Mike Steffan has made his decision. A year ago, at least publicly, the dual-sport athlete hadn’t yet decided whether to pursue a future in baseball or hockey. Even as a sophomore, he’d excelled in both. Steffan began playing both baseball and hockey around age 3, following in his father’s footsteps in both sports. His summers were spent on the baseball …
Connor Carrow: Well-rounded athlete, well-rounded individual
He isn’t just a multi-sport athlete. Lancaster’s Connor Carrow plays both varsity hockey and lacrosse, but the junior is also the Lancaster student union president elect. Carrow handles his demanding schedule with poise and maturity. “In seventh grade, I was involved in student council,” Carrow explained. “I was middle school president in eighth grade, and I was on a committee …
A ‘Cool’ combination: Mason Cool passionate about hockey and music
Often, high school athletes focus their time and energy on more than just one sport. For many hockey players in the Fed, hockey is something they do when it isn’t football season, soccer season, lacrosse season, or baseball season. Williamsville South’s Mason Cool is passionate about hockey, but his other passion isn’t sports at all. Cool has been playing trombone …
Noah Bachwitz: ‘Three-sport speed demon’
He’s played soccer and hockey since he can remember, but Noah Bachwitz wanted to try something new before graduating from Williamsville North. He gave in to his friends’ wishes and joined the varsity lacrosse team this season. The Spartans ended up finishing as the No. 2 seed in the section, and although they lost to rival Niagara Wheatfield in the …
Austin Blair: ‘Best memories of high school’
Soccer. Hockey. Lacrosse. Grand Island’s Austin Blair spent his time in high school playing three sports. He started playing lacrosse at a very young age and took up hockey a couple years later. He’s enjoyed playing hockey the most but feels he’s a stronger lacrosse player. In his senior season, Blair captained a young Grand Island hockey team that was …
Jason Lucarelli: ‘Top flight kid’
It seems that Jason Lucarelli can succeed at whatever he puts his mind to — or his hockey stick or baseball bat. The Hamburg senior captained the varsity hockey team this season and led the Bulldogs through a challenging season to the semifinals, where they fell to Section VI small school runner-up Williamsville East. In baseball, Lucarelli displays his athleticism …
Jeff Palczewski: ‘Better at baseball’
Jeff Palczewski captained an Orchard Park hockey team that finished the regular season 9-5-1-1 and went as far as the semifinals before losing to Niagara Wheatfield. Palczewski scored 8 goals in 16 regular season games and 3 goals in the playoffs as part of a Quakers team with almost unmatched comeraderie. But Palczewski’s hockey career ended with the Quakers’ season. …
Jason Chiodo: Lacrosse is ‘so much more’
On the ice, he’s a solid, smart defenseman. On the lacrosse field, he’s been described as a “freak of nature” by Hamburg lacrosse coach Jerry Severino. While Jason Chiodo was a key part of a tight-knit Hamburg hockey team this past season that improved greatly over the course of the season, it’s lacrosse that he loves. And while the Hamburg …
Kevin McParlane: Winter hockey brings spring lacrosse
Kevin McParlane is a senior at Orchard Park High School and just finished his fourth and final year of varsity hockey, in which he totaled 3 goals and 9 assists in 6 regular season games. Orchard Park finished third in Division 1 behind St. Joe’s and Williamsville North before losing in the large school semifinals to Niagara Wheatfield. But with …
Jake Fuzak: Hockey first, then football
Jake Fuzak just finished his fourth and final year of varsity hockey at Williamsville South. The team finished 12-4 in league play and lost 4-3 in overtime in the Section VI semifinals to Kenmore East, the eventual state champion. Fuzak had 6 goals and 9 assists during the regular season in 15 regular season league games and 2 goals and …
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