Athletics
Traditionally, Williamsville East has excelled in men's and women's tennis, women's swimming, men's and women's soccer, ice hockey, men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball. The Men's Ice Hockey team in 2003 won the school's only State Championship to date against Salmon River. The game was won with an overtime goal at the Utica Auditorium in Utica, NY. The baseball coach, Jerry Gasz has over 600 career wins and is one of the most accomplished coaches in New York State.
Established in 1990, East's hockey team went on to win their first state championship in 2004 as part of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association League for hockey.
During the 2006 season, the Girls Varsity Soccer Team won the Section VI Class A title, and were ranked as high as 6th nationally. They have won 3 sectional championships and one Far West Regional Championship. The undefeated 2009 team was upset in the Regional playoff game.
On November 6, 1985 the men's gymnastics team set the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Men's Gymnastics Team competition record, scoring 158.4 points. That record stands unbroken today. In 1985 the Williamsville East Men's Gymnastics also set another record, 99 wins and 0 losses.
During the 2008-2009 High School Wrestling season, the Williamsville East Flames won the league title as the only undefeated wrestling team in NYS Section Six. This was their first league title since 1978 and was significant because the Flames defeated the six-year undefeated champions, Cheektowaga.
The Men's Tennis team has also been very strong, winning the division for the last five years in a row. They went 11-1 during the 2009 season. 2006 alum Pandy Bloom was recently elected to the New York State Jewish Athletics Hall of fame.
The Women's Swim Team has been undefeated and Division II Champions for 8 years in a row.
In the 2010-2011 Season, the Williamsville East Flames Varsity Hockey team was the first team in school history to win the Federation League championship at HSBC Arena, beating Kenmore East 2-1. They went on to win a state regional game against Webster Thomas High school, and continued on to the state final four where they advanced to the State championship by beating Pelham in overtime, but lost 6-2 in the State Championship to Cazenovia.
The first ever Williamsville Women's Varsity Ice Hockey team won the 2010-2011 Inaugural Western New York Women's Ice Hockey Federation Championship over OP/Frontier, 6-0.
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