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This past week the Niagara County SPCA seized 44 cats and 12 dogs from two homes in the City of Lockport after receiving calls from temporary caretakers who were concerned about the health of the animals and their living conditions.

Bobbie Mael, the director of Eastern Niagara Animal Welfare Alliance, Inc., is the owner of both residences, but has been incarcerated since Jan. 15. At that time, she designated individuals to feed and look after the animals while she was away.

Eventually these people became overwhelmed with the situation, at which time the SPCA was contacted and executed search warrants of the residences. 28 Lincoln Dr. was searched on Monday, Jan. 26 and 544 Willow Ave. was then searched the following day.

Amy Lewis, the executive director of the county SPCA, said many of the cats are suffering from upper respiratory infections, but most of the dogs seem to be in relatively good shape.

The majority of the animals in the houses were felines, but there was a 12-foot by 12-foot room in the Lincoln Drive residence, which housed nine dogs – one of whom was immediately taken to a veterinary hospital for injuries sustained from an attack by another dog.

Because the SPCA is already loaded with animals, taking on an additional 66 has proven to be a tough task for them - especially with a high number of cats being ill and even those who are not ill are expected to become so eventually.

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mingling together for who knows how long,” Lewis said. “If one animal is sick then if they weren’t all sick when we got them, they will eventually get it because they’ve been exposed to it.”

Lewis also said the stress of the move could cause sickness as well as their living conditions.

“As far as the animals from Lincoln, the cats themselves physically smell of urine and feces,” she explained. “Right now we’re trying to sort out what is actually upper respiratory infection in the cats and what is the result of living in this environment filled with ammonia from their urine.”

The cats at Willow Drive faced a bit of a different living situation – that residence was under construction and the walls were stripped down to the insulation, which is also unhealthy for them to be living in.

While Mael did refer to her organization as Eastern Niagara Animal Welfare Alliance, she did not register those two properties as an animal shelter. Instead they were registered as private residences with Mael claiming to live half the time at one and half the time at the other.

Lewis said this was in order to avoid New York State’s regulations, as having a building classified as a shelter requires one to follow certain laws and subjects the place to inspections from the state.

Because of the poor state of the houses, Lewis questions whether Mael actually was living at either property.

“I would say no one should live in it,” she said.

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On Thursday, Jan. 29, the SPCA visited Mael at the Alden Holding Center to request she give up custody of the animals to the SPCA so they can be put up for adoption. She complied with the exception of the dogs and four cats, which she said she wishes to reclaim custody of.

Despite Mael’s deception, she is not thought to have had ill intentions.

“I’ve met her a handful of times. I don’t know her that well, but I would assume that she had good intentions and just became overwhelmed by the situation,” Lewis said.

It seems that Mael was unable to generate the money or manpower in order to properly care for such a high number of animals.

“From what I understand, she is the only constant caretaker,” Lewis said. “I’ve been told from a couple of different sources that volunteers have come and gone, but not many of them stay too often because of the condition of the animals and the number of them.”

Mael started her organization back in 2012 and has had showings of the animals at Lockport’s Petsmart and Bon-Ton locations. The rescue group’s Facebook page has many positive reviews from those who have adopted from her.

Many have been clamoring for Mael to face animal cruelty charges, but Lewis says it won’t be easy to prove she is guilty of that.

“Because of the uncertainty, because of her being incarcerated and not having access to the animals the past two weeks, it is going to be really difficult for us

to prove that some of these conditions the animals were in were preexisting and occurred before Jan. 15 when she was incarcerated,” she explained.

Lewis says that Mael also denied any wrongdoing in Thursday’s visit, claiming she gave proper instructions to the caretakers she left in charge, but they were unable or did not do so. “[Mael] stated that the animals and the homes were in good condition when she left on Jan. 15 and that this situation is the fault of the caretakers who she placed in charge of the animals,” Lewis wrote in an email on Thursday evening.

Mael also expressed to police and Lewis that she wishes to continue her rescue group after her release from the holding center and would like to work with the SPCA in the future, going as far to invite them to inspect the residences in the future.

There is also thought to be a dog that is either missing or was stolen as he was not accounted for by the SPCA. It is a Bernese Mountain Dog/Labrador Retriever mix, black and white in color approximately 10 years old named Shadow.

Whether or not Mael gets charged, Lewis is happy the situation was brought to their attention and encourages people who suspect similar situations to contact the SPCA. “We need to make sure this exposed, and that this isn’t allowed to happen again,” she said. “There has to some kind of oversight with this.”

If you have any information on this or similar situations, please contact the Niagara County SPCA at 731-4368.

Community invited to attend Invent-A-Thon The nice part about the entire project is the amount of diversity in learning the students are able to get out of it.

There is science and math involved in the invention. Then there is reading, writing and research skills learned along with public speaking.

The public speaking has been especially helpful for students, and Coffed has been blown away by some of the students’ skills.

“Some of the kids that have been in my room are kind of shy,” she said. “Then you walk around and witness them being able to talk with their partner or by themselves about the project, which is really cool. It makes me happy that they’re able to do that.”

This has caused many parents to fully support this event.

“They’re very proud of their children,” she said.

“This is all extra. They’re doing extra work. It’s an extracurricular type thing. It’s not part of the curriculum so they’re taking on doing their regular daily work and the added responsibility of this project.”

In the past the students have come up with some very interesting ideas. One girl who lived on a farm invented a wooden stand that held multiple bottles in place so the goats could feed at the same time, making her chore

much easier. Another came up with the idea of a staircase with a lower handrail for toddlers, making trekking down the stairs easier.

Many of the kids use this opportunity to show off their creativity skills with the names of their inventions as well. “Wet Doggie Dungeon”, “Winter Blizzard Blaster” and “Sleep-n-Slide” are a few of the past names.

This year Starpoint has seen its biggest number of students sign up yet, with 304 registering. However, some do wind up dropping out for various reasons, such as their idea already being made or not finding the time to work on it with their partner.

Students have the option of participating each of their three years in the school, and Coffed has found that many choose to do that.

The school invites the entire community to come out on Feb. 5 and see what the students have come up with.

The event begins at 6 p.m. and awards are given out at 6:45 p.m.

“It’s a nice way to come out and see the community’s children and what they have to say and been working on,” Coffed said.

