UB, Vinson spent three years with Cornell University as an...
Boys basketball all-state picks: Timon’s Jaiden Harrison is AA player of the year
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After becoming Western New York’s all-time leading scorer in boys basketball and leading Bishop Timon-St. Jude to the Catholic state final, senior guard Jaiden Harrison has been selected as the Class AA player of the year by the New York State Sportswriters Association. Harrison, who plans to walk on the Arkansas […]
Committee tasked with overseeing stadium hiring briefed on progress, but notes there is still work to do
BUFFALO, N.Y. — As progress on the new Bills stadium starts showing more and more, with the steel structure emerging in Orchard Park, it's progress that you can't see that's at the center of discussion involving project hiring goals. The Buffalo Bills and their construction partners are required to...
Buffalo tennis squads face smaller schools
Madras High School boys and girls tennis players traveled to Prineville Saturday, April 20 to face Sherman County and Irrigon. The smaller schools also faced off against Crook County while in Central Oregon. The smaller schools didn’t have full teams and only a handful of matches were played. The Buffs top two doubles teams handled Sherman County’s, the only two matches contested, while Irrigon and Madras split four matches, Madras winning the two singles faceoffs and Irrigon taking the doubles matches. ...
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