By Janet Schultz, NYHOL
WNYGVIH WEEKLY WRAP
January 12-16, 2026
Clarence/Amherst/Sweet Home has moved into first place in the Western New York Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Federation. After 10 games they are 8 wins/2 losses for 24 points. Closely behind is Lancaster/Iroquois/Depew/Alden with nine games played and 7 wins and 2 losses for 21 points
Then there is a tie with 10 games each in the books and its Kenmore/Grand Island/Lockport; Frontier/Orchard Park and St. Mary’s of Lancaster all with 6 wins, 4 losses for 18 points.
After that its Hamburg/Eden/West Seneca/Cheektowaga, Williamsville, Monsignor Martin and Niagara County.
Leah Dowling of LIDA leads the scoring list with 12 goals and 11 assists for 23 points in nine games but Sabrina Basamania is tied with her with 8 goals and 15 assists for 23 points in 10 games. KenGiPort’s Teagan Willats sits at third with 11 goals and 10 assists for 21 points followed by Brynn Cafferty of LIDA with 9 goals/10 assists and Brynn Holland, HEWSC with 11 goals and 5 assists.
Ella Celej is keeping the net protected for CASH with 445.42 minutes between the pipes, she hasa made 229 of 243 shots for a save percentage of .942 and logged one shut-out.
Next is KGIP’s Hadley Dahlgreen with 180 minutes she has stopped 66 of 72 for a .917 save% and has two shut-outs. KGIP has their second goalie on the list with Ella Johnson in the net for 267.28 minutes, stopping 116 or 127 for a .913 save%. Then its LIDA’s Anna Maki with 45 minutes, 10 of 11 saves and a .909 save%. Finally HEWS Ella Buczynski with 354.90 minutes has made 155 saves on 171 shot for a .900 save% and two shut-outs.
St. Mary’s of Lancaster’s Betsy Accurso and FOP’s Rachael Fix have each had two shut-outs. Most minutes in the net goes to NICO’s Lila Jones at 459.95.
The week started with FOP at St. Mary’s of Lancaster ending with a 5-3 victory for FOP. Scoring the winning goal was Kamryn Filighera, unassisted. Basamania, Jocelyn Smaczniak, Brooklyn Forcucci, and Lila Bell each added a goal toward the victory. Assists came from Peyton Forcucci (2) and Chloe Gearhart. In goal Keira Keatan stopped 39 of 42. For St. Mary’s it was Gabe Lowell with two, and Meghan Donnelly, all unassisted. Accurso stopped 23 of 28 shots on goal.
The big announcement at that game was that Assistant Coach Chelsie Sereday had a baby girl and we want to congratulate the family and wish them well. Can’t wait to see a new hockey player in the arena.
It was an 11-1 LIDA victory over NICO in a make-up game from December. Scoring for LIDA were Natalie Domagola(2), Laela Osinski with the game winner, Leah Dowling (2), Mia Hauser, Georgia Kozell, Emily Lysiak (2), Skylar Patton and Brynn Cafferty. In goal Iris Schimenti stopped 5 of 6 shots for the win and for NICO Jones made 27 of 38. Sam Latini scored the only goal for NICO.
Down in West Seneca KenGiPort took HEWSC in a 2-0 shutout. Scoring both goals was Madelyn Jagow with assists from Erin Krawczyk and Willats on the first goal and Savanna Shaft on the second. Johnston stopped 29 shots for the shut-out victory. Buczynski stopped 19 of 21 shots for HEWSC.
At KenGiPort we want to congratulate Teagan Willats on her college commitment to Buffalo State College.
It was a busy Tuesday night
Over at Holiday Twin Rinks LIDA celebrated their Senior Night (more on that to come); however it was a 3-1 victory for CASH. They played to a 0-0 tie after the first and the with 2:11 left on the clock CASH’s Kiley Breeze scored in the second to go ahead 1-0. When they came back on the ice LIDA’s Claire Whiteford tied the game but CASH’s Mila Dominik takes the game-winner with 6:33 left. CASH then adds the final goal with 1:42 left in the third. Celej stopped 31 of 32 shots and LIDA’s Schimenti stopped 14 of 16 sog.
