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Panama sweeps Sherman volleyball

SHERMAN — McKenna Kolstee recorded 16 kills and five blocks as Panama swept Sherman 25-21, 25-20, 25-22 in nonleague volleyball action on Friday night. Lily Hyde added seven kills and five digs for Panama (1-1), while Annie Becker made 25 assists and nine digs. Sheman (0-2) was led by Jayne Chambers with four kills, two blocks and five aces, Caylee Pinzok made four aces and 15 assists and Madison Emory had eight kills and an ace. PANTHERS SWEEP NORTH COLLINS NORTH COLLINS — Lilliana Pierce had 11 kills, three digs, four aces and a block as Gowanda swept North Collins 25-11, ...

On the big stage

Trey Drake (Jamestown/Jamestown) turned in a nice performance in North Dakota State’s 38-0 victory over Fordham before 15,212 fans at the Fargodome last Saturday. Upon relieving starting quarterback Nathan Hayes, Drake completed 3 of 4 passes for 35 yards. His longest connection was for ...

P/MG/C/S swimmers prevail

PANAMA — Emery Watkins and Kendyl Dietzen were double winners as Panama/Maple Grove/Clymer/Sherman beat Fredonia/Dunkirk/Forestville/Pine Valley/Cassadaga Valley 112-67 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association girls swimming and diving Thursday. Watkins claimed the 200-yard ...

Hilliker captures Commissioner’s Cup

CHAUTAUQUA — The Wednesday Travel League held its 12th annual Commissioner’s Cup at Chautauqua Golf Club’s Hill Course. The event honors the life and memory of past league Commissioner Bruce “Java” Chrabasz. Dinner and the awards presentation were held at the Dunkirk Falcons Club. Golfers donned orange, brown and white, the colors of the Cleveland Browns, Java’s favorite team Brady Hilliker was this year’s overall champion, edging out last year’s winner Katie Michalak. Hilliker’s prize was donated by Java’s close friend, Jim Bohn. The low scratch score of 78 was ...

Eagles, Wolverines play to 1-1 draw

WESTFIELD — A pair of second-half goals left Chautauqua Lake and Westfield/Brocton tied 1-1 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 3 girls soccer Thursday. Abigail Rizzo scored from Ophelia March for the Eagles (1-1-1, 0-0-1) while Addison Emery scored unassisted for the Wolverines (0-1-1, 0-1-1). Kylie Post made 16 saves for Westfield/Brocton and Addison Chess made two saves for Chautauqua Lake. HILLBILLIES BLANK PORTVILLE FREDONIA — Fredonia shut out Portville 2-0 in Division 1 action at Fredonia State University. The Hillbillies improved to 3-1-0 overall ...

114 reasons Bassmaster should come back

There are bass fishing tournaments, and then there are “those amazing” bass fishing tournaments that make people across the country stop what they're doing and say, “Wait a minute. Where is that?” Western New York just had one of those. When Bassmaster brought a national field of ...