Thu, Jul 7th 2011 12:45 pm
The Ransomville Speedway management welcomed in the month of July in successful fashion, as a packed house enjoyed plenty of hot racing action with 90 entries in the pit area last Friday night. At stake? Five large Gs as the second annual "Battle at the Border" took center stage. The second highest car count of the season provided plenty of racing action throughout the four divisions of Modifieds, Sportsman, Streetstocks and 4 Bangers.
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Thu, Jul 7th 2011 12:45 pm
A boy's basketball camp will be held at Niagara County Community College on July 18 through July 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Sat, Jul 2nd 2011 07:00 am
Those of us who live in the area of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario are lucky people. We have some of the most fabulous bass fishing right here in our own backyard - minutes from launch ramps and minutes from shore fishing opportunities from June through September.
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Fri, Jul 1st 2011 05:10 pm
The Niagara Falls Old Timers Sports Hall of Fame has changed its name to The Niagara Falls Sports Hall of Fame. The organization, formed in 1968, has inducted 250 members and is working on creating a new image. Coinciding with its new name is a new logo.
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Fri, Jul 1st 2011 03:25 pm
The Niagara Sail and Power Squadron is offering a public safe boating course on Saturday July 9, in the Community Room at Elks Lodge 346 (next to the Fashion Outlet Mall), 1805 Factory Outlet Blvd., Niagara Falls.
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Fri, Jul 1st 2011 03:05 pm
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church and School of Sanborn celebrated "St. Peter's Night at the Ballpark" in conjunction with the Niagara Power baseball organization on June 11. The Niagara Power took on the Alleghany County Nitros at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls in front of a crowd of 370 people.
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Tue, Jun 28th 2011 02:40 pm
Broadway alumna Carmen Ruby Floyd, Class of 2000, and eight of her NU theater peers will electrify Niagara University's Leary Theatre stage this summer with an exciting, all-alumni production of the musical revue by John Kander and Fred Ebb, "The World Goes 'Round" from July 21-31.
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Thu, Jun 23rd 2011 01:45 pm
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Thu, Jun 23rd 2011 01:40 pm
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Thu, Jun 16th 2011 03:20 pm
Niagara Frontier Bible Church is hosting a baseball game at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Jun 16th 2011 12:30 pm
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Mon, Jun 13th 2011 04:05 pm
The Sports Medicine Department of Mount St. Mary's Hospital will offer a series of basic conditioning programs for high school age students starting July 6. Led by certified athletic trainers Jason Hopkins, ATC, and Brian Healy, ATC, the program will focus on endurance, speed, agility and injury prevention to assist athletes in grades 9-12 prepare for the fall 2011 season. The programs will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Sat, Jun 11th 2011 01:20 am
Mother Nature finally shined on the Big R on Friday night, June 3, after providing nothing but sunshine all day. The end result was a huge crowd on hand to witness double features for the Mighty Taco Modifieds and Gippsters Collision 4 Bangers along with a full card of Original Pizza Logs Sportsman and Ki-Po Chevrolet Streetstocks.
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Sat, Jun 11th 2011 01:15 am
Women of the Moose Chapter 1940 of Lower Niagara Moose Lodge 584 announce its first ever Charity Golf Outing will take place Saturday, June 11, at the Seneca Hickory Stick Golf Course, 4560 Creek Road in Lewiston.
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Thu, Jun 9th 2011 02:50 pm
For the second consecutive year, St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church and School of Sanborn, 6168 Walmore Road, is an official 2011 sponsor of Niagara Power collegiate baseball.
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Thu, Jun 9th 2011 02:50 pm
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Thu, Jun 9th 2011 02:45 pm
Gleason's Gymnastics' Niagara Frontier level five team recently participated in the Stumpf's Anniversary Meet in Williamsville.
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Mon, Jun 6th 2011 09:35 pm
Master John Presti, owner of the Presti Karate Centers, and his longtime friend and teacher Grand Master Chuck Norris will once again team up for a martial arts event in Las Vegas this July.
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Mon, Jun 6th 2011 09:35 pm
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announces that several free fishing clinics will be held in Western New York throughout June. These family-friendly events will offer free instruction on basic fish identification, aquatic ecology, fishing equipment and techniques to anglers of all ages.
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Mon, Jun 6th 2011 09:35 pm
WNY's only indoor action sports complex is now conducting a summer camp at its 30,000 square-foot arena in Buffalo, filled with ramps and rails for inline skating, skateboarding, BMX bikes and scooters.
