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When an injury ended Kellen Pulera’s 2017-18 hockey season prematurely, the St. Joe’s forward announced his retirement from the sport he’d been playing almost his entire life. He knew he had a future in lacrosse and didn’t want to hurt his chances by risking another injury. But after committing to Marist College in September 2018, Pulera began to rethink his …
Thomas Cecere didn’t start playing lacrosse until seventh grade, but he never looked back. While football and hockey kept him busy during fall and winter, Cecere devoted his springs and summers to lacrosse and worked hard to secure his future. In August of 2017, Cecere announced his commitment to play Division 2 college lacrosse at North Greenville University in South …
No matter the season he’s in, Matt Jeffries takes full advantage. It’s that attitude and work ethic that led to a Fed hockey 2016-17 New York State Championship, a standout 2017 lacrosse season, the 2017 Tom Borrelli “Ox” Award and Scholarship, and a place on the St. John Fisher College lacrosse roster next year for the Williamsville North dual-sport athlete. …
Matt Gademske was at his cousin’s house one day when he discovered a couple lacrosse sticks in a bin full of sports equipment in the garage. The 8-year-old had no prior experience with the sport, but he took the sticks with him and never looked back. “I just picked them up one day and I went out front,” Gademske explained. …
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 …
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 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 …