The last time Fredonia starting pitcher Maddy Marsh stepped into the pitcher’s circle at SUNY Fredonia, the then-freshman picked up a win over the Dunkirk Lady Marauders to earn a spot in the sectional finals a year ago. This time around, the sophomore starter for the Lady ‘Billies looked ...

The Fredonia Hillbillies once again find themselves walking into the second round of the Section VI Class B1 baseball playoffs after beating the Alden Bulldogs, 21-7, at SUNY Fredonia on Thursday. The Hillbillies reached base 14 times from bases on balls and twice more from being hit-by-pitch ...

OBSERVER Staff Reports FREWSBURG — The Cassadaga Valley Lady Cougars came into the playoffs last season without a loss, but this year came in without a win. The Lady Cougars sure picked a great time to get their first win of the year, with a 4-3 win on Thursday night at No. 1 Frewsburg in ...

FALCONER — To call Falconer’s 15-hit offensive output Thursday an attack would be an understatement. It was an all-out ambush. Five different players had multiple hits and the fourth-seeded Golden Falcons scored multiple runs in each of the first five innings en route to a 14-2 Section ...

FORESTVILLE — The Forestville Lady Hornets softball team scored early and continued its success with multiple runs in every inning as the Lady Hornets defeated the Franklinville Lady Panthers, 18-9, on Thursday night in a Section VI, Class D softball quarterfinal game at Forestville High ...

OBSERVER Staff Report AKRON — Caroline Cameron represented Fredonia at the Section VI girls golf sectional tournament, at Arrowhead Country Club. Cameron shot a 101 on the par 72 course and was just three strokes short of qualifying for the State Tournament. Melanie Green of Medina was the ...

OBSERVER Staff Report OLEAN — The Dunkirk Marauders fell to Olean, 3-2, in the Section VI Class B1 baseball prequarterfinals at Olean High School, on Thursday. Peyton Ahlstrom pitched 5 2/3 innings for the Marauders and gave up three runs, two earned, over nine hits, walking one and ...

OBSERVER Staff Report BROCTON — The Lady Bulldogs took down Pine Valley, 8-4, in a Section VI Class D Quarterfinal softball game at Brocton High School, on Thursday. Megan Gloss was in the circle for Brocton and pitched all seven innings, allowing four runs, over five hits, five walks ...

The Section VI baseball playoff seedings were announced late on Monday night. In Class B1, Fredonia earned the No. 4 seed and a home game against No. 13 seed Alden today. Dunkirk was named the No. 10 seed and travels to No. 7 seed Olean today. In Class B2, Gowanda earned the No. 2 seed ...

BROCTON — The Brocton Bulldogs (7-6) took down the Maple Grove Red Dragons, 7-6, in a Section VI non-league baseball game at Brocton High School, on Wednesday. Brocton and Maple Grove (9-4) got together for one last tune up game before the sectional playoffs begin, and the Bulldogs narrowly ...

Submitted Photo The NCCS track team recently had 28 athletes qualify for the WNY Catholic Track Championship. The Championship will be held at the Canisius Complex at Canisius High School on W. Seneca Street in Buffalo, on June 1. Pictured is the NCCS track team. In the front row, from left ...

Jamestown Community College student Dan Torres has been awarded the 2019 State University of New York Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete Award for wrestling. The award recognizes SUNY students who demonstrated a noteworthy level of commitment to their education and athletic career. The SUNY ...

Fishing on Lake Erie continues to improve, whenever the weather allows off shore access. Saturday the Southtowns Walleye Association held their annual yellow perch tournament. Teams of one or more anglers were allowed to enter five perch for a total weight entry. This year there were 154 ...

MAYVILLE — Over the last nine games, the Westfield Wolverines scored a total of 21 runs, struggling to get more than two runs in a game. In the last game before the playoffs, Westfield compiled a total of 17 runs in five innings to defeat the Chautauqua Lake Thunderbirds 17-4 on Wednesday ...

On May 5, 2019, Mackenzie Schumaker of Westfield, N.Y. and Jordan Lucas of Fredonia, N.Y. traveled to Pittsburgh, P.A. to try out for the USSSA All American team. They were chosen to represent the Northeastern states in the USSSA All American Games in Viera, Florida in July. They tried out ...

The seventh-seeded Dunkirk Lady Marauders took full advantage of hosting a pre-quarterfinal game on Tuesday night, as the Lady Marauders survived a late East Aurora rally to defeat the Blue Devils, 14-8, at Dunkirk High School in the Section VI, Class B1 softball playoffs. After spotting East ...

OBSERVER Staff Report ORCHARD PARK — Fredonia’s five boys tennis players left standing after the County Championships last week traveled to Orchard Park on Tuesday for the Section VI boys tennis playoffs. By the end of the day, all five — including four Fredonia seniors — saw their ...

OBSERVER Staff Report WESTFIELD — The Randolph Lady Cardinals will face off with the Westfield Lady Wolverines in the first round of the Section VI, Class C2 softball playoffs on Thursday. On Tuesday, however, both teams got an early look at each other in a non-league contest at Westfield ...

OBSERVER Staff Report WESTFIELD — The Westfield Wolverines baseball team fell to Randolph in a non-league baseball contest at Westfield Academy on Tuesday evening by a score of 9-3. Westfield led the contest 2-0 after the fourth inning, but Randolph came out with four runs in the top of ...

OBSERVER Staff Report The Fredonia Hillbillies beat the Dunkirk Marauders, 32-23, in a league golf match at Shorewood Country Club in Dunkirk on Tuesday. Fredonia (8-6, 4-6) had the three lowest scores of the contest. The medalist was Nick Novelli with a 44, while Lucas Hoffman was right ...