Douglas J. Regan Intermediate School is located at 4363 Mapleton Rd., Lockport. For more information, please call 210-2150.

Mentholatum donates to area charities, ‘appreciates’ local support

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Mentholatum from Page 1 The Mentholatum Company was founded in 1889

by Albert Alexander Hyde, an early purveyor of the medicinal and topical benefits of menthol. Developing the vapor rub recipe which the company still uses today, he founded a partnership called The Yucca Company in Wichita, Kan. By 1906, the company changed its name to The Mentholatum Company, following the success of the original Mentholatum Ointment, and had opened an office in Buffalo. Several years later, in 1919, the company opened a factory on Niagara Street in Buffalo.

The company found early success by marketing heavily in East Asia; they began selling to Japan in 1913 and today manufacture several of the leading skin care products the region. In 1975, Rohto Pharmaceutical Company became Mentholatum’s licensee, and in ’88, Rohto purchased Mentholatum.

Legros says the two companies “realized (they) had synergies.”

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The Mentholatum Company’s current location in Orchard Park.

Throughout the ’90s, Rohto and Mentholatum began to market a number of innovative new skin care products and opened new factories in the U.K., Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and elsewhere.

The company continued to expand its product line throughout the Aughts, and are now anticipating sales of $500 million in 2015.

Mentholatum moved to its current location at 707 Sterling Drive in 1997. There they manufacture and package a number of their popular products. The location also serves as their North American head-

quarters.

And yet, despite manufacturing so many leading and trusted skin care products, Legros still feels as though Mentholatum’s presence goes unknown by most Buffalonians.

“Some people know about Mentholatum, but our presence and the knowledge of our presence has been a little bit subdued,” Legros said.

Legros pointed out that Mentholatum does much of its sampling locally, and donates to a number of local charities, including the Roycroft Campus Corporation,

the Buffalo Zoo, the Food Bank of WNY and the Conners Children Center. The company also employs close to 200 residents, and they expect to create more jobs as they grow.

Legros says they appreciate the local support, and very much like their home in the Buffalo region.

“Buffalonians are very loyal to products that are made locally, and tend to make an effort to support local products,” Legros said. “As much as we support our local charities, we appreciate the support of Buffalonians.”

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Budget from Page 1 budget requests.

Components of the budget include projections of the revenue side including a $0 increase of state aid and an increase of 1,012,878 over 2014-15 use of reserves to be used.

Projections of the expenditure side include a $2,405,901 increase of Triborough Amendment and employee benefits, a $470,342 increase of contractual expenses, a $318,033 increase of debt service, a $942,021 increase of BOCES services, and a

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$277,700 increase of SWD Agency tuitions - all of which are major factors in causing the expenditure budget increase of $4,659,678 or 5.4 percent.

However, other factors that are not being taken into account at this moment due to the hold on the numbers by the state include the projected state aid for the 2015-2016 school year, retirements, students with disabilities transferring into the district, building and facility emergencies, additional transportation ex-

penses, impact of additional federal sequestration and any other unknowns.

“This is highly unusual that we don’t get state aid released to us,” said John Linderman, Lockport’s Board of Education president. “It’s backed us into a corner.”

With the preliminary expenditure budget being $90,988,334 and the preliminary revenue budget coming out to $51,416,225, the district gets a preliminary 2015-2016 tax levy needed of $39,572,109 creating a

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$3,527,415 increase from the this school year’s tax levy of $36,044,694.

However, the preliminary budget is $2,796,823 over the majority limit of $36,775,286, but may change.

As the board readies the budget for the state deadline of April 24, Linderman assures the community that once they get more information about the state aid and other unknowns for the budget that they will inform the public immediately on any budget changes.

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Fans don’t let fans drive drunk, so game plan for a ‘Super Sunday’ The Super Bowl is America’s most watched national sporting event, and on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1, there will be lots of game day socializing that may include drinking. That’s why The Resource Training Center of Amherst, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and local law enforcement officials are urging football fans to choose sides now: drinking OR driving. If you plan on drinking on Super Bowl Sunday, these organizations encourage you to designate a sober driver to get you home safely!

“Fans don’t let fans drive drunk,” said Monica Farrar, director of The Resource Training Center. “Before

choosing to drink, choose a sober designated driver. Avoid the unsportsmanlike conduct of driving drunk by handing off your keys so that you, your passengers and everyone on our roads can safely arrive home. Driving impaired could result in injury or death for you or others on the road.”

According to data from NHTSA, in 2012 there were 10,322 people killed in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes in the United States. A driver is considered alcohol-impaired with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher, the legal limit in all states. This Feb. 1, don’t become a tragic Super Bowl stat.

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Local unhappy with neighbor’s wood burning stove In the fall of 2013, my neighbor put in a wood burning stove in his home. They burn every day and night.

The problem is the wind.

Most of the time the wind blows the exhaust directly into my car, my house and garage and it’s making both my husband and myself sick. The smoke is so bad I can taste it. We told our neighbor, and then they burned more. Some days I think they are burning garbage.

I complained to the Town Supervisor of Pendleton and got no results. The Niagara County Health Department won’t help us either. How can they get away with poisoning us? My husband had a very rare pneumonia in 2012, and the smoke is killing him.

I hope that you can print this so we can get help.

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If so, don’t drive. Follow these tips to have fun, stay alive, and avoid getting pulled over or crashing your vehicle on game day.

• Before Super Bowl Sunday, make a game plan that includes a sober driver – someone who is not drinking at all.

• Leave your keys at home.

• Consider taking a taxi to your destination so you won’t even have the option later to drive impaired.

• Avoid drinking too much alcohol too fast. Eat plenty of food, take breaks and alternate with non-alcoholic drinks.

• If you don’t have a designated driver, ask a sober friend for a ride home; call a cab, friend, or family member

I recently read that we should enjoy the last 10 year’s of a person’s life as much as we enjoy the first 10 years.

Now I know we could debate that we don’t know when that is so I ask for some license here. Go with me, and let’s say from 70 years old on.

In the beginning (if things are as one would want them to be), the little ones receive attention. They are nurtured and helped; acCPOWNY

to come get you; or if possible stay where you are for the night and don’t drive until you are sober.

• Walking impaired can be just as dangerous as drunk driving. Designate a sober friend to walk you home.

