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The first week of the Northwest Arena Backyard Curling Fall League is officially in the books with all 70 teams competing. BUD LIGHT MONDAY 5:40 LEAGUE Dane Johnson and Emily Nelson displayed offensive fireworks for The Rolling Stones in their victories over Button or Nuttin 38-27 and Drunken Sliders 44-40. Shoeless Joe’s Pub had a perfect evening behind Chad Waddington and Rich Tyger against Better Than Last Year 42-40 and TRCurlers 35-26. Tim Casey and Bob Rich controlled both ends of the house as they teamed well to secure two wins for Curling Hares over Gemstones 48-31 and ...

Allen’s improv covers for Bills’ struggling defense

BUFFALO — With Josh Allen debuting a new TV commercial seemingly every week, the Bills quarterback was recently asked whether he ever took acting lessons. "Nah," he responded with a grin. "I'll just kind of wing it." It's no different in his day job. Playing in primetime not far from ...

Dunkirk boys soccer rolls Salamanca

DUNKIRK — Patrick Sheehan scored twice and picked up an assist in Dunkirk’s dominant 9-1 nonleague boys soccer win over Salamanca on Tuesday. Brady Dobek and Anniel Medina Vega both scored twice for Dunkirk (4-9-2), Luis Betancourt III, Evan Dolce and Ismael Santiago scored once each, Lucas Felt made three assists and Roan Porpiglia and Erick Burgos had an assist each. Salamanca falls to 5-10-0 with the loss. RED DRAGONS DOWN GOLDEN COUGARS FALCONER — Ty Oste scored a goal and an assist to lift Maple Grove past Cassadaga Valley/Falconer in nonleague play. Baker ...

Kress sends Golden Cougars past Fredonia

FALCONER — Kylie Kress scored in the fourth minute and it was all Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove needed to get past Fredonia 1-0 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 girls soccer action on Tuesday. Ellyson Baglia made five saves for Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove (11-4-1, 8-3-1) to maintain the clean sheet. Naomi Muck made five saves for Fredonia (10-5-0, 6-5-1). BLACK KNIGHTS PREVAIL SILVER CREEK — Eliza Mahaney’s goal was enough to lift Silver Creek/Forestville past Eden 1-0 in nonleague action. Samantha Hogg-Timmermann picked up the ...

Fischer needs one more win to set Section VI coaching mark

The mere mention of Gene Masters’ name in Western New York is usually followed by plenty of glowing adjectives. “Legendary,” the “Dean of Coaches” and the “Father of Viking Athletics” come immediately to mind. And why not? The founder of Grand Island High School’s ...

Golden Cougars post pair of cross country wins

CASSADAGA — The Falconer/Cassadaga Valley boys and girls cross country teams posted a pair of wins against Olean in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association action at Cassadaga Valley Central School. West Valley’s Noah Klahn finished first with a minute to spare at 18:13, but two of the next three finishers were Falconer/Cassadaga Valley’s Anson Miller (19:40) in second and Theo Krenzer (20:48) in fourth. The Golden Cougars posted the low score of 24 and Olean had the only other team score of 31. Falconer/Cassadaga Valley was the only team to put together a score for the ...