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Baseball Playoffs Begin Today

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Gowanda and Maple Grove have earned No. 1 seeds in their respective classes in the Section VI baseball playoffs, which begin today in some classes. The top seed in Class C, Gowanda will wait until Tuesday for a quarterfinal matchup while Maple Grove, the top seed in Class D, will wait until next Thursday for a semifinal matchup in its four-team bracket. No. 9 Dunkirk will get postseason play underway today with a Class A2 prequarterfinal at No. 8 Albion. No. 10 Lake Shore will visit No. 7 Iroquois in that same bracket while Class A1 will also use a prequarterfinal today between No. 9 ...

Gowanda, Falconer Cruise To Baseball Wins

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GOWANDA — Aidan Geiger hit a double and scored three times for Gowanda as the Panthers defeated Silver Creek/Forestville 10-2 in nonleague baseball action on Wednesday. Seth Geiger drove in a pair of runs hitting 1 for 2 for Gowanda (16-3), while Aidan Geiger earned the win on the bump with six strikeouts and six hits against in seven innings of work. Hunter Anderson and Damon Bell both hit doubles for Silver Creek/Forestville (9-8). GOLDEN FALCONS ROLL DRAGONS BEMUS POINT — Liam Sharpe gave up just one hit and struck out five in four innings of work as Falconer downed ...

Calimeri Receives Knuutila Family Award

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Southwestern senior Carmine Calimeri was presented with The Knuutila Family Award at the Ilio DiPaolo Scholarship Fund on Tuesday night in Blasdell. Nine wrestlers from Western New York were honored with the qualities of family, education, athletics and community in mind. Since the Ilio ...

Fredonia Edges Pine Valley In Unified Hoops

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SOUTH DAYTON — Austin Duliba scored a game-high 8 points to lead Fredonia past Pine Valley 28-24 in unified basketball action on Wednesday. Louie Gugino provided another 6 points for the Hillbillies, Landon Rukavina scored 4, then Julian Ocasio, Devin Batten and Elizabeth Joy had 2 points each. Pine Valley was led by James Maltie and Sam Fish with 6 points each, while the trio of Andrew Nuebel, Sadie Kruszka and Tianna Bova scored 4 apiece. Fredonia (7-2) will host its senior night tonight against Frewsburg at 5 p.m. with the seniors being honored 15 minutes before tip off. ...

Net Results

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Above are the tennis players from the Chautauqua-Cattraugus Athletic Asssociation who have qualified for the Section VI Championship, which will be held next week at Orchard Park High School. Kneeling are the singles qualifiers. From the left are Josiah Todd (Olean), CCAA champion Jackson ...

Local Sailors Compete At States

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BUFFALO — Local sailors from Chautauqua Lake and and Westfield high schools competed under the Southwestern flag in the New York State High School Sailing Championships last Saturday in Buffalo Harbor. Nine teams competed in the event. The day began with sunny skies and cool morning ...