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Bills aim to avoid letdown in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Buffalo will come into its game against Las Vegas trying to maintain momentum. The Bills could learn a lesson on what not to do from the Raiders. The Raiders came off a three-point loss to rival Kansas City on Oct. 4, a well-played defeat against one of the NFL's top teams that ...

Chautauqua Lake gets past MG boys soccer

MAYVILLE — Lucas Horvath made two assists and scored once to lift Chautauqua Lake past Maple Grove 3-2 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division III boys soccer action on Friday night. Urijah Meredith scored and added an assist for Chautauqua Lake (8-5-2, 6-2-2) and Travis Horvath opened the scoring. Maple Grove finished the regular season with a 6-6-2 record and 4-5-1 in the division. EAGLES ROLL HUSKIES OLEAN — Holden Basher scored a hat trick and added two assists to lead Ellicottville/Franklinville past Olean 8-2 in nonleague play. Coleman Carls scored ...

Eagles shut out Fredonia 21-0

FREDONIA — Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton has been carried by its defense all season long. Head coach Ty Harper said as much on Friday night. The Eagles’ defense did it again as Harper and company walked away from the Orange Bowl with a 21-0 win over the Hillbillies in a Class C ...

A new tool for hunters

For hunters in Chautauqua County and across southwest New York, knowing where you stand — and where you can legally hunt — is every bit as important as knowing when the deer are moving. A smartphone app called onX Hunt offers a useful way to put that information right in your pocket. I ...

Locals struggle at Section VI Tennis Championships

WILLIAMSVILLE — Local players went 2-6 at the Section VI Tennis Championships on Friday at the Miller Tennis Center. Falconer’s Myla Brainard was the only singles player to win a match while Fredonia’s Nella Darrell-Sterbak and Charis LaBarr were the only doubles pair to win a match among the six Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association entries. Brainard beat Starpoint’s Raquel Proulx 6-4, 6-2 in the prequarterfinals before losing to Clarence’s Victoria Kiener 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals. In doubles action, Darrell-Sterbak and LaBarr beat Niagara Wheatfield’s ...

Frewsburg/Falconer beats Gators in swimming

WEST ELLICOTT — Frewsburg/Falconer won five individual events and a relay in a 109-71 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association girls swimming and diving victory over Allegany-Limestone at Southwestern Elementary School. Sydney Canfield (200-yard individual medley), Sydney Frederes (50-yard freestyle), Anelia Pitts (1-meter diving), Kaylee Melquist (500-yard freestyle) and Kennedy Nelson (100-yard breaststroke) were winners for Frewsburg/Falconer, which honored Canfield and Skylar Waid on Senior Night. Sammi Vecchio won the 100-yard butterfly (1:05.11) and 100-yard backstroke ...