Thu, Feb 7th 2019 01:50 pm
In basketball, teams "live and die by the three."
Wednesday night, the North Tonawanda Lumberjacks lived on it.
North Tonawanda defeated Niagara-Wheatfield on the Falcons' senior night, 68-60.
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Mon, Feb 4th 2019 10:55 pm
People have said, "Defense wins championships."
Monday night, it didn't win a championship, but it helped the Niagara-Wheatfield girls basketball team secure a 45-20 victory over the Kenmore West Blue Devils.
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Sat, Feb 2nd 2019 09:20 pm
Saturday night, the Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons hockey team celebrated senior night prior to the team's tilt versus Frontier.
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Fri, Feb 1st 2019 12:05 pm
Last week, the St. Bonaventure mens lacrosse team named its six captains. One of the six is freshman and Niagara-Wheatfield High School alumnus Zack Belter.
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Thu, Jan 31st 2019 03:15 pm
Last weekend, the Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons junior varsity and varsity cheerleaders won the Division 1 large schools portion of the Niagara Frontier League Tournament.
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Thu, Jan 31st 2019 03:10 pm
Last Wednesday, the Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons wrestling team honored its nine seniors prior to its match versus Ken-Ton.
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Thu, Jan 24th 2019 03:00 pm
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Thu, Jan 24th 2019 02:15 pm
With Mother Nature dumping a couple feet of snow and bitter temperatures on Western New York, the storm threw a wrench into the Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons wrestling season.
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Tue, Jan 22nd 2019 11:25 pm
The Falcons defeated the Depew Wildcats 79-72 inside the Niagara-Wheatfield gymnasium.
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Thu, Jan 17th 2019 12:45 pm
The winter sports season is getting closer and closer to the postseason, and with that some Niagara-Wheatfield sports teams have begun a steady run to try and increase their value come playoff time.
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Sat, Jan 12th 2019 07:00 am
The Lancers have come into the 2018-19 season with, quite possibly, one of the most talented rosters compiled in some time.
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Fri, Jan 11th 2019 11:15 pm
Niagara-Wheatfield's Raejaun Smith would be the first to admit he's been struggling at the free throw line the past couple games. Despite the struggles, Smith came through when it mattered most for the Falcons.
The Falcons defeated the Kenmore East Bulldogs 71-69 Friday night, in what was a thriller from start to finish.
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Thu, Jan 10th 2019 12:45 pm
Winter athletics are back in full swing at Niagara-Wheatfield High School after a short holiday break. Teams saw mixed results this past week, but the wrestling team, which has been the team of the winter, so far, continued its strong season.
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Thu, Jan 10th 2019 12:35 pm
Tuesday, Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons quarterback and senior Jordan Parks announced on Twitter that he committed to Mansfield University in Pennsylvania to continue his football and academic career.
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Thu, Jan 10th 2019 12:35 am
The Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons wrestling team has had tremendous success in the 2018-19 season. Wednesday night, that success came full circle, as the team defeated the 4-0 Niagara Falls Wolverines, by a score of 49-24.
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Sat, Jan 5th 2019 01:00 am
In the early goings of the 2018-19 high school basketball season, Lewiston Porter has made a knack for scoring a lot of points - averaging 83.6 points per game. Friday night, the Lancers hit their highest season total, eclipsing the century mark.
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Thu, Jan 3rd 2019 08:20 pm
Niagara-Wheatfield High School and Grand Island High School might be rivals on the basketball court, but come Jan. 8, the two schools will join together to remember someone very close to their hearts.
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Sat, Dec 15th 2018 12:05 am
Friday night, the Niagara-Wheatfield hockey team faced off against their arch-rival Williamsville North, in a rematch of last season's Section VI large schools championship.
A lot has changed since that title game, which the Falcons won, 2-0, but in the rematch at Northtown Center, the Spartans took advantage of a bad second period by N-W to get revenge, 5-3.
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Thu, Dec 13th 2018 02:50 pm
This past week in Falcons athletics saw a mix of results for the season's winter teams.
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Thu, Dec 6th 2018 05:00 pm
After starting off the season with a 76-12 win over North Tonawanda, the Niagara-Wheatfield wrestling team traveled to Webster for the Matthew Marino Invitational Wrestling Tournament.
The team traveled looking to see how well they would place and ended up winning the whole tournament.
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Thu, Dec 6th 2018 04:50 pm
Christmas break may be lurking around the corner, but for now, Niagara-Wheatfield winter athletics is up and in full swing.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:15 pm
The 2017-18 Niagara-Wheatfield hockey season can really be summed up in one word - historic.
The Falcons finished the season 19-3-3-1, won the program's sixth Section VI title, and reached the team's first-ever state title game.