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If so, don’t drink. Your responsible choices can save lives.

• Take your role seriously as the designated sober driver — don’t drink and drive.

• Enjoy the party with food and non-alcoholic drinks.

• Wear your seat belt and require your passengers to do the same.

• If someone you know has been drinking and tries to drive, take their keys and help

them get home safely. They’ll thank you later.

“Drunk driving is a serious problem with serious consequences,” added Farrar. “Drunk drivers face jail time, the loss of their license, higher insurance rates, and dozens of other unanticipated expenses ranging from attorney fees, court costs, car towing and repairs, and lost wages due to time off from work. And if you injure or kill someone in a drunk-driving crash, it’s something you’ll have to live with for the rest of your life.”

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including the New York State Drinking Driver Program for individuals convicted of an alcohol- or drug-related driving violation, and Alive at 25, a unique program that teaches young drivers to change how they approach driving through role playing, workbook exercises, interactive media segments and more.

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The Ten-Ten Rule complishments and milestones are celebrated.

Go now to the other end of the spectrum. While helping a young one accomplish a task is seen as a part of our role, helping an elder often becomes a duty.

Now attention is no longer positive. It is negative and often in the form of a joke - rude, crude and demeaning.

We don’t celebrate lessons learned or accomplishments.

Think of what you learn and experience in a year (if you are open to growth).

Now multiply that by 70 or 80. That is a whole bunch of lessons and experiences to share.

We may think ourselves as an educated society, but I think if we are putting to the curb all that knowledge and experience, then there is still something to be learned.

Stop making the old an invisible entity.

Help make the last 10 years as important as the first 10 years.

You will not regret doing that because someday it may be you who will be experiencing the last 10 or however many years.

The exact number is not of total importance - it could be more, it could be less, and it could be better.

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By Rebecca Gunning Lockside Art Center’s first exhibit of 2015 will begin on Saturday, Feb. 7 with a reception and refreshments from 2 to 4 p.m. and run until March 14. The theme is “Made by Hand� and will likely feature many wellknown sculptors in the area as well as welding instructor and his students from Niagara/Orleans BOCES program.

Mike Miller, a Lockside board member, says the gallery invited over 20 artists to participate, including some new faces, but they will not have a solid number on how many artists will participate or the number of pieces will be on display until they do intake on Feb. 1 and Feb. 3.

However, they do expect a wide variety of works there with an array of mediums, including the possibility of pottery and smaller figures. “By man-made, we mean you can’t go to a craft store and buy it,� Miller explained. “It is something original that the sculptor handmade.�

Miller also said the reasoning behind this theme is because it’s something new for a local gallery to do.

Lockside will also be opening up a sculpture gallery for the next year in one of its rooms so they will constantly have sculptures on display. An anonymous donor gave the money for the gallery, and now different local artists will be able to use that room to display their sculptures on a monthly basis.

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Sculptor Rick Bertrand with his piece “Disciple�. week away, Lockside will still accept the pieces of any artists who are interested in displaying their work before Feb. 7. People also can request to put sculptures in throughout the five weeks the exhibit will be up for.

Some of the pieces on display may be available for purchase once the exhibit ends in March, but that is up to the individual artists.

Admission to Lockside is

always free. It is open noon to 4 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

Because the organization is not-for-profit, it is always looking for more volunteers, whether they want to commit to long-term or do something more short-term.

Lockside is located at 21-41 Main St., Suite 208, Lockport.

For more information, please call 478-0239.

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Kenan Arts Council scholarships available Applications for the Kenan Arts Council Scholarships are now available in the guidance offices, and the art and music departments at Barker Central School, Lockport High School, Newfane Central High School, Niagara-Wheatfield High School, Royalton-Hartland Central School, Startpoint Central High School, Wilson Central High School and the Kenan Center Business Office.

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Starpoint votes against the Veterans tax exemption The Starpoint School Board of Education voted down the proposition of the alternative veteran’s tax exemption on Jan. 26.

The proposition was taken to vote, and ultimately was narrowly defeated with five votes against and four in favor.

The board held two public hearings prior to the vote where a large turnout of veterans from the Pendleton area attended, speaking on behalf of the proposition.

William Rott, Pendleton resident for 54 years and president of the Pendleton Veterans Association, along with several other veterans who do not meet the state’s qualifications for the tax exemption spoke out in favor of the exemption for veterans who do qualify.

“I wholeheartedly support the Starpoint Veterans Tax Exemption,” Rott said.

“There are many veterans who served in combat and haven’t asked for anything.”

Although many community members spoke out in favor of the tax exemption, saying they wouldn’t mind paying an additional amount on their annual school taxes in order to show their appreciation for all the vets have done and continue to

do, some have spoken out against the exemption.

Pendleton resident Annmarie Reeb brought to the community’s attention the burdens the tax exemption will instill on those unqualified for the tax exemption.

“We have many veterans who will not reap this exemption, but will instead be burdened by it,” Reeb said.

The tax exemption not only wouldn’t benefit nonveterans, but homeless veterans and senior citizens on limited incomes would also see no benefit. It also could affect the district in the future if people decide against purchasing a home in the Pendleton area due to the increase in school taxes.

The projected annual school taxes on $150,000 house at full market value in the Lockport, Cambria, Royalton, Pendleton and Wheatfield areas for non-veterans would have a $17 increase in the 2015-16 school year.

The projected school tax decrease for the approximate 900 veterans in the Pendleton area would be $144 per year on average, which would increase or decrease depending on the levels of tax exemption the veteran meets.

Under state law, the tax exemption has three levels including a deduction of $6,000 for wartime veterans, $4,000 for combat zone

veterans, and a sliding scale deduction (depending on the veteran’s percentage of disability) of $20,000 for disabled veterans.

If veterans meet each of these levels and are 100 percent disabled, they can reap the benefits of a total $30,000 of tax exemption.

Concerns continued to rise with the capital project that just went through as well as possible debt service and payroll increases that may happen in the future. This could then cause the budget to increase along with the projected $17 tax increase.

“As the budget goes up, the $17 tax increase will go up,” said Mark Ewart, the board president. “If the budget is $46 million, the district will collect $46 million dollars. That means every veteran that gets a discount there’s a non-veteran who has to pick that up.”

