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Championship time

Four area softball teams play for Section VI championships today.

Coming back to Buffalo

DENVER — The Colorado Mammoth got off to another slow start in Game 2 of the National Lacrosse League Finals against the Buffalo Bandits on Saturday at Ball Arena in Denver, but it didn’t matter. Buffalo scored the first two goals of the game and then a second powerplay tally gave the ...

Blaney wins Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte

CONCORD, N.C. — Ryan Blaney held off William Byron to win the rescheduled Coca-Cola 600 on Monday at Charlotte Speedway, giving team owner Roger Penske a sweep of the Memorial Day weekend’s top races in the United States. Josef Newgarden won a record-extending 19th Indianapolis 500 on ...

Alcaraz, Djokovic ‘not otherworldly’ in French Open wins

PARIS — You might assume that the opponents for Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic in the French Open’s first round would come away from their straight-set losses Monday feeling too overwhelmed by the play of the two tournament favorites. You would be wrong. Forget the scores and the ...

Gowanda knocks off Portville 7-2 for Class C crown

JAMESTOWN — Blake Herman controls pretty much everything that happens defensively for Gowanda’s baseball team. It’s really not surprising to anyone who has watched the sophomore catcher play. So when he made a hand motion he calls “the wipe” to his older brother, Cole, who was ...

Ebersole lifts North Collins to Section VI D title

JAMESTOWN — Upon the completion of the Section VI Class D championship baseball game late Saturday afternoon, family and friends of the North Collins baseball team made their way to the Diethrick Park infield. It was picture time. Happily, Coach Scott Gill found his way to each of his ...