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Thrown into history books

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Each year of Mikayla Johnson’s high school track and field career she steadily improved in the throwing events. As a sophomore, Johnson reached the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Division 2 championships in the shot put, then the following year she represented ...

Pentathlon title clinches Athlete of the Year for Mays

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Silver Creek/Forestville’s Nathan Mays took Section VI track and field by storm in his junior season, winning the pentathlon at the Section VI state qualifier with a whopping score of 3,381 to earn a trip to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships. He ...

Extras again

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In a game of rallies, Jamestown and Batavia had to settle for a 12-12 tie in Friday night’s Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League contest at Diethrick Park. The West Division-leading Muckdogs (22-6-1) scored four runs in the top of the 10th inning to retake the lead only to have the ...

Twain and Nessmuk

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Twain? Almost everyone knows who he was. Nessmuk? Not so much. Most readers know Mark Twain was the pen name adopted by Samuel Langhorne Clemons (1835–1910). George Washington Sears (1821–90) chose Nessmuk as his pen name, a tribute to the Narragansett Indian who taught him his outdoor ...