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Wilson captures Class C title

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HAMBURG — Frewsburg won six straight Section VI Class C girls soccer titles from 2019-24. Now it appears Wilson is attempting to catch up to the Bears. The top-seeded Lakewomen won their second straight championship and third in the last four years with a 3-1 victory over the second-seeded Bears in the Class C title game Friday at Hamburg High School. “That’s an extremely talented team. We had Ryleigh (Eckman), our freshman, getting her first start following (junior 28-goal scorer Addison) Elia around,” Frewsburg head coach Scott Stone said. “When you do that and take ...

Chasing autumn giants

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Every fall, anglers travel from across the country to Western New York for a chance to battle one of freshwater fishing’s most exciting challenges: the mighty king salmon. Forget haunted houses and spooky attractions — around here, the real heart-pounding scares can happen when a ...

Herd has huge night rushing vs. JFK

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FALCONER — Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove ran for 405 yards as a team and beat JFK 59-6 in a Section VI Class C quarterfinal Friday at Bill Race Field. The Herd, Class C South’s No. 1 seed, led 38-0 at halftime en route to the victory. Dylan Newman led the rushing attack with 12 ...

Minor upset

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SPRINGVILLE — Tristen Gibbs ran 15 times for 155 yards and two touchdowns as Class C South No. 3 Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton beat Class C North No. 2 Springville 40-6 in a Section VI Class C quarterfinal Friday. Gibbs opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run in the first ...

Runners heading to states

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ELMA — Led by second-place individual finisher Grace Gilevski, the Frewsburg girls are heading to the state cross country meet. They’ll be joined there by Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s boys. Both teams won Class D titles on Friday at the Section VI Championships, held at Elma Meadows ...

Fredonia advances to Funke Bowl final in 'C'

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OBSERVER Photos by Ashleigh Brown The Fredonia football team defeated Eden/North Collins 39-21 to reach the Chuck Funke Bowl finals in Class C. At left, Ayden Wronski makes a tackle for the Hillbillies. At right, Rocco Muscarella looks for room to run during the semifinal victory.