Williamsville South fires successful coach

 

I have to assume there is more to the firing of 24 year Williamsville South basketball coach Al Monaco than just complaints from a few parents over playing time...

One parent who spoke on condition of anonymity said Monaco gave extra playing time to certain players he knew well.

"He expressly did favor many friends and family. I definitely saw him favoring three students, people he knew," the parent said. "It has caused a lot of adverse reaction."

What a loser this parent must be. Maybe the reason your son gets limited playing time is because he flat out sucks! Or is simply mediocre at best. We all know how every successful high school coach loves leaving their best athletes on the bench. It's high school sports, not 10 and under T-ball. Tell your little over coddled brat to work harder during the off season.

I have to believe there is more to the story than just this. Unless more information comes out, we will be led to believe the superintendent caved in to a small group of wealthy, influential, over involved  parents. Maybe the next coach will make sure everyone plays equally and will pass out treats to the little snowflakes after each game.
Williamsville South's hoops coach removed

Everything old is new again...

I thought this was kind of cool. The sport of rowing returned to Bishop Timon High School last Fall after a 36 year hiatus...

In rowing, the goal is to have all eight rowers row in perfect unison, at full pressure, with no time-outs once the starting gun is fired at the start of the race. Eight oarsmen, who have trained for years, rowing to exhaustion, for 2K meters, is the very essence of teamwork that builds a unique esprit de corps.

Assistant coach Tom Graham seems to have a very good grasp on the local history of the sport. My father rowed at Timon in the 1950's. Not sure, but I think Mel Palano may have been one of the coaches back then. What sport didn't he coach? Graham informs readers that the rowing program at Bishop Timon ended after a boathouse fire in Broderick Park in 1975...

The 1975 fire that destroyed the club’s original boathouse in Broderick Park ended the rowing program at Timon. Last September, after 36 years, the rowing program was started again at Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School. The Buffalo Scholastic Rowing Association, Canisius High School and Buffalo Seminary made it possible because they let Timon use their rowing shells, oars, coach boats, trailer, indoor rowing machines and the BSRA facility.

Good luck to Mr. Graham and the Timon rowers. Thanks for bringing back this cool sport. Another reason for kids to consider attending the school...

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Dad arrested at son's wrestling match

Sometimes, unstable people lose track of where they are and end up doing ridiculous things at sporting events...

CHERRY CREEK, NY - A Franklinville man is facing charges after allegedly disrupting his son's wrestling match when he became upset over the officiating.

The incident took place at a tournament at Pine Vally High School and resulted in the match being stopped.

State Police say Kenneth Winter, 46, threatened to kill his son's opponent and an adult who was trying to calm Winter down.

He's charged with two counts of menacing and disorderly conduct.

Father Arrested at Son's Wrestling Match | wgrz.com

The referee in question has sent us this sincere apology for the events that led to the crazy father interfering in the match...

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Sports and life

I came across this story today on Rivals.com. Columbia Central High School in Tennessee won their first ever state championship, hours after one of their 16 year old teammates died of colon cancer...

As he lay in his hospital bed early Friday morning, his courageous eight-month battle with cancer about to come to an end, 16-year-old Dylan Rebeor had only one question:

"Did we win?"

His mother, Heather, knowing how much her son's connection to his friends and teammates on the Columbia (Tenn.) Central football team had helped him in his fight, replied with the only possible answer:"Yes."

Dylan Rebeor lost his fight with colon cancer soon after. A few hours later, his teammates took the field - ripping through a sign that had their motto: 'Fight Like Dylan' - and made their friend's final wish come true, winning the first state title in school history.

When the game was over, Eric Belew collapsed in tears, overcome by the events of the day.

To win a game hours after a teammate dies is one thing. But the school's first ever state championship? Unbelievable.

"The blessing is that we did have these last eight months after he was diagnosed to fight hard and try to survive," his mom told the Herald-Citizen. "The last five days we realized it's not meant to be. God wanted to take him home. He has more work to do up there. It was a blessing to have this last week with him and to talk with him and know he wasn't scared. He wasn't ready, but he wasn't scared."

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Lackawanna/Lake Shore Game ends in Forfeit

I saw this in today's Buffalo News and it irritated me. Lake Shore girl's basketball coach Andrea Mungovan pulled her team off the court with 2:03 seconds left in a game against Lackawanna. Lackawanna was awarded a 2-0 forfeit win (which was probably the score of the game anyway at the time). The coach was upset about some foul not being called. I've seen this happen a million times. A coach is upset because their team is losing and they use the officials as a scapegoat. They always use the same tired phrase, 'I was afraid someone was going to get hurt out there."BS. The only thing that was going to get hurt was your pride.You took a high school game and tried to make it about you. If the Lake Shore HS Athletic Director is worth a nickel, he/she will relieve this coach of her duties. You don't pull your players off of the court. Garbage.

H.S. Extra: Lackawanna girls win by forfeit
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Lackawanna was awarded a forfeit by game officials over Lake Shore, 2-0, in a nonleague girls basketball game after Eagles coach Andrea Mungovan pulled her team off the court with 2:03 left in the game.
"They pulled the girls off the court and said one of our girls did something to try and hurt one of their girls," said Lackawanna coach Dave Oliveri. "But no foul was called and there was a referee behind the play and one under the basket, and neither one saw it. They said they wouldn't come back on the court if I let that girl come out."
Mungovan declined to comment.
Kayla Golden and Sharmayne Walton had 10 points each for Lackawanna before the game was halted.