By BRADEN CARMEN bcarmen@observertoday.com SILVER CREEK — Not even 24 hours after the Maple Grove Red Dragons eliminated the Silver Creek Black Knights in the boys basketball playoffs, the girls’ matchup had the same outcome. No. 9 Maple Grove went on the road Saturday afternoon to ...

WESTFIELD — After trailing 23-18 at halftime, No. 6 Westfield outscored No. 11 Portville 30-12 the rest of the way en route to a 48-35 Section VI Class C girls basketball prequarterfinal win Saturday afternoon. Nahlia Douglas and Mackenzie Schumaker led the Wolverines with 16 points apiece. ...

BOYS BASKETBALL Class AAA Semifinals Thursday, Feb. 26 At Buffalo State University No. 4 Lancaster vs. No. 1 Health Sciences, 7 p.m. No. 3 Niagara Falls vs. No. 2 Jamestown, 8:30 p.m. Final Friday, March 6 At Buffalo State University Semifinal winners, 8 p.m. Class ...

FREDONIA — The playoffs couldn’t have started much better for the Fredonia ‘Billies. Friday night. Fredonia sunk a pair of 3-pointers within the first minute of action. Three minutes in, Fredonia’s lead was 14 points. Two minutes after that, the ‘Billies extended the lead to 18 ...

SINCLAIRVILLE — Maddie Debo might be turning into one of Cassadaga Valley’s top players at just the right time. Just a freshman, Debo made back-to-back 3-pointers during a key third-quarter run and finished with a career-high 25 points as the seventh-seeded Cougars held off No. 10 ...

ELLERY — In the opening minutes of Friday’s Section VI Class C first-round qualifier, Maple Grove’s Liam Colburn missed a dunk attempt and was whistled for a technical foul after hanging on the rim. Not much went wrong for the Red Dragons after that. No. 11 Maple Grove used a 25-0 ...