Although the proposition did not pass, board member Michael Zimmerman assures people that it is not an all or nothing proposition and can be brought up again in 2016.

“We can vote it in and decide the next year it is not working, we are getting too much push back, and vote against it next year,” Zimmerman said. “And it’s true for the opposite too. It’s not a permanent scenario.”

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Lockport Express on the right track in inaugural year

By Nick Sabato

The building of Cornerstone CFCU Arena brought a lot of great things to the community, particularly in the growth of hockey in the area.

One of the things that came along with the arena is the creation of the Lockport Express of the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League.

The team was founded by owner Steve Bueme, and one of the first decisions he made was to hire longtime hockey guru Frank Vecchio to serve as the club’s general manager and head coach.

Vecchio has coached in a variety of organizations including the Wheatfield Blades, Niagara-Wheatfield High School, and the club hockey programs at both the University at Buffalo and D’Youville.

The junior hockey circuit in Western New York has been dominated by the Buffalo Jr. Sabres and Vecchio believes that the area needed another junior ‘A’ team to give many of the talented

local players an opportunity to take their game to the next level.

“We needed another junior ‘A’ team in the area,” said Vecchio. “There are a lot of good players in this area and we thought it was a good opportunity to give them an opportunity to advance to the next level.”

With no base organization in Lockport prior to the completion of the rink, Vecchio had a tough task in building a team with no homegrown players.

So, like any resourceful coach, he sought out many of the players that he had coached or coached against during his time with the Blades to help him start the team.

While there are no players from Lockport on the Express, there is a strong contingent of guys that played at the high school level at Niagara-Wheatfield including Alex Bottenfield, Justin Durkee, Ryan Logar, Anthony Merante and Frank Vecchio II (the coach’s son).

“The one thing that did help was coaching in the travel league for Wheatfi eld all these years,” said Vecchio.

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Nicholas Siracuse is tied for the Lockport Express team lead in scoring with 47 points.

“A lot of these guys on the team I’ve either coached for a number of years or played against them, so we know a lot of them. My son is 18, so his teams have played against a lot of them. So that helped a lot.”

The age range for the squad

is 16-20 years old and most players share a goal of advancing either to the North American Hockey League or to play college hockey at the Division III level or higher.

One thing that Vecchio has stressed with his players is honesty and a realism

of what their expectations should be for the future so as to not give them any false hopes.

“I think it’s important to be realistic,” said Vecchio. “Not that they can’t make it to that level, but like anything else, there is a progression. To get to that level, they need to master this level, and then master the next one. If they master the next one then maybe they have a shot to move on to the next one.

I think it’s important to be honest with them about with where they are and then be realistic. That helps them set their goals with where they are going to end up.”

While there is a strong familiarity with many of the players on the team, not many people would have predicted that the Express would have gotten off to the start that it has so quickly.

Lockport currently sits in second place in the NA3HL Western Division at 20-6-1, which almost guarantees them a spot in the upcoming playoffs.

“We didn’t expect it to go this well,” said Vecchio.

“We came in to this saying, ‘if we can be .500 and be

competitive in every game as a first-year team, we would consider that a success.’A lot of guys have bought into it, worked hard and that helped a lot.”

Two of the biggest reasons have been the play of Merante and St. Francis High School graduate Nicholas Siracuse. The two are tied for the team lead with 47 points, which is tied for second in the league.

Siracuse has already been called up to the Express’ parent club, the Michigan Warriors, for a week. He was able to see what it takes to play at a higher level and he will be working to get back to that point.

“It was awesome,” said Siracuse. “You go to the rink and there’s nobody else on your ice. I realized that I need to work on my quick release skills with my shot.

I was able to transition with their game and be right up there with them.”

The Express had a big series ahead of it last weekend as it traveled to New Jersey to take on the undefeated Jersey Shore Wildcats in a three-game set from Jan. 23-25.

Timon sharpshooter Lakewomen have won 36 consecutive gets best of Lions Niagara-Orleans contests

By Nick Sabato Prior to the start of Wednesday night’s (Jan. 28) game against Bishop Timon, Lockport boys basketball coach Dave Gilson had one thing written on his notepad when he stepped into the pre-game huddle.

The dry erase board simply said, ‘watch number 3 — he’s a shooter.’

No. 3 was Timon’s Joe Harrison, and Gilson taking note of the Tigers’ 3-point sharpshooter meant that the Lions needed to be aware of him at all times.

Perhaps it should have been written in larger letters because Harrison bombed in shots all night to the tune of a game-high 19 points on five 3-pointers to lead Bishop Timon past Lockport, 68-44.

“They had 10 [3-pointers],” said Gilson. “Granted, it was a zone, but we have to close out a lot better than we did. You lose sight of guys and just do things that you shouldn’t do against a team that can shoot like that. Not only that, but I thought they got a lot of second

chances. We have to box out.

We didn’t want to do the little things.”

Timon had control from start to finish and looked mighty impressive against a team that had won its last four games.

The team played especially well during the first three quarters, in which the Tigers scored 61 of their 68 points before the starters were given the rest of the night off.

Lockport had to have a short memory after the loss to Timon as it prepared to travel to North Tonawanda on Friday (Jan. 30) to face a team with no losses to its name in Niagara Frontier League play.

Results weren’t available at press time.

“It’s got to be [a short memory],” said Gilson. “I saw this as us playing a little better because we have been getting better and we didn’t play well.

We did not play how we’ve been playing. The only thing I can do is get these kids ready to play on Friday against N-T.” Andrew Austin led the way for Lockport (7-6) with 11 points, while Dakota Wiley had 10 and Lavette Warren added eight in a losing effort.

Derick Simpson chipped in 15 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks for Timon (9-8). Quinton Lamar added 12 points and seven rebounds, while William Lamar had eight points and eight rebounds.

“Hoops” from page 7 So many of the fans know each other from doing things in the community, and it all adds up to a packed gymnasium and a tremendous atmosphere.

“These games are great,” said Baker. “I respect Coach Klumpp. He does a fantastic job with his kids. I work with some of the Newfane kids over the summer so these kids are close friends. They are friends until gameday and then they will be friends again but those games bring an extra energy. This crowd was fantastic. The crowd was huge; the fans were great and a credit to the fans of Wilson and Newfane coming out to support their teams.”

