http://www.lockportjournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321233504.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321233504.html Perry Fewell shared a simple but blunt philosophy in taking over as the Buffalo Bills interim head coach after Dick Jauron was abruptly fired on Tuesday. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:26:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321232726.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321232726.html The firing of Buffalo Bills head coach Dick Jauron on Tuesday should be the first step towards a wholesale change at 1 Bills Drive, according to a number of local football “experts.” Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:44:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321234537.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321234537.html Paul DerSarkissian is no Nostradamus, but he did see far into the future when he gathered a group of young Barker cross country runners together for a pep talk four years ago. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:23:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321232523.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321232523.html Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer runner-up Wilson earned three First Team selections on the 2009 All-League squad, but league champ Akron led the way with four picks. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:41:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321234235.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321234235.html Lockport’s Joe Schultz became the latest winner of the monthly steel dart tournaments held at the Newfane Manor. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:37:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321233923.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_321233923.html Starpoint senior Natalie Whitman recently signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Division II St. Andrew’s Presbyterian College in North Carolina. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:05:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_317000612.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_317000612.html East Rochester field hockey head coach Maddie Watrobski is just glad she picked up the phone last spring to inquire about a job. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_317001146.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_317001146.html Co-Niagara-Orleans League champions Albion and Royalton-Hartland, along with runner-up Newfane, have each placed two players on the First Team of the 2009 N-O All-League girls volleyball squad. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_317001411.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_317001411.html North Tonawanda and Kenmore West are the frontrunners in today’s first round of the Section VI Swimming and Diving Championships at Erie Community College’s Flickinger Center, but Lockport is just as hopeful. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:07:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_317000841.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_story_317000841.html Despite Nigel Davis breaking the 2,000-yard mark on the season, the Lockport Little Loop Football Bucs dropped their 135-pound championship game on Sunday to Niagara Falls, 41-33. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:08:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/gnnsports_story_322231054.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/gnnsports_story_322231054.html We continue our discussion with College Hockey America commissioner Ed McLaughlin with a look at Niagara’s hockey program and next year’s move to college hockey. This is the second half of the interview. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/gnnsports_story_322230721.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/gnnsports_story_322230721.html Wednesday proved to be hump day for the Niagara University men’s hockey team in more ways than one. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:04:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/gnnsports_story_322230550.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/gnnsports_story_322230550.html University at Buffalo tailback Brandon Thermilus ran it 11 times for 126 yards and two scores and added a 29-yard touchdown reception the Bulls beat Miami (Ohio) 42-17 in a Mid-American Conference football contest on national television Wednesday. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:30:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/gnnsports_story_321233132.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/gnnsports_story_321233132.html Once they woke up Tuesday, the Niagara University Purple Eagles looked a lot like the men’s basketball team that won 26 games last year.Only deeper. And a bit hungrier. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:29:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/gnnsports_story_321233010.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/gnnsports_story_321233010.html Silver might have been the color most prevalent Tuesday at Niagara University — from the Purple Eagles’ new uniforms, Frank Layden’s all-salt-and-no-pepper mane, to the pinstripes in Calvin Murphy’s black suit. But while silver shaped the mood, the morning was simply golden.