CHAUTAUQUA — Jamestown’s Evan Maloney and Tyler Salvaggio shared medalist honors shooting 3 over on the par-35 Lake Course at Chautauqua Golf Club in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 boys golf action on Thursday. Jamestown (6-0, 1-0) picked up wins over Chautauqua ...

One of the newest expanding state forest areas of Western New York is centrally located and deserves an exploratory look by several outdoor adventure groups. The DEC and The Nature Conservancy recently announced the acquisition of more than 689 acres in the towns of East Otto and Otto, ...

ORCHARD PARK — The Buffalo Bills focused on restocking their defense in the NFL draft on Friday, a day after making three trades to back out of the first round. Buffalo used the 35th selection to pick Clemson linebacker T.J. Parker. The Bills then traded up four spots — sending the No. 182 ...

FREDONIA — The first eight batters of the second inning reached base and scored for Fredonia in its 13-3 win over visiting Salamanca on Wednesday. Issiah Ruiz got it started with a sacrifice fly to score Pauly Tabone. Jack Frame added an RBI single, followed by a Max Hazelton ...

Nineteen boys basketball players from small schools in the OBSERVER’s circulation area were recognized by the New York State Sportswriters Association on Wednesday as members of all-state teams. In Class B, Southwestern senior Roger Markham received the highest recognition with a ...

BROCTON — Forestville put up nine runs Wednesday afternoon. The Hornets only needed one the way Alexandra Kerstetter was pitching. The sophomore right-hander threw a perfect game with eight strikeouts as Forestville shut out Brocton 9-0 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association ...