NICO faced another hard loss, this one a 13-0 to FOP. FOP’s scorers included Basamania, Tefft, B. Forcucci, Costano, Gearhart, Weber, Costanzo, Bell and Smaczniak. Assists came from P.Forcucci, Basamania, Matla, P. Forcucci, Weber, Filighera, Enis, Smaczniak and Tefft. B. Forcucci had a hattrick and Rachael Fix stopped 10 shots for the shutout victory. In net for NICO, Jones stopped 35 of 48.
HEWSC made up a game versus Monsignor Martin at Northtown with HEWSC winning 5-1. Scoring were Ellie Grabowski, Sophia Sokolowski, Brynn Holland with two goals and Sophia Phillips. Assists came from Phillips, Kylie Wegrzynowski, Morgan Cooper, Kelsey Barrett, and Clare Sokolowski. Katelyn Larson was in net making 6 saves on 7 shots for the W. Lilly Sampson scored the only goal, unassisted, for MonMar and Kate Kelley stopped 17 of 22 shots.
The final game of the night was at Paddock Arena with St. Mary’s visiting KenGiPort. KGIP gets on the board first when MacKenzie Kumrow scores, unassisted, at 4:43 of the first. Period ends with KGIP up 1-0. The score remains the same after the second. In the third it’s KGIP’s Willats, assisted by Krowczyk and M. Jagow and then Willats adds an empty netter for the 3-0 shutout. Goalie Dahlgreen stops 11/11 for the SO W. Accurso faced 18 SOG.
Wednesday night it was one game and that being at Northtown between NICO and Williamsville. Williamsville also celebrated their Seniors that night, and more on that to come. Williamsville got on the board first with a goal by Addison Stachura, assisted by Alison Besancon. NICO’s Latini answered back but then Williamsville added two more to end the first period 3-1. Besancon had an unassisted goal and Scarlet Canna had the final goal in the first, assisted by Jaylee Kochan. In the second period NICO started the scoring with a quick two goals. One by Ella Magnuson and the second by Latini. However Williamsville came back with Cadence Curran, Genevieve Illos, Stachura and Canna to end the second 7-3 in Williamsville’s favor. Williamsville opened the scoring in the third with a goal by Kochan. NICO tried by scoring two goals, both on the powerplay and both by Latini. The third ends and the final is 8-5 Williamsville.
The League can’t get away without some snow days and that was Thursday.
Schedule changes for this week include:
Monday, January 19, MonMar at HEWS, Postponed
Tuesday, January 20, HEWS at Niagara County, Dwyer, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, January 20, KengiPort at LIDA, Holiday, 4:15 p.m.
Tuesday, January 20, MonMar at Williamsville, Northtowns, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 21, St. Mary’s at MonMar, Cheektowaga, 3:30 p.m. (rescheduled from January 15)
Wednesday, January 21, FOP at Williamsville, Northtowns, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 21, NICO at KenGIPort, 8:20 p.m., Cornerstone
Thursday, January 22, Webster at KenGiPort, 3:30 p.m. Paddock
Thursday, January 22, HEWS at FOP, 4:30 p.m., Hamburg (FOP Senior Night)
Thursday, January 22, MonMar at CASH, 4:309 p.m. Northtowns
Thursday, January 22, St. Marys at NICO, 6:10 p.m., Cheektowaga (St. Marys Senior Night) rescheduled from December 16 and January 15
Thursday, January 22, LIDA at Williamsville, 8:15 p.m., Northtowns
Thursday, January 22, Webster at St. Mary’s canceled.
NOTE: All nine teams are playing Thursday, January 22.
Several games have been rescheduled for Thursday February 5.
In addition the WNYGVIH semi-final times have been changed to 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 12. Quarterfinal times remain as is.
Next week CASH will play FOP on Monday, January 26 at 4:20 p.m. at Northtowns, rescheduled from January 15.
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