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JCC men’s soccer prevails; hockey team sweeps

TROY — The Jamestown Community College men's soccer team downed Hudson Valley Community College 4-0 in the opening round of the Region 3 playoffs over the weekend. The Jayhawks dominated the action throughout the 90-minute affair, grabbing a 1-0 lead off the foot of sophomore Matthew Short, who finished the pass from fellow second-year starter Liam Doyle. That advantage doubled before halftime as the other Doyle twin, Adam Doyle, sent the offering to Samuel Hynes, who touched home a 2-0 edge for JCC at the 34:18 mark. The second half began with both teams having possession, but ...

Hole-in-one

LAKEWOOD — Using a driver, Gerry Kemp aced the 198-yard par 3 seventh hole at Maplehurst Country Club on Oct. 20. Frank Knee was the witness for Kemp's first-ever hole-in-one.

Ellicottville/Franklinville knocks off Westfield/Brocton

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Ellicottville/Franklinville boys soccer team did not take long to get going in the Section VI Class C semifinals. In the opening minute the Eagles burst into the Westfield/Brocton end of the pitch and Jackson Tomsick connected with Holden Basher for the first goal of the ...

Chautauqua Lake begins volleyball playoffs with sweep

MAYVILLE — Brina Jacobson scored 11 kills and made four digs as Chautauqua Lake kicked off the Section VI volleyball playoffs with a sweep against Medina 25-8, 25-10, 25-10 in the Class C prequarterfinals on Monday evening. Kortlyn Fairbank added three kills and an assist for the 4-seeded Eagles, Sydney Williams had four kills and two aces, Evie Woodis provided three kills and a block and Karagan Fairbank dealt 24 assists and four aces. Chautauqua Lake (14-0) will host No. 12 Falconer on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the quarterfinals. No. 13 Medina finishes the season with a 3-11 ...

Playoff-bound Wolfpack

PANAMA — When asked to describe his quarterback, Gavin Burchanowski, Dave Bodamer immediately responded with three words: “Oh. My. God.” Then the Clymer/Sherman/Panama head football coach rattled off a series of adjectives. “Explosive.” “Reliable.” “Great.” All ...

Randolph, F/CV/MG are top seeds locally in football

A pair of local teams will have top seeds in their classes when the Section VI football playoffs get underway Thursday. In Class D, Randolph is the No. 1 seed and has a bye into the semifinals where the Cardinals will take on the winner of Friday’s quarterfinal matchup between No. 4 Wilson and No. 5 Franklinville/Ellicottville in Wilson. The No. 2 seed in Class D is Newfane and the Panthers also have a bye into the semifinals where they await the winner of Thursday’s matchup between No. 3 Silver Creek/Forestville and No. 6 Cattaraugus-Little Valley in Silver Creek. In Class C, ...