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Beaver tosses 697 series at JBC

Ryan Beaver tossed a 277-697 for The Beavers and Tyler Swanson followed with a 230-176-182-588 for Paladino-Swanson during the Wednesday Smackdown Have a Ball at Jamestown Bowling Company to lead scores for the week of July 19-26. Kyle Christensen drilled a 235-235-693 for Lebowski Bowling to lead the Thursday Thunder Have a Ball at JBC. Steven Rex rolled a 214-244-636 for TJ’s Pro Shop, Steph Tompkins had a 233-613 for 3 Adults & a Jr., Chase Lombardo dropped a 182-199-221-602 for Cardone-Lombardo, Kelsey Fischer had a 190-223-172-585 for Unc & the Kids and Julian Cardone had a ...

Over many decades, Cooley has seen it all in Gerry

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article first saw the light of day on Aug. 3, 2016. With the 2026 Gerry Rodeo scheduled to begin tonight, it was deemed appropriate to it again. GERRY – Like many residents of Gerry, Paul Cooley is quite busy this week. Ever since moving to the hamlet to ...

Locals to play in BCANY Hoops Festival

Two players from the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association will participate in the Basketball Coaches Association of New York Girls Summer Hoops Festival this weekend. Baya Oehlbeck and Emmersen Crawford, both from Sherman, have been named to the Buffalo/Western New York ...

South Hills CC crowns Senior M-M champs

The South Hills Country Club recently held its Senior Member-Member championship and coming out of the Legends Group, Randy Fosberg and Jerry Roush won the overall title. Following behind them in the Legends Flight are the pair of Winter and Smith, then Barton and Miley took third. The ...

Coffee, fish tales and the bottom bite

Some of the best fishing stories are told nowhere near the water. The other morning, I had the pleasure of sharing breakfast with Gerald Brydalski, founder and president of the Western New York Steelheaders Association. Like a lot of longtime outdoorsmen, Gerald doesn't need a podium to ...

Cook looking to improve after leading NFL in rushing

PITTSFORD — James Cook treats carrying the football the same way he answers questions about his past accomplishments. The Buffalo Bills running back does both by solely looking forward. So there was no point in asking Cook to reflect on last year, when he used a brief training camp hold-in ...