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The second graders at St. John the Baptist School in Kenmore were celebrating a fall favorite: Johnny Appleseed.

Students wore red and brought in treats made with apples in honor of him.

Second grader Lily Cook explains, “Johnny Appleseed was born on Sept. 26, 1774, so we’re celebrating his birthday. I read a story about him that said he traveled across the United States planting apple seeds wherever he went. He helped to plant apple trees in many states.”

Second grade teacher Gina Morelli ensured

there were a variety of apple treats for students to sample.

Apple slices dipped in sauces, mini-apple pies, and apple cider were just some of the many foods shared.

Evan Richey passed his homemade apple muffi ns among his classmates, saying, “Johnny Appleseed went around sharing his apple seeds with many people. Thanks to him, I’m able to share my mom’s apple muffi ns with my friends today.”

What a delicious way to celebrate the season.

Celebrating Johnny Appleseed

Pictured left to right: Lily Cook, Diya Kaur, Evan Richey, and Gina Morelli.

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Winning Smiles Pediat-ric Dentistry is in prepara-tion for their 8th annual candy buy-back program. On November 1st, the of-fi ce will open its doors to families who got way too much Halloween candy

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All the candy is then packed up and shipped courtesy of UPS to North Carolina.

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To help the well owner learn, each online lesson includes a quiz at the begin-ning and a quiz at the end. “We know from test results that most well owners who take both quizzes are learn-ing key information that will j16

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Giving to the troopsCandy • from front

The candy is then do-nated to Packs 4 Patriots, an organization whose stated mission is to “ sup-port troops and their fam-ily members by providing care and comfort items and expressions of apprecia-tion for their service and sacrifi ces.” The organiza-tion provides care packag-es year round for soldiers abroad.

“Some people have wondered if we care about the soldier’s teeth,” laughed Chelsea Merlo the marketing coordinator at Winning Smiles Pediatric Dentistry, “We send them toothbrushes and tooth-paste too, and their adults they can make their own decisions.” Merlo said that most parents are hap-py to encourage their kids to do something nice with the pounds and pounds of candy they collect on Hal-loween instead of gobbling it all down in one sitting.

The staff at Winning

Smiles Pediatric believe that the program is one small way of encouraging children to make respon-sible choices about their health. In recent years the amount of sugar consumed by the average child has skyrocketed and has con-tributed to large scale problems like childhood obesity, diabetes, behav-ioral problems and cavi-ties.

The candy buy-back program started eight years ago as a small initia-tive by Dr. Michael Foley who was concerned about the loads of candy kids in his neighborhood were getting. In 2006 the den-tist began the tradition by handing out dollar bills to trick or treaters in his neighborhood to spread the news about the pro-gram.

The initiative started off collecting about 50 pounds, but it has now grown tremendously. Last

year more than 5,000 pounds were collected.

“Seven to eight pallets of candy is a lot of candy,” Merlo laughed as she rec-ognized UPS for shipping the candy to North Caro-lina free of charge.

Local schools have got involved encouraging kids to bring in their candy to school where it is also col-lected. At school the mon-ey collected is used for well needed school sup-plies in the classroom.

“The Kenton schools are by far the rock stars of the candy buy-back program... They get really into it,” said Merlo as she described their fi erce com-petitive attitude about the program.

Candy will be collected from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1. Winning Smiles Pediatric Dentistry is located at 3476 Sheridan Drive, Amherst or 3364 Southwestern Blvd., Or-chard Park.

Tonawanda residents voice concerns about stadium noise

At Tuesday’s Tonawa-nda City School District Board of Education meet-ing, residents who live near Tonawanda Middle/High School voiced their con-cerns to the board that the music during boys’ high school football and soccer games is too loud.

The residents’ renewed concerns came after at-tempts by the board and Superintendent Dr. James Newton to reduce the noise by working with Toth’s Sports, the provider of the scoreboard the school uses during sporting events, to analyze decibel levels and keep the sound to a mini-mum. Additionally, New-ton went to houses of resi-

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dents who issued concerns to keep them updated, but they said this did not suf-fi ciently address the prob-lem.

