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Bown, Burlingame, Leary, Dietzen shine for F/D/F/PV/CV

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MAYVILLE — Fredonia/Dunkirk/Forestville/Pine Valley/Cassadaga Valley won every event but one in a 128-43 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association girls swimming and diving victory over Chautauqua Lake/Westfield on Thursday. Valentina Bown captured the 200-yard individual medley (2:48.77) and 100-yard freestyle (1:04.31), Olivia Burlingame claimed the 200-yard freestyle (2:12.59) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:20.15), Kaylen Leary took the 50-yard freestyle (29.19) and 500-yard freestyle (6:17.70), and Kendyl Dietzen won the 100-yard butterfly (1:13.75) and 100-yard backstroke ...

Dunkirk shuts out Silver Creek/Forestville

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SILVER CREEK — Luis Betancourt III netted a hat trick as Dunkirk beat Silver Creek/Forestville 4-0 in nonleague boys soccer Friday. Betancourt scored from Brady Dobek in the 19th minute, from Roan Porpiglia in the 62nd minute and from Dobek again in the 70th minute for the Marauders (2-7-2). Dunkirk’s second goal, in the 60th minute, was scored by Lucas Felt from Dobek. Dylan Ott made two saves en route to the clean sheet. Aaron Cook made seven saves for the Black Knights (4-6-1) SHEEHY NETS LONE GOAL FREWSBURG — Neven Sheehy scored in the 70th minute to send North Collins past ...

Cardinals get their revenge

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RANDOLPH — A year ago, the Randolph football team was shut out at home by Silver Creek/Forestville in the Section VI Class D playoffs, putting an exclamation mark on a down season. It was clear the Cardinals were out for revenge and flipped the script with a big 42-0 shutout victory over ...

Allen seeks to put sloppy play behind him against Pats

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ORCHARD PARK — Win or lose, Josh Allen has displayed a consistent knack for putting a sloppy performance behind him. It's reflected in the smile and cheery "How's everybody doing?" greeting the Bills quarterback opens each of his weekly news conferences with. And it bears out in the ...

Game-altering defense

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MAYVILLE — Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton head coach Ty Harper has coached a lot of football games in his career. Friday’s game might have featured the best individual performance from a defensive player he has ever seen. Lance Franklin returned two interceptions for touchdowns, then ...

Gowanda sweeps Forestville in volleyball

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FORESTVILLE — Lilliana Pierce’s 11 kills led four Gowanda girls with at least six kills as the Panthers beat Forestville 25-14, 25-7, 25-12 in nonleague girls volleyball Friday. Bella Maines had 29 assists, four digs and two aces for Gowanda (10-1). Pierce had six digs and three blocks; Envy Cross had nine kills and a block; Maleina Moses had six kills, three digs and two aces; and Scarlett John had six kills, an assist, four digs and an ace. The Hornets fell to 3-4 overall. ELLICOTTVILLE SWEEPS PIRATES ELLICOTTVILLE — Three Ellicottville girls had at least seven kills to ...