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Playoff Time

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Bring on postseason hockey in Buffalo. The Sabres' playoff drought is finally over. Following an NHL-record 14 seasons of futility, during which the team finished no better than 19th in the league, the Sabres clinched a berth on Saturday when the New York Rangers defeated the Detroit Red ...

Scholastic Trap

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While some teams have completed their season, others are just getting underway. No perfect scores were reported this week. Salamanca’s Braeden Kyler and Ellicottville’s Jordan Folts provided a 24 in the Central Conference, while the best in the West was 23 from both Gage Wells of Panama ...

Flyers Gymnastics Shine At Comedy Classic

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Flyers Gymnastics recently hosted the Comedy Classic, its annual home competition. Flyers Level 4 team earned a second-place team banner; Xcel Gold, Platinum & Diamond combined for a first-place team banner; and Erinn Sluga was honored for being part of the Flyers’ competitive team ...

Hoose Returns To Southwestern, Wins Second State Title

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In Tavio Hoose’s freshman season with the Southwestern wrestling team, he made his name as one of the top wrestlers in the state by capturing the 172-pound New York State Public High School Athletic Association Championship. The following season, Hoose returned as the favorite to repeat ...

Was Love Potion No. 9 Really Hoppe’s?

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Last month someone gave me an old bottle of Hoppe’s No. 9. Every gun enthusiast older than dirt knows and loves its unique and familiar smell. Scientists tell us that smells trigger memories. Hoppe’s is proof they are right. That wonderful odor wafting through the narrow neck of the brown ...