Maryanne Miller, a Fletcher Street resident who previously came to the board with her concerns, said she was surprised when Newton came to her door. She said she appre-ciated the gesture, since he told her there would be improvements to the sound system and the speaker an-gle had been changed. Af-ter this, she kept a log of the athletic events held.

“It seems to me, by keep-ing a log, that the girls’ soccer games seem to be within reason, as far as mu-sic and the loudness of the announcer. The boys’ soc-cer games are unbelievable. Football is way, way out of

there,” Miller said. While she was on her phone in her house during one game, the person on the other end asked her what the noise was.

“I know that it is better than it was, except for that football game, so I do thank you for putting some effort into trying to make it better, but there has got to be more done,” added Miller.

In response, Newton said, “I’ll call you tomorrow. We are having Toth’s Sports come in again Thursday, so we’ll see what else can be done.” Newton warned that the TNT game, which took place Friday, would be packed with thousands of people.

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3Town of Tonawanda Courier/ Friday, October 17, 2014

A crowd of about 100 people gathered for a con-versation with author Lau-ren Belfer in the City of Tonawanda library Satur-day, Oct. 11. The author has penned two novels; however the focus of the gathering was on the au-thors’ fi rst novel “City of Light.” The novel is a historical fi ction that show-cases Pan American Buf-falo and the technological revolution that occurred in the city in the early 1900s. Belfer was raised in the 1970s in the height of the economic depression in Buffalo. After a lifetime of being unmotivated by the city she was raised in, it was serendipitous that the author was inspired to write “City of Light.”

The novel took six years to research and write. On Saturday it took the author about 30 minutes to give the audience a visual and oral tour of her inspiration and the effort it took for her to gather material. Belfer described how she was in-spired to include additional characters as she unearthed articles and accounts of in-fl uential people during Pan American Buffalo. Along with her husband Michael Marissen, who manned the visual equipment, Belfer showcased pictures of fa-mous, and some forgotten, signifi cant Buffalonians. She included slides of Buf-falo architecture, some of which made it into the nov-el. The audience laughed at Belfer’s story of how she spontaneously received a tour of the Coatsworth mansion, after approach-ing someone moving into the home. Belfer pointed out Mary Talbert was only known to her for the hous-ing project with her name-sake in Buffalo. During her research, Belfer re-discov-

City twinkles once againered Talbert and her contri-butions to the city and was inspired to write her into the novel.

Belfert now lives in New York City; she explained much of her research was done at the library. She explained the libraries, both in New York City and Buffalo, are loaded with information about Buffalo and the surrounding area. While researching in Buf-

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falo she did venture outside to fi nd existing hints of his-torical Buffalo.

She said, “The old city is all around us.”

The slides showed the transformation of majestic mansions and parks into parking lots and highways. Belfer also pointed out ex-isting structures that hint to Buffalo’s regal past. On West Ferry Street the red brick wall that once fenced in the Albright estate now stands among a cluster of homes.

Librarian Betsy Higgins invited the author to speak at the library. Higgins ex-plained “City of Light” was published in 1999, making it really old in book years,

but it still gets checked out. Higgins described Belfer as an advocate for libraries.

She said, “She really does her homework. She goes to the NY public li-brary. When she comes to Buffalo, she goes to the downtown library; she goes to the historical society li-brary, so she really uses li-braries. It comes out in her books, she knows her stuff. She is very informed.”

Belfer’s fi rst short story was published after 43 re-jections and her second after 27 rejections. Belfer credits her tenacity to her Buffalo roots. She joked that in Buffalo she learned to never give up and al-ways keep going, akin to the city itself.

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Lego Club for children ages 5-12 will meet from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sat., Oct.18 and 6-7 p.m. Tues., Oct. 21 at the City of Tonawanda Public Library. Free. Open to the public. Registration required: 693-5043.

Haunted Harbor Children are encouraged to trick-or-treat their way around the harbor, including the boats, from 6-8 p.m. Sat., Oct. 18. Games and activities, friendly characters, costumed staff. Free. Parents and children encouraged to wear a costume.

