2017-18 Fed Hockey Schedule

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*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 …

Melissa Brawdy2017-18 Fed Hockey Schedule

‘The sport that’s in season’: Jeffries commits to St. John Fisher lacrosse

Melissa Brawdy Down On The Ice

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. …

Melissa Brawdy‘The sport that’s in season’: Jeffries commits to St. John Fisher lacrosse

Sardina’s three points lead North to second win

Melissa Brawdy Facing Off

Williamsville North picked up its second win of the season Saturday afternoon in a 4-2 victory over Canisius, but the Spartans didn’t feel too comfortable until the very end. Brett Sardina scored a goal and assisted two more, and Daniel Mosher and Rocco Bonaffini each had a goal and an assist, but it was Adam Batz’s empty netter with 44 …

Melissa BrawdySardina’s three points lead North to second win

‘Just throwing pucks at the net’: Surowiec’s two goals lead Will North to first league win

Melissa Brawdy Facing Off

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 …

Melissa Brawdy‘Just throwing pucks at the net’: Surowiec’s two goals lead Will North to first league win

Williamsville North’s ‘goals are always set extremely high’

Melissa Brawdy Down On The Ice

Last year’s regional loss is still fresh in their minds. The Spartans outshot Pittsford 48-12, but somehow it wasn’t enough. Williamsville North fell to the Panthers, 2-1, and gone was any hope of a state championship. This year’s returning players haven’t forgotten the heartbreak, but they’re excited for another chance. “I think about that Pittsford game all the time,” said …

Melissa BrawdyWilliamsville North’s ‘goals are always set extremely high’

‘Respect the game’: Surowiec commits to Mercyhurst baseball

Melissa Brawdy Down On The Ice

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, …

Melissa Brawdy‘Respect the game’: Surowiec commits to Mercyhurst baseball

‘I’m back’: Ghemmegne cherishes second chance at football

Melissa Brawdy The Off-Season

In August of 2015, Ivan Ghemmegne’s future in football was uncertain after the running back broke his fibula and tibia at a preseason scrimmage. Play halted immediately, and so, it seemed, did time, as Ghemmegne and every player on the field waited for the ambulance to arrive. “That day, I was scared. I thought my football career was over,” Ghemmegne …

Melissa Brawdy‘I’m back’: Ghemmegne cherishes second chance at football

‘Attack your weaknesses’: How Jake Zurat balances hockey and baseball

Melissa Brawdy Down On The Ice

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 …

Melissa Brawdy‘Attack your weaknesses’: How Jake Zurat balances hockey and baseball

Noah Bachwitz: ‘Three-sport speed demon’

Melissa Brawdy Etcetera

He’s played soccer and hockey since he can remember, but Noah Bachwitz wanted to try something new before graduating from Williamsville North. He gave in to his friends’ wishes and joined the varsity lacrosse team this season. The Spartans ended up finishing as the No. 2 seed in the section, and although they lost to rival Niagara Wheatfield in the …

Melissa BrawdyNoah Bachwitz: ‘Three-sport speed demon’

The North Squall: because everybody deserves a chance to be noticed

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They can fill a section of bleachers at a football field, soccer field, basketball court, or hockey rink, and this year that’s exactly what they did. The students of the Williamsville North Squall were there for just about every game to support each of their school’s sports teams. And when the soccer team won the Section VI championship, the first …

Melissa BrawdyThe North Squall: because everybody deserves a chance to be noticed