http://www.niagara-gazette.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:08:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_039230952.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_039230952.html How sweet home has been for the Niagara women’s basketball team. The Kendra Faustin-led group began its homestand on Jan. 29 with just five wins under its belt this season. Five more Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference victories later and the Purple Eagles have doubled their win total to 10, most recently handing Loyola (Md.) a 61-56 loss Monday at the Gallagher Center. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:16:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_039231801.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_039231801.html The Niagara Purple Eagles played like a team that had rediscovered its winning ways Monday — for a half. Then they reverted back to the struggling bunch that rarely won in January. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:19:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_039232420.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_039232420.html The Niagara-Wheatfield wrestling program has been showered with praise over the past 10 years. But Monday’s announcement that the Falcons are Western New York’s Division I (large school) Team of the Decade caused coach Rick Sweney to get a little emotional. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:04:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_039230617.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_039230617.html The hardwood is Collin Okoniewski’s best friend. Literally. “He’s always on the floor,” Wilson coach Brett Sippel said of his senior captain. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:35:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_038212844.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_038212844.html After Niagara Falls Police Officer Craig Guiliani failed to get into the Labatt Blue Pond Hockey Tournament, he was forced to settled for Plan B — a game of his own. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:33:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_038213439.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_038213439.html Niagara (13-12, 6-7) will look to continue building momentum toward the postseason — and avenge one of its most heartbreaking losses from last month — when it visits Rider (13-12, 6-7) tonight. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:31:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_038213227.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_038213227.html On the pool deck and in the locker room Brad Heberle is full of jokes. As soon as he reaches the water, though, the Niagara-Wheatfield senior is all business. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:16:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_037231631.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_037231631.html For the Purple Eagles, it was a shame it ended the way it did. Isabel Menard scored the winning goal late in the second period to give visiting Syracuse a 2-1 victory over the Niagara University women’s hockey team Saturday afternoon in Dwyer Arena. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:14:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_037231511.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/local_story_037231511.html The last time the Niagara women’s basketball team rattled off four consecutive wins, Kendra Faustin was head assistant coach at Canisius. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:13:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037231311.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037231311.html The big boys from Niagara-Wheatfield came through in a big way Saturday. Niagara-Wheatfield swept the four heaviest weight classes and added another champion at 125 at the Section VI Class AAAA Championships hosted by Kenmore West. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:11:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037231114.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037231114.html David Fluellen couldn’t run away from the comparisons. So he pushed himself to keep up with them. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037225743.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037225743.html A typically hot Niagara-Wheatfield power play unit was as cold as the 20-degree temperature outside the Amherst Recreational Center Saturday, and it cost the Falcons plenty in a 3-1 loss to Williamsville North in a matchup of state-ranked Federation hockey clubs. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:56:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037225532.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037225532.html We’ve got three rematches slated for early this week that will determine league champions, seeding come sectionals and perhaps give us a good indication as to who might be the cream of the crop in their respective classes come March. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:53:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037225424.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037225424.html Tim Drylewski says his team performs better when they’re pumped up and full of energy. After the Niagara Falls senior rolled a perfect 300 in game one at Saturday’s Roy Sommer Tournament at Thruway Lanes, the Wolverines were that and more. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:52:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037225301.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_037225301.html Rodney Pierce had 16 points to lead four Bulls in double figures as the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team edged Toledo on the road Saturday, 65-59, for their first-ever win at Savagae Hall.