Spaghetti Dinner & Chinese Auction Dinner begins at 5 p.m. and Chinese auction at 6:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 18 at Brighton Fire Hall, 50 Jamaica Rd., Tonawanda. Host: Brighton Ladies Auxiliary. Tickets: Adults $6.50 pre-sale, $7 at the door; children (under 10) $3; call Lisa at 693-7470.

Toddler Time for 2-3 year olds with an adult caregiver meets from 6:30-7 p.m. Mondays (Oct. 20 and 27) and 9:45-10:15 a.m. Tuesdays (Oct. 21 and 28) at the City of Tonawanda Public Library. Free. Open to the public. Registration required: 693-5043.

Library Board Meeting will take place from 6:30-8 p.m. Mon., Oct. 20 at the City of Tonawanda Public Library. Free. Open to the public.

Fall Bazaar will be held by the Kenmore Mercy Hospital Auxiliary Sewing Group from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon., Oct. 20 in the hospital’s atrium. Knitted and crocheted goods, decorated items such as pillows. Proceeds benefit the hospital.

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Riverdale, Tonawanda. Seniors Watch 10 a.m. Fri., Oct. 24 at the Senior Center, 291 Ensminger Rd., Tonawanda. Info: Detective Scott Sprague, police liaison, at 879-6645.

Lapsit Storytime for children ages 3-23 months, with a parent/caregiver, will meet from 10-10:30 a.m. Thurs., Oct. 23 at the City of Tonawanda Public Library. Enjoy books, rhymes and songs to build language and early literacy. Free. Open to the public. Registration required: 693-5043.

Preschool Story Hour for children ages 3-5 will meet from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 23 at the City of Tonawanda Public Library. Free. Open to the public. Registration required: 693-5043.

Kidney Disease Education with expert educators begins at 6 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 23 at Northtowns Dialysis Center, 4041 Delaware Ave., Tonawanda. Free to the community. Learn: How kidneys function and the causes of chronic kidney disease; how medications, diet and nutrition work together to help keep you healthy; how to manage other related health conditions including diabetes and hypertension; how to continue educating yourself and what treatment choices are available. Register: 871-8103 or kidneysmart.org/class.

Fall Family Fun Fest & Resource Fair will take place from 4-7 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 23 at North Tonawanda Middle School, 1500 Vanderbilt Ave., North Tonawanda. Focused on needs of families in our community. Free. Financial help and planning, health and wellness, housing resources, healthy treat bags, raffle prizes, Explore & More, Zumba Kids, face

painting and more. Host: The Human Services Coalition of the Tonawandas.

Knitting Club will meet from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Fri., Oct. 24 and 31 at the City of Tonawanda Public Library. Free. Open to the public.

Monster Bash Ball This “Great Gatsby” themed Halloween dance for those ages 18 and up with developmental disabilities will be from 7-11 p.m. Fri., Oct. 24 at the American Legion, Brounshidle Post 205, 3354 Delaware Ave., Kenmore. Sponsored by Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled. Tickets: $15 each; include food, beverages, great music and dancing; can be purchased by calling Cheryl Houston at 896-2180. Limited to 175 tickets.

Kenmore Art Society meets at 7 p.m. every fourth Monday of the month now-May at Many Community Center at the corner of Wilber and Mang.

Rosina Spaghetti Dinner Seatings will be at 4 and 5:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at Blessed Sacrament Church, 263 Claremont Ave., Town of Tonawanda. Tickets: $10 adults, $4 children under 10, free children under 2; presale only, available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday in the business center in Cotter Hall. Take out available. Info: 834-4282 or www.bsacramentchurch.com.

Halloween Spooktacular will take place from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 25 at the Ken-Ton Family YMCA, 535 Belmont Ave., Kenmore. Open to all ages. Arts and crafts, family photo station, bounce house, pumpkin bobbing in the pool (bring a bathing suit). Cost: $5 YMCA members, $10 program participants. Info: 874-5051.

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5Town of Tonawanda Courier/ Friday, October 17, 2014

North Tonawanda October 11

Leaving the sceneJessica Hager, 35, was ar-

rested Oct. 11 for leaving the scene of an accident that oc-curred on the Twin City Me-morial Highway.

