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MONDAY’S SCHEDULE High School Volleyball Gary Adler Memorial Tournament at Gates Chili High School, 8 a.m. TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE Boys High School Soccer Ellicottville/Franklinville at Southwestern, 6 p.m. Girls High School Soccer Southwestern at Frewsburg, 4:30 p.m. Ellicottville at Chautauqua Lake, 4:30 p.m. Silver Creek/Forestville vs. Springville at Silver Creek, 4:45 p.m. Eden at Salamanca, 5 p.m. High School Volleyball Salamanca at Jamestown, 5 p.m. Randolph at Falconer, 6:30 p.m. Brocton at Pine Valley, 6:30 p.m. Forestville at Ellicottville, 6:30 ...

Dress rehearsal

P-J photos by Matt Spielman Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton and Silver Creek/Forestville scrimmaged Friday evening in Mayville in preparation for next week’s season openers. The Eagles will travel to Randolph next Friday while the Black Knights will host Clymer/Sherman/Panama on Thursday ...

Across the next cast

I was 4 years old when my dad first took me fishing at the creek. There was a two-lane road between our house and the water, and when the snow was gone, riding my bicycle down that road toward the creek felt like the beginning of an adventure. We had one fishing rod — a Pfleuger steel ...

Hilliker shoots 79 at Blueberry Hill GC

RUSSELL, Pa. — The Wednesday Travel League played the always challenging Blueberry Hill Golf Course. Josh Hilliker won with the low round of 79 and became the third golfer in league history to reach 70 career tour victories. Ed Tofil, the all-time leader with 118 wins, finished second with 82. Robert Calph, second-most with 76 wins, finished third with 83. Hilliker led the front nine with 38. Hilliker and 13-year-old amateur Carter Crabtree led the back nine with 41s. Dave Franklin was the B Flight champion. In the C Flight, Joe Majka won after a tiebreaker with Mick Dunning Sr. ...

Golf Leagues

ASHVILLE — Steve Nord and Casey Windoft shot matching 40s to lead the Wednesday Morning Men’s League at Timber Creek Golf Course. Terry Anderson, Dave Kolstee and Mark Digirolamo shot 41s; John Haller fired a 43; Keith Beckerink, Runee Prince and Bruce Brightman had 44s; and Jamie Wiley, Jack Evan, Mike Peyton, Don Angelo and Nick Miletti had 45s. ——— ASHVILLE — Playing from the white tees, Ricky Pratt, Al Briggs and Mike Harle all shot 41s to lead the Humpday Hackers League at Timber Creek Golf Course. Jared Coon shot a 42, followed by Jarett Yuchnitz and Brock ...

Trap Leagues

On the last night of the Chautauqua County Summer Trap League, Celoron clinched the league championship with a 335-317 win over Ellington combined with Busti’s 330-326 win over Randolph. The lone perfect 50 was scored by Busti’s Austin Anderson. Celoron won the league title with a 12-6 record, followed by Randolph (11-7), Busti (8-10) and Ellington (5-13). Final standings: Anyone wishing to attend the Field Day shoot & lunch should contact their team captain ASAP. This is open to any shooter as long as they have paid their $2 league fee for each missed shoot. Celoron’s ...