One of the finest high school basketball coaches this area has ever produced was inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Ben Drake, the former Jamestown High School boys mentor, was enshrined during a ceremony at Harding Mazzotti Arena (formerly Cool Insuring ...

DUNKIRK — Anthony Piede’s single in the bottom of the seventh inning scored Ariez Cheverez with the winning run as Dunkirk edged Southwestern 1-0 in walk-off fashion in a Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 baseball game Saturday. Piede’s heroics made a winner of ...

FREDONIA — Sophia Utegg continued to shine for the undefeated Fredonia flag football team Saturday. The sophomore quarterback completed 9 of 15 passes for 200 yards and four touchdowns, rushed for 48 yards on four carries and added three conversion passes to spark the Hillbillies to a ...

GOWANDA — Emily Rhinehart pitched and batted Falconer to a 9-4 victory over Gowanda in a nonleague softball game Saturday. In the circle, the senior allowed four hits, struck out nine, including the 300th of her career, and walked two in 3.1 innings. Offensively, she collected three hits, ...

The Jamestown Boys’ track & field team opened its season with a 92-49 loss to Erie County Interscholastic Conference powerhouse Lancaster on Friday night. Carson Zuba (3,200 meters, 1,600 meters), and Cooper Denver (long jump, triple jump) were double winners for Lancaster, while Jorge ...

With some teams still finishing up in the Central Conference, team rankings are still pending. The West Conference is in full steam with weather cancelling Cassadaga and Maple Grove. No perfect scores were re[ported in this week’s round of matches. West Conference Cassadaga Valley: ...