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Hilliker leads Wednesday Travel League at Pennhills Club

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BRADFORD, Pa. — The Wednesday Travel League had a delayed start to its event at Pennhills Club due to severe thunderstorms and lightning. Once the weather cleared up, golfers struggled on the tougher-than-usual conditions with only one golfer shooting below his average. Josh Hilliker won his 10th event of the season with the low round of 79. Robert Calph finished second with 84 and Jeff Nelson was third with 91. Hilliker led both the front (38) and back (41) nines. John Waterman won the B Flight for the 90th time, most all-time. Dennis Gawronski Sr. and Ron Szach tied for the low ...

Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove cruises to win

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FALCONER — Dylan Newman ran 12 times for 93 yards and two touchdowns to lead Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove to a 41-0 shutout of East Aurora/Holland in nonleague football Friday at Bill Race Field. Ethan Conti completed 6 of 9 passes for 89 yards while Kolden Raynor completed 4 of 5 ...

Richards, Monroe spark Jamestown to win

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WILLIAMSVILLE — Alaric Richards rushed for more than 200 yards and scored four touchdowns to spark Jamestown to a 40-28 nonleague victory over Williamsville North to open the 2026 football season. Richards, a sophomore, scored on runs of 1, 2 and 14 yards in the first half and tacked on ...

Frewsburg/Falconer's depth prevails

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Southwestern/Jamestown won nine of 12 events, but Frewsburg/Falconer accumulated 17 second- and third-place finishes to win their Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association girls swimming and diving meet 91-88 at Southwestern Elementary School on Thursday. Sydney Frederes was a double winner for Frewsburg/Falconer with victories in the 50-yard freestyle (26.88) and 100-yard freestyle (58.86) while Anelia Pitts also won the 1-meter diving competition for the guests with a score of 243.97. Clarissa Hren claimed the 200-yard individual medley (2:26.03) and 500-yard freestyle (6:05.99) ...

Westfield/Brocton to meet Dunkirk for Champions Cup title

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DUNKIRK — Parker Gambino netted a hat trick to lead Westfield/Brocton past Olean 5-0 in the opening game of the Dunkirk Champions Cup on Thursday at Karl Hoeppner Field. Braylon Swanson had a goal and three assists, Caleb Stoughton had a goal and Landon Vandevelde had an assist for the Wolverines. Noah Tuah stood out defensively. Dunkirk scored all six of its goals in the first half en route to a 6-0 shutout of Pine Valley/Gowanda in the second game. Anniel Medina Vega opened the scoring from Brady Dobek in the fifth minute before Roan Porpiglia made it 2-0 from Jaryel Vazquez in ...

Eckwahl sets Bears’ scoring record

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FREWSBURG — Audrey Eckwahl scored a pair of goals off headers, establishing a new Frewsburg career scoring record in the process, as the Bears beat Allegany-Limestone/Hinsdale 5-4 in a wild nonleague matchup Thursday at the Frewsburg Sports Complex. Frewsburg led 3-2 at halftime. Jaden Jimerson opened the scoring from Presleigh Stelmack in the 17th minute before Eckwahl scored her first header of the game off an Ellie Cappa corner kick in the 26th minute to make it 2-0. The goal was the 86th of Eckwahl’s career, breaking the previous mark set by Ava Jimerson. “That’s ...