OBSERVER Staff Report WESTFIELD — The Fredonia Hillbillies tennis team defeated Westfield, 5-0, in a regular season high school tennis match on Thursday in Westfield. Fredonia (2-0) did not lose a set in the match, never dropping more than two games in any of the five matches on the day. ...
OBSERVER Staff Report SINCLAIRVILLE — Cassadaga Valley kept up its winning ways on Thursday, with an 8-2 defeat of Clymer in a CCAA Division 2 West high school softball game at Cassadaga Valley High School. Cassadaga Valley (5-0, 2-0) tallied 11 hits as a team on Thursday against Clymer ...
OBSERVER Staff Report Coming into the 2018 season, many wondered who would take the reigns for the Fredonia Lady ‘Billies in the circle after so many departures from last season’s team. Thursday, Maddy Marsh showed she’s plenty capable of matching up with anyone in the league when ...
OBSERVER Staff Report The Dunkirk Lady Marauders won not one, but two games in league play on Thursday, in dominant fashion. Dunkirk defeated Falconer by a score of 16-1, followed by an 11-1 victory over Maple Grove. Both games were regular season CCAA Division 1 West high school softball ...
OBSERVER Photo by M.J. Stafford Fredonia High School senior Lydia Lanski signed a letter of intent Wednesday in the FHS library to attend the University at Buffalo. Lydia runs the 100 meter hurdles for the FHS track team, and is slated to do so for Division I UB. She was accepted into the UB ...
BEMUS POINT — The Fredonia, Cassadaga Valley and Maple Grove high school golf teams competed in cold, damp conditions at Bemus Point Golf Club Wednesday afternoon. The Fredonia boys squad won over Maple Grove, 28.5 to 26.5, and Cassadaga Valley, 35-20. Maple Grove won its boys’ matchup ...
WEST VALLEY — Pine Valley and Franklinville played a crazy high school baseball game Wednesday. So crazy, in fact, it’s not over. The umpires called the CCAA East 2 contest due to darkness sometime after 8 p.m. with the teams tied at 13 after eight innings. Mark Blecha, Franklinville’s ...
Submitted Photo Infinity Gymnastics in Fredonia is sending all their level 2 and 3 competitors to the New York State Championship in Rochester, May 18-20. Each of the 12 girls had to qualify at a USAG sanctioned meet in order to be able to compete at the state level. The gymnasts are coached ...
OBSERVER Staff Report NORTH COLLINS — After getting only one hit in its last game, North Collins came out ready to hit on Wednesday. The North Collins Lady Eagles softball team defeated Ellicottville, 15-7, in a CCAA Div. 2 East regular season high school softball matchup Wednesday on the ...
The Shorewood Country Club Golf Committee’s search team has named Rich Conwell, a Class “A” PGA Professional, the golf professional for the 2018 summer season. Conwell visited Shorewood on Tuesday this week to tour facilities and meet with staff and with the Board of Directors. ...
The weather has finally started to warm up and so has the fishing. Offshore anglers reported locating yellow perch off Evangola State Park on Sunday, with many anglers reporting near-limit catches. Monday the fishing was okay, and by Wednesday, the catches declined. The target area was ...
SILVER CREEK — The Silver Creek girls track and field team defeated Chautauqua Lake, 72-69, while the Silver Creek/Forestville boys were defeated by Chautauqua Lake, 106-35, in a CCAA Division 2 high school track and field meet at Silver Creek High School on Tuesday. Silver Creek freshman ...
SILVER CREEK — The Silver Creek Black Knights won their second CCAA West 1 league game in as many days as they were able to defeat the Chautauqua Lake Thunderbirds 7-3 on Tuesday night. Silver Creek was able to pay attention to the little details, being strong on the bases, as they scored ...
SILVER CREEK — The Silver Creek Black Knights high school softball team (3-4, 2-3) lost to Chautauqua Lake, 12-7, Tuesday in a CCAA West 1 league game. The Knights’ Tessa Douglas went 2 for 4 pounding out a double, three RBIs and a single. Stevie Cook, Bailey Watroba, Jade Bouvier, Julia ...
FALCONER — The Fredonia Hillbillies stayed undefeated in CCAA West 1 high school baseball this season with a 7-2 defeat of Falconer on Tuesday, in a game shortened by bad weather to five innings Fredonia (4-1, 4-0) got a complete-game pitching effort from Trey Swartz. He gave up just one ...
FALCONER — The Fredonia Lady Hillbillies bounced back Tuesday from a home defeat by Dunkirk the previous afternoon, hammering Falconer, 17-3, in a CCAA West 2 high school softball contest. Grace Mroczka pitched four innings to get the win for Fredonia (4-1, 3-1). She gave up four walks, ...
Fredonia High School’s boys and girls track and field teams defeated Gowanda’s squads in the teams’ first league meet of the season Tuesday. BOYS Tyler Field won four events for host Fredonia. He took the 100 (11.7 seconds), 200 (24.3) and high jump (5 feet, 6 inches), and was on the ...
BEMUS POINT— The Fredonia High School boys’ tennis team played, and won, its first match of the season at Maple Grove (1-2) on Monday. According to Fredonia coach Lisa Johnston, it was only the second time the FHS team has done an activity outside this season due to the poor weather. Neil ...
GOWANDA — The Gowanda Panthers high school boys’ lacrosse team beat Medina, 12-8, Tuesday. Ryan John scored seven goals and made three assists for Gowanda (3-3, 3-1). Uriah John netted three goals and added two assists for the Panthers. Goalie Lyle Warrior made 18 saves for the ...
FALCONER — Dunkirk High School’s girls and boys track teams lost to Falconer/Cassadaga Valley’s squads on Tuesday. GIRLS Samantha Gilbert won three events to lead Falconer/Cassadaga Valley past Dunkirk, 97-37, in Division 1 girls action. Gilbert won the 100-meter hurdles (18.9), 100 ...