There have been many great meetings between the schools, but this may have been the biggest matchup in quite some time because of the two current teams.

Prior to the season, it appeared as if this might be the year that the Lady Panthers would finally be able to overtake the Lakewomen.

Wilson was trying to replace 87 percent of its scoring from last year while Newfane was returning 71 percent of its scoring.

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Zipporah Barrett and the Lakewomen take on Newfane again on Feb. 19 — both teams’ regular-season finale. a challenge with both teams undefeated,” said Newfane senior Maggie Kropf. “We had everything to gain and nothing to lose. They are the undefeated champs from last year and we had to come in and play our hardest. I think we did that, but we play them again and we are looking forward to playing them a second time at home.”

The Lakewomen have now won 36 consecutive N-O league games and this year

they are doing it with a new crop of players that have endless potential including Jaeger (10 points, eight steals and seven rebounds), Kayla Neumann, Rachel Senek, Jodie Vincent and Shea Munnikhuysen.

Wilson also now beaten Newfane 15 straight times dating back to 2007, but that also sets up the rematch to have even more at stake when the Lakewomen enter the Blue Zone to face Brooke

Horning, Katie Kneeland, Kropf and company.

“Our slogan for Newfane is that we are one,” said Kropf.

“So we have to bounce back in the second round, but we have to worry about the other teams first. But when we match up with Wilson the second time, we hope it’s a good game like this one, but with different results.”

Success is clearly nothing new to the Wilson program considering that it has been so dominant within league play in the Baker era, but with such a young team with new players in new roles, a win over a talented rival is a huge momentum booster.

This could be a big springboard as the Lakewomen continue to push through the second rotation of N-O play.

“It means the world to us,” said Jaeger. “We deserve this. We work so hard. I am so proud of my team because they work their butts off. It means the world to us. It gives us the confidence to keep going, keep moving on and not get down on ourselves.”

The rematch will take place on the final regular season game of the year as Wilson travels to Newfane for senior night on Feb. 19.

Rams clinch ninth straight league crown, extend streak in pool

By Nick Sabato There are not many high school athletic programs in Section VI as strong as the Royalton-Hartland boys swim program.

Not only did the Rams clinch their ninth straight NiagaraOrleans League title, but they did so by extending their winning streak to 125 consecutive dual meets.

It is certainly a dominant streak, but what is most impressive about this year’s team is

that it continued to dominate despite losing 14 seniors from a season ago. Roy-Hart has shown that it has a new, young crop of swimmers that could see that streak extend for years to come.

“It’s primarily that group of 10th grade boys that came to us last year as freshmen and we got all of them to come back,” said Roy-Hart head coach Bruce Matthews. “They have bought into the sport and the program. If you could have a chart to show how they’ve progressed, it’d be a pretty good learning curve. Their times have dropped, they’ve gotten stronger and it’s an advantage to have a winning program because we can attract a lot of athletes out of the school. I know that helps, but

we push them all hard, try not to cut them any slack and they get stronger and faster all of the time.”

It can be daunting for underclassmen entering a season and taking a look at how long the team’s winning streak is and how many league championships it has won. But for Roy-Hart, those underclassmen — like sophomore Tanner Rees — took it upon themselves to ensure that they would not be the team that lost the streak.

“The alumni comes back to support us,” said Rees. “Having them watch us is a lot of weight on our shoulders, but we’ve done it and it’s been great. We are really aggressive, focused and determined. Having this record is an amazing

record. Last year, when we passed 100 wins, it just motivated us to keep it going.”

This was probably the most uncertain the program had been in a quite some time heading into the season, particularly with strong opponents like Barker and Medina this year, but Roy-Hart used depth to its advantage — and it paid off.

Not only do the Rams have strong swimmers, but they have a lot of them. It allows them more opportunities to place in dual meets.

“We knew the competition that we had,” said Roy-Hart junior Mason Sparks. “Barker is the biggest competition that we had, along with a few close meets with Medina, but we have a lot of depth on our team, so we knew that we

could do it.”

Roy-Hart will be losing a nice trio of seniors that includes Ray Sack, Denzel Flowers and Derick Sears, but the team will be could offset that with the return of 17 of the aforementioned sophomores.

The idea that they will be pushing to extend that winning streak and add a 10th straight league championship is one that is a very real possibility next year.

“We’ve got a group of real strong 10th grade boys,” said Matthews. “It’s going to be great to have them around for the next two years. [Rees] is a big part of that bunch. We are not losing a lot of boys. Next year, our core group is pretty well intact. I think we are going to be real strong next year.”

In sports, it is inevitable that all great streaks will come to an end. But it doesn’t appear that the Rams’ will any time soon.

Alot of that is due to Matthews and the past swimmers that built the program but now it is carried on by the current swimmers that continue to recruit fellow classmates to join the swim team.

“These guys talk it up in the hallway [during] preseason to get new kids to come out,” said Matthews. “They are always trying to recruit kids to come down to the pool. It’s been a strong program and we just keep building on it.”

The program has certainly been built pretty strong — almost to the point where one might think that there is something in the water at Middleport.

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Stenzel’s leadership, production key in Falcons’ turnaround

By Nick Sabato At the beginning of the season, Niagara-Wheatfield knew that it had to rely on a lot different faces if it wanted to win a fourth straight sectional championship.

One player that has helped steady the ship and help ease the infusion of young talent has been senior captain James Stenzel.

Stenzel is the returning captain from last year’s squad and the fact that he has taken his leadership and his play on the ice to the next level is one of the biggest reasons as to why the Falcons are winners of nine out of the last 10 games.

“He leads by example in how he plays,” said NiagaraWheatfield head coach Rick Wrazin. “In the locker room,

off the ice and in practices he’s always making sure guys are doing what they are supposed to. He’s making sure they are working. For us, hard work is a big thing and if you go watch a practice, he’s leading the way in the hard work category. You see it carry over into games and he is teaching the young guys how to do it as well.”

As a defenseman, Stenzel has been able to find ways to make an impact on the game in a variety of ways this season.

Whether he is scoring goals, making breakout passes, clearing the zone on the penalty kill or sticking up for teammates in a tough situation, he has done whatever his team has asked him to do this season. So when he thinks about the type of JEFFREY T. BARNES player that he is, Stenzel just considers himself a team Niagara-Wheatfield’s James Stenzel had seven player. goals and seven assists at press time.