Hager was additionally charged with DWI - common law; aggravated DWI (BAC of .18 or higher); aggravated unlicensed operation in the third degree; and two counts of failure to keep right. Bail was set at $250.

October 12 DWI

Vikas Ravi Dua, 32, West Scott Street, Chicago, Illi-nois, was arrested Oct. 12 for DWI, (BAC of .08 or more); DWI; open container; and no left side mirror.

BAC was .11 and bail was set at $250.

October 14 Failure to pay fi ne

Johniqua Leshawn Mulkey, 24, Willow Avenue,

Niagara Falls, was arrested Oct. 14 for failure to pay a fi ne on a charge of unlicensed operation in the third degree.

Bail was set at $300. TonawandaOctober 7

Endangering Marcial D. Ramos, 30,

Grove Street, Tonawanda, was arrested Oct. 7 for endan-gering the welfare of a child. He was held for court.

Dis-ConNathan J. Clifton, Jr., 21,

Main Street, Tonawanda, was arrested Oct. 7 for disorderly conduct.

He was creating a distur-bance outside of a residence on Main Street. He was held until sober.

October 8 Larceny

Jeffrey A. Laub, 51, River Road, Niagara Falls, was ar-rested Oct. 8 for petit larceny.

Laub attempted to lave TOPS on Niagara Street with two tall boy cans of beers in

his pants. He was released. October 9

Warrant surrender Michael J. Bower, 18, Har-

riet Street, Tonawanda, sur-rendered on a warrant for criminal contempt.

The warrant stemmed from an incident that occurred on Sept. 22.

Dis-ConDavid G. Osinski, 59,

Hoffmann Place, Buffalo, was arrested Oct. 9 for dis-orderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Criminal ContemptDavid T. Jamieson, 46,

Laurel Street, Buffalo, was arrested Oct. 9 for criminal contempt, assault in the third degree, criminal obstruction of breathing, and menacing in the third degree.

Jamieson was turned over to the City of Tonawanda Po-lice Department by the Uni-versity at Buffalo Police on an outstanding warrant for an incident that occurred Aug. 21.

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For the fi rst time in Western New York, a high school will pay tribute to the macabre family that has been featured in comics, a live-action 1960s television show and various animated series to the stage. Tonawa-nda High School will put on its production of “The Addams Family” musical 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Nov. 13 and 14; 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15; and 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 16., keeping in the spirit of the Halloween season even af-ter it is over.

All performances will be held in the auditorium of the junior-senior high school complex at 600 Fletcher St., Adult tickets are $10, while students and senior tickets are $7. The musical came to Shea’s Performing Arts Center in downtown Buf-

Tonawanda High School to perform ‘The Addams Family’By KImberlee Sabshin

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falo in 2011, and is based on the text by Marshall Brick-man and Rick Elice, music and lyrics by Andrew Lip-pa, and characters created by Charles Addams in the comics, which he fi rst drew in the 1930s.

Earlier this month, the cast of “The Addams Fam-ily” was about a week into their rehearsals, but mu-sic, singing and excitement could be heard in the high school auditorium after school hours. As of Thurs-day, Oct. 2, art teacher and theatre producer Daniel Lynch, who is directing the musical, said the students were beginning to learn the music, stage blocking and choreography for the pro-duction.

“We selected ‘The Ad-dams Family’ because it is a new show that offers unique challenges for our students,” Lynch said. “The show offers an interesting

story line, outstanding mu-sical score, and dramatic opportunities unlike no other show. We believe this show will excite and moti-vate our students. This show also offers opportunities for students in the ensemble to stand out.”

The musical’s full cast, most of whom are seniors, includes Connor Maxwell as Gomez Addams, Erin Burris as Morticia Addams, Justin Pope as Uncle Fes-ter, Meghan Bozeman as Grandma, Jaimee Harmon as Wednesday Addams, Ben Thurston as Pugsley Addams, Michael DeSantis as Lurch, Kyle LeBlanc as Mal Beineke, Marina Tighe as Alice Beineke and Cullen Colosimo as Lucas Beineke.

