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Starpoint golf sustains another dominant season
By Nick Sabato SPORTS REPORTER
Imagine never losing a game or a match…ever. That is what the Starpoint golf team is looking at as this year’s group of seniors has never lost a match. To be accurate, the Spartans have won 39 consecutive team matches over the last four years and have dominated the ECIC in that time span. “It’s pretty cool,” said Starpoint co-captain Nick Larson. “It’s nice but this year we have had to work pretty hard for it.” Larson is one of three seniors on the squad this year and has averaged a 43 for the year, which places him second on the team. While he has been a four-year stalwart for the Spartans, his love for the links goes back even further to when he served as the team manager in seventh and eighth grade. “I like that it is almost all on you,” said Larson. “I just like playing. It’s fun.” Golf is the ultimate individual sport, as many professionals will say that they are playing against themselves, rather than an opponent. When you factor in that sentiment along with the pressure that comes with winning nearly 40 matches in a row, it can weigh heavily on anybody. “We all have our bad matches now and then,” said senior Evan Lemma. “While at times you know you are going to do well and beat the other team, other times it’s mentally stressful.”
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Sean Brown, a senior, was Starpoint’s top golfer this year with an average of 42. He was never part of a Starpoint loss in his career. Larson and Lemma are joined by co-captain and lead golfer Sean Brown as the senior leaders on the team. Brown, a fifth-year player, leads Starpoint with an average of 42 and was just one match away as an eighth grader from being unblemished for his entire career. When a team exhibits such dominance over a long period of time, it is only natural for it to house friendly com-
players on the team. The Spartans have three juniors in Noah Day, Jake Brown and Brandon Joslin, but they also have three players that are still in middle school. They have two eighth graders in second-year player Connor MacDonald and Braden Zdrojewski, along with seventh grader Joe Dell’oso. In a tradition that was started when a senior took Sean
petitions between players on the team rather than with opponents. “Absolutely,” Lemma said of competing with his teammates. “To be honest, I think we compete with our teammates more than against other teams. It’s a lot of fun to play with these guys.” While Starpoint head coach Dave Schopf boasts three experienced seniors, he also has a number of younger
Brown under his wing, the seniors have done the same with the underclassmen this year. They often pair up with one of the younger players in matches to help them navigate the stress and mental pressure on the course. “Sean [Brown] knew the process,” said Schopf. “This year, Sean has assumed that leadership role and worked with the younger kids and so has [Larson]. They have
both done a great job of being willing to work with the younger kids and help them as much as they can. It’s almost like it just keeps going from one season to the next where the seniors assume that role. They have done a great job with that and hopefully it continues next year.”
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Barone returns NT boys soccer showing progress from injury, thrives
By Dave Ricci SPORTS REPORTER
It’s been a long road back for Kayla Barone. A very long one. But one sweep of her leg might have made the pain and heartbreak of the journey worthwhile. Barone broke a 1-1 tie with 14 minutes to play to lift North Tonawanda to a
2-1 victory over Tonawanda and secured the 2014 TNT Cup for her team. It was a fitting Hollywood-style ending for a young lady who lost virtually her entire junior season to back-to-back knee injuries last year. “It feels good coming back after my knee surgery from the Tonawanda game,” Barone said. “Coming back and actually scoring and being part of it was a great thing.”
By Dave Ricci SPORTS REPORTER
No one on the North Tonawanda Lumberjacks boys soccer team really knew what to expect when the 2014 season got underway. A 10-0 opening-day loss to Niagara-Wheatfield certainly raised more questions than it answered about what the coming weeks would bring for this young team. But the Jacks were up to
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