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Hockey coach Josh Dannecker called him a consummate leader. Baseball coach Chuck Senn said he’s a role model for the underclassmen. But Zach Mecca emphasizes that he couldn’t accomplish anything without his teammates around him. As a captain of both the Orchard Park hockey and baseball teams this year, he led the hockey team to its first ever Section VI …
Jason Lucarelli didn’t expect to miss playing sports so much. He treasured every moment of playing sports in high school, from football to hockey to baseball, but once he graduated from Hamburg High School in 2016, life got busier. He began working 30 hours a week at Wegmans and when fall came, Lucarelli continued his education at the University at …
Patrick Sisler thrives off of pressure. The Niagara Falls senior plays both hockey and baseball, and the high-pressure situations he finds himself in as a goaltender and a pitcher are his favorite aspect of both sports. Sisler has faced his share of adversity, with his future in both sports jeopardized by an injury right before his junior season of hockey. …
It all started with a text message. The end result was shock, broken hearts, and several young men and women forced to rethink their futures in the midst of something that once seemed so certain. Members of the University at Buffalo baseball, men’s soccer, men’s swimming and diving, and women’s rowing teams were informed last Monday (April 3) that their …
For as long as Josh Surowiec can remember, baseball has been there. It started before he was born, as his father played and loved the game, and Josh and his brother Zach inherited that love for the game. “Baseball is huge in our house,” he said. “It’s more than a game in our house. It’s just a way of life, …
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 …
CARROTS For Williamsville East baseball, it’s about carrots. It’s a term coach Jerry Gasz came up with, and the players aren’t sure of the meaning behind it, but they’ve gone along with it, and so far it’s worked. “At the beginning of the year, we set three carrots for ourselves,” Mike Steffan explained. “The first carrot was to win the …