Published: May 16, 2008 11:07 pm            

HS ROUNDUP: Lakemen clinch second straight N-O tennis title

Led by Tim Carroll and Caleb Rohring at singles, the Wilson Lakemen clinched their second consecutive Niagara-Orleans League tennis title on Friday with a convincing, 4-1.5 win over Newfane.

“They’re very happy. Especially beating our rival at the buzzer to do it the right way,” said Wilson coach Chris Alex, who’s now 24-0 as the team’s coach.

“I attribute everything to their mental toughness.”

The doubles tandems of Christian Hawkes-Michelle McKernan and Tim Carroll-Caleb Rohring got the lone points for the Panthers (9-3 N-O).

NFL Doubles Tournament

NORTH TONAWANDA — Lockport’s Andrew Smist and Matt DiTullio had an outstanding day Friday at the 2008 Niagara Frontier League Tennis Doubles Tournament at Sportsplex.

Smist, who started at first singles this season for head coach Dave Shambach’s boys tennis Lions (12-2 NFL) and DiTullio, who shined at second singles; teamed up to advance to the semifinal round of the prestigious event.

Action resumes at 9 a.m. today.

To open the play-in round, Lockport’s first doubles duo of Brandon Pawlinski and Kevin Miller lost to Matt Thompson and T.J. Bullock of Niagara Falls in a clolse, three-set match, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Smist and DiTullio then eliminated the Wolverines pair in the quarterfinals, 6-1, 7-5.

Also reaching the semifinals was Eric Spanbauer and Kurt Ventresca of Niagara Falls. Kyle Whipple and Rob Batcho of Kenmore West eked out a tight three-setter over Lewiston-Porter’s Justin Willard and Tom Matikainan to reach the semis.

The top two teams advance sectionals on Tuesday at Lancaster.

Barker 3.5, Albion 2

A three-set win by Erick Bennes at first singles set the pace for Barker which also got key wins by Andrew Upton at third singles and by the first doubles duo of Alex Duffy and Mike Maines.

ECIC championships

Tonawanda won a three-way match from Depew and Starpoint to take the title at the ECIC Silver Division championships.

Jason Silvester won twice at third singles won twice, with Thomas Karanas and Josh Choate also picking up wins for the Warriors. Rob Russell and Nick Haskill won for up the doubles team for Tonawanda.



Baseball

Amherst 13, Starpoint 5

Alex Dusenberry was 3-for-4 with a double and three runs scored for Amherst (7-3 ECIC Div. iii), which clinched the league title.

Kevin Hughes had a hit and three runs scored for the Spartans (7-11, 5-7 ECIC Div. III).

Tim Szalkowski added a hit and a run scored , wwhile Garrett Britton chipped in with two RBIs.



Softball

Roy-Hart 3, Albion 1

Avenging an earlier season 10 inning loss, Roy-Hart topped to move into a tie for second place in the Niagara-Orleans League standings.

The victory pulls Roy-Hart even with Albion at 9-3 and clinches at least a tie for the N-O championship for idle Wilson at 11-1.

“It’s a huge win for us,” said Lady Rams’ veteran head coach Bill Holahan, whose streaking team made it seven wins in a row.

Backed up by an air tight defensive effort behind her, winning pitcher Coleen Rausch went the distance on the mound for Roy-Hart, scattering seven hits with no walks or strikeouts.

Ashley Scrinzi at shortstop, Kelly Eagan at third, Molly McEvoy at second and Amanda Werth in left all made key defensive plays for the Lady Rams.

Newfane 11, Barker 8

Aileen Hinton hit a two-run triple for the losing Lady Raiders.

No information was provided for Newfane.

Amherst 4, Starpoint 3

With two outs and down 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh, Amherst’s Cara Stein hit a two-run double off of Starpoint’s Beth Beutel to plate the winning run.

Starpoint (6-9 overall, 4-8 ECIC Division III) led 3-0 going into the sixth, but Amherst scored two runs in the bottom half to cut the deficit to one run.

Danielle Lantenier had three hits with two RBIs for Starpoint, missing the cycle by a double.

Meghan White had two hits, and losing pitcher Katelyn Nusall was pitching a three-hitter through 5 1/3 innings before Amherst got back into the game.

Ken West 3, Ken East 1

Kaley Vazquez led the seventh with a triple and Jenna Rickan followed up with a home run as the Blue Devils (11-3 overall, 9-2 NFL) came back to win a night game at Sheridan Park.

Kenmore East dropped to 5-6 in the NFL.

Boys Lacrosse

Sweet Home 10, Lockport 8

Fresh off their 14-2 Canal Cup victory over North Tonawanda earliwer this week, Danny Stephan and Derek Rocco each had two goals for Lockport (6-9) in Friday’s non-league loss.

Mike Pass added a goal and two assists for the Lions (6-9).

Nick Cavalieri scored four times for Sweet Home (9-6).

Gowanda 14, Wilson 11

Kyle Lacey scored three goals for Wilson (2-13 overall, 2-12 Class C) in the league loss. Ray McDonald and Erick Rudolph added two goals and an assist apiece, Mike Taylor scored one goal to go with his two assists and Josh Boyd and Kevin Welch each scored once.

Girls Lacrosse

OP 16, Lockport 6

Kayla Minner and Allie Quast each had two goals in the loss for Lockport against Orchard Park.

Also finding the net for the Lady Lions (3-12) were Lea Sobieraski and Renee Swartz, both with one goal.

Lockport will play in a sectional game on Wednesday.

Lake Shore 12, N-W 8

Lauren Scanlen had five goals to lead visiting Lake Shore (11-2, 10-2 Division II). Zan Weinholtz had five goals and two assists for the Falcons (6-7, 6-6 Division II).

        

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