"Grand Island High School Sports Briefs for week ending May 20, 2004"

Grand Island Varsity Tennis Team Tied For Niagara Frontier League Championship
Grand Island's varsity tennis team (12-2) ended its Niagara Frontier League season tied for first place with Lockport and Niagara Wheatfield. Steve Beatty, 1st singles, will compete in the sectionals. The doubles qualifying tournament for sectionals will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2004. Steve Kopf and Matt Fields will be compete in the doubles qualifying tournament for sectionals, also being held on Saturday, May 22.

Boys Tennis - May 12 - Niagara Frontier League
Grand Island 3, Lockport 2

Boys Tennis - May 14 - Niagara Frontier League
Grand Island 4, North Tonawanda 1

Boys Tennis - May 17 - Niagara Frontier League
Grand Island 5, Ken East 0
First singles - Steve Beatty - defeated Kevin Baran 6-0, 6-0
Second singles - Steve Kopf - defeated Kyle Weis 6-0, 6-1
Third singles - Matt Scibilia - defeated Bryan Papaj 6-4, 6-2
First doubles - Matt Fields and Dave Chambers defeated Ed Papaj and Josh Feurstein 6-3, 6-0
Second doubles - Jeff Bullock and Casey Dahlstrom defeated Kevin Myers and Joe Crawford 6-4, 5-7, 7-5

Boys Tennis - May 19 - Niagara Frontier League
Grand Island 4, Niagara Falls 1
Steve Beatty - led the win over NF, will represent the Vikings in the NFL Tournament
First singles - Steve Beatty - defeated Jacob Neubauer 6-1, 6-0
Second singles - Steve Kopf - defeated Matt Mack 6-0, 6-2
Third singles - Matt Scibilia - defeated Lance Fasciano 6-0, 6-0
First doubles - Matt Fields and Dave Chambers defeated Aaron Aderhold and Matt Anderson 6-0, 6-1
Second doubles - Bryan Zaczek and Dom Justiana defeated Jeff Bullock and Mohsin Syed 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
Grand Island (12-2) is tied for the Niagara Frontier League championship with Niagara Wheatfield and Lockport.

Baseball - Niagara Frontier League - Sat., May 17, 2004
Grand Island 1, Lockport 2

Baseball - Niagara Frontier League - Sat., May 15, 2004
Grand Island 0, Niagara Falls 10
Frank Rodriguez had two hits for GI.

Baseball - Niagara Frontier League - May 13, 2004
Grand Island 0, Niagara-Wheatfield 4

Baseball - Niagara Frontier League - May 12, 2004
Grand Island 6, North Tonawanda 2
Ryan Breier - went nine innings and struck out 14
Joe Podlucky - two RBIs

Girls Soft Ball - May 14, 2004 - Niagara Frontier League
Grand Island 7, Lew-Port 6 (completion of game previous week)

Girls Soft Ball - May 13, 2004
Grand Island 5, Niagara-Wheatfield 4
Amy Stewart - doubled home two runs

Girls Soft Ball - May 12, 2004
Grand Island 2, North Tonawanda 7

Junior Varsity Girls Soft Ball - May 18, 2004 - Niagara Frontier League
Grand Island JV 14, Niagara Falls 8
Cassie Carlson - winning pitcher, struck out 8, had two hits
Jessica Kuhne - 3 hits

Boys Lacrosse - WNY League - May 12
Grand Island 4, Timon/St. Jude 11
Boys Lacrosse - non-league
Grand Island 10, Sweet Home 9
Chris Spratford - goal with 3:17 left in second overtime.
Chris Spratford - 3 goals
Mike Blocho - 3 goals, 3 assists
Jeff Pickel - 2 goals
Bill Breier - 11 ground balls
Mike Martin - seven saves

Boys Lacrosse - Mike Blocho
Mike broke the school's all-time points and goal records in the April 26, 2004 game against Salamanca. Score was 18-8. He has been named The News Player of the Year in football, passed the marks of 2000 graduate and current Army junior Jim Wagner. Blocho has 291 points and 185 goals; Wagner had 239 and 160.

Girls Lacrosse - Division II - May 17
Grand Island 7, East Aurora 10

Girls Lacrosse - Division II - May 12
Grand Island 8, Amherst 16