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Maple Grove rallies past Dunkirk

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DUNKIRK — Maple Grove rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat Dunkirk 8-7 in nonleague softball Friday. Meg Ryan went 3 for 3 with a sixth-inning home run, Jessica Lyon went 2 for 3 with an RBI double in the seventh inning and Adarah Egan led off the seventh inning with a triple for the Red ...

Dunkirk drops two golf matches

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BUSTI — Seth Vaughn shot a 45 to lead Southwestern to a win over Dunkirk and a tie-breaker loss to Clymer/Sherman/Panama in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association boys golf at South Hills Country Club on Friday. The Wolfpack and Trojans tied 27.5-27.5, but Clymer/Sherman/Panama was ...

Epic at-bat forever fixed in my memory

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I started writing this column within minutes of hearing the horrible news. According to social media, my old high school catcher, longtime softball teammate and friend was being mourned. Dunkirk’s John Kirst, All-Catholic in football and baseball at the former Cardinal Mindszenty High ...

Dunkirk’s Orcutt named to CCAA D1 first team

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Despite Salamanca winning its first 10 league games to clinch the league title, Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 was as wide open as ever this winter. Six of the seven teams found a first-team representative on the league’s all-star team. Allegany-Limestone senior ...

Groundbreaker

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Chautauqua Lake’s Noli Paddock has been among the top girls wrestlers in New York for quite some time and the accolades are there to prove it. The only thing missing was a medal from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships, but that was only because there ...

Dormans are driving force behind growth of girls wrestling

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The New York State Public High School Athletic Association has hosted a wrestling state championship since 1963 and while there have been girls able to qualify for the competition there had not been an event specifically for them. Over the past few years, the sport of girls wrestling has ...