Fight on Seneca St.

A gang of thugs attacked a man on Seneca Street with knives and a broken beer bottle. When we were kids, we settled things with guns (after we walked 10 miles to school in the snow). I'm kind of surprised this happened, actually. On Seneca St. at 4AM on a Saturday night, people are usually so rational and level headed...

Gang with knives, bottles attacks man on Seneca St.

A gang of eight to 10 believed to be wielding knives and broken beer bottles attacked a man about 4 a.m. Saturday on the 2000 block of Seneca Street.

The victim, Joseph Marinaro, whose age and address were not included in the police report, suffered multiple lacerations, the most serious of which extended from his left side to his back.

He was transported to Mercy Hospital and then Erie County Medical Center, and was discharged later Saturday after receiving treatment.

Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Dino's bar and grill
The drink will flow and blood will spill
And if the boys want to fight, you'd better let them...

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Timon/South Park update

It looks like 9 players and the mascot(Sparky) from South Park were suspended for their role in a brawl against Timon on Friday. We haven't heard anything yet about Timon suspending anyone. Here is some footage of the brawl. If you're new to my site, please become a fan on Facebook...

south park vs. timon brawl from justin mcconnell on Vimeo.

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Timon/South Park Brawl

I missed the big brawl at the Timon-South Park football game last night. I heard Tiger and Sparky the mascot were even throwing punches. I was invited to the game by friends but I chose not to go. It's too bad because I would have had my video camera rolling for sure. But I actually don't regret my decision not to go. I just can't stomach all the back-patting on the sidelines by unimportant people trying to be seen. Hey, I got three pensions. How many do you have? What number are you on this list? My kid should be playing more. What the hell do these coaches know? Some of these people think they're in Hollywood, instead of a small town in Upstate New York. From the Metro Community News...

There was talk all week that this game was going to get out of hand. Things really heated up toward the end of the week with some incidents happening at both schools on Thursday night. Some will say they can see it just because the schools are so close to each other. The kids know each other and some kids who started their high school careers at Timon are now at South Park.

After the play had ended a South Park player kicked the head of a Timon player, which then started a bench clearing brawl. Coaches tried to get their players under control as the cops ran onto the field to try and break up what was going on.

It was an ugly display of sportsmanship by South Park as they were losing the game. Some could say that Timon should have kept their cool – since they were winning the game anyways.

Nothing like "unbiased journalism" from the Timon graduate who wrote this piece. Seriously, this kid graduated from there, like three years ago. Personally, I love brawls. If it was started by a few kids who had been kicked out of Timon, then I actually think it's kind of funny. I've heard a lot of different stories so far.

First, I heard some South Park students vandalized Bishop Timon on Thursday night. I talked to someone close to a Buffalo Police officer who was at the scene. He said it was just something minor written on the grass at the school. He said no charges were filed because it was just a harmless prank associated with the rivalry.

Now, I'm hearing some Bishop Timon parents showed up drunk to the game. Nothing like setting a good example to your kids. I also heard a South Park player missed a tackle and kicked the ground out of frustration. I'm not sure if he accidentally kicked a Timon player or if it was on purpose. Anyway, I'm sure there was trash talking that preceded the fight. The refs probably could have prevented things from escalating. They should use videotape and identify any parents that stormed the field. That is ridiculous.

From what I understand there is a non-league chess match scheduled for next week between the same two schools at Bishop Timon. Extra security guards from the Galleria Mall will be brought in. They will be checking spectators at the door to make sure they don't use their pocket protectors as weapons. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure..

South Park, Timon engage in ugly brawl | Sports | Metrowny.com

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Food fight in Tonawanda

The first rule of fight club is don't start a fight with your daughter's friends if you're the lunch lady...

TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WGRZ) -- The mother of a student at Tonawanda High School faces charges following a lunchroom brawl at the school.

Police say Jennifer Siedell is charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child, and one count of second degree harassment.

Detectives and the district tell 2 On-Your-Side Siedell, who works for Sodexho, the company that runs the high school's cafeteria program, got involved in a fight that started between her daughter and some other students. Police say the fight began when one student accused another of throwing food at them.

Detectives are not identifying any of the victims involved in this case due to their ages.

We have some exclusive footage of this incident taken from one of the student's cell phones...


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Parental involvement

Now this is a nice story. It's always great to see parents becoming involved in their kids' education...

Tuesday night fights in Jamestown

Big fight in Jamestown involving 50-60 people. Combatants were using baseball bats and hockey sticks. At least they are supporting the local sporting goods industry...

JAMESTOWN, NY (WKBW) -- Police in Jamestown have made two arrests following a large neighborhood fight involving fifty to sixty people late Tuesday night.
Jamestown Police responded to multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting a large fight on West 9th Street near the intersection with Cherry Street.
Reports said there was an altercation with about 50-60 people, with some combatants using baseball bats, hockey sticks, tree branches and bricks.
Sometime during the altercation, a man pulled a rifle out of his pickup and pointed it at some people in the crowd, threatening to shoot them.
Police arrested Jason Fardink, 36 of Sherman, NY and Nicholas Dean, age 20 of Jamestown, NY. Fardink was charged with 2nd degree Menacing and Dean has been charged with Disorderly Conduct.