BUFFALO — The time for talking, practicing and poring over game film is over as far as Sabres coach Lindy Ruff is concerned. With Buffalo facing elimination for the first time this postseason, Ruff told his team to avoid the rink Friday, meet at the airport and contemplated canceling the ...

DUNKIRK — Gabriella Grann and Charli Ross were locked in a pitcher’s duel Friday in a Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 softball game. Grann was just a little bit better. The seventh-grader allowed four hits and no earned runs, struck out four and walked two to ...

FALCONER — Southwestern won its sixth match of the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association golf season Friday, edging Falconer via tiebreaker at Breezewood Links. The Trojans’ Andyn Smith and the Golden Falcons’ Kale Livengood shared medalist honors with 42 apiece in a match ...

Falconer found Diethrick Park to its liking Friday, sweeping Ellicottville in a Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 3 doubleheader 6-4 and 8-1. In the first game, the Golden Falcons trailed 3-2 after six innings, but pushed across four runs in the top of the seventh and Liam ...

Here, at the halfway point of the spring gobbler season, maybe you’ve been calling gobblers but haven’t brought one into shooting range. A likely reason is your set-up. Your mileage may vary, but for me, the number one problem that has cost me shots at gobblers — more than calling, ...

BUFFALO — Captain Nick Suzuki and Jake Evans scored 68 seconds apart late in the second period, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in their second-round playoff series. Montreal surged with a three-goal second period, and never ...