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 …
‘Attack your weaknesses’: How Jake Zurat balances hockey and baseball
Jake Zurat’s commitment to play baseball at the University at Buffalo has hardly diminished his love for hockey. Currently a senior at Williamsville North, the goaltender/catcher has been splitting his time between the two sports since he was 10. He began playing baseball at the T-ball level, and when his parents signed him up for House League hockey at age …
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. …