“I just see myself as a team player,” said Stenzel. “I’m just trying to help my guys get a win and do whatever nothing new to the program, this season which has been the fact that Stenzel has been a major difference from it takes.”

While his leadership is a mainstay on the score sheet last year.

Last year he scored three goals and five assists in 21 games, but this year, the senior has nearly doubled his point total through 14 games.

Stenzel has seven goals and seven assists, which for a defenseman, is an incredible feat and a big luxury for the Falcons when he can average a point per game from the point.

“He’s got a big shot and he gets it off in a hurry,” said Wrazin. “That’s where is offense comes from but he’s also got some pretty good hands back at the blue line so he can slip a guy every now and then to give himself a lane. He’s a complete player back there.”

There are many ways to be a leader, including by example or through vocal motivation, but Stenzel prefers to use positive reinforcement with this team.

With so many young players, he just wants to stay positive and always keep them up and so far it has worked extremely well this year.

“I just try to stay positive

and always keep my boys motivated,” said Stenzel. “I can tell when they are down and I have to keep their heads up.”

Staying positive has been the message this year more than ever for Stenzel considering Niagara-Wheatfield got off to just a 1-3 start to the season.

He and his teammates knew how much talent they had and that it would eventually come together for them, which it did to the tune of nine straight wins.

Now that they are back on track, he says they just have to keep it rolling as they hit the final month of the regular season.

“Everyone has their down times but we knew that we were going to come through in the end,” said Stenzel. “We always do and have to keep it rolling. Right now we are starting to find it.”

Niagara-Wheatfield will have a tough test this Saturday (Jan. 31) as it squares off against Orchard Park at 5:30 p.m. at the Northtown Center.

Stingrays shine just before Districts Younger grapplers

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A group of Lockport Stingrays find some time to have fun between events.

The Lockport YMCA Stingrays recently co-hosted the Goodwill Invitational Swim Meet for 18 Y swim teams from across NYS. The meet was the last competition for Lockport prior to Districts on the next two Saturdays.

Aiden Moran shined for the Stingrays, touching first in the 25 fly and putting up state-qualifying times in the 25 and 100 free.

Madison Fragale continues to dominate, posting personal-best times in four events (200 free, 50 fly, 100 free, and 50 breast), giving her five state events in total.

Ava Conklin, Mark Crocker and Ethan Menges also had personal-best times across four events: Conklin in the 25 free (first place), 50 free, 25 back and 25 breast; Crocker in the 200 free, 50 free, 50 fly, and 100 free; and Menges in the 50

breast (first), 200 IM (first), 100 free and 100 breast.

James Sacco was in late-season form with personal-best times in all three events he swam (100 free,

50 free, and 200 free). Elizabeth Kershaw continues to shred time off her top events with her best season times in the 100 IM and 50 back.

Coach Tim Menges is

thrilled with his swimmers’ progress as the season heads towards the championships.

“I couldn’t be more impressed with the hard work and effort that these young swimmers have been putting forth,” he said. “I am so proud of the times and finishes that we have achieved against some of the toughest competition in the state.”

Zack Santarsiero touched first in the 100 free, 100 IM, and 25 fly. William Swartz posted two personal bests in the 25 fly (first) and 25 back. Ava Thompson did the same in the 100 free (first) and 100 IM. Luke Menges had an impressive five first place touches. Jenna Bull dropped time in the 200 free, 50 free, and 100 free, while Cianna Conklin did the same in the 200 and 100 free.

The Stingrays gear up for Districts over the next two weeks in Rochester.

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Ava Conklin (left) and Elizabeth Kershaw discuss their best times of the season after a strong outing.

LOCKPORT STAR LEAGUE STANDINGS AS OF GAMES PLAYED BEFORE JAN. 29 BOYS BASKETBALL NFL

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Wilson........................ 7-0

Lew-Port.......................... 1-8 ECIC II

Roy-Hart.................. 1-7

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CSAT ............................... 4-3

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Will East .................... 9-0-0-1

Lew-Port.......................... 4-4

Akron ............................... 3-3

N. Tonawanda ................. 8-0

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Lockport .................. 7-1

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contribute to Newfane supremacy “Wrestling” from page 7

The coaching staff knew that if the Panthers were going to remain atop the N-O, they were going to need big contributions from younger guys like Charlie Johnstone, Zack Brown and Julian Nixon.

That is exactly what happened.

In the final dual meet of the season against Akron, Kubala and Simmons picked up two huge wins after Newfane was down going into those final two matches.

“Julian and Zack have stepped up,” said Montesanti. “They have been in every match and I expect them to place at the N-O tournament. Jake Kubala and Cyrus Simmons is really the core of our team.

Jake had a nice 18-second win to seal the match against Akron and Cyrus went up two weight classes to wrestle a really tough wrestler and got a major decision.”

One of the other things that has helped the Panthers have so much success in league meets is the tough non-league schedule that they wrestle.

Newfane has lost just one of those non-league meets over the last two seasons, but when it schedules teams like St. Joseph’s, St. Francis and difficult tournaments, it helps wrestlers

like Kubala get better.

On the outside, it may look like a down weekend or day if a guy like Kubala doesn’t win, but when that individual faces tough competition, it goes a long way into making him a better overall competitor.

“It’s helped me because anyone can win all of the time,” said Kubala. “You aren’t learning anything from winning all of the time. Just getting beat up you are learning more.”

This Saturday (Jan. 31) will mark the team’s last competition before sectionals as Newfane hosts the annual Niagara-Orleans League Tournament.

Obviously, it is a goal for the team to win the tournament, but Montesanti knows how difficult it will be with the other five teams having such a strong familiarity with one other.

“We would like to win but it’s going to be very tough,” said Montesanti.

“We expect Akron and a couple of other teams to come at us with everything they’ve got. It’s going to be a very tough, competitive tournament because there are only six teams. We know each other very well so it’s going to be a tough tournament.”

The tournament will begin at 9 a.m. at Newfane High School.

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Rod, Gun & Game: Super Bowl Sunday — time for venison nachos, walleye tacos

By Forrest Fisher

This is a great time to relish the satisfaction of delicious meals that can result from the successful sportsmen pursuits of hunting wild game and fishing. There is something very special about the culinary delights that connect us to conservation practices, the purity of organic food from wild harvest, and the reality of incredible taste from this healthy food source.