Coming into the 2018-19 season, the team has some holes to fill after losing key scorers such as Nick Peters, Chace Woods, Michael Lotempio, Chris Tobey and Dom Pulli, as well as top defensemen Zack Belter and Nick Breier.
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Wed, Nov 21st 2018 01:25 pm
Last season, the Niagara-Wheatfield boys basketball team struggled after a 3-0 start to the season. Throw in the fact the team lost six seniors, including team captains Anthony Ruffino, who was the team's leading scorer, and Ben DeVantier, it made some people question how successful the 2018-19 season will turn out.
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Wed, Nov 21st 2018 01:20 pm
The Niagara-Wheatfield girls swimming and diving team has been on top of the Niagara Frontier League for four straight years. In that string of success, a fair share of swimmers have left their mark on Falcons swimming and diving. One of those girls is junior Danielle Carlson.
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Thu, Nov 15th 2018 04:45 pm
Thursday afternoon, Wilson High School's Ian Evans signed his national letter of intent to continue his baseball career at Elon University.
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Thu, Nov 15th 2018 11:50 am
Recently, the Niagara Frontier League released All-League award winners for the league's respective sports. The following is a list of Niagara-Wheatfield fall sport athletes who were honored.
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Thu, Nov 1st 2018 02:10 pm
It had been a historic season for coach Pete Cerney's girls soccer team. The season ended, though, in the Section VI Class A1 finals Saturday, after a 1-0 loss versus Williamsville East.
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Fri, Oct 26th 2018 09:00 pm
The Niagara-Wheatfield girls volleyball team has dominated its competition this season. On Friday night, the team continued the trend with a 3-0 victory over Sweet Home in the Section VI Class A quarterfinals.
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Thu, Oct 25th 2018 12:40 pm
As the fall season begins to come to a close, Niagara-Wheatfield athletics recently celebrated its fourth Niagara Frontier League title of the season.
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Fri, Oct 12th 2018 12:15 am
In last year's inaugural Niagara Frontier League Crossover Championship girls soccer game, the Grand Island Vikings defeated the Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons, 2-0. In 2018, the two met again in the same game, with Grand Island, once again, walking away victorious, 1-0.
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Thu, Oct 11th 2018 12:30 pm
The Niagara-Wheatfield girls volleyball team continued its impressive string of victories this past week, improving its record to 14-0 in the Niagara Frontier League.
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Fri, Oct 5th 2018 10:30 pm
Niagara-Wheatfield's football team has had a stellar season, but on Friday night, the Falcons ran into the best of the best - the West Seneca West Indians.
The Indians, the reigning New York State Class A Champions and No. 1 ranked Class A team in NYS, ran over the Falcons on its homecoming game, 42-0.
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Fri, Oct 5th 2018 11:00 am
The fall edition of Niagara-Wheatfield athletics has seen the calendar flip to October and with that means the postseason is near. Several teams will look to make big pushes to finish their seasons and continue in the playoffs.
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Thu, Oct 4th 2018 03:15 pm
Over the past week, the Niagara-Wheatfield golf team complete a perfect 15-0 regular season, which extends its winning streak to 83 matches.
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Wed, Oct 3rd 2018 12:45 pm
Niagara University women's lacrosse assistant coach Alice Mercer, a member of the U.S. Women's National Team since 2015, is rejoining the national team to take part in the 2018 Team USA Fall Classic. The event will be held at U.S. Lacrosse headquarters on Saturday, Oct. 6.
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Sat, Sep 22nd 2018 12:55 am
After a 3-0 start to the season, the Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons football team was finally handed its first loss from Jamestown, Friday night. The Red Raiders defeated the Falcons, 26-14.
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Thu, Sep 20th 2018 12:10 pm
The Starpoint Spartans boys modified soccer team will play for a good cause this season as the team shows its support for the Ronald McDonald House of Buffalo. In its first game Monday, the Spartans wore the signature Ronald McDonald red and white socks.
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Thu, Sep 20th 2018 12:00 pm
For the last three years, Niagara-Wheatfield girls swimming and diving has set up quite a history. After not winning a Niagara Frontier League title until 2015, the team started their own little legacy by clinching a share of the NFL titles in 2016 and 2017. For 2018, Falcons coach Mike Corsaro thinks title No. 4 could be in reach, too.
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Thu, Sep 20th 2018 12:00 pm
Last season, the Niagara-Wheatfield boys soccer team won four games and lost two, but tied seven times. Every game seemed to wind up in a tie. In 2018, ties are turning into victories for the Falcons.
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Thu, Sep 20th 2018 12:00 pm
Last fall, Falcons athletics accrued four Niagara Frontier League titles. As of now, this season's teams are on pace to do the same and then some.
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