In sports, we often hear phrases like the “heart of a champion.” One high school baseball coach in WNY is the living embodiment of those words, battling a devastating disease with courage and conviction. Andy Young reports. specne.ws/XgSHKZ

Check out the new addition in our High School Gym! Our 2023 Class B State Championship Baseball team will forever be commemorated with this banner. Below the team picture are the major awards won by our players and Coach Crawley.

Thank you Depew Mayor Kevin Peterson! Mr. Peterson will be putting the sign he is holding throughout our village! There will be eight signs in different locations as vehicles enter the Village of Depew! #WildcatPride #HomeOfStateChampions

Three months after leading Depew baseball to a Class B state championship, Dennis Crawley Jr. is stepping down as the coach due to his “decrease in health," he announced Wednesday on social media. buffalonews.com/sports/high-sc…

"He refused to quit so the team refused to quit." Dennis Crawley, who coached Depew baseball to a state championship this past spring while battling ALS, leaves behind a sizable legacy as he steps down from his post. trib.al/QYTF3k2

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Tyler Fryling BP Session 2/8. After a month dealing with health issues I’m finally able to get back to work. Western NY Prospects 3&2Baseball

Depew Athletics is excited to announce Spring Sports Registration is now open! All parents/guardians need to register their athlete now using FamilyID. You can access it by clicking this link: familyid.com/depew-high-sch….

Daniel Reese, C/O 2025 OF/1B, February 22 BP session DM’s open Depew Wildcats Baseball ⚾️ Baseball_Uncommitted

justin refermat 2025 3B/OF depew high school, 3.9 gpa, 2-29 BP session

Jacob Scibetta CF/RF 2025 Depew Wildcats Baseball ⚾️

What a run for Depew athletics the last two seasons: girls basketball reach Far West Regional in 2023 and sectional title game this year with a 2K scorer each season; baseball won state title (2023); boys basketball advanced to sectional title game (2023).

Jacob Scibetta 2025 CF 5'10 160lbs. DM for more info. Depew Wildcats Baseball ⚾️ Coast 2 Coast Recruits CF Uncommitted Baseball Uncommitted Prospects

Three years into #ALS, even as his daily situation grows much harder, legendary baseball coach Dennis Crawley sees purpose ‘far beyond chalk lines.’ My The Buffalo News column, with moving and beautiful images by Harry Scull Jr: buffalonews.com/news/local/col…

Layout in The Buffalo News today built around vision, purpose of legendary baseball coach Dennis Crawley, three years into #als, with magnificent Harry Scull Jr images. To read my column on Dennis, 27th member of extended family with genetic form of disease: buffalonews.com/news/local/col…