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Closing Time

ORCHARD PARK — Highmark Stadium welcomed Section VI for the final time Friday night. Top-seeded Bennett felt right at home in the nightcap. More to the point, Jack Eskridge IV was downright comfortable. The 5-foot-6, 150-pound wide receiver returned a punt for a touchdown, caught a ...

State Dreams

QUEENSBURY — Southwestern junior Emma Lewis won the Section VI Class C cross country championship quite comfortably. So comfortable that she had just over a minute to celebrate her championship before the next girl crossed the finish line. Not only did she breeze to the Class C title, ...

McMullin’s Loss Felt Across Local Landscape

If you were a faculty member, administrator, student or community member, the library at Clymer Central School was the place to be on a February morning in 2003. The occasion was national signing day. Jehuu Caulcrick, the Pirates’ All-American fullback, was putting his name to paper, ...

Mayfield, Allen Share Respect

ORCHARD PARK — Tampa Bay quarterback Baker Mayfield likes to joke about how much he looks up to Josh Allen. “I have to walkie-talkie to him because he’s so damn tall,” the 6-foot-1 Mayfield said, attempting to maintain a straight face when discussing his relationship with the Bills ...

Indoor Soccer

LAKEWOOD YMCA COED SOCCER LEAGUES RED DIVISION Sawyer Lynn scored four times to lead Sapphire past Red 12-10. Brady Smart and Marcus Ryan each scored three times while Seth Smart scored twice for Sapphire. Alex Lee Yaw and Noah Frontuto each scored three times while Nyle Bird, Hannah ...

Boots On The Ground Important In NY & PA

It’s deer season, and the smart hunters among us have spent the last month getting gear ready. The three-week firearm season in New York begins two weeks ahead of the two-week firearm season in Pennsylvania, so that gives border-crossing hunters a month of rifle hunting this year. With four ...