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Youth Baseball Roundup

12U TRAVEL BASEBALL FREWSBURG — The Diamond Dawgs earned a spot in the Western New York Premier League championship game with a 3-2 win over the Eden Raiders on Sunday. The Raiders took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning before Collin Bragg tied the game with a solo home run in the ...

Diamond Dawgs Baseball Holding Tryouts At Various Age Levels

Diamond Dawgs Travel Baseball will be holding tryouts for several age levels. The Dawgs have their own private, indoor training facility in Jamestown and the focus of offseason training is on player development. The Dawgs are a tuition-free program with fundraising opportunities available for ...

Rookie CB Hairston Diagnosed With Sprained Knee Ligament

Buffalo Bills rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston is out indefinitely after the first-round draft pick was diagnosed with a sprained lateral collateral ligament in his right knee, a person briefed on the injury told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of ...

Bills Top WR Shakir Prefers Reliability Over Style

PITTSFORD — Khalil Shakir’s rise to the top of the Buffalo Bills receiver pecking order is similar to the approach he took to buying his first car. Both revolve around reliability for the fourth-year player who catches seemingly nearly every pass thrown his way, welcomes the opportunity ...

Moving On

Ben Slanker’s error led to two unearned runs and allowed Niagara Falls to tie Tuesday’s game 2-2 in the top of the third inning. The Louisville commit more than made up for it — almost immediately. Slanker’s two-run triple in the bottom of the third inning gave Jamestown a 4-2 lead ...

Jamestown Has Plenty To Cheer About With Its Baseball Team

The headline on the cover of the Jamestown Tarp Skunks’ program, which first saw the light of day two months ago, has proven to be prophetic. Above a photo of a smiling, fist-pumping Russell E. Diethrick Jr. — the city’s “Mr. Baseball” — are four words in italic type They read: ...