Lynch said “countless hours” will typically go into preparing for Tonawanda High School musicals, and the cast rehearses six days a week. As the cast prepares their lines, an additional team of parents, staff mem-bers and members of the

“The cast of Tonawanda High School’s ‘The Addams Family.’ From left to right: Marina Tighe, Meghan Bozeman, Jaimee Harmon, Erin Burris, Connor Maxwell, Justin Pope and Ben Thurston.”

stage crew also work behind the scenes to create the cos-tumes, set and props.

Although some of the school’s past performances have included students from the entire middle and high school complex, “The Ad-dams Family” will include only high school students in the cast. Lynch said an ad-ditional show, “Cinderella,” has been added in February for the younger students. The cast was announced on Sept. 11 after rehearsals ran from Sept. 8 through Sept. 11.

“The show is known as being very funny, and hav-ing the kind of part that I do as Grandma, I’m defi nitely very grateful, because I can venture out and just do my own things when I do it, and it’s defi nitely going to be an opportunity to improve my acting, because it’s what I want to do,” Bozeman said.

During a rehearsal early this month, Maxwell commented of his role as Gomez, the Addams Family

patriarch, “They’re all com-pletely different; they’re all really intricate, there’s a lot of stuff that goes into decid-ing what your character is going to be like. Everyone can just look at the TV show or the movie and go, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s Gomez,’ but you can’t just be Gomez, or Morticia, or Fester. You have to make them your own, make them interesting, and bring the audience in.”

For Lynch, performing this unique show will be a challenge, but one the en-tire cast, from the directors to the students in the cast, are ready to take on. “We are very excited to be the fi rst in the area to put on this show,” he said. “Our cast has learned about the comic artist, Charles Addams, and the evolution this kooky, mysterious and spooky family has undergone. Our students are very excited to bring these characters to life through their performance, set design and costumes.”

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Hearing the concerns of residents Stadium • from page 2

However, more than one of the residents who voiced their concerns on Tuesday said crowd noise was not an issue, but the music and the announcer were too loud. Miller said games included “solid rap music” played at a loud volume. Another resident, Lita Mu-rawski, said she could not have conversations in her home during an event at the stadium.

“Mr. Newton and I have had many conversations on this subject. I will say the biggest abuser of the sound is the boys’ soccer and football. It tends, as

the game goes on, it’s get-ting louder. At the end of the game, when the game isn’t even over, they seem to think they have to enter-tain people as they leave with music, and the music is very, very loud,” said George Barbari, another neighbor. “This is nine o’clock at night, and I be-lieve that’s wrong.”

After the residents’ com-ments, board trustee Fred Busch said, “I think every-one’s going to do the best they can to support the fl avor of the whole game. I give special kudos to [Director of School Facili-

ties and Operations] Paul Maziarz and his staff for everything they’ve done. A lot of times, people don’t understand what happens behind the scenes.”

Additionally, Trustee Sharon Stuart, also a resi-dent of Fletcher Street, said she could sometimes hear the games from her house as well, but other times, the sound did not carry. Stuart said she felt it depends on the wind and who is in the sound booth, and it is not the play-by-play as much as it is the music. The music, geared toward high school students, is not always “the

genre that adults listen to,” which is not always appro-priate to blare, she said.

“As our guests are leav-ing, we don’t necessarily have to have music on, so maybe we could look into those things for our com-munity,” Stuart said.

Board President Jenni-fer Mysliwy reassured the community members that she welcomed their com-ments in the interest of hav-ing all different sides of an issue. She said that although it has been a struggle for the district, the concerns are not falling on deaf ears, and while the TNT game may be loud, the district is con-tinuing to make an effort.

“I know we’ve talked quite a bit about what’s happening,” Mysliwy said. “I defi nitely think the mu-sic shouldn’t be on after the game. I also have some con-cerns about genre of music and the appropriateness for family members and kids.”

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Richards’ drive, competitive nature helpshim lead Tonawanda boys soccer

By Dave RicciSPORTS REPORTER

It was one of those seemingly innocuous moments that fill every sports season. The kind of moment you might not give a second thought to. But in the big picture, that single moment in time not only defined Chuckie Richards’ competitive fire, it also revealed a fu-ture leader in the making.