Great tasting healthy food helps to justify the cost of the license and gear, and all the time we spend learning about how to be successful.

A few years ago, my family started looking around for proven recipes that would provide even more range on how we prepare our wild bounty from the lands and the lakes around us. We discovered the “Wild Harvest Table” from Cornell Cooperative Extension nutrition educator Moira M. Tidball, a culinary aficionado who enjoys cooking all kinds of wild game and offers free, proven advice. The result has been delicious and nutritious!

For Super Bowl weekend, we are preparing two of Tidball’s crowd-pleasing recipes that have become our favorites: venison nachos and walleye tacos. Sounds awesome, right?! Let me share with you that there is never any leftovers from either recipe.

For the Venison nachos, health consumers today all ap-

preciate that using the venison instead of beef lowers the fat content of typical nacho recipes. This recipe is quite simple, even I am able to succeed in the kitchen with it.

In a stock pot, add one tablespoon of olive oil and brown the venison over medium-high heat. Add one medium to large chopped white sweet onion and cook 3-5 minutes more until the onion is translucent.

Add 2-3 cloves of minced garlic and 2-3 tablespoons of chili powder, cook another minute (don’t let the garlic get brown). At this point, adding one teaspoon of oregano and one teaspoon of cumin is optional, if you like those flavors (I do). Then add one tablespoon of brown sugar and one 28-ounce can of diced tomatoes (or one quart of home canned tomatoes) and gently stir the entire mix in the pan.

Bring the mixture to a gentle boil, once there, lower the heat and simmer the chili about half an hour until it thickens and starts to smell “so good!” Then add one 15-ounce can of red kidney beans or black beans, your choice, but drain and rinse before adding. Then cook until heated through and the consistency is thick. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

We then pour the mix into a wide baking dish, sprinkle 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese over the top and place it in the oven preheated to 400 degrees. Heat some tortilla chips in the oven at the same time. Remove when the cheese melts (about six minutes or so). Spoon some of the mix

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One happy future fisherman, 3 year-old Jason Hadley of Buffalo, was one of the happy youth winners of a Shakespeare rod/reel/tackle outfit from the Erie County Federation of Sportsmen free raffle last weekend at the Niagara Outdoor Expo. right into the warmed tortillas, add some sour cream topping and dig in!

This recipe makes six to eight 1-cup servings.

Nutritionally, a 1-cup serving is about 360 calories, offers 25 percent of daily adult needs for Vitamin A and Calcium, 30 percent for Vitamin C and 20 percent for iron, with 24 grams of protein!

The walleye tacos are even easier. Ingredients you’ll need include one pound of boneless, skinless, walleye fillets with the blood vein removed, 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil,

2 tablespoons of lime juice (juice from one large lime), ½ tablespoon of chili powder, ½ teaspoon cumin powder, ½ teaspoon dried oregano, ¼ cup fresh cilantro (chopped), 1 small jalapeno (diced) and ¼ cup of red onion (diced), with a dash of salt and pepper to your taste.

Mix up a marinade of the olive oil, lime juice, chili powder, cumin, oregano, cilantro, jalapeno, red onion, salt and pepper in a baking dish large enough to also hold the fish.

Add the fish fillets and spoon the marinade on top to coat

the fish. Cover and move to the ‘frig for 1 hour, then turn the fillets over and stand in the ‘frig for one more hour.

Remove the fish and cook in a sauté pan for about four minutes, then flip and cook for two more minutes or until the fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork. Remove from the pan and coarsely chop the fish.

To serve, spoon about ½ cup of fish into the center of a warmed corn or four tortilla, add some sour cream, some shredded lettuce or cabbage or coleslaw and some salsa. Fold or wrap the tortilla so it can be picked up easily and enjoy.

This recipe makes about four servings of three ounces each, about 170 calories, only 2 grams of carbohydrates, 1.5 grams of fat and 22 grams of protein.

For other tasty, easy to prepare wild game recipes, be sure to check in with the Cornell Wild Harvest Table website at: http://wildharvesttable.com/. The website also includes nutrition information labels that are helpful for folks watching their calories and vitamin intake levels.

How to Stay Warm in Winter Word of advice from those in the know are usually helpful to folks who can never seem to stay warm in winter. When you head out into cold or wet weather, you must try to avoid wearing cotton clothing. Cotton absorbs your sweat and human moisture, insulates poorly and dries very slowly, helping to keep you cold! In-

stead, wear a base layer made from merino wool to wick moisture away and keep you dry (try merino wool socks too), then add an insulating layer such as fleece or down, and top with a waterproof or breathable shell. You will always be toasty warm in the winter outdoors. Good luck!

WNY Safari Club Invites Public The WNY Safari Club holds their monthly meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Michael’s Banquet Facility, 4885 Southwestern Blvd., in Hamburg. Members and non-members are all welcome to attend (FREE).

Each meeting offers an invited speaker and attendees can enjoy an optional buffet dinner for only $10 while enjoying the camaraderie of like-minded outdoor sportsmen folks! The group will discuss current sportsmen issues, plans for 2015 youth events and plans for youth wood duck house building at Marvin Winter’s farm.

Outdoors Calendar Feb. 1: 3D Winter Archery, 2015 league, walk-ons welcome, Collins Conservation, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., info: 432-6035 Feb. 4: WNY Safari Club meeting, public is invited, FREE, Michael’s Banquet Hall, 4885 Southwestern Blvd., Hamburg, 7 p.m.

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WSRC brings Christmas to family in need HarborCenter to host West Side Rowing Club (WSRC) continues to support its community through philanthropic efforts, most recently with the Mothers of Alumni Rowers (M.O.A.R.s) group, bringing Christmas to a St. Patrick’s Friary family-in-need with gifts and a special holiday meal.

M.O.A.R.s began in 2012 to continue the kinship among WSRC rowing families whose athletes had graduated. Once a month, the group gets together and has an outing, including each year’s seniors’ mothers to continue as volunteers at the Club. This past year for their December philanthropy, the group voted to sponsor a family-in-need for the Christmas holidays. One of M.O.A.R.s founding members, Maryalice Victor, and her mother, Kathie Brinkworth, have been actively involved with the St. Patrick’s

Friary Pantry for many year.

