Photo courtesy of Sarah Chimera Maple Grove’s Ty Oste (10) and Cassadaga Valley/Falconer’s Donovan Delaney race to a ball as Arley Culver of the Red Dragons looks on during Friday’s nonleague boys soccer game.

BEMUS POINT — The Cassadaga Valley/Falconer boys soccer team secured its first victory of the year with a narrow 1-0 defeat of Maple Grove in nonleague action on Friday.

Gabe Lundmark scored the lone goal as Kale Livengood picked up his first varsity point with the assist. Nate Bailey made five saves to secure the shutout for the Golden Cougars (1-0).

Maple Grove (0-1) will seek its first win when it hosts Dunkirk on Monday, while the Golden Cougars will entertain Fredonia.

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WOLVERINES BLANK ‘BILLIES

WESTFIELD — Carson Swanson and the Westfield/Brocton Wolverines got the year started off right with a 3-0 nonleague victory over Fredonia on Thursday night.

Swanson netted a pair of goals and set up a goal by Danny Braylon, while Nolan Anderson made five saves in the shutout.

The Wolverines are back in action at Randolph on Saturday.