Richards, then a seventh grader on the Tonawanda Warriors modified soccer team, took issue with his team’s lack of focus by raising his voice and telling them to listen to their coach.

“It was frustrating. Everyone was fooling around and we had a really big game or some-thing,” Richards, now a senior captain on the varsity team, recalled.

“I was just getting re-ally frustrated. I started yelling trying to get guys to pay attention.”

While Richards didn’t think much of that mo-ment, it was a defining event indeed as it showed the kind of character he has.

Most kids would have followed the group by ei ther laughing r ight along and causing some other distraction of their own, but not Richards. He had the courage and character to buck what the group was doing and do what was right.

“I always try to be a leader when I can,” Rich-ards modestly stated. “Like, if we’re practicing

I like to stay focused be-cause how we practice is how we’ll play in a game most of the time.”

Upon hearing that sto-ry, Tonawanda varsity coach James Gabor said it was a moment frozen in time that told him Rich-

Chuckie Richards (7) is a key defensive player for the Tonawanda boys soccer team.

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Now in his third sea-son of varsity with the Tonawanda Warr iors , Richards and fe l low senior Nate Holler are serving as co-captains.

Richards has been in the heart of one of the Warriors’ most interest-

ing time frames. As a sophomore, Richards was part of the Warriors team that made a stunning run to the 2012 Section VI Class B2 champi-onship, the program’s first sectional crown in 20 years. Last season, Richards was suddenly a veteran on a team that lost 11 seniors from that title team and struggled to find its way.

The Warriors are much improved this season and have counted on Richards as the anchor of their defense.

At the heart of it all is Richards’ competitive drive. There is no other way to put it than Rich-ards hates to lose.

“He definitely wants to win. Every time he goes out there he’s competi-tor,” said Gabor. “It’s not really something you can teach kids to have but it’s definitely good for other kids to kind of see that fire, that intensity out there.”

Richards’ teammates see tha t compet i t ive spirit. They feed off of the fire he brings and try to raise their game to match the level of what their captain brings each day.

“I always push to do my best no matter what it is,” said Richards. “Even if we’re losing by a lot, you shouldn’t give up. You should still try and do the best that you can.”

Richards demands the best from himself and always does his best to push teammates so that they can reach their po-tential as individuals and as a team.

ards was a young man that could be counted on.

“It was a story that the modified coach had actu-ally told me,” said Gabor. “They were practicing and I was just asking how his kids were. And he was telling me about that.

When he told me, I was definitely looking for-ward to having Chuckie on my team sooner than later. Knowing that he has that kind of attitude and that desire to make sure things are getting done the way they should be.”

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Annie Hoodmaker, left, and Sara Ngo earned Gatorade Player of the Game honors on Oct. 14.

‘Gatorade Player of the Game’ provides positivereinforcement in challenging season for Thunder

By Dave RicciSPORTS REPORTER

By Mike PidanickSPORTS REPORTER

Catherine Meegan couldn’t help but chug her Gatorade after the game.

The sports drink did more than just quench Meegan’s thirst. It was recognition for a job well done.

“I actually did (drink it) in the car on the way home,” Meegan said with a smile.

Opening the 2014 season with wins in two of its fi rst three games, the Mount St. Mary Thunder soccer team was off to a strong start. But seemingly with each passing day, the jour-ney of the season became more

and more challenging.The losses added up, as did

the injuries, to the point where the Thunder’s numbers were so depleted that it was lucky to fi eld a full squad of 11 starters at any given time.

Still, through it all, the Thunder has shown amazing resiliency as a team. It’s never let anything get it down or keep players on the team from working their hardest.

Seeing such strong, honest efforts from her girls every day, coach Marissa Dauria said they deserved some kind of reward.

Thus, the Gatorade Player of the Game was born. Dauria and her assistant, Laura Ellis, select a player(s) who best represents the kind of effort they want to see in a game.

