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11U Gladiators offering tryouts

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The 2027 11U Lakewood Gladiators travel baseball team — a competitive, cost-effective and family-oriented program designed to help elevate your young ballplayer's game — will be offering private/personal tryouts for the coming 2027 season. With a current roster of players from Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Warren counties, interested players may not turn 12 years old before April 30, 2027. For further program information and to schedule a private/personal tryout, contact head coach Mike Cummings at mcummings9@hotmail.com.

Tarp Skunks beat Geneva in regular-season finale

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JAMESTOWN — Finishing up a stretch of five games over 11 days and having lost four straight, the Jamestown Tarp Skunks were just looking to get back on track in their final regular-season game Saturday night. While it took a few innings, Tait Johnson and Grant Moore made sure they ...

Weather couldn't stop history at Sunset Bay Walleye Shootout

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The first day of competition in the 2026 Sunset Bay Walleye Shootout never left the dock after rough Lake Erie storm conditions forced organizers to postpone fishing until the following day. Nobody complained much — well, maybe a little — but when Lake Erie decides to flex its muscles, ...

Northwest Arena to host 'Sticks in the Middle'

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JAMESTOWN — McFall Brothers Hockey is presenting the inaugural “Sticks in the Middle” mini tournament at Northwest Arena on Aug. 28-30. Sticks in the Middle is a traditional way hockey players can evenly choose pickup teams to play games during a drop-in or skate-and-shoot ...

All-state honors

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Four local girls have received their final — and highest — honors for this past spring’s high school flag football season. Fredonia’s Megan Ivory, Emma Perry and Nora Polhamus as well as Jamestown’s JaLeiya Glover were named to the New York State Sportswriters Association’s ...

Batavia clinches West’s top seed

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OLEAN — The Batavia Muckdogs clinched the West Division in convincing fashion while the Jamestown Tarp Skunks struggled to another loss at Bradner Stadium on Friday. Batavia no-hit the Newark Pilots in a 17-0 seven-inning victory at Colburn Park to improve to 28-10-1 with one game ...