Sabres come up short against Panthers...UB folds in the 4th quarter of the MAC title game...and a local high school baseball coach named to the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame. More details from Greg Larson on today's Saturday Sports Update...
Saturday Sports Update
Top left: Jack Eichel skates with the puck during the Buffalo Sabres' game against the Florida Panthers on Friday. Eichel tallied two assists in the game, but his efforts were not quite enough, as the Sabres lost 3-2 in overtime. After matching a franchise record with 10 straight victories, Buffalo has now lost two in a row. Photo by the Buffalo Sabres
Top right: The Kansas City Chiefs on Friday released star running back Kareem Hunt after TMZ released a video showing Hunt assaulting a woman at a hotel in Cleveland in February. The incident had already been known to the Chiefs, but the team released him because he had not been truthful about the incident. Hunt led the NFL in rushing last season as a rookie and was 5th in the league in that department entering this week. Photo by USA Today
Bottom left: Nate Adams dribbles the ball down the floor for Chautauqua Lake in the opening game of the Westfield Winter Classic. The Thunderbirds defeated Sherman 67-58 to set up a championship matchup with Westfield, who knocked off Sherman 72-51 in Friday's second game of the tournament. Photo by the Observer
Bottom right: Fredonia High School baseball coach Vince Gullo will be inducted into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame. Gullo was one of nine new inductees named on Friday for the CSHOF Class of 2019. Gullo has been Fredonia's baseball coach since 2002, amassing over 300 wins in his 16 seasons, including state championships in 2006 and 2013. Photo by Ron Szot
