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Fredonia, Salamanca advance in Unified basketball playoffs

WEST ELLICOTT — Austin Duliba scored 10 points to lead Fredonia past Southwestern 32-30 in the first round of the Red Bracket Division playoffs in Unified basketball Wednesday. Luke McKnatt added 8 points while Julian Ocasio and Louie Gugino had 6 points apiece for the Hillbillies. Mason Wienke chipped in 2 points. For the Trojans, Ernie Confer had 10 points and Connor Caruso had 6 while Jade Jones and Isaiah Coceres each had 4. Joey Reyes, Saviere Diaz and Shawn Munson each scored 2 points. Fredonia will take on Salamanca, which beat Jamestown 46-41 on Wednesday, in the next ...

High school playoffs

SECTION VI BASEBALL Class AAA Semifinal Sunday, May 24 Niagara Falls 6, Jamestown 1 Final (Best of 3 series) Tuesday, May 26 Lancaster 6, Niagara Falls 3 Thursday, May 28 No. 2 Niagara Falls at No. 1 Lancaster, 5:30 p.m. (Lancaster leads series 1-0) Class AA Prequarterfinals Sunday, May 24 North Tonawanda 4, Kenmore West 3 Clarence 7, Sweet Home 0 Orchard Park d. Williamsville North, N/A Lockport 1, Niagara Wheatfield 0 Quarterfinals Tuesday, May 26 Hamburg 18, North Tonawanda 0 Clarence 2, Orchard Park 1 Lockport 14, Hutch Tech 1 Williamsville East 8, Frontier ...

Breathing easy

FALCONER — Fred Carder admitted he was nervous upon arriving at Denny Meszaros Field on Tuesday. And, well, it was understandable. In two regular-season contests against Portville, the Falconer baseball coach had watched his charges grind out 10-6 and 3-2 victories. Added to Carder’s ...

Game-saving catch sends Falconer to final

WILSON — Mylie Zaranek made a game-saving catch at the center field fence to end the game as No. 5 Falconer beat No. 1 Wilson 4-3 in a Section VI Class C softball semifinal Tuesday. Trailing by a run entering the bottom of the seventh inning, Kylee Elia led off with a single to left field. ...

Cards, Bulldogs, Trojans post wins

RANDOLPH — Preston Swan and Aidan Taylor combined on a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts and one walk as No. 3 Randolph beat No. 6 Chautauqua Lake 3-1 in a Section VI Class C baseball quarterfinal Tuesday. The Cardinals took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning. Raegan Smith led off ...

Fredonia wins in walk-off, returns to Class B final

FREDONIA — Earning a spot in the sectional final has become so familiar for Fredonia’s softball program, it almost left nothing to suspense in recent years. This year, there was plenty of suspense. The result, however, remained the same. The Hillbillies will play for their fifth straight ...