By Janet Schultz, NYHOL
WNYGVIH WEEKLY WRAP
January 12-16, 2026
Clarence/Amherst/Sweet Home has risen to first place in the Western New York Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Federation. After 10 games that is 8 wins/2 losses, good for 24 points. Close behind are Lancaster/Iroquois/Depew/Alden with nine games played and seven wins and two losses, good for 21 points
Then there’s 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 it’s Hamburg/Eden/West Seneca/Cheektowaga, Williamsville, Monsignor Martin and Niagara County.
LIDA’s Leah Dowling tops the scoring charts 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. Teagan Willats of KenGiPort is in third place 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, making 229 of 243 shots for a .942 save percentage and recording one shutout.
Next up is KGIP’s Hadley Dahlgreen with 180 minutes. She has stopped 66 of 72 for a save% of .917 and has two shutouts. KGIP has their second goalkeeper on the roster with Ella Johnson in net for 267.28 minutes and stopping 116 or 127 for a .913 save%. Then it’s Anna Maki from LIDA with 45 minutes, 10 of 11 saves and a save% of .909. Ultimately, HEWS Ella Buczynski made 155 saves on 171 shots with 354.90 minutes, good for a save% of .900 and two shut-outs.
Betsy Accurso of St. Mary’s of Lancaster and Rachael Fix of FOP each had two shutouts. The most minutes in net go to NICO’s Lila Jones at 459.95.
The week started with FOP at St. Mary’s of Lancaster and ended with a 5-3 victory for FOP. The winning goal was Kamryn Filighera, unassisted. Basamania, Jocelyn Smaczniak, Brooklyn Forcucci and Lila Bell each added a goal in 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 would like to congratulate the family and wish them well. I can’t wait to see a new hockey player in the arena.
It was an 11-1 LIDA win over NICO in a December catch-up match. 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.
At West Seneca, KenGiPort shutout HEWSC 2-0. Both goals were 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 would like to congratulate Teagan Willats on her college commitment to Buffalo State College.
It was a busy Tuesday evening
At Holiday Twin Rinks, LIDA celebrated their Senior Night (more on that to come); however, it was a 3-1 win for CASH. They played to a 0-0 tie after the first and with 2:11 left on the clock, CASH’s Kiley Breeze scored in the second to take the lead 1-0. When they got back on the ice, LIDA’s Claire Whiteford tied the game, but CASH’s Mila Dominik got the game winner with 6:33 to go. CASH then adds the final goal with 1:42 to go in the third. Celej stopped 31 of 32 shots and LIDA’s Schimenti stopped 14 of 16 shots.
NICO again suffered a hard defeat, this time 13-0 against 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 hat trick and Rachael Fix stopped 10 shots for the shutout victory. In the net for NICO, Jones stopped 35 of 48.
HEWSC made up ground against Monsignor Martin in 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 and made six saves on seven shots for the W. Lilly Sampson scored the lone goal, unassisted, for MonMar and Kate Kelley stopped 17 of 22 shots.
The final match of the evening was at the Paddock Arena, where St. Mary’s visited KenGiPort. KGIP gets on the board first when MacKenzie Kumrow scores unassisted at 4:43 of the first. The period ends with KGIP leading 1-0. After the second, the score remains the same. In the third it’s KGIP’s Willats, assisted by Krowczyk and M. Jagow, then Willats adds an empty-netter for the 3-0 shutout. Goalkeeper Dahlgreen stops 11/11 for the SO W. Accurso had to deal with 18 SOG.
Wednesday night it was one game and that was in Northtown between NICO and Williamsville. Williamsville also celebrated their Seniors that evening, and more on that to come. Williamsville got on the board first with a goal from Addison Stachura, off an assist from Alison Besancon. NICO’s Latini answered back, but Williamsville added two more to end the first period 3-1. Besancon scored an unassisted goal and Scarlet Canna scored the final goal in the first, assisted by Jaylee Kochan. In the second period, NICO started the scoring with two quick goals. One by Ella Magnuson and the second by Latini. However, Williamsville came back with Cadence Curran, Genevieve Illos, Stachura and Canna to finish the second 7-3 in favor of Williamsville. Williamsville opened the scoring in the third with a goal from Kochan. NICO tried by scoring two goals, both on the power play and both from Latini. The third ends and the final is 8-5 Williamsville.
The League can’t get away without a few snow days and that was Thursday.
Changes to the schedule for this week include:
Monday January 19, MonMar at HEWS, postponed
Tuesday, January 20, Niagara County HEWS, Dwyer, 4:00 p.m
Tuesday January 20, KengiPort at LIDA, Holiday, 4:15 PM
Tuesday, Jan 20, Mon Mar in Williamsville, Northtowns, 5:30pm
Wednesday, January 21, St. Mary’s at MonMar, Cheektowaga, 3:30 PM (rescheduled from January 15)
Wednesday, January 21, FOP in Williamsville, Northtowns, 4:30 p.m
Wednesday January 21, NICO in KenGIPort, 8:20 PM, Cornerstone
Thursday January 22, Webster at KenGiPort, 3:30 PM Paddock
Thursday January 22, HEWS at FOP, 4:30 PM, Hamburg (FOP Senior Night)
Thu Jan 22, Mon Mar at CASH, 4:309pm 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 in Williamsville, 8:15 PM, Northtowns
Thursday, January 22, Webster at St. Mary’s canceled.
PLEASE NOTE: All nine teams will play on Thursday, January 22.
A number of matches have been moved to Thursday, February 5.
In addition, the times for the WNYGVIH semifinals have been changed to 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM on Thursday, February 12. The times of the quarter-finals remain as they are.
Next week CASH FOP plays at Northtowns on Monday January 26th at 4:20pm, rescheduled for January 15th.
Stay tuned to the WNYGVIH Facebook page and NYHOL Facebook page for updates. There may be some.
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