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Cassadaga Valley is No. 1 seed in volleyball

Cassadaga Valley was the lone local team to earn a No. 1 seed as Section VI announced its volleyball playoff schedule Thursday evening. The Cougars are the top seed in Class D and await their quarterfinal opponent. In Class D prequarterfinals set for Monday, No. 8 Sherman will host No. 9 Holland, No. 4 Maple Grove will host No. 13 West Valley/Franklinville, No. 5 Panama will host No. 12 Brocton, No. 7 Ellicottville will host No. 10 North Collins and No. 6 Forestville will host No. 11 Pine Valley. In quarterfinals Thursday, Cassadaga Valley will host the Sherman-Holland winner, the ...

Leonhard must address Bills’ defensive deficiencies during bye

ORCHARD PARK — Jim Leonhard leaned back to loosen his shoulders and let out a big yawn upon approaching the podium for his weekly news conference before addressing the first question of whether he got any sleep. "Not much," the Buffalo Bills' first-year defensive coordinator said. The ...

Frewsburg/Falconer wins CCAA swim & dive championships

OLEAN — Frewsburg/Falconer boasted a pair of individual winners at the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association girls swimming and diving championships, claiming the overall and Division 2 titles at the Olean Middle School pool on Friday evening. Sydney Frederes won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.42, adding to Anelia Pitts’ win in the diving competition earlier this week with 466.40 points. Rounding out the Top 5 in Division 2 are Salamanca with 373 points, Allegany-Limestone with 327 and Franklinville/Ellicottville/West Valley with 146 and Chautauqua Lake/Westfield at ...

Whitney is overall girls winner, CSP boys win CCAA XC title

BEMUS POINT — Savannah Whitney has been ahead of the pack in most of her races this season and it was no different for the Clymer/Sherman/Panama eighth grader on Friday at Bemus Point Golf Course in the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association cross country championships. Whitney had ...

Eagles secure playoff spot; Cards coast

MAYVILLE — Josh Swan went 8 of 14 for 189 yards and two touchdowns through the air to lead Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton to a 21-0 shutout of Gowanda/Pine Valley in Class C South football Friday. The win clinched a playoff spot for the Eagles (5-3, 4-2). Ian Kindermann had three ...

Fredonia caps season with win over Dunkirk 29-7

FREDONIA — The standings would tell you that Friday’s game between the Fredonia Hillbillies and the Dunkirk Marauders did not count for much. The two teams entered the game with losing records and playoff hopes already extinguished. Friday night was not about what happened before it this ...