“The group jumped at the chance to sponsor a family for the holidays,” Victor said.

The donations provided for a Christmas to remember for the family, with presents for each of the six family members and a special holiday dinner.

The St. Patrick’s Friary is run by coordinator, Monica Kwiatkowski, and her assistant, Jim Dudziak, under the direction of the Franciscan Friars.

For many years, the Pantry has provided support for numerous area families. While delivering the group’s donations, Victor and member Barbara Johnson discovered one of the Pantry volunteers, Betsy Broderick Kurzdorfer, is the great niece of Michael Broderick, the second (and longest serving President) of the West Side Rowing Club.

Kurzdorfer’s father, Thomas, was the son of Joseph Broderick,

Michael Broderick’s brother.

Broderick’s WSRC legacy includes rowing the first 8-person shell in Buffalo, managing the United States Rowing Team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, being only the second American to receive a lifetime membership in the Canadian RowingAssociation, being enshrined at the National Rowing Hall of Fame in 1983, and having the Broderick Plate named after him, the most prestigious annual award distributed by WSRC. In the future, M.O.A.R.s intends to sponsor the WSRC “Boat of Hope,” using an old rowing shell to hold donations for area families in need. The hope is that current rowers and families will have an opportunity to participate with M.O.A.R.s, as well as be able to sponsor several additional families through holiday gifts

for each family member and a special family Christmas dinner.

About the West Side Rowing Club: The West Side Rowing Club was founded in 1912 with a mission to promote the advancement of the physical, mental, and moral well being of the youth in Buffalo and the surrounding areas.

Since 1921, West Side has hosted high school teams.

Throughout its 102 years, West Side has won countless national and international championship events, having sent over 30 athletes to represent the United States at the Olympic Games and Elite World Championships, and advanced hundreds of youth athletes to top collegiate schools and rowing programs across North America.

girls state championships Some of the best women’s ice hockey in New York State will be coming to HarborCenter when the Western New York Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Federation hosts the 2015 New York State Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Championships. This is the first time the NYS Championships have been held in the West.

The two-day event opens Friday, Feb. 6 with Section III facing Section VI and Section X facing Section VII. Those games will be at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., respectively. On Saturday, Feb 7, the winner of those games will face off at 1 p.m. for the New York State Championship.

With playoffs being held this week around the state, the teams participating are

still unknown.

Last season, the championship game ended with Skaneateles and Potsdam as co-champions after four overtimes. There is no shootout in the girls varsity sport.

Locally, Orchard Park/ Frontier, Kenmore and Williamsville were in the lead in points with Section VI playoffs scheduled for Thursday (Jan. 29); semi-finals are on Tuesday, Feb. 2 and the WNY Championship Thursday, Feb. 4. Those games are being held at Northtown Center in Amherst.

Tickets for the NYS Championship are $6 for both of Friday’s games and $6 for the championship game on Saturday. Tickets will be available at the door.

Canisius and Niagara rivalry extends beyond hardwood

By Mike Haim While geography alone does not make for a significant rivalry in the sports world, it does often help.

If proximity were the sole criteria for ranking local collegiate rivalries, then Canisius College and the University at Buffalo would be scratching and clawing their way through their occasional meetings on the fields or courts.

As it turns out, those two schools don’t generate much hatred for each other, mostly because the schools don’t share a conference affiliation to help drive animosity. On the other hand, students and alumni of Canisius and Ni-

agara University have been trading barbs for decades, primarily due to a long-term basketball history.

The schools have intertwining traditions dating back to the era before those storied Saturday night doubleheaders at Memorial Auditorium. But those legendary weekend outings in the 1950s and 1960s solidified a hoops rivalry that continues to this day with twice-yearly Metro Atlantic conference matchups.

In recent years, however, the Canisius-Niagara rivalry has not been limited to hardcourts at facilities named Koessler or Gallagher. The hockey programs at each college have been drawing an increased amount of attention, and games between the rivals

are becoming more anticipated each season.

The last 10 years or so have been a sort of Ground Zero for the local hockey programs. After playing at the Division III level since 1980, Canisius moved to Division I competition in 1998, one season after Niagara established its Division I program. In 2003, the schools were joint hosts of the NCAA Frozen Four, setting in motion a flurry of activity which helped grow each program.

Canisius became a charter member of Atlantic Hockey when the league formed for the 2003-04 season.

Niagara remained a member of College Hockey America until 2009-10, but still often had Canisius on its schedule. When the Purple Eagles

joined Atlantic Hockey for the 2010-11 campaign, it accelerated the importance of games against Canisius and helped foster the natural rivalry.

Last weekend, the teams met twice at Dwyer Arena, where Canisius swept the games by 4-1 and 6-4 scores. The results were consistent with each team’s recent play: Canisius (128-6, 11-4-5 in Atlantic Hockey) extended its undefeated streak to seven games (6-0-1), its longest stretch since 2000-01, while Niagara (3-19-2, 3-13-2) dropped its sixth straight and has not won in 12 contests (0-10-2).

Even though the schools are trending in opposite directions this season, the rivalry has had its share of

significant games in recent years. The schools met in the first round of the 2011 Atlantic Hockey tournament, with Canisius coming out victorious. In February 2013, the teams split a pair of games when Niagara was ranked #15 in the nation.

The Purple Eagles held that same ranking a few weeks later, when the Golden Griffins scored a 5-3 win in a head-t0-head matchup in the Atlantic Hockey semifinal; Canisius went on to the NCAA Tournament, where it lost to Quinnipiac in the first round.

Last weekend, the games drew decent crowds of 1,013 and 1,302 on the Niagara campus, where capacity is about 1,400. It’s easy to anticipate potential sellouts of 2,000 when the

teams eventually play each other in Canisius’ new Harborcenter home next season.

To boot, Niagara could turn its fortunes around soon. Before this year, it has never suffered consecutive sub-.500 seasons as a Division I program, so a quick rebound wouldn’t be surprising. Canisius is on the upswing, bolstered by a home facility it can call its own.

Once the schools establish equal footing on the ice, there’s no telling how intense the rivalry will become. Who knows? It could even move beyond the traditional one we’ve seen on a wooden floor for decades. www.twitter.com/mikehaim

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