Dave Parish

The Lancaster boys basketball team will head into 2024 perfect after starting off the season, 6-0. Despite the record, head coach Tony Watson still says that there is plenty for his team to work on as they build toward their stated goal of winning the Class AAA sectional final over Niagara Falls. “The team is obviously off to a good […]

Orchard Park girls basketball coach Gary Janas liked where his team was, heading into the Christmas break.

by DAVE PARISH Sports reporter Orchard Park boys basketball coach Chris Frankowski likes to divide his team's season into five-game segments.

Every year over 18,000 people are diagnosed with blood cancers or blood disorders such as leukemia, lymphoma or sickle cell anemia that could be treated by a stem cell transplant. As a result, the process of finding available donors continues to take on more and more importance. In a blood stem cell transplant, a donor's healthy blood-forming cells are taken

For the third straight year, McKenzie Hill has bragging rights in her home town. Her Depew girls varsity basketball team defeated her alma mater, Section V's Elba, 51-46, at Depew High School last Thursday afternoon. Hill graduated from Elba in 2013, when she finished with over 1,000 career points and was twice named the Class D Player of the Year.

The St. Mary’s of Lancaster girls hockey team had a busy December, but still managed to head into the Christmas break at 4-5-1. With some time off and the ability to not only get some much needed rest as well as practice time, head coach Martin Gilano is looking to a strong second half of the season beginning tonight when […]

The St. Mary’s of Lancaster girls basketball team is heading into Monsignor Martin play on a high note, as the Lady Lancers head into tonight’s home contest against Nichols with an 8-2 record. The team reached the semifinals of the Josh Palmer Invitational in Elmira, where they lost to Bishop Kearney, 62-57. That game marked the second time this season […]

With a lot of turnover from last year’s roster, Lancaster boys hockey coach John Bak expected some ups and downs this season. That’s basically what he has had, as after going 3-1-1 in their first five games, the Legends hit a rough patch, with consecutive losses to West Seneca West and Clarence before heading into the break with an 8-3 […]

by DAVE PARISH Sports reporter Despite its youth, the Frontier/Franklinville/Orchard Park/LakeShore hockey team is learning on the

The debate continues. The Cheektowaga Town board remains at a stalemate on funding its infrastructure work as they once again debated on paying for the work by taking out bonds or by using reserve funds in the sewer and highway funds. The infrastructure work would include four phases and cover the cost of bridge repair, partial road reconstruction and resurfacing