The Journal Register (Medina, NY)

HS FOOTBALL: NT sets record in dominating AA championship win
Led by senior Steve Kijowski’s four touchdowns, North Tonawanda rolled to a record-setting 54-7 victory over Lancaster in Friday’s Section VI Class AA championship at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Lumberjacks’ 54 points surpassed the previous mark of 53, set by Iroquois in 2006.
CROSS COUNTRY: GI girls, Barker boys capture crowns
There would be no coming up one point short of victory for the Grand Island girls cross country team at this year’s Section VI Championships.
BASKETBALL: Harris likely to be drafted by D-League
Niagara Falls native Paul Harris will get another chance to be drafted into a professional basketball league tonight.
And this time he has a good shot at being a high pick.
BASKETBALL: Cox comes back to fulfill ‘life duty’
“Modie Cox was a raw product of Niagara Falls,” Williamson said. “It’s so wonderful to see what he’s doing today. He’s evidence of what a secure and stable program can do for 5-, 6-, and 7-year-olds. They learn how to get along. They learn how to listen to instruction. It’s a beautiful thing.”
INSIDE COLLEGE HOCKEY: League change hasn’t affected Niagara's recruiting
Those wondering if recruiting has been altered since Niagara is dropping to a league that offers fewer scholarships should be relieved to hear coach Dave Burkholder.
“We haven’t seen a thing change,” he said.
GIRLS SOCCER: Raepple's pair lift GI to win
When pretty play after pretty play didn’t give the Grand Island girls soccer team the lead on Tuesday, star forward Jenna Raepple decided to try brawn over beauty.
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Niagara's Armstrong gets one-game suspension
Chris Armstrong has been suspended for the Niagara University men’s basketball team’s Nov. 13 season opener at Auburn because of the behavior that led to his arrest early Sunday morning in Niagara Falls, athletics director Ed McLaughlin said Monday.
AUTO RACING: Burley named Big R’s top driver
Todd Burley was named Ransomville Speedway’s Driver of the Year after winning the modified division with six feature wins during the season. Pete Bicknell was second and Chad Brachmann was third.
BOYS SOCCER: Resilient Lancers headed to Class A semifinal
Broken arms and broken spirits. That’s about the best way to describe the Lewiston-Porter boys soccer team in early September.
“We were a mess,” senior captain Tyler Diez said Monday.
WOMEN’S SOCCER: Niagara loses MAAC final
A nightmarish stretch in the second half ended the Purple Eagles’ fairy tale run, as top-seeded Loyola took the title with a 3-2 triumph at the Walt Disney Wide World of Sports Complex.
HS ROUNDUP (Nov. 1): Lew-Port booters upset Iroquois
Frankie Valente scored with 12 minutes remaining to lift No. 12 Lewiston-Porter over fourth-seeded Iroquois 2-1 in Class A quarterfinal boys soccer action Saturday.
BOYS SOCCER: Lions hold off upset-minded Ken West
The Lockport boys soccer Lions saved their best for the worst on Saturday, blanking visiting Kenmore West 3-0 in their Section VI Class AA quarterfinal.
GIRLS SWIMMING: Ken West dominates NFL meet
Marissa Dressel did what she’s done for the past five years — win — and her teammates matched her performance Saturday as Kenmore West won the Niagara Frontier League Girls Swimming & Diving Championship for the second straight year.
UB FOOTBALL: Clawson returns to UB, as opposing coach
Homecoming was three weeks ago at Bowling Green, but for the Falcons’ head football coach, it will be Tuesday. In his first season as a Division I-A head coach, Youngstown native Dave Clawson leads his team into a nationally-televised game at UB Stadium, a facility he used to show recruits the blueprints for when he worked as a Bulls assistant in the early ’90s.
CROSS COUNTRY: GI sweeps NFL Championships
Maritina Tsembelis kept her family’s name in the forefront at Saturday’s Niagara Frontier League Cross Country Championships.
HILTS: Waterfowl opener still brings thrills
As we stood on the dike in the Tonawanda State Wildlife Management Area, we could hear ducks whistle overhead and splash into the swamp next to us. Randy Tyrrell of North Tonawanda performed extensive scouting the week before because he was drawn for one of the permits for opening day.
MEN'S HOCKEY: Niagara heads to No. 6 Cornell seeking first win
Nearly three weeks and over 1,200 miles into their college hockey careers, more than one-third of the Niagara University roster has yet to experience the thrill of a victorious post-game locker room. Even the one tie the Purple Eagles managed wasn’t much fun — Niagara blew a two-goal lead late in the third period in its home opener to Colgate.
HS FOOTBALL: Benoit booted GI into semis
But the way the Grand Island junior calmly booted the game-winning 42-yard field goal last week against Williamsville South — in the rain, on a chewed up game field, with seven seconds left, on the road, in the playoffs — you could never tell.
DARTS: Falls’ Graton a local mainstay
Stand Jim Graton in front of an electronic dartboard and hand him a soft-tip dart, and a look of disappointment will likely spread across his face. It’s not that the Falls native won’t find any enjoyment in the activity, it’s just that it won’t be challenging enough for him.
HS FOOTBALL: Flu contained but Lockport prevails
It wasn’t pretty, but this wasn’t a prom date. Senior tailback David Fluellen rushed for 144 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries Saturday, lifting the Lockport Lions past visiting Jamestown, 26-14, in a flag-filled, mistake-prone Section VI Class AA quarterfinal.
HS ROUNDUP (Oct. 25): Lakemen fall in Class C quarters
The size and strength of Cassadaga Valley prevailed over the speed and savvy of Wilson in Saturday’s Class C quarterfinals. Cass. Valley’s standout tailback, B.J. Monacelli, rushed for 286 yards and four touchdowns as the host Cougars won 40-0.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: UB falls to W. Michigan in OT
For the second straight year, the University at Buffalo needed overtime to decide its game with Western Michigan. And for the second straight year, the Bulls lost in overtime, 34-31, in a Mid-American Conference game Saturday.
HS FOOTBALL: Late kick lifts Vikings in thriller
Nate Benoit capped a furious Grand Island rally late in the fourth quarter, booting a 42-yard field goal with only seven seconds left to give the Vikings a 23-20 victory over Williamsville South on a miserable night at District Field.
MEN’S HOCKEY: Slow start haunts NU in 3-2 loss at Michigan
So much for fast starts and slow finishes. After blowing leads in their first three contests, the Niagara men’s hockey team did just the opposite on Thursday, spotting powerful Michigan three goals before roaring back to make it interesting.
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Former NU star Hodge is back on campus
For the first time since he was nine years old, winter won’t be basketball season for Stanley Hodge. Having undergone knee surgery in the spring, the former Niagara University captain is back on Monteagle Ridge, taking a full semester of graduate classes and rehabilitating.
UB NOTEBOOK: Bulls banged up in backfield
Turner Gill joked Tuesday that if any more Buffalo Bulls running backs got hurt, he’d see if the NCAA would grant him another season of eligibility.
HS FOOTBALL: NFHS tames Lions
Dale Stewart confused and bewildered the Lockport Lions for four quarters on Saturday, figuring in on all three touchdowns in a 21-14 Class AA North football victory at Max D. Lederer Field.
HS FOOTBALL: Spartans get in the win column
Dave Phillips fulfilled a lineman’s dream Saturday. The senior scooped up a loose ball in the end zone for his first career touchdown to help Starpoint to a 19-0 Class A win over visiting Williamsville East at Shirley Tudor Stadium. Phillips’ score came courtesy of a botched punt snap midway through the second quarter.
FISH FORECAST: King salmon action still hot

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