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Setting the bar
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HOUGHTON — Five area athletes registered first-place finishes last Saturday at Section VI indoor track & field meets at Houghton University. In the A/C Inter-Divisional competition, Nathan Mays of Dunkirk/Forestville/Silver Creek led the way in the high jump with a leap of 6 ...
Threepeat will be difficult for USA at World Juniors
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This past year the United States won the World Junior Hockey Championships for the second consecutive time, a first in the program’s history. The Red, White and Blue will have a chance to make it a three-peat on American soil beginning Friday in Minnesota, but it looks to be a much more ...
Byram scores in OT, Sabres win 7th straight
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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Bowen Byram scored his second goal of the game 31 seconds into overtime and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Tuesday night, extending their win streak to seven heading into the Christmas break. It marks the first seven-game winning streak for the ...
Allen feels ready to play despite sore right foot
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ORCHARD PARK — Wearing a T-shirt, shorts and running shoes following a walk-through practice, Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen made his way to the podium with the slightest hint of a limp, and declared himself ready to play this weekend. "Feels good. Yeah, ready to go," Allen said ...
Fredonia boys upend Clarence
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CLARENCE — The Fredonia boys basketball team continued its hot start to the season with a 59-55 nonleague victory over Clarence on Tuesday. RJ Koopman paced the Hillbillies (7-0) with 26 points, six assists and two rebounds, Donovan Dowdy provided another 16 points, eight rebounds, five ...