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 …
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 …
‘Love covers’: Will East’s selfless play carries team to section finals
Williamsville East, last year’s Division 2 Section VI champion and state runner-up, is on its way back to First Niagara Center. The Flames played a tougher schedule this year against the league’s larger and deeper schools, but through it all, they held onto a love for each other. And when Matt Cohen recorded a hat trick in Thursday’s 6-4 semifinal …
‘Never missed a beat’: Lucarelli and Dake’s chemistry leads Hamburg win
Time apart did nothing to break up the chemistry between Hamburg forwards Jason Lucarelli and Josh Dake. The linemates’ nearly unstoppable chemistry continued in Sunday’s 6-2 quarterfinal win over North Tonawanda, in which Lucarelli assisted two Dake shorthanded goals just 11 seconds apart. “We played together when we were younger, and we separated for a while, and it’s nice to …
Everyone included in Hamburg prequarterfinal win over Amherst
Hamburg finished the season as the No. 5 seed for small school playoffs, but a win over Amherst in the prequarterfinals has the Bulldogs’ confidence high as they go into Sunday’s game against North Tonawanda. The high-scoring win allowed Hamburg coach John McFall to give more players ice time, including junior goaltender Jared Lux. “I liked that I was able …
Juniors lead St. Joe’s on senior day
Sunday was senior day for St. Joe’s, but two juniors led the way. Trevor Conschafter scored a hat trick and Mark Gilbert scored twice as the Marauders won their penultimate league game of the season 6-2 over Hamburg. In the locker room after the game, St. Joe’s coach Rich Crozier praised the hard work and attitude of both Conschafter and …
Coppola leads full team effort in Hamburg win
Hamburg coach John McFall said that junior goaltender Griffin Coppola played his best game of the season on Sunday. “He made some great saves, very rarely gave up a rebound,” McFall said. “I think he caught seven or eight shots, just caught ’em right in his pads and core and didn’t give anything up. Not to give a team a …
A rivalry among friends: Hamburg and Frontier tie on Senior Day
Some of the Hamburg and Frontier players have played together since they began their hockey careers at age 4. Many are still teammates on travel teams, and before Saturday’s game, seniors from both teams were honored. But then it was time for each player to put friendships aside and instead use what he knew about his friends and travel teammates …
Hamburg battles adversity in win over Lancaster
Hamburg seems to have figured out how to use adversity to its advantage. The Bulldogs even go so far as to hope that each opponent will come out with an intensity that they’ll need to match in order to be successful. “We were hoping that they would come out intense and they did, because when teams come out more intense, …
Resilient Hamburg downs Orchard Park
John McFall has been coaching the Hamburg varsity hockey team for eight years, and what keeps him coming back every year is the quality of not just players, but people, who play hockey for Hamburg. “It’s not by accident,” McFall said. “We try hard with that, and we push that, and it’s important. I think with this group, it starts …
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