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Lake Erie yellow perch kicking into high gear

On Lake Erie, the yellow perch fishing activity is kicking into high gear starting at 50-55 feet of water between Cattaraugus Creek and Sturgeon Point. Live emerald shiners fished near bottom is the top tactic if emeralds are available, but golden shiners or salted shiners are also ...

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 ...