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Trojans Upend Falconer In Boys Golf At Breezewood

FALCONER — Southwestern won its sixth match of the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association golf season Friday, edging Falconer via tiebreaker at Breezewood Links. The Trojans’ Andyn Smith and the Golden Falcons’ Kale Livengood shared medalist honors with 42 apiece in a match Southwestern won by one stroke, 231-230. Southwestern improved to 6-5 overall and 2-5 in the division, while Falconer dropped to 2-11 and 0-8. Southwestern: Ejuah Sarvaiyah 43, Gunnar Anderson 43, Cole Lillie 52, Andyn Smith 42, Devon Tweedy 50, Alex Piazza 55. Falconer: Jimmy Mitchener 48, Kale ...

Falconer Sweeps Ellicottville In Baseball Doubleheader

Falconer found Diethrick Park to its liking Friday, sweeping Ellicottville in a Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 3 doubleheader 6-4 and 8-1. In the first game, the Golden Falcons trailed 3-2 after six innings, but pushed across four runs in the top of the seventh and Liam Sharpe, who pitched five innings in relief, didn’t allow an earned run. Erik Stenstrom led Falconer’s offensive attack with two hits and two RBIs. Logan Johnson and Conner Brentley drove in a run apiece. For the Eagles, Carson Mendell collected two hits and drove in three runs in support ...

Your Set-Up Makes The Difference

Here, at the halfway point of the spring gobbler season, maybe you’ve been calling gobblers but haven’t brought one into shooting range. A likely reason is your set-up. Your mileage may vary, but for me, the number one problem that has cost me shots at gobblers — more than calling, ...

Dunkirk Bests Salamanca In Pitching Duel

DUNKIRK — Gabriella Grann and Charli Ross were locked in a pitcher’s duel Friday in a Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 softball game. Grann was just a little bit better. The seventh-grader allowed four hits and no earned runs, struck out four and walked two to spark Dunkirk to a 3-2 victory over Salamanca. Offensively, Gracie Grann led the Marauders (4-12, 2-9) with two hits, including a double, and Ryleigh Donato and Genesis Oquendo-Vasquez drove in a run apiece. Ross tossed a four-hitter, struck out six, allowed just one earned run and helped her own ...

Danger Zone

BUFFALO — Captain Nick Suzuki and Jake Evans scored 68 seconds apart late in the second period, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in their second-round playoff series. Montreal surged with a three-goal second period, and never led until Evans swept a loose puck over the goal line behind Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to put the Canadiens up 4-3 with 3:45 remaining. Suzuki then scored 10 seconds into a power-play opportunity by converting Juraj Slafkovsky’s one-handed pass from the end boards and beating Luukkonen through the legs ...

Russo Hits Game-Winning RBI Single For Westfield

WESTFIELD — Joey Russo drove in Parker Covert with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning as Westfield walked off as 5-4 winners over Clymer/Sherman/Panama in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 baseball Thursday. The victory moved the Wolverines to 8-3 overall and in the league, a half-game behind first-place Maple Grove (9-4, 8-2) heading into the final games of the season. Westfield and the Wolfpack (4-10, 4-7) will play their final league game Monday in Panama while Maple Grove and Brocton/Cassadaga Valley (7-6, 6-4) will play a home-and-home ...