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Stebbins outduels Wonderling on Fan Appreciation Night

BUSTI — Mother Nature attempted to spoil the first August event of the season with late-evening rain showers, but Stateline Speedway successfully executed a “hurry-up” offense to beat the weather. The track crew efficiently pushed through a seven-division, 100-plus car program in just ...

Trolling the old way

Lake Erie is swimming with walleye these days — an estimated 85 million of them — and while today’s anglers have enough electronics aboard to guide a trip to the moon, one of the best fish-catching rigs on the lake hasn’t really changed since Harry Truman was in the White House. Long ...

Golf leagues

FREDONIA — Tom Tarnowski fired a gross 38 to lead the A Flight and Harvey Tofil shot a gross 42 to top the B Flight in the First Ward Falcon Thursday Night League at Vineyards. Among low-net scores, Bob Kujawa and Tarnowski led the way with 32s in the A Flight and Bruce Wlodarek’s 31 led the B Flight. Tarnowski was closest to the pin on No. 16 and recorded the lone birdie of the week on No. 10. ——— FREDONIA — The foursome of AJ and Laura Burnside and Larry and Judy Ebersole registered a 6-under-par 30 on the front nine to lead the way in the Friday Night Couples ...

Panama’s Nagel named to Section VI HOF

WEST SENECA — Section VI will induct 11 new members to its Hall of Fame later this year and one of them is a Chautauqua County native who made a name for herself during a long and successful career as an NCAA women’s volleyball coach. Jolene Nagel, who graduated from Panama Central ...

Out of gas

BRADFORD, Pa. — Injuries limited the Pennsylvania roster to the minimum size for the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic football game against New York at Bradford Area High School’s Parkway Field on Saturday. The depleted hosts were hoping for an early boost and it came right away. ...

New deer rules: simple goals, more complexity

The 2026 early archery deer season isn't that far away. Once again, it opens Oct. 1 and continues until the regular New York firearms season begins on Nov. 21, thirty minutes before sunrise. What surprised me this year wasn't the opener — it was receiving my 2026-27 hunting tags nearly two ...