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Batavia and Notre Dame meet in Hoops for Hope Tournament at GCC

By Howard B. Owens
Jan 28, 2024, 1:06pm

Batavia and Notre Dame faced off against each other in both Girls and Boys Basketball in support of a good cause at Genesee Community College.

The Hoops for Hope Tournament benefited the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation.

The Notre Dame girls won the first game 29-24. For the Irish, Sofia

Johnny Bench, from Buffalo to Batavia with a Hall of Fame career along the way

By Howard B. Owens
Sep 21, 2014, 7:58am

Johnny Bench was just a 19-year-old kid from a town of 600 people in Oklahoma when he arrived in Buffalo 47 years ago.

"I didn't venture much beyond the Kenmore District and North Tonawanda," Bench said during an interview Saturday at Batavia Downs when asked if this was his first