Published: May 16, 2008 10:48 pm      

HS ROUNDUP (May 17): Wilson wins second straight boys tennis title

Wilson clinched its second straight Niagara-Orleans League boys title with a convincing 4-1.5 win over a tough Newfane team on Friday.

“They’re very happy. Especially beating our rival at the buzzer to do it the right way,” said Wilson coach Chris Alex, who’s 24-0 as the team’s coach. “I attribute everything to their mental toughness.”

Tim Carroll and Caleb Rohring shined for Wilson. while Christian Hawkes and Michelle McKernan got the lone win for Newfane (9-3).

NFL Doubles Tournament (at Kenmore West)

Kyle Whipple and Rob Batcho of Kenmore West eked out a tight three-setter over Lew-Port’s Justin Willard and Tom Matikainan to reach the semifinals of the Niagara Frontier League tournament at Sportsplex in North Tonawanda.

The match took more than two and a half hours, but the Blue Devils tandem will have to be read to go again this morning at 9 a.m., when action resumes.

Jackson Kocak and Jim Abbott of Ken West also reached the semis, as did Lockport’s Andrew Smist and Matt DiTullio and Eric Spanbauer and Kurt Ventresca of Niagara Falls.

The top two teams go to sectionals next Tuesday at Lancaster.

Barker 3.5, Albion 2

A three-set win by Erick Bennes at first singles set the pace for Barker which also got key wins by Andrew Upton at third singles and by the first doubles duo of Alex Duffy and Mike Maines.

ECIC Silver Div. championships

Tonawanda won a three-way match from Depew and Starpoint to take the title at the ECIC Silver Division championships.

Jason Silvester won twice at third singles won twice, with Thomas Karanas and Josh Choate also picking up wins. Rob Russell and Nick Haskill won for up the doubles team.

Baseball

Amherst 13, Starpoint 5

Alex Dusenberry was 3-for-4 with a double and three runs scored for Amherst. The victory won Amherst (7-3 ECIC Div. III) the league title. Kevin Hughes had a hit and three runs scored for Starpoint (7-11, 5-7 ECIC Div. III), and Tim Szalkowski had a hit and a run scored and Garrett Britton added two RBIs.

St. Mary’s-Lancaster 4, Niagara Catholic 0

St. Mary’s pitcher Jeremy Sodelwski threw a two-hitter and had six strikeouts, picking up the win. It was a pitcher’s duel through five innings, with St. Mary’s (10-2 MMAA) leading 1-0.

Mike Volpe pitched for NC (3-9 MMAA), giving up six hits while striking out four. Josh Puzan and Mike Tardibuono had the lone hits in the loss.

“We put up a good fight against them and Volpe played especially well,”NC coach Sam Perricelli said.

The game was a makeup of a rained-out game from earlier in the season.

Canisius 3, St. Joe’s 1

Brendan Shafer threw a two-hitter, but it wasn’t enough to lift the Marauders to a win.

St. Joe’s (5-8, 8-9) scored its only run on a triple by J.P. Farrell.

Softball

Amherst 4, Starpoint 3

With two outs and down 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh, Amherst’s Cara Stein hit a two-run double off of Starpoint’s Beth Beutel to plate the winning run.

Starpoint (6-9 overall, 4-8 ECIC Division III) led 3-0 going into the sixth, but Amherst scored two runs in the bottom half to cut the deficit to one run. Danielle Lantenier had three hits with two RBIs for Starpoint, missing the cycle by a double. Meghan White had two hits, and losing pitcher Katelyn Nusall was pitching a three-hitter through 51⁄3 innings before Amherst got back into the game.

Royalton-Hartland 3, Albion 1

Avenging an earlier season 10 inning loss, Roy-Hart topped to move into a tie for second place in the Niagara-Orleans League standings.

The victory pulls Roy-Hart even with Albion at 9-3 and clinches at least a tie for the N-O championship for idle Wilson at 11-1.

“It’s a huge win for us,” said Roy-Hart coach Bill Holahan, whose streaking Lady Rams made it seven wins in a row.

Backed up by an air tight defensive effort behind her, Coleen Rausch went the distance on the mound for Roy-Hart scattering seven hits with no walks or strikeouts. Ashley Scrinzi at shortstop, Kelly Eagan at third, Molly McEvoy at second and Amanda Werth in left all made key defensive plays for the Lady Rams.

Newfane 11, Barker 8

Eileen Hinton hit a two-run triple for Barker.

Ken West 3, Ken East 1

Kenmore West’s Kaley Vazquez led off the seventh inning with a triple, and Jenna Rickan followed up with a home run as the Blue Devils came back to win a night game at Sheridan Park.

Lexi Santa Maria threw a five-hitter with 10 strikeouts for Ken West (11-3 overall, 9-2 NFL). Kenmore East is 5-6 in the NFL.

Boys Lacrosse

Sweet Home 10, Lockport 8

Danny Stephan and Derek Rocco each had two goals for Lockport (6-9) in the non-league loss. Mike Pass had a goal and two assists. Nick Cavalieri scored four times for Sweet Home (9-6).

Hamburg 17, Grand Island 3

Joe Resetarits had four goals and three assists to lead the offensive domination for undefeated Hamburg (15-0, 8-0 Class B). Alex Hultgren had one goal and one assist to top the score sheet for Grand Island (6-8, 3-5 Class B). Kolby Banker and Ryan Killian each added a goal in the loss.

Gowanda 14, Wilson 11

Kyle Lacey scored three goals for Wilson (2-13 overall, 2-12 Class C) in the league loss. Ray McDonald and Erick Rudolph added two goals and an assist apiece, Mike Taylor scored one goal to go with his two assists and Josh Boyd and Kevin Welch each scored once.

No information was available for Gowanda.

Girls Lacrosse

Orchard Park 16, Lockport 6

Kayla Minner and Allie Quast each had two goals in the loss. Also finding the net for Lockport (3-12) were Lea Sobieraski and Renee Swartz, both with one goal. Lockport will play in a sectional game on Wednesday.

No information was available for Orchard Park.

Lake Shore 12, N-Wheatfield 8

Lauren Scanlen had five goals to lead visiting Lake Shore (11-2, 10-2 Division II) to the league win. Zan Weinholtz had five goals and two assists for the Falcons (6-7, 6-6 Division II). Kayley Oddo added a pair of goals, with Laura Martinez netting her first varsity goal.