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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 …
*NOTE: All games and times are subject to change. Check back for updates. This schedule contains league games only. Non-league matchups/times will be announced as they become available. MONDAY, NOV. 27 6:00 PM: Timon vs. St. Joe’s (HarborCenter) 6:00 PM: Niagara Falls vs. Lockport (Hyde Park) 8:00 PM: Frontier vs. Williamsville North (HarborCenter) 8:00 PM: St. Mary’s vs. North …
Friday, November 18, 2016 was Orchard Park preview day. Goaltender Tom Held and defenseman Ryan Riter discussed their expectations for the upcoming season for the team and for themselves. Held had been solid in the net for the Quakers the year before, and this year he knew that his role would be even more important. Held and Riter posed for …
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 …
It’s the junior class leading Niagara Wheatfield this season. And the Falcons are hot, boasting a 5-2 league record after Saturday night’s 4-0 win over Kenmore East. Junior Nick Breier scored the Falcons’ first goal, junior Chace Woods had a goal and two assists, and junior defenseman Zack Belter had two assists. The three players, along with other juniors on …
Every game is a challenge for Orchard Park, but the first place Quakers aren’t intimidated; in fact, they embrace that challenge. From goaltender Tom Held, who’s at his best when the games are toughest; to defensemen Ryan Riter and Eric Lyon, who rarely leave the ice; to the forwards who fight for every goal they score, Orchard Park hasn’t just …
Josh Surowiec just throws the puck at the net. Sometimes his forwards tip the puck into the net, as is Surowiec’s intention, and sometimes the puck finds the net on its own. The Williamsville North defenseman scored twice and picked up an assist in a non-league game against Ithaca two weeks ago, and he did the same in a 6-0 …
We’re just over a week into Fed season, and we’ve already had some surprises. These rankings are slightly different from what I might have put if you’d asked me a week ago. But here they are, with Divisions 1 and 2 ranked together, and Divisions 3 and 4 ranked together. Thank you to Amherst Ale House for sponsoring this season’s …
The first comment Orchard Park coach Josh Dannecker had after Monday night’s game was, “Told ya Tommy was good.” Orchard Park goaltender Tom Held stopped 38 shots in a 2-2 tie against Canisius in the first game of the 2016-17 season Monday night at HarborCenter. Dannecker had predicted that the 2015-16 All-Fed goalie would be the team’s biggest strength this …
Orchard Park was the only Section VI school to play Williamsville North twice last season and not suffer a loss. The Quakers defeated the Spartans once and tied them once, and they were confident going into their semifinal game against Niagara Wheatfield. But the Quakers fell short there and lost out on a chance to play the eventual Section VI …