“They seem to really like it,” Dauria said. “Initially, it was Laura’s idea. She thought we were playing really well

Tonawanda no trap for Maryvale as Warriors fall to Flyers

It seemed like the per-fect situation for a trap game for Maryvale. With a showdown against rival Cheektowaga Central loom-ing a week away, the Flyers hosted Class B Central rival Tonawanda, a one-win team that has been competitive in just about every game this

season.But Maryvale was in no

mood for a letdown. Instead, the Flyers went out and took care of business, posting a 42-6 win over the Warriors on Friday night.

“This was difficult,” Maryva l e coach J e f f Buccieri said. “This is Homecoming; there were a lot of distractions. But our guys were hungry from the get-go.”

Six different Flyers scored touchdowns as Maryvale moved to 5-1 overall, 3-1 in Class B Central. The Fly-ers can grab a share of the division title next Friday as

you’re the MVP of the game, you get a Gatorade. It helps motivate you to do better.”

Knowing that words can sometimes ring hollow in the face of a loss, Dauria and Ellis said even something as simple as a bottle of Gatorade and to have the spotlight for a moment or two can serve as a source of positive reinforcement for the girls and show that they are playing well. And that success isn’t measured just in wins and losses.

“It’s extremely satisfying,” said senior Anna Allaire, who was a co-winner with Meegan on Sept. 19. “Gatorade even tweeted (a congratulations) at me and Catie Meegan, which was totally unexpected.”

Dauria, who selects the Player of the Game with Ellis, said the girls have been very recep-tive. It gives them something to shoot for in each game to

improve as an individual and something positive to hang their hats on.

“I think it’s huge because with the season we’re having and the injuries piling up. We had to play a man down in our game last week,” Dauria said. “It would be really easy to give up and not try. And the kids just don’t have that in them, which is great.”

Other winners include Ryann Merritt, Megan Preisch, Annie Hoodmaker and goalie Sara Ngo, who won her second Player of the Game award for a jaw-dropping 33-save performance in a 1-0 double OT loss to Nichols on Oct. 14.

“A couple of the players who got it, maybe they didn’t even think they would play at all this year,” Dauria said. “Then here you are being amid one of the best players of the game. For that kid, that means a lot.”

they visit fi rst-place Cheek-towaga in what promises to be one of the biggest games in the history of the Maroon Madness rivalry.

But that’s next week and for that game to matter, the Flyers had to win in Week 6 fi rst.

“We take all the teams the same way,” said senior running back and linebacker Brandon Bojanowski, who had a game-high 113 yards on just seven carries. “We just go out in practice and work as hard as possible and take it week-by-week.”

Behind a dominant per-formance on the line, the

Flyers collected more than 400 total yards of offense, more than 300 of which came on the ground. In all, four Flyers collected more than 50 yards rushing on the evening.

Meanwhile, Tonawanda (1-5 overall, 0-4 in the division) again proved it will not back down from a tough opponent. The War-riors forced fi ve Maryvale fumbles, recovering two of them and played the Flyers even for most of the fi rst half until a size disadvantage up front proved to be too much to overcome.

“We had the chance to

make some plays,” Tonawa-nda coach Rob Gross said. “We got the ball on the ground, we had some re-ceivers open, but we just didn’t connect. We did a nice job but I think their line controlled the second half.”

Bojanowski had the high-light run of the day, a 74-yard spring down the left sideline in the third quarter, and also added an interception on defense and three extra points. Halferty added 63 receiving yards for a total of 122 yards from scrimmage on the day. Fullback Kwaime Davis had 91 yards and a touchdown,

Marcus Ford had another 55 yards and a TD and Austin Reamsnyder scored on his only carry of the day from 18 yards away. Eric Graham ran for 22 yards and threw for 71 more, including a nine-yard TD to Drew Crombie. Demonte Chatmon had a pair of sacks on defense.

Ethan Shattuck ran for 27 yards and Austin Henderson contributed 26 more for the Warriors, while Brandon Frye added fi ve receptions for 44 yards from quar-terback Tristan Boling, who scored Tonawanda’s touchdown on a 1-yard fi rst quarter run.

but we weren’t having good results in the game. So how do you recognize these kids other than saying, ‘You did really

well today’?”“I think it helps motivate

everyone on the team,” said Meegan. “What happens, is if