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Tue, May 31st 2011 11:25 am
Lace up your sneakers and get ready to participate in the ninth annual "River Run" to benefit Mount St. Mary's Hospital Center for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Services on Saturday, June 18.
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Mon, May 30th 2011 07:00 am
With the arrival of warm spring weather, children will be returning to the sidewalks, streets and bike paths on their bicycles.
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Mon, May 30th 2011 06:55 am
YI-DAN CHA GI Martial Arts Center, 3305 Niagara Falls Blvd., Wheatfield, will hold a special event on Saturday, June 11, hosting the president of the U.S. Martial Arts Hall of Fame, professor Marty Cale.
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Sat, May 28th 2011 06:55 am
United Steel Workers Local 135 in Tonawanda will hold its first "Grip It & Rip It" golf tournament on May 31 at Rothland's Golf Course in Akron.
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Sat, May 21st 2011 08:30 am
The U.S. Coast Guard Accident Statistics has identified New York state with one of the highest number of accidents and fatalities in 2009. Although National Safe Boating Week, held on Memorial Day weekend, is the traditional start of the recreational boating season, spring-breakers and eager boaters often take to the water early. The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division, 3-9 Eastern Region, which serves the Western New York area, encourages all boaters to always wear a life jacket each and every time they are on the water.
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Fri, May 20th 2011 11:00 am
USA Taekwondo, the national governing body for the sport of taekwondo in the U.S., in conjunction with the Buffalo Sports Commission, will hold a national qualifier and national poomsae team trials at the Buffalo-Niagara Convention Center in Buffalo on May 20-22.
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Mon, May 16th 2011 02:45 pm
Former Lewiston-Porter coach and athletic director Jimmy Walker will speak on "33 Years of Lew-Port Sports" at this month's Historical Association of Lewiston program. The event will be held at the Barton Hill Hotel & Spa, 100 Center St., in Lewiston, at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 23. It is free and open to the public.
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Mon, May 9th 2011 04:05 pm
The Village of Lewiston Recreation Department has announced the winners of 16th annual Lewiston Kiwanis and Lewiston Service Guild Spring Fling 1-Mile Race for Kids, held on Sunday, May 1.
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Mon, May 9th 2011 04:05 pm
USCG Auxiliary 3-1 informs it will conduct a free vessel safety check at the Lewiston boat launch on Sunday, May 15, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
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Mon, May 9th 2011 04:00 pm
Hannah Matthews of Lewiston-Porter High School and Stephen Vitello of Grand Island High School were named as the female and male awards recipients at the 46th annual Thomas E. Hewitt Sports Awards, sponsored by the board of associates of Mount St. Mary's Hospital. The dinner, attended by more than 250, was held Sunday, May 1, at Niagara County Community College.
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Fri, May 6th 2011 04:00 pm
Ransomville Speedway announced yesterday that due to unfavorable track conditions it elected to postpone the 2011 season opener scheduled for last evening until Friday, May 13.
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Thu, Apr 28th 2011 04:00 pm
Normally, the baseball/softball season at Wheatfield town parks would begin this coming Monday.
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Thu, Apr 14th 2011 12:45 am
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner Rose Harvey has announced that the golf course at Beaver Island State Park will open for the season on April 21.
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Tue, Apr 12th 2011 04:30 pm
On Saturday, April 2, more than 170 children ages 6-18 from throughout the area competed in the 11th annual Presti Karate Kid's-Only Karate Tournament and Fundraiser, held at Niagara Catholic High School.
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Tue, Apr 12th 2011 04:25 pm
Scott Krull has been a top Ransomville Speedway Streetstock competitor for the past five seasons. The Cambria resident is now ready to take his program up a notch.
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Tue, Apr 12th 2011 04:20 pm
The first-ever Niagara County Bullhead Contest, held April 1 and 2 in area waterways, proved a success with 105 contestants participating.
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Tue, Apr 12th 2011 02:40 pm
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Sat, Apr 9th 2011 12:00 am
A huge basket raffle to benefit Wheatfield's Hurricanes girls softball will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Elk's Lodge (behind Fashion Outlets mall in Town of Niagara).
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Sat, Mar 26th 2011 05:15 am
The start of traditional Western New York boating season is only weeks away.
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Sat, Mar 26th 2011 05:00 am
Unlike last year, when opening day trout anglers were greeted with relatively tranquil conditions, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation informs this winter's heavy snows and resultant high, cold stream conditions will not be friendly to early season trout anglers.
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