LOCKPORT —
The No. 2-seeded Lockport Lions will take on the No. 7 Williamsville North Lady Spartans at 4:45 p.m. Friday in a Section VI Class AA quarterfinal softball game.
Will North advanced to play LHS by beating No. 10 Jamestown, 6-5, in an eight-inning affair on Tuesday.
Head coach Julie Kwoka’s Lady Lions enter the game as 2012 co-champions of the Niagara Frontier League and are 16-2 overall.
In other Class AA pre-quarterfinal contests Tuesday, No. 5 Niagara-Wheatfiield blanked No. 12 North Tonawanda 18-0, No. 8 Kenmore West beat No. 9 Frontier, 9-4; and No. 6 Orchard Park downed No. 11 West Seneca West, 11-4.
• CLASS B-2 PRE-QUARTERFINAL
Akron 5, Roy-Hart 2
MIDDLEPORT — No. 6 Akron upended No. 3 Roy-Hart Tuesday in a Class B-2 quarterfinal.
Sam Brown had three hits, including a double and Hannah Rausch two hits for Roy-Hart, which had split with Akron during the Niagara-Orleans League season.
• CLASS C PRE-QUARTERFINAL
6-Barker 12, 11-Silver Creek 4
BARKER — Destiny Metzler picked up the quarterfinal win in the circle for head coach Shannon McCracken’s Lady Raiders, hurling a one-hitter with 10 strikeouts.
Metzler, Olivia Denny and Mackenzie Strickland each had a total of three hits as Step Pyra, Sydney Webb and Ali Denny each added two.
The Lady Raiders will now play at No. 3 Portville at 4:45 p.m. Friday in a Class C quarterfinal.
• CLASS A-1 QUARTERFINALS
4-Grand Island 5, 5-Will. South 2
GRAND ISLAND — Annie Corrao was 2-for-3 and Leah Geis had an RBI for the fourth-seeded Lady Vikings in Tuesday’s Class A-1 quarterfinal.
Rosalie Russell threw five innings of two-hit ball and Alley Cutting took over for the final two innings to seal the win.
The Lady Vikings advance to the semifinals where they draw top-seeded Hamburg for a 4:45 p.m. Friday road matchup.
• CLASS A-2 QUARTERFINALS
5-Lew-Port 14, 4-East Aurora 7
EAST AURORA — Ryleigh Fitzgerald was 3-for-5 with a double, RBI and a pair of stolen bases and Theresa Fleckenstein had four hits and a pair of RBIs for the fifth-seeded Lancers, who advance to the Class A-2 semifinal game against No. 1 Cheektowaga.
Winning pitcher Lizzie Raby and Gabby Lucchetti combined to hold East Aurora to six hits in the game while Taylor Schultz went 2-for-3 with a double.
• CLASS B-1 QUARTERFINAL
1-Depew 4, 8-Tonawanda 0
DEPEW — Alanna Herne had two of the Lady Warriors’ four, but the team failed to push a run across in the Class B-1 quarterfinal loss.
Tina Partridge and Tina Stewart recorded the team’s other two hits and freshman Rachel Allen held the Lady Wildcats to seven hits for the top-seeded Lady Warriors, whose post-season run ended quickly.
High Schools
LHS will take on Will North Friday in VI softball quarterfinal
McCracken's Lady Raiders advance with Class C victory.
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Baseball Lions win extra-inning thriller
The No. 2-seeded Lockport baseball Lions out-lasted the No. 10 Frontier Falcons, 4-3, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in a Section VI Class AA quarterfinal contest at sunny, breezy Outwater Park.
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Lockport bows out in VI softball
Lu Krawczyk’s clutch two-out, two-run single in the top of the sixth inning sparked visiting West Seneca West past Lockport, 2-1, in a Section VI Class AA softball pre-quarterfinal contest.
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Wilson '9' beats previously-unbeaten City Honors on the road
Wilson’s Chris Reid and Mike Thompson combined for 11 strikeouts Tuesday as the No. 9 Lakemen knocked off previously-undefeated and top-seeded City Honors, 5-2, in a Section VI Class B-2 quarterfinal baseball game at McCarthy Park.
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LHS lax teams ousted
Head coach Scott Reddinger’s Lions dropped a 9-5 contest at Lancaster, while head coach Colleen Byrne’s Lady Lions lost a narrow 12-11 game to visiting Orchard Park.
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Barker's Hefferon signs for Seton Hill
Barker senior, Jessica Hefferon signed a National Letter of Intent recently to attend Seton Hill University on an academic and women’s field hockey scholarship.
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LHS senior is diving into college
One of the greatest female divers in Lockport High School history will take her talents and impecable timing to the University of Akron.
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Reid selects Daemen College
Alex Reid spoke softly and carried a Giant Sequoia throughout his athletic career at Lockport High School.
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Lord have Mercy
Lockport's Khari Demos will bring a variety of talents with him to Mercyhurst College this fall.
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Burke is state's top administrator
Nineteen years after he started working here, New York has recognized Patrick M. Burke as something those around him have known all along — as the finest administrator in the state.
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Lockport/Ken East strike cancer out
Niagara Frontier League varsity softball players from Lockport and Kenmore East high schools participated Monday in the second-annual Strike Cancer Out contest at LHS.
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