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Gowanda sweeps Forestville in volleyball

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FORESTVILLE — Lilliana Pierce’s 11 kills led four Gowanda girls with at least six kills as the Panthers beat Forestville 25-14, 25-7, 25-12 in nonleague girls volleyball Friday. Bella Maines had 29 assists, four digs and two aces for Gowanda (10-1). Pierce had six digs and three blocks; Envy Cross had nine kills and a block; Maleina Moses had six kills, three digs and two aces; and Scarlett John had six kills, an assist, four digs and an ace. The Hornets fell to 3-4 overall. ELLICOTTVILLE SWEEPS PIRATES ELLICOTTVILLE — Three Ellicottville girls had at least seven kills to lead ...

Cardinals get their revenge

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RANDOLPH — A year ago, the Randolph football team was shut out at home by Silver Creek/Forestville in the Section VI Class D playoffs, putting an exclamation mark on a down season. It was clear the Cardinals were out for revenge and flipped the script with a big 42-0 shutout victory ...

Don’t put your dog in this fight

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Mitch Rompola. If you’ve paid even a little attention to record book deer during the last three decades, you’ve heard his name and seen him in photos with the giant buck he killed on Nov. 13, 1998. When he zipped open his buck’s abdominal cavity to field dress it, he also zipped open ...

Allen seeks to put sloppy play behind him against Pats

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ORCHARD PARK — Win or lose, Josh Allen has displayed a consistent knack for putting a sloppy performance behind him. It's reflected in the smile and cheery "How's everybody doing?" greeting the Bills quarterback opens each of his weekly news conferences with. And it bears out in the ...

Bango, Hren, Krug double for S/J

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FRANKLINVILLE — Three double winners helped Southwestern/Jamestown beat Franklinville/Ellicottville/West Valley 61-33 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association girls swimming and diving Thursday. Gabriella Bango won the 200-yard individual medley (2:41.47) and 100-yard freestyle (1:01.04), Clarissa Hren claimed the 50-yard freestyle (28.03) and 100-yard backstroke (1:05.59), and Annalisa Krug captured the 500-yard freestyle (6:14.04) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:17.22) for Southwestern/Jamestown. Franklinville’s lone individual win came from Elena Freedman in the 100-yard ...

Turnovers send Trojans to first win of season

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WEST ELLICOTT — Southwestern/Frewsburg turned three second-half turnovers by Fredonia into touchdowns and picked up its first win of the season, 36-7 over the Hillbillies in Class C South football Friday at Charles A. Lawson Field. After the Trojans’ Carter Casselman recovered a fumble ...